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I'm talking about the story where Muhammad (s.a.w.) was reciting surah Najm and shaytaan whispered some ayahs and Muhammad (s.a.w.) ended up reciting these ayahs because he thought it was Jibreel reciting these ayahs.
If this is true, this means Muhammad (s.a.w.) could not tell the difference between Jibreel and shaytaan. How can I possibly argue against this? Please give me proof that this story is false.
Assuming you have prior knowledge about how authenticity of Hadith is established in Islamic scholarship:
Ibn Kathir, one of the earliest and most respected commentator of the Quran mentions this tradition while commenting on verse 22:52, he says that this tradition does not come to us with any Sahih (authentic) isnad (chain of transmitters who passed it down from the Prophet) and that all known isnad for this story are mursal (chronologically broken\interrupted) and hence its authenticity is in doubt.
For reference you can see Ibn Kathir's commentary, there is an abridged english translation available but you can find the full arabic version online here and maybe get it translated by someone(upwork maybe).
