Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَرْحٍ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ إِنَّ أَخْوَفَ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا يُخْرِجُ اللَّهُ مِنْ نَبَاتِ الْأَرْضِ وَزَهْرَةِ الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَيْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوَ يَأْتِي الْخَيْرُ بِالشَّرِّ فَسَكَتَ حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا أَنَّهُ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ وَغَشِيَهُ بُهْرٌ وَعَرَقٌ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ فَقَالَ هَا أَنَا وَلَمْ أُرِدْ إِلَّا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِالْخَيْرِ إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِالْخَيْرِ إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِالْخَيْرِ وَلَكِنَّ الدُّنْيَا خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ وَكَانَ مَا يُنْبِتُ الرَّبِيعُ يَقْتُلُ حَبَطًا أَوْ يُلِمُّ إِلَّا آكِلَةُ الْخَضِرِ فَإِنَّهَا أَكَلَتْ حَتَّى امْتَدَّتْ خَاصِرَتَاهَا وَاسْتَقْبَلَتْ الشَّمْسَ فَثَلَطَتْ وَبَالَتْ ثُمَّ عَادَتْ فَأَكَلَتْ فَمَنْ أَخَذَهَا بِحَقِّهَا بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أَخَذَهَا بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهَا لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ وَكَانَ الْأَعْمَشُ يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ.
English Translation
Sufyan told us, from Ibn Ajlan, from Iyad ibn Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh, who heard Abu Sa'id say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, while on the pulpit: "Indeed, the thing I fear most for you is what Allah brings forth from the vegetation of the earth and the flowery adornment of this world." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, does good bring about evil?" He fell silent until we thought that revelation was coming down upon him. He said: And a heavy breathing and sweat overcame him, then he said: "Where is the questioner?" He said: "Here I am, and I intended nothing but good." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed good brings nothing but good. Indeed good brings nothing but good. Indeed good brings nothing but good. But this world is green and sweet, and what the spring produces can kill through bloating, or nearly so - except for the animal that grazes on green herbage, for it eats until its flanks are distended, then faces the sun and defecates and urinates, then returns and eats again. So whoever takes this wealth by its right will be blessed in it, and whoever takes it without right will not be blessed, and will be like one who eats but is never satisfied." Sufyan said: Al-A'mash used to ask me about this hadith.