Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ الْعُطَارِدِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ائْتَمُّوا بِي يَأْتَمُّ بِكُمْ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمْ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.
English Translation
Mansur ibn Salamah told us, Abu al-Ashhab al-Utaridi told us, from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: "Follow my example, so that those who come after you will follow your example, for a people will keep lagging behind until Allah, Mighty and Sublime, makes them lag behind."