Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَامَ تَبُوكَ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ وَهُوَ مُسْنِدٌ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى نَخْلَةٍ فَقَالَ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ النَّاسِ وَشَرِّ النَّاسِ إِنَّ مِنْ خَيْرِ النَّاسِ رَجُلًا عَمِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَلَى ظَهْرِ فَرَسِهِ أَوْ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَعِيرِهِ أَوْ عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ الْمَوْتُ وَإِنَّ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّاسِ رَجُلًا فَاجِرًا جَرِيئًا يَقْرَأُ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَلَا يَدْعُو إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ.
English Translation
Hashim ibn al-Qasim told us, Layth told us, saying: Yazid ibn Abi Habib told me, from Abu al-Khayr, from Abu al-Khattab, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in the year of Tabuk, addressed the people while leaning his back against a palm tree, and said, "Shall I not tell you of the best of people and the worst of people? Among the best of people is a man who strives in the path of Allah on the back of his horse, or on the back of his camel, or on his own feet, until death comes to him. And among the worst of people is a wicked, brazen man who recites the Book of Allah but does not call to anything in it."