Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ قَالَ وَمَاذَا أَعْدَدْتَ لَهَا قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَمَا فَرِحْنَا بِشَيْءٍ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ فَرَحَنَا بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّكَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ قَالَ فَأَنَا أُحِبُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَأَنَا أَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ مَعَهُمْ لِحُبِّي إِيَّاهُمْ وَإِنْ كُنْتُ لَا أَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِهِمْ.
English Translation
Yunus told us, Hammad - meaning Ibn Zayd - told us, from Thabit, from Anas ibn Malik, that a man said, "O Messenger of Allah, when is the Hour?" He said, "And what have you prepared for it?" He said, "Nothing, except that I love Allah and His Messenger." He said, "Then you will be with those you love." Anas said: We never rejoiced at anything after Islam as we rejoiced at the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, "You will be with those you love." He said: I love the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, and I hope to be with them because of my love for them, even though I do not act as they acted.