Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ بِالنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعِنْدَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ جَالِسٌ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ هَذَا فِي اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخْبَرْتَهُ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ لَا قَالَ قُمْ فَأَخْبِرْهُ تَثْبُتْ الْمَوَدَّةُ بَيْنَكُمَا فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ أَنِّي أُحِبُّكَ فِي اللَّهِ أَوْ قَالَ أُحِبُّكَ لِلَّهِ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي فِيهِ.
English Translation
Mu'ammal narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us, Thabit narrated to us, from Anas, who said: A man passed by the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, while another man was sitting with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. The sitting man said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I truly love this man for the sake of Allah." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Have you told him that?" He said, "No." He said, "Get up and tell him, so that affection may be firmly established between you." So he got up and went to him and told him, saying, "I love you for the sake of Allah," or he said, "I love you for Allah." The man replied, "May He for whose sake you loved me, love you."