Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنِي جَارٌ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَدِمْتُ مِنْ سَفَرٍ فَجَاءَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيَّ فَجَعَلْتُ أُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ افْتِرَاقِ النَّاسِ وَمَا أَحْدَثُوا فَجَعَلَ جَابِرٌ يَبْكِي ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ دَخَلُوا فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا وَسَيَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ أَفْوَاجًا.
English Translation
Mu'awiyah ibn 'Amr told us, Abu Ishaq told us, from al-Awza'i, Abu 'Ammar told me, a neighbor of Jabir ibn 'Abdullah told me: I came from a journey, and Jabir ibn 'Abdullah came to greet me with peace. I began telling him of the divisions among the people and what they had innovated, and Jabir began to weep. Then he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, "The people entered the religion of Allah in throngs, and they will leave it in throngs."