Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ أَمِيرًا مِنْ أُمَرَاءِ الْفِتْنَةِ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَكَانَ قَدْ ذَهَبَ بَصَرُ جَابِرٍ فَقِيلَ لِجَابِرٍ لَوْ تَنَحَّيْتَ عَنْهُ فَخَرَجَ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ ابْنَيْهِ فَنُكِّبَ فَقَالَ تَعِسَ مَنْ أَخَافَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ ابْنَاهُ أَوْ أَحَدُهُمَا يَا أَبَتِ وَكَيْفَ أَخَافَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَدْ مَاتَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَخَافَ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَدْ أَخَافَ مَا بَيْنَ جَنْبَيَّ.
English Translation
Ali ibn Ayyash told us, Muhammad ibn Mutarrif told us, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from Jabir ibn Abdullah: that a governor from among the governors of civil strife came to Madinah, and Jabir's eyesight had gone. It was said to Jabir: "If only you would keep away from him." So he went out walking between his two sons, and he stumbled, and he said: "Wretched is he who frightens the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him!" His sons, or one of them, said: "O father, how can you frighten the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, when he has died?" He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: 'Whoever frightens the people of Madinah has frightened what is between my two sides.'"