Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَسُرَيْجٌ الْمَعْنَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي زُهَيْرٍ قَالَ أَبِي كِلَاهُمَا قَالَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي زُهَيْرٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ بِالنَّبَاءَةِ أَوْ بِالنِّبَاوَةِ شَكَّ نَافِعٌ مِنْ الطَّائِفِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ تُوشِكُونَ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ أَوْ قَالَ خِيَارَكُمْ مِنْ شِرَارِكُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ بِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ بِالثَّنَاءِ السَّيِّئِ وَالثَّنَاءِ الْحَسَنِ وَأَنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءُ اللَّهِ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ.
English Translation
Abd al-Malik ibn Amr and Surayj told us - the meaning being the same - they said: Nafi' ibn Umar told us, from Umayyah ibn Safwan, from Abu Bakr ibn Abi Zuhayr - my father said: both of them said - from Abu Bakr ibn Abi Zuhayr al-Thaqafi, from his father, who said: I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say at al-Naba'ah or al-Nibawah - Nafi' was uncertain - near al-Ta'if, saying: "O people, you will soon come to recognize the people of Paradise from the people of the Fire" - or he said "your best from your worst." A man among the people said: "By what, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "By good report and bad report; you are witnesses of Allah, one over another."