Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ كُرْدُوسًا قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ بَدْرٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَأَنْ أَقْعُدَ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُعْتِقَ أَرْبَعَ رِقَابٍ.
English Translation
Bahz narrated to us: Shu'bah narrated to us, he said: Abd al-Malik ibn Maysarah informed me, he said: I heard Kurdus say: A man among the people of Badr informed me, from the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: That I should sit in a gathering like this is dearer to me than that I should free four slaves.