Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيَّ يَذْكُرُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ النَّوَّاسِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ فَقَالَ الْبِرُّ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ وَالْإِثْمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ وَكَرِهْتَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ.
English Translation
Zayd ibn al-Hubab narrated to us, he said: Mu'awiya ibn Salih narrated to us, he said: I heard Abd al-Rahman ibn Jubayr ibn Nufayr al-Hadrami relate, from his father, from al-Nawwas ibn Sam'an al-Ansari, that he asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about righteousness and sin, and he said: 'Righteousness is good character, and sin is what wavers within yourself and which you dislike people becoming aware of.'