Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا قَنَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّهْمِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْسَجَةَ عَنْ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ أَوْ مَنَحَ مِنْحَةً أَوْ هَدَى زُقَاقًا كَانَ كَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً يَقُولُ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ كَانَ يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَلِيلَ الذِّكْرِ لِلنَّاسِ مَا سَمِعْتُهُ ذَكَرَ أَحَدًا غَيْرَ قَنَانٍ قَالَ قَالَ لَنَا يَوْمًا قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْسَ هَذَا مِنْ بَابَتِكُمْ.
English Translation
Abu Mu'awiyah told us: Qanan ibn Abd Allah al-Nahmi told us, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Awsajah, from al-Bara' ibn Azib, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Whoever says, 'There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner; to Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs all praise, and He has power over all things,' or gives a loan, or guides [someone] along a road, it is as if he freed a slave." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Yahya ibn Adam rarely mentioned people by name; I never heard him mention anyone except Qanan. He said: He said to us one day: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "This is not among your affair."