Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ كَانَ يُجَالِسُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بُرْدَةَ الْأَشْعَرِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ الذُّنُوبِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يَلْقَاهُ عَبْدٌ بِهَا بَعْدَ الْكَبَائِرِ الَّتِي نَهَى عَنْهَا أَنْ يَمُوتَ الرَّجُلُ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ لَا يَدَعُ قَضَاءً.
English Translation
Abdullah b. Yazid narrated to us: Sa'id b. Abi Ayyub narrated to us, who said: I heard a man from Quraysh called Abu Abdullah, who used to sit with Ja'far b. Rabi'a, say: I heard Abu Burda al-Ash'ari narrate from his father, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "The gravest of sins in the sight of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, for a servant to meet Him with, after the major sins that He has forbidden, is that a man dies while owing a debt without leaving means for its repayment."