Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ مَرِضَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ مَرَضًا ثَقُلَ فِيهِ فَأَتَاهُ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ يَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ اسْتُرْعِيَ رَعِيَّةً فَلَمْ يُحِطْهُمْ بِنَصِيحَةٍ لَمْ يَجِدْ رِيحَ الْجَنَّةِ وَرِيحُهَا يُوجَدُ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ مِائَةِ عَامٍ قَالَ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ أَلَا كُنْتَ حَدَّثْتَنِي بِهَذَا قَبْلَ الْآنَ قَالَ وَالْآنَ لَوْلَا الَّذِي أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ لَمْ أُحَدِّثْكَ بِهِ.
English Translation
Hawdhah ibn Khalifah told us: Awf told us, from al-Hasan, who said: Ma'qil ibn Yasar fell ill with an illness that grew grave, so Ibn Ziyad came to visit him and said: "I will tell you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: 'Whoever is entrusted with a flock and does not encompass them with sincere counsel will not find the scent of Paradise, though its scent is found from a distance of a hundred years' [journey].'" Ibn Ziyad said: "Why did you not tell me this before now?" He said: "And now, were it not for the position you hold, I would not have told it to you."