Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ وَوَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي جَمْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ إِيَاسَ بْنَ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عُبَادٍ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ لِلُقِيِّ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ أَلْقَاهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أُبَيٍّ فَأُقِيمَتْ الصَّلَاةُ وَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ مَعَ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُمْتُ فِي الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَنَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَعَرَفَهُمْ غَيْرِي فَنَحَّانِي وَقَامَ فِي مَكَانِي فَمَا عَقِلْتُ صَلَاتِي فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا يَسُوءُكَ اللَّهُ فَإِنِّي لَمْ آتِكَ الَّذِي أَتَيْتُكَ بِجَهَالَةٍ وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَنَا كُونُوا فِي الصَّفِّ الَّذِي يَلِينِي وَإِنِّي نَظَرْتُ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَعَرَفْتُهُمْ غَيْرَكَ ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ الرِّجَالَ مَتَحَتْ أَعْنَاقَهَا إِلَى شَيْءٍ مُتُوحَهَا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَلَكَ أَهْلُ الْعُقْدَةِ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ أَلَا لَا عَلَيْهِمْ آسَى وَلَكِنْ آسَى عَلَى مَنْ يَهْلِكُونَ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِذَا هُوَ أُبَيٌّ وَالْحَدِيثُ عَلَى لَفْظِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ.
English Translation
Sulayman ibn Dawud and Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us, they said: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu Jamrah, who said: I heard Iyas ibn Qatadah relate from Qays ibn Ubad, who said: I came to Medina to meet the Companions of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and there was no man among them I would rather meet than Ubayy. The prayer was called, and Umar went out with the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, so I stood in the front row. A man came and looked at the faces of the people and recognized all but me, so he moved me aside and stood in my place, and I lost awareness of my prayer. When he had finished praying, he said: "My son, may Allah not distress you; I did not do what I did to you out of ignorance, but the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, told us: 'Be in the row nearest to me,' and I looked at the faces of the people and recognized all but you." Then he spoke, and I never saw men stretch their necks toward anything as they stretched them toward what he said. He said: I heard him say: "The people of the knot have perished, by the Lord of the Ka'bah! I do not grieve for them, but I grieve for the Muslims who will perish because of them." And it was Ubayy. The wording of the hadith is that of Sulayman ibn Dawud.