Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ غُضَيْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَيْلَةَ قَالَ مَرَرْتُ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ نِعْمَ الْغُلَامُ فَاتَّبَعَنِي رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي ادْعُ اللَّهَ لِي بِخَيْرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَمَنْ أَنْتَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ قَالَ أَنَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَدْعُوَ لِي مِنِّي لَكَ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ حِينَ مَرَرْتُ بِهِ آنِفًا يَقُولُ نِعْمَ الْغُلَامُ وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَضَعَ الْحَقَّ عَلَى لِسَانِ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ بِهِ.
English Translation
Yazid told us: Muhammad ibn Ishaq told us, from Makhul, from Ghudayf ibn al-Harith, a man from Aylah, who said: I passed by Umar ibn al-Khattab, and he said: "What a fine young man!" Then a man who was with him followed me and said: O son of my brother, pray to Allah for me for good. I said: Who are you, may Allah have mercy on you? He said: I am Abu Dharr, the companion of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. I said: May Allah forgive you - you are more deserving to pray for me than I am to pray for you. He said: O son of my brother, I heard Umar ibn al-Khattab, when I passed by him just now, say "What a fine young man!" and I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "Allah has placed the truth upon the tongue of Umar; he speaks by it."