Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سِنَانِ بْنِ أَبِي سِنَانٍ الدُّؤَلِيِّ ثُمَّ الْجُنْدَعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ أَنَّهُمْ خَرَجُوا عَنْ مَكَّةَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى حُنَيْنٍ قَالَ وَكَانَ لِلْكُفَّارِ سِدْرَةٌ يَعْكُفُونَ عِنْدَهَا وَيُعَلِّقُونَ بِهَا أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهَا ذَاتُ أَنْوَاطٍ قَالَ فَمَرَرْنَا بِسِدْرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ عَظِيمَةٍ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اجْعَلْ لَنَا ذَاتَ أَنْوَاطٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُلْتُمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ كَمَا قَالَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى { اجْعَلْ لَنَا إِلَهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةً قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ } إِنَّهَا لَسُنَنٌ لَتَرْكَبُنَّ سُنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ سُنَّةً سُنَّةً.
English Translation
Hajjaj told us, Layth — that is, Ibn Sa'd — told us: 'Uqayl b. Khalid told me, from Ibn Shihab, from Sinan b. Abi Sinan al-Du'ali, then al-Junda'i, from Abu Waqid al-Laythi, that they set out from Mecca with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, towards Hunayn. He said: The disbelievers had a lote-tree at which they used to linger and on which they used to hang their weapons, called Dhat Anwat. He said: We passed by a great green lote-tree, so we said: "O Messenger of Allah, appoint for us a Dhat Anwat [like theirs]." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "You have said — by the One in whose hand is my soul — just as the people of Moses said: {Make for us a god just as they have gods.} He said: 'Indeed you are an ignorant people.'} These are truly the [same] ways; you will surely follow the ways of those who came before you, step by step."