Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي يَحْيَى عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَالْخَنْدَقِ فَأَخَذَ الْكِرْزِينَ فَحَفَرَ بِهِ فَصَادَفَ حَجَرًا فَضَحِكَ قِيلَ مَا يُضْحِكُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ضَحِكْتُ مِنْ نَاسٍ يُؤْتَى بِهِمْ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ فِي النُّكُولِ يُسَاقُونَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ.
English Translation
Husayn narrated to us, from al-Fudayl — that is, Ibn Sulayman — Muhammad ibn Abi Yahya narrated to us, from al-Abbas ibn Sahl ibn Sa'd al-Sa'idi, from his father, who said: I was with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, at the Trench. He took up the pickaxe and dug with it, and it struck a rock, and he laughed. It was said: "What makes you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "I laughed at people who will be brought from the direction of the east, reluctant, being driven to Paradise."