Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لِأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ أَوْ قَالَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي حُذَيْفَةَ مَا سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ فِيَّ زَعَمُوا قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ بِئْسَ مَطِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ.
English Translation
It was narrated to us by Waki', who narrated to us: al-Awza'i, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Qilabah, who said: Abu Abdullah said to Abu Mas'ud — or Abu Mas'ud said to Abu Abdullah, meaning Hudhayfah — "What did you hear the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say about 'they claim'?" He said: "I heard him say: 'What a wretched mount for a man is [the phrase] \"they claim.\"'"