Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ صُعَيْرٍ الْعُذْرِيِّ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ مَسَحَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَأَدْرَكَ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ كَانُوا يَنْهَوْنِي عَنْ الْقُبْلَةِ تَخَوُّفًا أَنْ أَتَقَرَّبَ لِأَكْثَرَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ الْمُسْلِمُونَ الْيَوْمَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهَا وَيَقُولُ قَائِلُهُمْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ لَهُ مِنْ حِفْظِ اللَّهِ مَا لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ.
English Translation
Hajjaj told us: Layth -- meaning Ibn Sa'd -- told us: Uqayl told me, from Ibn Shihab, from Abdullah ibn Tha'labah ibn Su'ayr al-Udhri -- and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had wiped over his face, and he had met the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) -- he said: They used to forbid me from kissing, fearing that I would draw near to more than that; then the Muslims today forbid it and their speaker says: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had, from Allah's protection, what no one else had."