Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَرْمَلَةَ الْمِصْرِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِمَاسَةَ الْمَهْرِيِّ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ مَنْ أَنْتَ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ فَذَكَرَ قِصَّةً فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ وَلِيَ مِنْ أَمْرِ أُمَّتِي فَرَفَقَ بِهِمْ فَارْفُقْ بِهِ وَمَنْ شَقَّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَاشْقُقْ عَلَيْهِ.
English Translation
Wahb ibn Jarir told us, he said my father told me, he said: I heard Harmala al-Misri narrate from Abd al-Rahman ibn Shimasa al-Mahri, who said: I entered upon Aisha, and she said, "Who are you?" I said, "I am a man from the people of Egypt." He then mentioned a story, and she said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: 'O Allah, whoever is given charge over any matter of my nation and is gentle with them, be gentle with him; and whoever is harsh with them, be harsh with him.'"