Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ ثَابِتٍ أَوْ عَنْ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا دَخَلَ مَسْجِدَ دِمَشْقَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ آنِسْ وَحْشَتِي وَارْحَمْ غُرْبَتِي وَارْزُقْنِي جَلِيسًا حَبِيبًا صَالِحًا فَسَمِعَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَ لَئِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقًا لَأَنَا أَسْعَدُ بِمَا قُلْتَ مِنْكَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ { فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِمٌ لِنَفْسِهِ } قَالَ الظَّالِمُ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهُ فِي مَقَامِهِ فَذَلِكَ الْهَمُّ وَالْحَزَنُ { وَمِنْهُمْ مُقْتَصِدٌ } يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا { وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ } فَذَلِكَ الَّذِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ.
English Translation
Waki' narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Thabit or Abu Thabit, that a man entered the mosque of Damascus and said: "O Allah, ease my loneliness, have mercy on my estrangement, and grant me a good and beloved companion." Abu al-Darda' heard him and said: "If you are truthful, then I am happier with what you said than you. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say regarding 'Among them is one who wrongs himself': The wrongdoer is taken to account in his standing, and that is worry and grief. 'And among them is one who is moderate': he will be given an easy reckoning. 'And among them is one who is foremost in good deeds': those are the ones who will enter Paradise without any reckoning."