Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَسُرَيْجٌ الْمَعْنَى قَالَا ثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ يَعْنِي الْجُمَحِيَّ عَنْ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي زُهَيْرٍ قَالَ أَبِي كِلَاهُمَا قَالَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي زُهَيْرٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ بِالنَّبَاءَةِ أَوْ النَّبَاوَةِ شَكَّ نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ مِنْ الطَّائِفِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ تُوشِكُونَ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ أَوْ قَالَ خِيَارُكُمْ مِنْ شِرَارِكُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ بِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ بِالثَّنَاءِ السَّيِّئِ وَالثَّنَاءِ الْحَسَنِ وَأَنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءُ اللَّهِ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ.
English Translation
Abd al-Malik ibn Amr and Surayj narrated to us - the meaning is the same. They said: Nafi' ibn Umar, meaning al-Jumahi, narrated to us, from Umayyah ibn Safwan, from Abu Bakr ibn Abi Zuhayr - my father said: both of them said: from Abu Bakr ibn Abi Zuhayr al-Thaqafi - from his father. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say at al-Naba'ah or al-Nabawah - Nafi' ibn Umar was uncertain - from al-Ta'if, while he was saying: "O people, you will soon come to know the people of Paradise from the people of the Fire" - or he said: "the best of you from the worst of you." A man from the people said: "By what, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "By bad reputation and good reputation. You are witnesses of Allah over one another."