Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيٌّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نُعْمٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ دَمِ الْبَعُوضِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ قَالَ أَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ قَالَ انْظُرُوا إِلَى هَذَا يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ دَمِ الْبَعُوضِ وَقَدْ قَتَلُوا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ هُمَا رَيْحَانَتِي مِنْ الدُّنْيَا.
English Translation
Surayj told us, Mahdi told us, from Muhammad b. Abi Ya'qub, from Ibn Abi Nu'm, who said: I was sitting with Ibn Umar when a man came to him asking about the blood of a mosquito. Ibn Umar said to him: "Where are you from?" He said: "I am from the people of Iraq." He said: "Look at this one, asking me about the blood of a mosquito, when they have killed the son of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him! And I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: 'They are my two sweet basils of this world.'"