Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ مَرَّ بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ نُصْلِحُ خُصًّا لَنَا فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا قُلْنَا خُصًّا لَنَا وَهَى فَنَحْنُ نُصْلِحُهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ أَعْجَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.
English Translation
Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us: al-A'mash narrated from Abu al-Safar from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) passed by us while we were repairing a hut of ours. He said: What is this? We said: A hut of ours that had deteriorated, so we are repairing it. He said: Indeed, the matter (death) is more imminent than that.