Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي الْوَاسِطِيَّ الطَّحَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سِنَانٍ ضِرَارُ بْنُ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْهُذَيْلِ عَنْ شَيْخٍ مِنْ النَّخَعِ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ مَسْجِدَ إِيلِيَاءَ فَصَلَّيْتُ إِلَى سَارِيَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَصَلَّى قَرِيبًا مِنِّي فَمَالَ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ فَإِذَا هُوَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ فَجَاءَهُ رَسُولُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَنْ أَجِبْ قَالَ هَذَا يَنْهَانِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ كَمَا كَانَ أَبُوهُ يَنْهَانِي وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَمِنْ دُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ وَمِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَرْبَعِ.
English Translation
Affan narrated to us: Khalid - meaning al-Wasiti al-Tahhan - narrated, Abu Sinan Dirar ibn Murrah narrated from Abdullah ibn Abi al-Hudhayl from a shaykh from al-Nakha' who said: I entered the mosque of Iliya (Jerusalem) and prayed two rak'ahs by a pillar. A man came and prayed near me, and the people gathered around him. It was Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As. A messenger of Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah came to him saying: "Come at once." He said: "This one forbids me from narrating to you, just as his father used to forbid me." And I heard your Prophet (peace be upon him) saying: "I seek refuge in You from a self that is never satisfied, from a heart that does not humble itself, from a supplication that is not heard, and from knowledge that does not benefit. I seek refuge in You from these four."