Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قَدْ اقْتَرَبَ فِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا يَبِيعُ قَوْمٌ دِينَهُمْ بِعَرَضٍ مِنْ الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٍ الْمُتَمَسِّكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِدِينِهِ كَالْقَابِضِ عَلَى الْجَمْرِ أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى الشَّوْكِ قَالَ حَسَنٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ خَبَطِ الشَّوْكَةِ.
English Translation
Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near! Tribulations like patches of dark night - a man wakes up as a believer and goes to sleep as a disbeliever. People will sell their religion for a small portion of worldly gain. The one who holds fast to his religion on that day will be like one grasping hot embers" - or he said: "thorns."