Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ اللُّؤْلُؤِيُّ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سُرَيْجٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَيَخْرُجَنَّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ الْمَدِينَةِ رَغْبَةً عَنْهَا وَالْمَدِينَةُ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ.
English Translation
Surayj ibn al-Nu'man al-Lu'lu'i and Abu Kamil narrated to us, they said: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ziyad. Surayj said in his hadith: I heard Abu Hurayrah say: I heard Abu al-Qasim (peace be upon him) say: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, men will surely leave Madinah turning away from it, while Madinah is better for them if only they knew."