Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ الْعِلْمُ بِالثُّرَيَّا لَتَنَاوَلَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ فَارِسَ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, he said: 'Awf narrated to us, from Shahr ibn Hawshab, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: 'If knowledge were [suspended] at the Pleiades, men from among the sons of Persia would attain it.'