Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنَ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثنا يَحْيَى بن سَعِيد حَدَّثنا شُعْبَةُ عَن أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ عَن أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُول اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيه وَسَلَّم اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإن اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبد حَبَشِيٌّ كأن رأسه زبيبة اللَّهُ عَلَيه وَسَلَّم اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإن اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبد حَبَشِيٌّ كأن رأسه زبيبة
English Translation
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: 'Amr ibn 'Asim narrated to us: Hammad narrated to us from Thabit from Anas from the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) who stated: «Any supplication made by a Muslim that does not involve sin or the severing of kinship ties — Allah will give him one of three things: He will hasten the fulfillment of his supplication, or He will store it for him in the Hereafter, or He will avert from him an equal amount of evil.»