Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ
English Translation
And by the same chain from Abu Hurairah (may Allah be well pleased with him) from the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) who stated: "People are mines like mines of gold and silver; the best of them in the pre-Islamic era are the best of them in Islam."