Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثِ لَيَالٍ يَلْتَقِيَانِ فَيُعْرِضُ هَذَا وَيُعْرِضُ هَذَا وَخَيْرُهُمَا الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلَامِ»
English Translation
Umar ibn Sa'id ibn Sinan informed us, Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr informed us, from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Ata ibn Yazid al-Laythi, from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'It is not permissible for a Muslim to abandon his brother for more than three nights. They meet and this one turns away and that one turns away. The better of them is the one who begins with the greeting.'