Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ادْعُ اللَّهَ لَنَا فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ قَالُوا زِدْنَا فَأَعَادَهَا؛ قَالُوا زِدْنَا فَأَعَادَهَا؛ فَقَالُوا زِدْنَا فَقَالَ مَا تُرِيدُونَ؟ سَأَلْتُ لَكُمْ خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ»
English Translation
Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Leave me alone as long as I leave you alone. Those who were before you were destroyed because of their excessive questioning and their disagreement with their prophets. So when I forbid you from something, then avoid it, and when I order you to do something, then do as much of it as you can.'