Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:9777 حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ أنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَحْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَيَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ تَغْبِطُونَ فِيهِ الرَّجُلَ بِخِفَّةِ الْحَاذِ كَمَا تَغْبِطُونَهُ الْيَوْمَ بِكَثْرَةِ الْمَالِ وَالْوَلَدِ حَتَّى يَمُرَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِقَبْرِ أَخِيهِ فَيَتَمَعَّكَ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا تَتَمَعَّكُ الدَّابَّةُ فِي مَرَاعِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي مَكَانَهُ مَا بِهِ شَوْقٌ إِلَى اللهِ وَلَا عَمِلَ صَالِحًا قَدَّمَهُ إِلَّا مِمَّا يَنْزِلُ بِهِ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ
English Translation
Yahya ibn Ayyub narrated to us, from Sa'id ibn Abi Maryam, from Yahya ibn Ayyub, from Ubaydullah ibn Zahr, from Ali ibn Yazid, from al-Qasim, from Abu Umamah, from Ibn Mas'ud who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: 'A time will come upon the people when you will envy a man for having few responsibilities, as you envy people today for having much wealth and children. Until one of you passes by the grave of his brother and rolls upon it as an animal rolls in its pasture, saying: Would that I were in his place. It will not be out of longing for Allah or any good deed he sent ahead, but because of the afflictions that befall him.'