العربية (الأصل)
حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَنْبَأَنَا مُجَالِدٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ قَالَ قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي وَفْدِ كِنْدَةَ فَقَالَ لِي هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ قُلْتُ غُلَامٌ وُلِدَ لِي فِي مَخْرَجِي إِلَيْكَ مِنْ ابْنَةِ جَدٍّ وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ مَكَانَهُ شَبِعَ الْقَوْمُ قَالَ لَا تَقُولَنَّ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمْ قُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ وَأَجْرًا إِذَا قُبِضُوا ثُمَّ وَلَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَاكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَمَجْبَنَةٌ مَحْزَنَةٌ إِنَّهُمْ لَمَجْبَنَةٌ مَحْزَنَةٌ.
الترجمة الإنجليزية
Surayj ibn al-Nu'man told us, Hushaym told us, Mujalid informed us, from al-Sha'bi, [who said]: al-Ash'ath ibn Qays told us: I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, with the delegation of Kindah, and he said to me: Do you have any children? I said: A boy was born to me on my journey to you, from the daughter of Jadd, and I would have wished that in his place the people were fed. He said: Do not say that, for in them is comfort of the eye and reward when they die. Yet, if you say that, they are indeed a cause of cowardice and grief; they are indeed a cause of cowardice and grief.