Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَا يَمْنَعَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ مَخَافَةُ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بِحَقٍّ إِذَا عَلِمَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ فَمَا زَالَ بِنَا الْبَلَاءُ حَتَّى قَصَّرْنَا وَإِنَّا لَنَبْلُغُ فِي الشَّرِّ و قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا نَضْرَةَ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far told us, Shu'ba told us, and Hajjaj - Shu'ba told me - from Qatada, from Abu Nadra, from Abu Sa'id, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Let not the fear of people prevent any of you from speaking with truth when he knows it." He said: "Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said: 'The trial never ceased with us until we fell short, and indeed we have reached a point in evil...'" and Hajjaj said in his hadith: "I heard Abu Nadra."