Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَيَقْدَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ قَوْمٌ هُمْ أَرَقُّ قُلُوبًا لِلْإِسْلَامِ مِنْكُمْ قَالَ فَقَدِمَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّونَ مِنْهُمْ أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ فَلَمَّا قَرُبُوا مِنْ الْمَدِينَةِ جَعَلُوا يَرْتَجِزُونَ وَجَعَلُوا يَقُولُونَ غَدًا نَلْقَى الْأَحِبَّةَ مُحَمَّدًا وَحِزْبَهُ قَالَ وَكَانَ هُمْ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَحْدَثَ الْمُصَافَحَةَ.
English Translation
Yahya ibn Ishaq told us, he said: Yahya ibn Ayyub informed us, Humayd al-Tawil told us, he said: I heard Anas ibn Malik say: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "A people will come to you whose hearts are more tender toward Islam than yours." He said: Then the Ash’aris came, among them Abu Musa al-Ash’ari. When they drew near Medina, they began chanting verse, saying, "Tomorrow we shall meet our loved ones, Muhammad and his party." He said: And they were the first to introduce the handshake.