Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَبِيعَ دُورَنَا وَنَتَحَوَّلَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ أَجْلِ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا فُلَانُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ دِيَارَكُمْ فَإِنَّهَا تُكْتَبُ آثَارُكُمْ.
English Translation
Hashim told us, Shu'bah told us, from al-Jurayri, from Abu Nadrah, who said: Jabir ibn Abdullah said: "We wanted to sell our houses and move near to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, for the sake of the prayer." He said: So I mentioned that to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said to a man from the Ansar: "O so-and-so, keep your homes, for your footsteps are recorded."