Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ يَعْنِي الْمُؤَدِّبَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْوَضَّاحِ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ وَالْمُجَالِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ شَهْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ كَلِمَتَيْنِ مِنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَلِمَةٌ وَمِنْ النَّجَاشِيِّ أُخْرَى سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ انْظُرُوا قُرَيْشًا فَخُذُوا مِنْ قَوْلِهِمْ وَذَرُوا فِعْلَهُمْ وَكُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّجَاشِيِّ جَالِسًا فَجَاءَ ابْنُهُ مِنْ الْكُتَّابِ فَقَرَأَ آيَةً مِنْ الْإِنْجِيلِ فَعَرَفْتُهَا أَوْ فَهِمْتُهَا فَضَحِكْتُ فَقَالَ مِمَّ تَضْحَكُ أَمِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ أَنَّ اللَّعْنَةَ تَكُونُ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِذَا كَانَ أُمَرَاؤُهَا الصِّبْيَانَ.
English Translation
Amir ibn Shahr said: 'I heard two statements, one from the Prophet (peace be upon him) and another from the Negus. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Look to the Quraysh; take from their words but leave their deeds. I was sitting with the Negus when his son came from school and recited a verse from the Gospel, and I understood it, so I laughed. He said: Why are you laughing? Is it from the Book of Allah the Exalted? By Allah, among what Allah the Exalted revealed to Isa ibn Maryam is that curse will be upon the earth when its rulers are children.'