Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جُدْعَانَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ الْكِلَابِيِّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَهُ يَا ضَحَّاكُ مَا طَعَامُكَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اللَّحْمُ وَاللَّبَنُ قَالَ ثُمَّ يَصِيرُ إِلَى مَاذَا قَالَ إِلَى مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ قَالَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى ضَرَبَ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ ابْنِ آدَمَ مَثَلًا لِلدُّنْيَا.
English Translation
Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik told us: Hammad ibn Zayd told us, from Ali ibn Zayd, from al-Hasan, from al-Dahhak ibn Sufyan al-Kilabi, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him: "O Dahhak, what is your food?" He said: "O Messenger of Allah, meat and milk." He said: "Then what does it become?" He said: "That which you already know." He said: "Indeed Allah, Blessed and Exalted, made what comes out of the son of Adam an example [of the worthlessness] of this world."