Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْقَارِظِيِّ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ الدِّيلِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا لَهَبٍ بِعُكَاظٍ وَهُوَ يَتْبَعُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ هَذَا قَدْ غَوَى فَلَا يُغْوِيَنَّكُمْ عَنْ آلِهَةِ آبَائِكُمْ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفِرُّ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى أَثَرِهِ وَنَحْنُ نَتْبَعُهُ وَنَحْنُ غِلْمَانُ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ أَحْوَلَ ذَا غَدِيرَتَيْنِ أَبْيَضَ النَّاسِ وَأَجْمَلَهُمْ.
English Translation
Abdullah narrated to us: Mus'ab b. Abdullah al-Zubayri narrated to us: Abd al-Aziz b. Muhammad b. Abi Ubayd narrated to me, from Ibn Abi Dhi'b, from Sa'id b. Khalid al-Qarizi, from Rabi'ah b. Abbad al-Dili, who said: I saw Abu Lahab at Ukaz, following the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saying, "O people, this one has surely gone astray, so let him not lead you astray from the gods of your fathers." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would flee from him while he followed on his heels, and we followed him, being boys. It is as if I can see him now: cross-eyed, with two braided locks of hair, the fairest and most handsome of people.