Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ عَنْ ثَوْرٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ عَنْ عِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ قَالَ صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْفَجْرَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ لَهَا الْأَعْيُنُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ قُلْنَا أَوْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَأَنَّ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَأَوْصِنَا قَالَ أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ يَرَى بَعْدِي اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ.
English Translation
Al-Dahhak ibn Makhlad told us, from Thawr, from Khalid ibn Ma'dan, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Amr al-Sulami, from Irbad ibn Sariyah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, led us in the dawn prayer, then he turned to us and admonished us with an eloquent admonition that made the eyes shed tears and the hearts fearful. We said - or they said: O Messenger of Allah, it is as though this is the admonition of one bidding farewell, so advise us. He said: I advise you to fear Allah, and to hear and obey, even if it be an Abyssinian slave, for whoever among you lives will see much disagreement after me. So hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly-guided caliphs, and bite onto it with your molars. And beware of newly invented matters, for every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is misguidance.