Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّوَّاسَ بْنَ سَمْعَانَ الْأَنْصَارِىَّ قَالَ وَكَذَا قَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ فَقَالَ الْبِرُّ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ وَالْإِثْمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ وَكَرِهْتَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ.
English Translation
Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Mu'awiya - meaning Ibn Salih - from Abd al-Rahman ibn Jubayr, from his father, that al-Nawwas ibn Sam'an al-Ansari said - and Zayd ibn al-Hubab said likewise, calling him al-Ansari - : I asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, about righteousness and sin, and he said: 'Righteousness is good character, and sin is what wavers in your chest and which you dislike people becoming aware of.'