Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ فَقَالَ كُنَّا نَكُونُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَيَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ لَا نَنْزِعَ خِفَافَنَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَائِطٍ وَبَوْلٍ وَنَوْمٍ وَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ جَهْوَرِيُّ الصَّوْتِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ الرَّجُلُ يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ وَلَمَّا يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ.
English Translation
It was narrated to us by Yahya ibn Adam, who said: it was narrated to us by Sufyan, from Asim, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, who said: I came to Safwan ibn Assal al-Muradi and asked him about wiping over the leather socks. He said, "We used to be with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he would command us not to remove our leather socks for three days, except in the case of major ritual impurity, but rather for relieving ourselves, urinating, or sleeping." And a Bedouin with a loud voice came and said, "O Muhammad, a man loves a people but has not yet joined them." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "A man is with whom he loves."