Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَمَّنْ سَمِعَ حِطَّانَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقَاشِيَّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى قُلْتُ لِصَاحِبٍ لِي تَعَالَ فَلْنَجْعَلْ يَوْمَنَا هَذَا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَلَكَأَنَّمَا شَهِدَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ تَعَالَ فَلْنَجْعَلْ يَوْمَنَا هَذَا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَمَا زَالَ يُرَدِّدُهَا حَتَّى تَمَنَّيْتُ أَنْ أَسِيخَ فِي الْأَرْضِ.
English Translation
Affan told us: Hammad - that is Ibn Salama - told us: Thabit informed us, from someone who heard Hittan b. Abdullah al-Raqashi, who said: Abu Musa said: I said to a companion of mine, "Come, let us devote this day of ours to Allah, Mighty and Majestic." And it was as though we had witnessed the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, when he said, "And among them is one who says, 'Come, let us devote this day of ours to Allah, Mighty and Majestic'" - and he kept repeating it until I wished I could sink into the earth.