Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمَّارٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ أَتَى عَلَيَّ زَمَانٌ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ أَوْلَادُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَوْلَادُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ مَعَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّى حَدَّثَنِي فُلَانٌ عَنْ فُلَانٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُئِلَ عَنْهُمْ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ الرَّجُلَ فَأَخْبَرَنِي فَأَمْسَكْتُ عَنْ قَوْلِي.
English Translation
Ibn Abbas said: There was a time when I used to say that the children of Muslims are with the Muslims and the children of the polytheists are with the polytheists, until so-and-so narrated to me from so-and-so that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was asked about them and said: 'Allah knows best what they would have done.' He said: Then I met the man and he informed me, so I refrained from my opinion.