Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ قُرْصٍ أَوْ قُرْطٍ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَعْمَلُونَ الْيَوْمَ أَعْمَالًا هِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنْ الشَّعْرِ كُنَّا نَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ الْمُوبِقَاتِ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي قَتَادَةَ فَكَيْفَ لَوْ أَدْرَكَ زَمَانَنَا هَذَا فَقَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ لَكَانَ لِذَلِكَ أَقْوَلَ.
English Translation
'Ubadah ibn Qurs or Qurt said: 'Today you do deeds that are finer in your eyes than a hair, but we used to count them during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) as destructive sins.' I said to Abu Qatadah: 'What if he had seen our times?' Abu Qatadah said: 'He would have said so even more strongly.'