Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ أَوْ عَنْ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا دَخَلَ مَسْجِدَ دِمَشْقَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ آنِسْ وَحْشَتِي وَارْحَمْ غُرْبَتِي وَارْزُقْنِي جَلِيسًا صَالِحًا فَسَمِعَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَ لَئِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقًا لَأَنَا أَسْعَدُ بِمَا قُلْتَ مِنْكَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ { فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِمٌ لِنَفْسِهِ } يَعْنِي الظَّالِمَ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهُ فِي مَقَامِهِ ذَلِكَ فَذَلِكَ الْهَمُّ وَالْحَزَنُ { وَمِنْهُمْ مُقْتَصِدٌ } قَالَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا { وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ } قَالَ الَّذِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ.
English Translation
Waki' told us: Sufyan told us, from al-A'mash, from Thabit or from Abu Thabit, that a man entered the mosque of Damascus and said: 'O Allah, ease my loneliness, have mercy on my estrangement, and grant me a righteous companion.' Abu al-Darda heard him and said: 'If you are sincere, then I am indeed more fortunate than you in what you said. I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say concerning [the verse] "Then among them is he who wrongs himself" - meaning the wrongdoer is held to account in that very station of his, and that is the worry and grief - "and among them is he who is moderate" - he said: he will be given an easy reckoning - "and among them is he who is foremost in good deeds by Allah's permission" - he said: those are the ones who enter Paradise without reckoning.'