Arabic (Original)
فِي سَنَةِ ثَمَانٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا رَجَعَ مِنْ الْيَمَنِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا بِالْيَمَنِ يَسْجُدُ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضِهِمْ أَفَلَا نَسْجُدُ لَكَ قَالَ لَوْ كُنْتُ آمِرًا بَشَرًا يَسْجُدُ لِبَشَرٍ لَأَمَرْتُ الْمَرْأَةَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِزَوْجِهَا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ظَبْيَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ أَقْبَلَ مُعَاذٌ مِنْ الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ.
English Translation
In the year two hundred twenty-eight, Waki' told us, al-A'mash told us, from Abu Zabyan, from Mu'adh ibn Jabal: that when he returned from Yemen, he said: O Messenger of Allah, I saw men in Yemen prostrating to one another — shall we not prostrate to you? He said: If I were to command a human being to prostrate to another human being, I would command the wife to prostrate to her husband. Ibn Numayr told us, al-A'mash told us: I heard Abu Zabyan narrate from a man of the Ansar, from Mu'adh ibn Jabal, who said: Mu'adh came from Yemen and said: O Messenger of Allah, I saw men — and he mentioned the same meaning.