Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَهُ يَا مُعَاذُ أَتْبِعْ السَّيِّئَةَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ تَمْحُهَا وَخَالِقْ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ فَقَالَ وَقَالَ وَكِيعٌ وَجَدْتُهُ فِي كِتَابِي عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَهُوَ السَّمَاعُ الْأَوَّلُ قَالَ أَبِي وَقَالَ وَكِيعٌ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً عَنْ مُعَاذٍ.
English Translation
Waki' told us, Sufyan told us, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Maymun ibn Abi Shabib, from Mu'adh: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him: O Mu'adh, follow up a bad deed with a good deed, it will erase it, and behave toward people with good character. (Waki' said: I found it in my book from Abu Dharr, and that was the first hearing. My father said, and Waki' said: Sufyan said it once from Mu'adh.)