Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ السِّيلَحِينِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَةَ الشَّامِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمِقَةُ فِي السَّمَاءِ فَإِذَا أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا قَالَ إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ فُلَانًا فَأَحِبُّوهُ قَالَ فَتَنْزِلُ لَهُ الْمِقَةُ فِي أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ.
English Translation
Yahya ibn Ishaq al-Silahini told us, Sharik told us, from Muhammad ibn Sa'd al-Ansari, from Abu Zabyah al-Shami, from Abu Umamah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Love is in the heavens; so when Allah loves a servant, He says, 'I have loved so-and-so, so love him,' and then love descends for him among the people of the earth."