Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْزُوقٌ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحِمْصِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَسْمَاءَ الرَّحَبِيُّ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَدَاعَى عَلَيْكُمْ الْأُمَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ أُفُقٍ كَمَا تَدَاعَى الْأَكَلَةُ عَلَى قَصْعَتِهَا قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَمِنْ قِلَّةٍ بِنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ أَنْتُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ كَثِيرٌ وَلَكِنْ تَكُونُونَ غُثَاءً كَغُثَاءِ السَّيْلِ يَنْتَزِعُ الْمَهَابَةَ مِنْ قُلُوبِ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَيَجْعَلُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ الْوَهْنَ قَالَ قُلْنَا وَمَا الْوَهْنُ قَالَ حُبُّ الْحَيَاةِ وَكَرَاهِيَةُ الْمَوْتِ.
English Translation
Abu al-Nadr narrated to us, al-Mubarak ibn Fadalah narrated to us, Marzuq Abu 'Abdullah al-Himsi narrated to us, Abu Asma' al-Rahabi narrated to us, from Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The nations will soon summon one another to attack you from every horizon, just as diners invite one another to their dish." We said: "O Messenger of Allah, will that be because of our small numbers on that day?" He said: "Rather, on that day you will be many, but you will be like the froth of a flood. Allah will remove the fear of you from the hearts of your enemies and will cast weakness (wahn) into your hearts." We said: "What is weakness (wahn)?" He said: "Love of this world and hatred of death."