Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ أَنَّ أَبَا مَالِكٍ الْأَشْعَرِيَّ لَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ قَالَ يَا سَامِعَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ لِيُبَلِّغْ الشَّاهِدُ مِنْكُمْ الْغَائِبَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ حُلْوَةُ الدُّنْيَا مُرَّةُ الْآخِرَةِ وَمُرَّةُ الدُّنْيَا حُلْوَةُ الْآخِرَةِ.
English Translation
Abu al-Mughirah narrated to us: Safwan narrated to us, from Shurayh ibn 'Ubayd al-Hadrami, that when death approached Abu Malik al-Ash'ari, he said: 'O hearer among the Ash'aris, let the one present among you convey to the one absent: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saying: The sweetness of this world is the bitterness of the Hereafter, and the bitterness of this world is the sweetness of the Hereafter.'