Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ حَارِثِ بْنِ حَصِيرَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ دَخَلَ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ بُرَيْدَةُ يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ فَائْذَنْ لِي فِي الْكَلَامِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ سَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِمِثْلِ مَا قَالَ الْآخَرُ فَقَالَ بُرَيْدَةُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَشْفَعَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَدَدَ مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ وَمَدَرَةٍ قَالَ أَفَتَرْجُوهَا أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ وَلَا يَرْجُوهَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ.
English Translation
Al-Aswad ibn 'Amir narrated to us: Abu Isra'il informed us from Harith ibn Hasirah from Ibn Buraydah from his father, who said: He entered upon Mu'awiyah, and a man was speaking, so Buraydah said: "O Mu'awiyah, permit me to speak." He said: "Yes," thinking that he would say something like what the other man had said. So Buraydah said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: 'I hope to intercede on the Day of Resurrection for as many as the number of trees and clods of earth on the ground.'" He said: "Do you hope for that, O Mu'awiyah, while 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, does not hope for it?"