Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَدَخَلْتُ مَعَهُ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يَقْرَأُ وَيُصَلِّي قَالَ لَقَدْ أُوتِيَ هَذَا مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ وَإِذَا هُوَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَيْسٍ أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأُخْبِرُهُ قَالَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَمْ تَزَلْ لِي صَدِيقًا.
English Translation
Zayd ibn al-Hubab told us: Malik ibn Mighwal informed me: Abdullah ibn Buraydah told us, from his father: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, entered the mosque and took my hand, and I entered with him. There was a man reciting and praying, and he said: This one has been given a flute from among the flutes of the family of David. It turned out to be Abdullah ibn Qays, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari. I said: O Messenger of Allah, shall I tell him? He said: Tell him. So I told him, and he said: You have always been a friend to me.