Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ كُرْدُوسٍ قَالَ كَانَ يَقُصُّ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَأَنْ أَجْلِسَ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَعْتِقَ أَرْبَعَ رِقَابٍ يَعْنِي الْقَصَصَ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far told us: Shu'ba told us, from Abd al-Malik ibn Maysara, from Kurdus, who said: He used to give exhortations and said: A man of the people of Badr told us, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: That I sit in a gathering like this is more beloved to me than freeing four slaves - meaning the exhortation gatherings.