Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَيَسْتَحِي أَنْ يَبْسُطَ الْعَبْدُ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْهِ يَسْأَلُهُ خَيْرًا فَيَرُدَّهُمَا خَائِبَتَيْنِ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا رَجُلٌ فِي مَجْلِسِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ يُحَدِّثُ بِهَذَا عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَزِيدُ سَمُّوهُ لِي قَالُوا هُوَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ عَبْد اللَّهِ قَالَ أَبِي يَعْنِي جَعْفَرَ صَاحِبَ الْأَنْمَاطِ.
English Translation
Yazid told us: Sulayman al-Taymi informed us, from Abu Uthman, from Salman, who said: "Allah, Mighty and Sublime, is too shy to let a servant stretch out his hands to Him asking Him for good and then return them empty." Yazid told us: A man in the gathering of Amr ibn Ubayd informed us that he heard Abu Uthman relate this from Salman al-Farisi, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yazid said: "Name him for me." They said: "He is Ja'far ibn Maymun." Abdullah said: My father said, meaning Ja'far, the owner of the carpets.