Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا النَّهَّاسُ بْنُ قَهْمٍ أَبُو الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ شَدَّادٍ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ الشَّامِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ عَوْفُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي إِلَيْكَ قَالَ فَقَالُوا أَلَيْسَ قَدْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَا عَمَّرَ الْمُسْلِمُ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنِّي أَخَافُ سِتًّا إِمَارَةَ السُّفَهَاءِ وَبَيْعَ الْحُكْمِ وَكَثْرَةَ الشَّرْطِ وَقَطِيعَةَ الرَّحِمِ وَنَشْئًا يَنْشَئُونَ يَتَّخِذُونَ الْقُرْآنَ مَزَامِيرَ وَسَفْكَ الدَّمِ.
English Translation
Waki' narrated to us, who said: an-Nahhas bin Qahm Abu al-Khattab narrated to us, from Shaddad Abu Ammar ash-Shami, who said: Awf bin Malik said: O plague, take me to yourself! They said to him: Have you not heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: The longer a Muslim lives, the better it is for him? He said: Yes, but I fear six things: the rule of fools, the selling of judgments, the abundance of the repressive police, the severing of family ties, a generation that will arise taking the Qur'an as musical instruments, and the shedding of blood.