Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الثَقَفِيِّ أَوْ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ شَكَّ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ عَبْدَةَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يُحَرِّمْ حُرْمَةً إِلَّا وَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ سَيَطَّلِعُهَا مِنْكُمْ مُطَّلِعٌ أَلَا وَإِنِّي آخِذٌ بِحُجَزِكُمْ أَنْ تَهَافَتُوا فِي النَّارِ كَتَهَافُتِ الْفَرَاشِ أَوْ الذُّبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قَطَنٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ النَّهْدِيِّ فَذَكَرَهُ وَكَذَا قَالَ يَزِيدُ وَأَبَو كَامِلٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ وَقَالَ الْفَرَاشِ أَوْ الذُّبَابِ.
English Translation
Waki’ told us, from al-Mas’udi, from Uthman al-Thaqafi — or al-Hasan ibn Sa’d, al-Mas’udi being uncertain — from Abdah al-Nahdi, from Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Allah has never forbidden anything sacred but He knew that someone among you would transgress it. Behold, I am taking hold of your waist-belts lest you tumble into the Fire like moths tumbling into a flame" — or "flies." Abu Qatan told us: al-Mas’udi told us, from al-Hasan ibn Sa’d, from Abdah al-Nahdi, and mentioned it; and Yazid and Abu Kamil likewise said, from al-Hasan ibn Sa’d. Rawh said: al-Mas’udi told us: Abu al-Mughirah told us, from al-Hasan ibn Sa’d, and he said "moths or flies."