Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَصْدُقُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الصِّدْقَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ صِدِّيقًا وَلَا يَزَالُ يَكْذِبُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الْكَذِبَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ كَذَّابًا.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far told us, Shu'bah told us, from Mansur, from Abu Wa'il, from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: "A man continues to be truthful and to seek out truthfulness until he is recorded as truly truthful, and he continues to lie and to seek out lying until he is recorded as a liar."