Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ فَعَلْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ لَا وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَا فَعَلْتُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام قَدْ فَعَلَ وَلَكِنْ قَدْ غُفِرَ لَهُ بِقَوْلِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ هَذَا مِنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ بَيْنَهُمَا رَجُلٌ يَعْنِي ثَابِتًا.
English Translation
Affan narrated to us: Hammad - namely Ibn Salamah - narrated to us: Thabit informed us, from Abdullah ibn Umar, that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said to a man: "You did such-and-such," and the man said: "No, by the One besides whom there is no god, I did not do it." Gabriel, peace be upon him, then said to him: "He did indeed do it, but he has been forgiven because he said 'there is no god but God.'" Hammad said: Thabit did not hear this directly from Ibn Umar; there was a man between them.