Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي النَّضْرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَشْجَعِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدٍ الْمُكْتِبِ عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَضَحِكَ فَقَالَ «هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مِمَّا أَضْحَكُ؟ » قُلْنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «مِنْ مُخَاطَبَةِ الْعَبْدِ رَبَّهُ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَلَمْ تُجِرْنِي مِنَ الظُّلْمِ؟ قَالَ يَقُولُ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنِّي لَا أُجِيزُ عَلَى نَفْسِي إِلَّا شَاهِدًا مِنِّي فَيَقُولُ كَفَى بِنَفْسِكَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ شَهِيدًا وَبِالْكِرَامِ الْكَاتِبِينَ عَلَيْكَ شَهِيدًا فَيُخْتَمُ عَلَى فِيهِ ثُمَّ يُقَالُ لِأَرْكَانِهِ انْطِقِي فَتَنْطِقُ بِأَعْمَالِهِ ثُمَّ يُخَلَّى بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْكَلَامِ فَيَقُولُ بُعْدًا لَكُنَّ وَسُحْقًا فَعَنْكُنَّ كُنْتُ أُنَاضِلُ»
English Translation
Hadrat Mu'awiyah ibn al-Hakam al-Sulami (may Allah be well pleased with him) narrated: While I was praying with the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), a man in the congregation sneezed. I said: "Yarhamuk Allah" (May Allah have mercy on you). The people stared at me with their eyes, so I said: "Woe to me! Why are you staring at me?" They began striking their hands on their thighs. When I saw them silencing me, I became quiet. When the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) - may my father and mother be sacrificed for him, I have never seen a teacher before him or after him better in teaching than him - finished praying, by Allah, he did not scold me, nor strike me, nor insult me. He stated: "Indeed, in this prayer, nothing of people's speech is appropriate. Rather, it is Tasbih, Takbir, and recitation of the Qur'an" - or as the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) stated. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am recently removed from ignorance, and Allah has brought Islam. Among us are men who go to soothsayers." He stated: "Do not go to them." I said: "And among us are men who draw lines." He stated: "There was a prophet who used to draw lines, so whoever matches his line, that is acceptable." He said: I had a slave girl who used to tend my sheep behind Mount Uhud and al-Jawwaniyyah. One day I came and found that a wolf had taken a sheep from them. I am a man from the children of Adam - I get upset as they get upset. So I struck her a blow. Then I came to the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), and he considered it a grave matter. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, should I not free her?" He stated: "Bring her to me." So I brought her to him. He asked her: "Where is Allah?" She said: "In the heaven." He asked: "Who am I?" She said: "You are the Messenger of Allah." He stated: "Free her, for she is a believer."