Hadith #554
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَابَاهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُبَاهِي مَلَائِكَتَهُ عَشِيَّةَ عَرَفَةَ بِأَهْلِ عَرَفَةَ فَيَقُولُ انْظُرُوا إِلَى عِبَادِي أَتَوْنِي شُعْثًا غُبْرًا
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (رضي الله عنهما) — via Azhar ibn al-Qasim, from al-Muthanna ibn Sa'id, from Qatada, from 'Abdullah ibn Babah — that the Prophet ﷺ would say: 'Allah (عز وجل) boasts of the people of 'Arafa before His angels on the evening of 'Arafa, saying: "Look at My servants — they have come to Me disheveled and dusty."'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 16, Hadith 554
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 6792
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43182