Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 15939

Sayyiduna Mihjan bin al-Adra' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took me by the hand until he climbed Mount Uhud. Then he looked towards Madinah and said: "Woe to its mother! It is a town whose inhabitants will abandon it while it is at its most flourishing. The Dajjal will come to it and will find an angel with a drawn sword on every one of its passes." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came down from there and came to the mosque. There a man was standing, praying and reciting. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What do you think of Abdullah bin Qays? He is a righteous, forbearing man." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Shall I not give him the glad tidings?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware of letting him hear this and thereby ruining him." The narrator said: Then he went on until we came to the mosque. We found Sayyiduna Buraydah al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) at the door of the mosque. In the mosque there was a man who was prolonging his prayer. There was an element of humour in Sayyiduna Buraydah's (may Allah be pleased with him) nature, and he said: "O Mihjan! Will you not pray the way Sakiyyah is praying?" But he gave no reply and went back. When he reached his house, he said: "The best of our religion is what is easiest; the best of your religion is what is easiest; the best of your religion is what is easiest; the best of your religion is what is easiest."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except Raja' bin Abi Raja', and Ibn Hibban declared him thiqah (trustworthy).