Muwatta Malik #428
Shortening the Prayer
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عَطَاءَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ، كَانَ إِذَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضُ مَنْ يَبِيعُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ دَعَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ مَا مَعَكَ وَمَا تُرِيدُ فَإِنْ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ قَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِسُوقِ الدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّمَا هَذَا سُوقُ الآخِرَةِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that if some one
passed by Ata ibn Yasar in the mosque with something to trade, he
would call him and ask, "What is the matter with you? What do you
want?" If the man said that he wished to trade with him, he would say,
"You need the market of this world. This is the market of the next
world."
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This hadith is #428 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Shortening the Prayer.