Hadith #37
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَارَةُ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ وَابْنُ جَ
عْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَارَةَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَعْنَى قَالَ لَا يَجْعَلْ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ جُزْءًا لَا يَرَى إِلَّا أَنَّ حَتْمًا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكْثَرُ انْصِرَافِهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) — via Yahya, from al-A'mash — 'Umara narrated to me — al-Aswad ibn Yazid narrated to me; and [via] Abu Mu'awiya, from al-A'mash, from 'Umara; and [via] Ibn Ja'far, from Shu'ba, from Sulayman — I heard 'Umara, from al-Aswad, from 'Abdullah — with the same meaning — that he said: 'Let none of you give the devil any part of himself, thinking it obligatory upon him to turn away [from the prayer] only to his right — for I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turn away mostly to his left.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 12, Hadith 37
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3875
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-40265