Hadith #54
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَخَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَس
َلَّمَ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ فَجَعَلَ يَهْوِي بِيَدِهِ قَالَ خَلَفٌ يَهْوِي فِي الصَّلَاةِ قُدَّامَهُ فَسَأَلَهُ الْقَوْمُ حِينَ انْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ هُوَ كَانَ يُلْقِي عَلَيَّ شَرَرَ النَّارِ لِيَفْتِنَنِي عَنْ صَلَاتِي فَتَنَاوَلْتُهُ فَلَوْ أَخَذْتُهُ مَا انْفَلَتَ مِنِّي حَتَّى يُنَاطَ إِلَى سَارِيَةٍ مِنْ سَوَارِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ وِلْدَانُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ
Isnad Chain
عبد الرزاق وخلف بن الوليد
إسرائيل
سماك
English Translation
It was narrated from Jabir ibn Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that during the prayer, the Prophet ﷺ reached toward something in front of him. When he finished, the people asked him about it. He said: 'That was Shaytan — he was throwing sparks of fire at me to distract me from my prayer. I grabbed him and if I had caught him, I would have tied him to a pillar of the mosque.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 39, Hadith 54
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 20092
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-56482