Hadith #342
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي الْخَطَّابِيَّ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا خَرَجَ فَتَبِعَهُ رَجُلَانِ وَرَجُلٌ يَتْلُوهُمَا يَقُولُ ارْجِعَا قَالَ فَرَجَعَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَإِنِّي
لَمْ أَزَلْ بِهِمَا حَتَّى رَدَدْتُهُمَا فَإِذَا أَتَيْتَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَقْرِئْهُ السَّلَامَ وَأَعْلِمْهُ أَنَّا فِي جَمْعِ صَدَقَاتِنَا وَلَوْ كَانَتْ تَصْلُحُ لَهُ لَأَرْسَلْنَا بِهَا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ فَنَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ الْخَلْوَةِ
Isnad Chain
عبد الجبار بن محمد ي
الخطابي
عبيد الله بن عمرو
عبد الكريم
عكرمة
ابن عباس
English Translation
'Abd al-Jabbar ibn Muhammad — meaning al-Khattabi — narrated to me, 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Amr narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Karim, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) that a man went out and two men followed him, and another man was calling: Come back, come back! He returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him about that. He said: 'Those two were devils, and this one was an angel who came to bring you back.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 9, Hadith 342
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 2380
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-38770