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ahmad-zuhd:2009ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > ʿArabī > a man Lā Aʿlamuh Illā Saʿīd al-Azraq > Muḥammad b. Wāsiʿ > Raʾá Ūways a man Yuṣallī Yaqūm And Yaqʿud > Mā Lak > Aqūm Fayajīʾ al-Shayṭān

[Machine] I get up and Satan comes and says, “You are having false visions, so sit down.” Then he argues with me about performing the prayer, so I get up. Then he says, “You are having false visions, so sit down.” He said, “If you were alone, would you perform this prayer?” He said, “Yes.” He said, “Pray, for you are not having false visions.”  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٠٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَرَبِيٍّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا سَعِيدًا الْأَزْرَقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ قَالَ رَأَى أُوَيْسٌ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي يَقُومُ وَيَقْعُدُ قَالَ مَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ

أَقُومُ فَيَجِيءُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّكَ تُرَائِي فَاجْلِسْ ثُمَّ تُنَازِعُنِي نَفْسِي إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَأَقُومُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ إِنَّكَ تُرَائِي فَاجْلِسْ فَقَالَ لَوْ خَلَوْتَ كُنْتَ تُصَلِّي هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ صَلِّ فَلَسْتَ تُرَائِي