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ahmad-zuhd:393ʿAbdullāh > Bī > Sayyār > Jaʿfar > Thābit al-Bunānī

[Machine] We have been informed that Satan appeared to Yahya bin Zakariya, peace be upon them both, and he saw on him attachments of everything. He asked him, "What are these attachments that I see on you?" He replied, "These are the desires that the children of Adam are afflicted with." Yahya ﷺ asked, "Do I have anything to do with them?" Satan replied, "No." Yahya then asked, "Will anything from me affect you?" Satan replied, "Perhaps you will become satisfied and we will distract you from prayer and remembrance." Yahya asked, "Is there anything else?" Satan replied, "No." Yahya said, "Certainly, by Allah, I will never be satisfied."  

الزهد لأحمد:٣٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أبِي حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ الْبُنَانِيُّ قَالَ

بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ إِبْلِيسَ ظَهَرَ لِيَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ فَرَأَى عَلَيْهِ مَعَالِيقَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا هَذِهِ الْمَعَالِيقُ الَّتِي أَرَاهَا عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ هَذِهِ الشَّهَوَاتُ الَّتِي أُصِيبُ بِهَا بَنِي آدَمَ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَحْيَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ هَلْ لِي فِيهَا شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَهَلْ تُصِيبُ مِنِّي شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ رُبَّمَا شَبِعْتَ فَثَقَّلْنَاكَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ وَالذِّكْرِ قَالَ هَلْ غَيْرُ ذَا؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ لَا جَرَمَ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَشْبَعُ أَبَدًا