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ahmad:14404 – Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When the mu'adhin calls for prayer, the devil runs away until he reaches the Ruha'ah, which is thirty miles away from the city."  

أحمد:١٤٤٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ هَرَبَ الشَّيْطَانُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ بِالرَّوْحَاءِ وَهِيَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ ثَلَاثُونَ مِيلًا  

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bayhaqi:2035 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When the muezzin calls the adhan, the devil runs away until he reaches the outskirts of Ar-Rawha', which is thirty miles away from the city."  

البيهقي:٢٠٣٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ هَرَبَ الشَّيْطَانُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ بِالرَّوْحَاءِ وَهِيَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ ثَلَاثُونَ مِيلًا  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ