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ahmad:14816Abū al-Yamān > Ṣafwān > Māʿiz al-Tamīmī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Indeed, Satan despairs that the worshipers would worship him, but he instigates strife among them."  

أحمد:١٤٨١٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ عَنْ مَاعِزٍ التَّمِيمِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْيَئِسَ أَنْ يَعْبُدَهُ الْمُصَلُّونَ وَلَكِنْ فِي التَّحْرِيشِ بَيْنَهُمْ  


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muslim:2812aʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Isḥāq > ʿUthmān > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

I heard Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying: Verily, the Satan has lost all hopes that the worshippers would ever worship (him) in the peninsula of Arabia, but he (is hopeful) that he would sow the seed of dissension amongst them.  

مسلم:٢٨١٢aحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ أَيِسَ أَنْ يَعْبُدَهُ الْمُصَلُّونَ فِي جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ وَلَكِنْ فِي التَّحْرِيشِ بَيْنَهُمْ  

tirmidhi:1937Hannād > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

"Indeed Ash-Shaitan has despaired of getting those who perform Salat to worship him.But he is engaged in sowing hatred among them."  

الترمذي:١٩٣٧حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ يَئِسَ أَنْ يَعْبُدَهُ الْمُصَلُّونَ وَلَكِنْ فِي التَّحْرِيشِ بَيْنَهُمْ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَسُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَأَبُو سُفْيَانَ اسْمُهُ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ
ahmad:14366Abū Muʿāwiyah And Ibn Numayr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, and Ibn Numair said in his hadith, "I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, 'Indeed, Satan has given up hope that the worshippers would worship him, but he still tries to instigate conflict among them.'"  

أحمد:١٤٣٦٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ أَيِسَ أَنْ يَعْبُدَهُ الْمُصَلُّونَ وَلَكِنْ فِي التَّحْرِيشِ بَيْنَهُمْ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ تَحْرِيشِ الشَّيَاطِينِ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، عِنْدَ إِيَاسِهَا مِنْهُمْ عَنِ الْإِشْرَاكِ بِاللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا

ibnhibban:5941Abū ʿArūbah > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ibn Mahdī > Sufyān > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Indeed, Satan has despaired of being worshipped by those who pray, but he is still engaged in sowing discord amongst them."  

ابن حبّان:٥٩٤١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ إِبْلِيسَ قَدْ يَئِسَ أَنْ يَعْبُدَهُ الْمُصَلُّونَ وَلَكِنَّهُ فِي التَّحْرِيشِ بَيْنَهُمْ»  

suyuti:5649a

I heard Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying: Verily, the Satan has lost all hopes that the worshippers would ever worship (him) in the peninsula of Arabia, but he (is hopeful) that he would sow the seed of dissension amongst them. (Using translation from Muslim 2812a)   

السيوطي:٥٦٤٩a

"إِنَّ الشَّيطَانَ قد أيِس أن يَعْبُدهُ الْمُصَلُّونَ في جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ، وَلَكِنْ في التَّحْرِيشِ بَينَهُم".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [ت] الترمذي (وابن خزيمة ، [حب] ابن حبّان عن جابر