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ahmad:8286Abū ʿĀmir > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad > al-Maqburiyyiʿan Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Whenever a person leaves his house, meaning from its door, there are two banners: a banner in the hand of an angel and a banner in the hand of a devil. If he leaves for what pleases Allah, the angel follows him with his banner and he remains under the banner of the angel until he returns home. But if he leaves for what displeases Allah, the devil follows him with his banner and he remains under the banner of the devil until he returns home."  

أحمد:٨٢٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ خَارِجٍ يَخْرُجُ يَعْنِي مِنْ بَيْتِهِ إِلَّا بِبَابِهِ رَايَتَانِ رَايَةٌ بِيَدِ مَلَكٍ وَرَايَةٌ بِيَدِ شَيْطَانٍ فَإِنْ خَرَجَ لِمَا يُحِبُّ اللهُ ﷻ اتَّبَعَهُ الْمَلَكُ بِرَايَتِهِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ تَحْتَ رَايَةِ الْمَلَكِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ وَإِنْ خَرَجَ لِمَا يُسْخِطُ اللهَ اتَّبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِرَايَتِهِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ تَحْتَ رَايَةِ الشَّيْطَانِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ  


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السيوطي:١٩٢٩٣a

"مَا منْ خارِجٍ يَخْرُجُ إِلَّا بِبَابِه رَايَتَانِ: رَايَةٌ بِيَد مَلك، وَرَايَةٌ بِيَد شيطانٍ، فإنْ خرَجَ فيمَا يُحبُّ الله ﷻ تبِعَه المَلكُ بِرَايَته، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ تَحْتَ رَايَة المَلَك حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلى بَيته، وَإنْ خَرَجَ فيما يُسْخطُ الله تَبِعَهُ الشَّيطَانُ بِرَايَته، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ تَحْتَ رَايَة الشَّيطَانِ حَتَّى يَرْجعَ إِلَى بَيتِه".  

[حم] أحمد [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط [ق] البيهقى في السنن في الزهد عن أبي هريرة