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ahmad:8543 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"A male devil following a female devil." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3765)

أحمد:٨٥٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا يَتْبَعُ حَمَامَةً فَقَالَ شَيْطَانٌ يَتْبَعُ شَيْطَانَةً

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abudawud:4940 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man pursuing a pigeon. He said: A devil is pursuing a female devil.

أبو داود:٤٩٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلاً يَتْبَعُ حَمَامَةً فَقَالَ شَيْطَانٌ يَتْبَعُ شَيْطَانَةً

ibnmajah:3765 – Abū Bakr > al-Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"A male devil following a female devil."

ابن ماجة:٣٧٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلاً يَتْبَعُ حَمَامَةً فَقَالَ شَيْطَانٌ يَتْبَعُ شَيْطَانَةً

ibnmajah:3767 – Abū Naṣr Muḥammad b. Khalaf al-ʿAsqalānī > Rawwād b. al-Jarrāḥ > Abū Saʿd al-Sāʿidī > Anas b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man chasing a pigeon and said: 'A devil chasing a devil.'"

ابن ماجة:٣٧٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ الْعَسْقَلاَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا رَوَّادُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلاً يَتْبَعُ حَمَامًا فَقَالَ شَيْطَانٌ يَتْبَعُ شَيْطَانًا

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنِ اشْتِغَالِ الْمَرْءِ بِالْحَمَامِ وَسَائِرِ الطُّيُورِ عَبَثًا

ibnhibban:5874 – Abū Yaʿlá > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sallām al-Jumaḥī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"A male devil following a female devil." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3765)

ابن حبّان:٥٨٧٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ الْجُمَحِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا يَتْبَعُ حَمَامَةً فَقَالَ «شَيْطَانٌ يَتْبَعُ شَيْطَانَةً»