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bayhaqi:948Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Khārijah b. Muṣʿab > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan > ʿUtay al-Saʿdī > Ubay b. Kaʿb

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , there is a devil for ablution, called Al-walahan, so beware of it or be cautious of it. Another narration from Abu Dawud mentions: Beware of it and fear the whispers of the water. Abi Abdullah Al-Hafiz reported from Ali ibn Isa ibn Ibrahim from Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Jameel from Abdullah Al-Saffar and Muhammad ibn Bashar who said: Abu Dawud mentioned it similarly. In the chain of narration, it is mentioned by Utayyah ibn Damarah, and this Hadith is attributed to Ath-Thawri from Bayan, from Al-Hasan with part of it being his speech, not raised, and the rest from Yunus ibn Ubaid, also not raised. And Allah knows best. And this is due to the fact that...  

البيهقي:٩٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا خَارِجَةُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عُتَيٍّ السَّعْدِيِّ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ لِلْوُضُوءِ شَيْطَانًا يُقَالُ لَهُ الْوَلَهَانُ فَاحْذَرُوهُ أَوْ قَالَ فَاتَّقُوهُ وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَاحْذَرُوهُ وَاتَّقُوا وَسْوَاسَ الْمَاءِ 949 أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ جَمِيلٍ ثنا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الصَّفَّارُ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ وَقَالَ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ عُتِيِّ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مَعْلُولٌ بِرِوَايَةِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ بَيَانٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بَعْضُهُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ غَيْرُ مَرْفُوعٍ وَبَاقِيهِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ غَيْرُ مَرْفُوعٍ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ وَذَلِكَ بِما