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hakim:2496Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl from my father > Ibrāhīm b. Ḥamzah > al-Mughīrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Makhzūmī > Ibn ʿAjlān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "One person is a devil, two people are two devils, and three people are a group (ride)." According to the condition of a believer.  

الحاكم:٢٤٩٦أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ ثنا جَدِّي ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ ثنا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْوَاحِدُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالِاثْنَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ رَكْبٌ» على شرط مسلم  


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Collected by Mālik, Suyūṭī
malik:54-36Mālik > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his father

Malik related to me from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala from Amr ibn Shuayb from his father from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "One rider is a shaytan. Two riders are two shaytans, and three are a riding-party."  

مالك:٥٤-٣٦حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلاَثَةُ رَكْبٌ