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hakim:3649Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū al-Bakhtarī ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Shākir > Abū Usāmah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad

[Machine] Two men approached the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , and one of them became very angry. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I know a word that, if he says it, his anger will go away. I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan." The man said, "Do you think I am crazy?" Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited the verse, "And if an evil suggestion comes to you from Satan, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing." [Surah Fussilat, verse 36].  

الحاكم:٣٦٤٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَاكِرٍ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدَ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ قُرْبَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُ أَحَدِهِمَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الْغَضَبُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَمَجْنُونًا تَرَانِي؟ فَتَلَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ {وَإِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ} [فصلت 36]  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ» صحيح

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:6048ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ from my father > al-Aʿmash > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Sulayman b. Ṣurad

A man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ said, "Two men abused each other in front of the Prophet ﷺ and one of them became angry and his anger became so intense that his face became swollen and changed. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I know a word the saying of which will cause him to relax if he does say it." Then a man went to him and informed him of the statement of the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Seek refuge with Allah from Satan." On that, angry man said, 'Do you find anything wrong with me? Am I insane? Go away!"  

البخاري:٦٠٤٨حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَدِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ صُرَدٍ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلاَنِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَغَضِبَ أَحَدُهُمَا فَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ حَتَّى انْتَفَخَ وَجْهُهُ وَتَغَيَّرَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الَّذِي يَجِدُ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّجُلُ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ تَعَوَّذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَقَالَ أَتُرَى بِي بَأْسٌ أَمَجْنُونٌ أَنَا اذْهَبْ  

muslim:2610bNaṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > Abū Usāmah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad

I know of a wording; if he were to utter that, he would get out (of the fit of anger) (and the wording is): I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed. Thereupon, a person went to him who had heard that from Allah's Apostle ﷺ and said to him: Do you know what Messenger of Allah ﷺ said? He (the Holy Prophet) said: I know of a wording; if he were to say that, (the fit) would be no more (and the words are): I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed. And the person said to him: Do you find me mad?  

مسلم:٢٦١٠bحَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ سَمِعْتُ الأَعْمَشَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَدِيَّ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ صُرَدٍ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلاَنِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَغْضَبُ وَيَحْمَرُّ وَجْهُهُ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ ذَا عَنْهُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ فَقَامَ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَتَدْرِي مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ آنِفًا قَالَ إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ ذَا عَنْهُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ أَمَجْنُونًا تَرَانِي  

ahmad:27205Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > ʿAdī b. Thābit al-Anṣārī > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ heard two men speaking to each other, and one of them became angry and his anger intensified while he was speaking. So the Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, I know a word that if he were to say it, his anger would go away." Then a man came to him and said, "Say: I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you see any harm?" He said, "No, it only increased him in that."  

أحمد:٢٧٢٠٥حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ

سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلَيْنِ وَهُمَا يَتَقَاوَلَانِ وَأَحَدُهُمَا قَدْ غَضِبَ وَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا ذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الشَّيْطَانُ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ قَالَ هَلْ تَرَى بَأْسًا؟ قَالَ مَا زَادَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ  

ahmad:22086Abū Saʿīd > Zāʾidah > ʿAbd al-Malik > Ibn Abū Laylá > Muʿādh

[Machine] Two men argued in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ and one of them became so angry that it seemed to me that his nose would twitch with anger. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I know a word that if he were to say it, his anger would go away. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from Satan, the accursed."  

أحمد:٢٢٠٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَغَضِبَ أَحَدُهُمَا حَتَّى أَنَّهُ لَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنَّ أَنْفَهُ لَيَتَمَزَّعُ مِنَ الْغَضَبِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ يَقُولُهَا هَذَا الْغَضْبَانُ لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الْغَضَبُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالِاسْتِعَاذَةِ بِاللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ لِمَنِ اعْتَرَاهُ الْغَضَبُ

ibnhibban:5692Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad

Two men abused each other in front of the Prophet ﷺ while we were sitting with him. One of the two abused his companion furiously and his face became red. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I know a word (sentence) the saying of which will cause him to relax if this man says it. Only if he said, "I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the outcast.' " So they said to that (furious) man, 'Don't you hear what the Prophet ﷺ is saying?" He said, "I am not mad." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6115)  

ابن حبّان:٥٦٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ صُرَدٍ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ جُلُوسٌ وَأَحَدُهُمَا يَسُبُّ صَاحِبَهُ مُغْضَبًا قَدِ احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ» فَقَالُوا لِلرَّجُلِ أَلَا تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ بِمَجْنُونٍ  

tabarani:17485al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Muʿādh b. Jabal

[Machine] Two men argued in front of the Prophet ﷺ , and one of them became extremely angry. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I know a word that, if he says it, Allah will remove from him what he finds troublesome." The Prophet ﷺ was asked, "What is it?" He replied, "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the accursed devil."  

الطبراني:١٧٤٨٥حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَغَضِبَ أَحَدُهُمَا غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا فَقَالَ انتسْتَبَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَأَذْهَبَ اللهُ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ» فَقِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا هِيَ؟ فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ»  

مَا أَسْنَدَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ صُرَدَ

tabarani:6489ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > ʿAdī b. Thābit al-Anṣārī > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ heard two men conversing, one of them was becoming angrier and angrier. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I know a word, if he were to say it, the Satan would depart from him." The man approached the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Tell me, seek refuge in Allah from Satan."  

الطبراني:٦٤٨٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدَ قَالَ

سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلَيْنِ وَهُمَا يَتَقَاوَلَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا يَغْضَبُ فَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الشَّيْطَانُ» فَأَتَاهُ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ