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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ آخِرَ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ إِذَا قُرِئَ فِي دَارٍ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ، أَمِنَ أَهْلُ الدَّارِ دُخُولَ الشَّيْطَانِ عَلَيْهِمْ

ibnhibban:782ʿImrān b. Mūsá > Hudbah b. Khālid > Ḥammād b. Salamah > al-Ashʿath b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jarmī > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath al-Ṣanʿānī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The two verses that conclude Surah al-Baqarah should not be recited in a house for three nights, to prevent Satan from approaching it."  

ابن حبّان:٧٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجَرْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْآيَتَانِ خُتِمَ بِهِمَا سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ لَا تُقْرَآنِ فِي دَارٍ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبُهَا شَيْطَانٌ»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī
tirmidhi:2882Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ashʿath b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jarmī > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath al-Jarmī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah wrote in a book two thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, and He sent down two Ayat from it to end Surat Al-Baqarah with. If they are recited for three nights in a home, no Shaitan shall come near it."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Gharīb.
الترمذي:٢٨٨٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجَرْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الأَشْعَثِ الْجَرْمِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ بِأَلْفَىْ عَامٍ أَنْزَلَ مِنْهُ آيَتَيْنِ خَتَمَ بِهِمَا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَلاَ يُقْرَآنِ فِي دَارٍ ثَلاَثَ لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبُهَا شَيْطَانٌ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ
ahmad:18414Rawḥ And ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > al-Ashʿath b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jarmī > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath al-Ṣanʿānī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah wrote in a book two thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, and He sent down two Ayat from it to end Surat Al-Baqarah with. If they are recited for three nights in a home, no Shaitan shall come near it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2882)   

أحمد:١٨٤١٤حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الْأَشْعَثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجَرْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِأَلْفَيْ عَامٍ فَأَنْزَلَ مِنْهُ آيَتَيْنِ فَخَتَمَ بِهِمَا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَلَا يُقْرَآنِ فِي دَارٍ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبَهَا الشَّيْطَانُ قَالَ عَفَّانُ فَلَا تُقْرَأنَّ  

darimi:3430ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ashʿath b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jarmī > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath al-Ṣanʿānī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah wrote in a book two thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, and He sent down two Ayat from it to end Surat Al-Baqarah with. If they are recited for three nights in a home, no Shaitan shall come near it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2882)   

الدارمي:٣٤٣٠حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجَرْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنْ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِأَلْفَيْ عَامٍ فَأَنْزَلَ مِنْهُ آيَتَيْنِ خَتَمَ بِهِمَا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَلَا تُقْرَآنِ فِي دَارٍ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبُهَا شَيْطَانٌ»  

hakim:3031Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Hāniʾ > al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl > ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > al-Ashʿath b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah wrote in a book two thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, and He sent down two Ayat from it to end Surat Al-Baqarah with. If they are recited for three nights in a home, no Shaitan shall come near it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2882)  

الحاكم:٣٠٣١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ ثنا عَفَّانُ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَنْبَأَ الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِأَلْفَيْ عَامٍ وَأَنْزَلَ مِنْهُ آيَتَيْنِ خَتَمَ بِهِمَا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ لَا تُقْرَآنِ فِي دَارٍ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبُهَا الشَّيْطَانُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم
tabarani:7146ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Hudbah b. Khālid > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ashʿath b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jarmī > Abū Qilābah > Abū Asmāʾ > Shaddād b. Aws

that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah wrote in a book two thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, and He sent down two Ayat from it to end Surat Al-Baqarah with. If they are recited for three nights in a home, no Shaitan shall come near it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2882)   

الطبراني:٧١٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجَرْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِأَلْفَيْ عَامٍ وَأَنْزَلَ فِيهِ آيَتَيْنِ خَتَمَ بِهِمَا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ لَا يُقْرَآنِ فِي دَارٍ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبَهَا شَيْطَانٌ»