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malik:54-37Mālik > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab

Malik related to me from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala that Said ibn al-Musayyab heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Shaytan concerns himself with one and two. When there are three, he does not concern himself with them."  

مالك:٥٤-٣٧وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الشَّيْطَانُ يَهُمُّ بِالْوَاحِدِ وَالاِثْنَيْنِ فَإِذَا كَانُوا ثَلاَثَةً لَمْ يَهُمَّ بِهِمْ  


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السيوطي:٥٦٤٦a

"إِنَّ الشَّيطَانَ يَهُمُّ بالْوَاحِدِ، وَيَهُمُّ بالاثْنَينِ. فَإِذَا كَانوا ثلاثَةً لَمْ يَهُمَّ بِهِم ".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن عن سعيد بن المسيب مرسلًا، والبزار عنه عن أَبي هريرة موصولا