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السيوطي:١٢١٠١a

"الْوَاحِدُ شَيطَانٌ، وَالإِثْنَان شَيطَانَان، وَالثَّلاثَةُ رَكْبٌ".  

[ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن أبي هريرة

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
abudawud:2607ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A single rider is a devil, and a pair of riders are a pair of devils, but three are a company of riders.  

أبو داود:٢٦٠٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلاَثَةُ رَكْبٌ  

tirmidhi:1674Isḥāq b. Mūsá al-Anṣārī > Maʿn > Mālik > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

From his father, from his grandfather that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The (lone) rider is a Shaitan, and two raiders are two Shaitan. Three is a travelling party.  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] The Hadith of Ibn 'Umar (no, 1673) is Hasan Sahih. We do not know of it except from this route ; as a narration of 'Asim. And he is Ibn Muhammad bin Zaid bin 'Abdullah bin 'Umar. Muhammad said: "He is trustworthy, truthful. And 'Asim bin 'Umar Al-'Umari is weak in Hadith, I do not report anything from him." The Hadith of 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (no. 1674) is better.
الترمذي:١٦٧٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا 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  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عُمَرَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَاصِمٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَحَدِيثُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ هُوَ ثِقَةٌ صَدُوقٌ وَعَاصِمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيُّ ضَعِيفٌ فِي الْحَدِيثِ لاَ أَرْوِي عَنْهُ شَيْئًا وَحَدِيثُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ
ahmad:6748Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Muslim / Ibn Khālid > ʿAbd al-Raḥman / Ibn Ḥarmalah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A single rider is a devil, and a pair of riders are a pair of devils, but three are a company of riders. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2607)   

أحمد:٦٧٤٨حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ رَكْبٌ  

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  

nasai-kubra:8798Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A single rider is a devil, and a pair of riders are a pair of devils, but three are a company of riders. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2607)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٧٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ رَكْبٌ»  

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السيوطي:١٠٨٨٠a

"الرَّاكِبُ شَيطَانٌ، والرَّاكِبَانِ شَيطَانَان، والثَّلاثةُ ركبٌ".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح غريب، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن عمرو بن شعيب عن أبيه عن جده