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"بِتُّ الليلةَ أَقْرَأُ على الجنِّ واقفًا بالحَجُونِ".  

عبد بن حميد، وابن جرير, وأَبو الشيخ في العظمة عن ابن مسعود

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
ahmad:3954ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] The translation of the given phrase is: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'I recite upon the spirits (jinn) gently and with care during the nights of pilgrimage.'"  

أحمد:٣٩٥٤حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ بِتُّ اللَّيْلَةَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَى الْجِنِّ رُفَقَاءَ بِالْحَجُونِ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ عَلَى الْجِنِّ الْقُرْآنَ

ibnhibban:6319Ibn Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "On this night, I recite to the jinn, the kind companions of the darkness."  

ابن حبّان:٦٣١٩أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «بِتُّ اللَّيْلَةَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَى الْجِنِّ رُفَقَاءَ بِالْحَجُونِ»