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عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ شَرَاحِيلَ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

tabarani:15024Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Lahīʿah > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > ʿAbdullāh b. Sharāḥīl > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whenever a person embarks on a journey alone, while remembering and mentioning Allah, an angel accompanies him. And whenever a person is alone with his hair or something similar, a devil accompanies him."  

الطبراني:١٥٠٢٤حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَرَاحِيلَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَقُولُ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ رَاكِبٍ يَخْلُو فِي مَسِيرِهِ بِاللهِ وَذِكْرِهِ إِلَّا رَدَفَهُ مَلَكٌ وَلَا يَخْلُو بِشِعْرٍ وَنَحْوِهِ إِلَّا رَدَفَهُ شَيْطَانٌ»