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tabarani:17485al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Muʿādh b. Jabal

[Machine] Two men argued in front of the Prophet ﷺ , and one of them became extremely angry. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I know a word that, if he says it, Allah will remove from him what he finds troublesome." The Prophet ﷺ was asked, "What is it?" He replied, "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the accursed devil."  

الطبراني:١٧٤٨٥حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَغَضِبَ أَحَدُهُمَا غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا فَقَالَ انتسْتَبَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَأَذْهَبَ اللهُ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ» فَقِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا هِيَ؟ فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ»  


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bukhari:6115ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad

Two men abused each other in front of the Prophet ﷺ while we were sitting with him. One of the two abused his companion furiously and his face became red. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I know a word (sentence) the saying of which will cause him to relax if this man says it. Only if he said, "I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the outcast.' " So they said to that (furious) man, 'Don't you hear what the Prophet ﷺ is saying?" He said, "I am not mad."  

البخاري:٦١١٥حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ صُرَدٍ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلاَنِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ جُلُوسٌ وَأَحَدُهُمَا يَسُبُّ صَاحِبَهُ مُغْضَبًا قَدِ احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ لَوْ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ فَقَالُوا لِلرَّجُلِ أَلاَ تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ بِمَجْنُونٍ  

abudawud:4780Yūsuf b. Mūsá > Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Muʿādh b. Jabal

Two men reviled each other in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ and one of them became excessively angry so much so that I thought that his nose will break up on account of excess of anger. The Prophet ﷺ said: I know a phrase which, if he repeated, he could get rid of this angry feeling. They asked: What is it, Messenger of Allah? He replied: He should say: I seek refuge in Thee from the accursed devil. Mu'adh then began to ask him to do so, but he refused and persisted in quarrelling, and began to enhance his anger.  

أبو داود:٤٧٨٠حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلاَنِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَغَضِبَ أَحَدُهُمَا غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا حَتَّى خُيِّلَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّ أَنْفَهُ يَتَمَزَّعُ مِنْ شِدَّةِ غَضَبِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُهُ مِنَ الْغَضَبِ فَقَالَ مَا هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ مُعَاذٌ يَأْمُرُهُ فَأَبَى وَمَحِكَ وَجَعَلَ يَزْدَادُ غَضَبًا  

ahmad:27205Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > ʿAdī b. Thābit al-Anṣārī > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ heard two men speaking to each other, and one of them became angry and his anger intensified while he was speaking. So the Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, I know a word that if he were to say it, his anger would go away." Then a man came to him and said, "Say: I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you see any harm?" He said, "No, it only increased him in that."  

أحمد:٢٧٢٠٥حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ

سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلَيْنِ وَهُمَا يَتَقَاوَلَانِ وَأَحَدُهُمَا قَدْ غَضِبَ وَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا ذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الشَّيْطَانُ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ قَالَ هَلْ تَرَى بَأْسًا؟ قَالَ مَا زَادَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ  

ahmad:22086Abū Saʿīd > Zāʾidah > ʿAbd al-Malik > Ibn Abū Laylá > Muʿādh

[Machine] Two men argued in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ and one of them became so angry that it seemed to me that his nose would twitch with anger. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I know a word that if he were to say it, his anger would go away. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from Satan, the accursed."  

أحمد:٢٢٠٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَغَضِبَ أَحَدُهُمَا حَتَّى أَنَّهُ لَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنَّ أَنْفَهُ لَيَتَمَزَّعُ مِنَ الْغَضَبِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ يَقُولُهَا هَذَا الْغَضْبَانُ لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الْغَضَبُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ  

ahmad:22111ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Muʿādh

[Machine] Two men argued in front of the Prophet (PBUH) and one of them became angry. The Prophet (PBUH) said, "Indeed, I know a word that, if he were to say it, his anger would go away. I seek refuge in Allah from the cursed Satan."  

أحمد:٢٢١١١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَغَضِبَ أَحَدُهُمَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا ذَهَبَ غَضَبُهُ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ  

hakim:3649Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū al-Bakhtarī ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Shākir > Abū Usāmah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad

[Machine] Two men approached the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , and one of them became very angry. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I know a word that, if he says it, his anger will go away. I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan." The man said, "Do you think I am crazy?" Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited the verse, "And if an evil suggestion comes to you from Satan, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing." [Surah Fussilat, verse 36].  

الحاكم:٣٦٤٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَاكِرٍ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدَ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ قُرْبَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُ أَحَدِهِمَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الْغَضَبُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَمَجْنُونًا تَرَانِي؟ فَتَلَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ {وَإِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ} [فصلت 36]  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ» صحيح

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالِاسْتِعَاذَةِ بِاللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ لِمَنِ اعْتَرَاهُ الْغَضَبُ

ibnhibban:5692Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad

Two men abused each other in front of the Prophet ﷺ while we were sitting with him. One of the two abused his companion furiously and his face became red. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I know a word (sentence) the saying of which will cause him to relax if this man says it. Only if he said, "I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the outcast.' " So they said to that (furious) man, 'Don't you hear what the Prophet ﷺ is saying?" He said, "I am not mad." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6115)  

ابن حبّان:٥٦٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ صُرَدٍ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ جُلُوسٌ وَأَحَدُهُمَا يَسُبُّ صَاحِبَهُ مُغْضَبًا قَدِ احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ» فَقَالُوا لِلرَّجُلِ أَلَا تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ بِمَجْنُونٍ  

tabarani:6488Abū Shuʿayb al-Ḥarrānī > Jaddī Aḥmad b. Abū Shuʿayb > Mūsá b. Aʿyan > al-Aʿmash > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad

[Machine] Two men argued in front of the Prophet ﷺ, and one of them became extremely angry. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I know a word, if he were to say it, his anger would go away. If he were to say 'I seek refuge in Allah from Satan,' his anger would go away."  

الطبراني:٦٤٨٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا جَدِّي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ أَعْيَنَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدَ قَالَ

اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَغَضِبَ أَحَدُهُمَا غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الَّذِي يَجِدُ لَوْ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الَّذِي يَجِدُ  

مَا أَسْنَدَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ صُرَدَ

tabarani:6489ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > ʿAdī b. Thābit al-Anṣārī > Sulaymān b. Ṣurad

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ heard two men conversing, one of them was becoming angrier and angrier. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I know a word, if he were to say it, the Satan would depart from him." The man approached the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Tell me, seek refuge in Allah from Satan."  

الطبراني:٦٤٨٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدَ قَالَ

سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلَيْنِ وَهُمَا يَتَقَاوَلَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا يَغْضَبُ فَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الشَّيْطَانُ» فَأَتَاهُ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ