حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا صَفَرَ وَلَا غُولَ وَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا الزُّبَيْرِ يَذْكُرُ أَنَّ جَابِرًا فَسَّرَ لَهُمْ قَوْلَهُ لَا صَفَرَ فَقَالَ أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ الصَّفَرُ الْبَطْنُ قِيلَ لِجَابِرٍ كَيْفَ هَذَا الْقَوْلُ فَقَالَ دَوَابُّ الْبَطْنِ قَالَ وَلَمْ يُفَسِّرِ الْغُولَ قَالَ أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ هَذَا الْغُولُ الشَّيْطَانَةُ الَّتِي يَقُولُونَ
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is no contagious disease, nor is there any (evil omen in the month of) Safar, nor any ghoul. And Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) has stated that by Safar is meant the stomach; when he was asked what is meant by this statement, he said: It refers to the worms of the stomach. Then he did not define ghoul, but Abu Zubair, on his own, said that by ghoul is meant that thing which people call a witch or a jinn.