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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 17012

وَعَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ : أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُ جُرْنٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ ، فَكَانَ يَنْقُصُ ، فَحَرَسَهُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ ، فَإِذَا هُوَ بِدَابَّةٍ شِبْهِ الْغُلَامِ الْمُحْتَلِمِ ، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ ، فَقَالَ : مَا أَنْتَ ؟ جِنِّيٌّ أَمْ إِنْسِيٌّ ؟ قَالَ : جِنِّيٌّ ، قَالَ : فَنَاوِلْنِي يَدَكَ ، فَنَاوَلَهُ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا يَدُهُ يَدُ كَلْبٍ ، وَشَعْرُهُ شَعْرُ كَلْبٍ ، قَالَ : هَذَا خَلْقُ الْجِنِّ ، قَالَ : قَدْ عَلِمَتِ الْجِنُّ أَنَّهُ مَا فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ أَشَدُّ مِنِّي ، قَالَ : فَمَا جَاءَ بِكَ ؟ قَالَ : بَلَغَنَا أَنَّكَ تُحِبُّ الصَّدَقَةَ ، فَجِئْنَا نُصِيبُ مِنْ طَعَامِكَ ، قَالَ : فَمَا يُنْجِينَا مِنْكُمْ ؟ قَالَ : هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ الَّتِي فِي سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ : ( اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ) مَنْ قَالَهَا حِينَ يُمْسِي أُجِيرَ مِنَّا حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ ، وَمَنْ قَالَهَا حِينَ يُصْبِحُ أُجِيرَ مِنَّا حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ .
فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : " صَدَقَ الْخَبِيثُ " .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَرِجَالُهُ ثِقَاتٌ .
قُلْتُ : وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَتْ لِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ طُرُقٌ فِي التَّفْسِيرِ ، وَفِي مَنَاقِبِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ .
Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he had a store of dates from which the dates kept decreasing. One night he stood guard over it and saw a creature resembling a boy close to puberty. It greeted him with salam, and he returned its greeting and asked: What are you? A jinn or a human? It replied: A jinn. Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Give me your hand. It gave him its hand, and its hand was like a dog's paw and its hair was like a dog's hair. Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Is this how the jinn are created? It said: The jinn know that there is no one among them stronger than me. Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Why have you come? It replied: We were told that you love to give charity, so we came to take some of your food. Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: What can save us (i.e. humans) from you (i.e. the jinn or devils)? It replied: "This verse which is in Surah al-Baqarah: Allah, there is no god except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining (i.e. Ayat al-Kursi). Whoever recites it in the evening will be protected from us until the morning, and whoever recites it in the morning will be protected from us until the evening." The next morning Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned this to him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The wicked one has spoken the truth.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Various chains of this report have already been mentioned in the Book of Tafsir and in the chapter on the virtues of Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الأذكار / 17012
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