مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب المناقب
Book of Virtues
بَابُ صَرْعِهِ لِلشَّيْطَانَ .
Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrestling Satan to the ground
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عَنْ شَقِيقِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : لَقِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَصَارَعَهُ ، فَتَعَرَهُ الْمُسْلِمُ ، وَأَزَمَ بِإِبْهَامِهِ ، فَقَالَ : دَعْنِي أُعَلِّمْكَ آيَةً لَا يَسْمَعُهَا أَحَدٌ مِنَّا إِلَّا وَلَّى ، فَأَرْسَلَهُ ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يُعَلِّمَهُ ، فَصَارَعَهُ ، فَتَعَرَهُ الْمُسْلِمُ ، وَأَزَمَّ بِإِبْهَامِهِ [ فَقَالَ : دَعْنِي أُعَلِّمُكَ آيَةً لَا يَسْمَعُهَا أَحَدٌ مِنَّا إِلَّا وَلَّى ، فَأَرْسَلَهُ ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يُعَلِّمَهُ ، فَعَادَ فَصَرَعَهُ فَتَعَرَهُ الْمُسْلِمُ وَأَزَمَّ بِإِبْهَامِهِ ] ، فَقَالَ : أَخْبِرْنِي بِهَا ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يُعْلِمَهُ . فَلَمَّا عَاوَدَهُ الثَّالِثَةَ قَالَ : الْآيَةُ الَّتِي فِي سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ ( اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ) إِلَى آخِرِهَا ، فَقِيلَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ : يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، مَنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ ؟ قَالَ : مَنْ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ إِلَّا عُمَرَ .
Shaqiq bin Salamah Abu Wa'il narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) related: Satan encountered one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Satan challenged him to wrestle, and the Muslim threw him down and pressed him with his thumb. Satan said: Let me go and I will teach you a verse; whoever of us (devils) hears this verse turns his back and leaves. The Muslim let him go, but Satan refused to teach him the verse. Satan again challenged him to wrestle, and the Muslim again threw him down and pressed him with his thumb. Satan said: Let me go and I will teach you a verse; whoever of us (devils) hears it turns his back and leaves. The Muslim let Satan go, and Satan again refused to teach him. Then the Muslim wrestled him once more, threw him down, pressed him with his thumb and said: Tell me about it. Satan refused to tell him. When this happened the third time, Satan told him: It is the verse in Surah al-Baqarah, namely: "Allah, there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all" (that is, Ayat al-Kursi), the whole verse. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Who was that Muslim man? He said: Who could he be other than Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)?
وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ : عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَيْضًا قَالَ : لَقِيَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - رَجُلًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَصَارَعَهُ ، فَصَرَعَهُ الْإِنْسِيُّ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْجِنِّيُّ : عَاوِدْنِي ، فَعَاوَدَهُ فَصَرَعَهُ الْإِنْسِيُّ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْإِنْسِيُّ : إِنِّي لَأَرَاكَ ضَئِيلًا شَحِيبًا ، كَأَنَّ ذُرَيِّعَتَيْكَ ذُرَيِّعَتَا كَلْبٍ قَالَ : فَكَذَلِكَ أَنْتُمْ مَعَاشِرَ الْجِنِّ - أَوْ أَنْتَ مِنْهُمْ كَذَلِكَ - قَالَ : لَا وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي مِنْهُمْ لَضَلِيعٌ ، وَلَكِنْ عَاوِدْنِي الثَّالِثَةَ فَإِنْ صَرَعْتَنِي عَلَّمْتُكَ شَيْئًا يَنْفَعُكَ ، فَعَاوَدَهُ فَصَرَعَهُ ، فَقَالَ : هَاتِ عَلِّمْنِي قَالَ : هَلْ تَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ قَالَ : إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَقْرَأَهَا فِي بَيْتٍ إِلَّا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ الشَّيْطَانُ ; لَهُ خَبَجٌ كَخَبَجِ الْحِمَارِ ، لَا يَدْخُلُهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ : يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، مَنْ ذَاكَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ؟ قَالَ : فَعَبَسَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ ، وَقَالَ : مَنْ يَكُونُ هُوَ إِلَّا عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - .
رَوَاهُمَا الطَّبَرَانِيُّ بِإِسْنَادَيْنِ ، وَرِجَالُ الرِّوَايَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ إِلَّا أَنَّ الشَّعْبِيَّ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، وَلَكِنَّهُ أَدْرَكَهُ . وَرُوَاةُ الطَّرِيقِ الْأُولَى فِيهِمُ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ ، وَهُوَ ثِقَةٌ وَلَكِنَّهُ اخْتَلَطَ فَبَانَ لَنَا صِحَّةُ رِوَايَةِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ بِرِوَايَةِ الشَّعْبِيِّ . وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ .
رَوَاهُمَا الطَّبَرَانِيُّ بِإِسْنَادَيْنِ ، وَرِجَالُ الرِّوَايَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ إِلَّا أَنَّ الشَّعْبِيَّ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، وَلَكِنَّهُ أَدْرَكَهُ . وَرُوَاةُ الطَّرِيقِ الْأُولَى فِيهِمُ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ ، وَهُوَ ثِقَةٌ وَلَكِنَّهُ اخْتَلَطَ فَبَانَ لَنَا صِحَّةُ رِوَايَةِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ بِرِوَايَةِ الشَّعْبِيِّ . وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ .
In a narration reported from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), these words occur: He narrates: One of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encountered a jinn. The jinn challenged him to wrestle, and the human threw him down. The jinn said to the human: Wrestle with me again. He wrestled again, and the human threw him down once more. The human said to him: I see that you are a weak and frail one, and your forearms are like the forelegs of a dog. Are you jinn all like this? (The narrator has some doubt about the words here.) The jinn said: No! I am one of the strong ones among them. Wrestle with me a third time; if you throw me down, I will teach you something that will benefit you. He wrestled the man again, and the man threw the jinn down and then said: Now teach me. The jinn asked: Do you recite Ayat al-Kursi (or: do you know Ayat al-Kursi)? The man replied: Yes. The jinn said: In whatever house you recite it, Satan will leave that house, and he will leave passing wind as a donkey passes wind, and he (Satan) will not enter that house until morning. (The narrator says:) One of those present said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Who was that man from among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? The narrator says: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) frowned, turned towards that man and said: Who could he be other than Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)?
Imam al-Tabarani recorded both these narrations with two chains. The narrators of the second narration are the narrators of the Sahih, except that Imam al-Sha'bi did not hear from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), though he lived in his time. The chain of the first narration contains a narrator, al-Mas'udi, who is thiqah (trustworthy) but suffered from ikhtilat (deterioration of memory); however, through al-Sha'bi's narration the soundness of al-Mas'udi's narration becomes clear to us. And Allah knows best.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded both these narrations with two chains. The narrators of the second narration are the narrators of the Sahih, except that Imam al-Sha'bi did not hear from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), though he lived in his time. The chain of the first narration contains a narrator, al-Mas'udi, who is thiqah (trustworthy) but suffered from ikhtilat (deterioration of memory); however, through al-Sha'bi's narration the soundness of al-Mas'udi's narration becomes clear to us. And Allah knows best.
