مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الآدابThe Book of Manners
(ضَرْبَةُ الشَّيْطَانِ)
(The strike of Satan)
Hadith 4863
وَعَن ابْن مسعودٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَيَتَمَثَّلُ فِي صُورَةِ الرَّجُلِ فَيَأْتِي الْقَوْمَ فَيُحَدِّثُهُمْ بِالْحَدِيثِ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ فَيَتَفَرَّقُونَ فَيَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْهُمْ: سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا أَعْرِفُ وَجْهَهُ وَلَا أَدْرِي مَا اسْمُهُ يُحَدِّثُ . رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ
Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Satan comes to people in human form, tells them false things, and then when the people disperse, one of them says: I heard a man. I recognize his face but I do not know his name; he was narrating this. (Narrated by Muslim.)
