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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 3997 — I had some dates in my storeroom, and I

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْجَارُودِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ شَاذَانُ، ثنا سَعْدُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ: كَانَ لِي نَخْلٌ فِي سَهْوَةٍ لِي، فَجَعَلْتُ أَرَاهُ يَنْقُصُ مِنْهُ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: " إِنَّكَ سَتَجِدُ فِيهِ غَدًا هِرَّةً فَقُلْ: أَجِيبِي رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ "، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ وَجَدْتُ فِيهِ هِرَّةً، فَقُلْتُ: أَجِيبِي رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَتَحَوَّلَتْ عَجُوزًا وَقَالَتْ: أُذَكِّرُكَ اللهَ لَمَا تَرَكْتَنِي، فَإِنِّي غَيْرُ عَائِدَةٍ، فَتَرَكْتُهَا، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «مَا فَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ وأَسِيرُهُ؟» فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرَهَا، فَقَالَ: " كَذَبَتْ هِي عَائِدَةٌ، فَقُلْ لَهَا: أَجِيبِي رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ "، فَتَحَوَّلَتْ عَجُوزًا، فَقَالَتْ: أُذَكِّرُكَ اللهَ يَا أَبَا أَيُّوبَ لَمَا تَرَكْتَنِي هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ، فَإِنِّي غَيْرُ عَائِدَةٍ فَتَرَكْتُهَا، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لِي كَمَا قَالَ لِي، فَقُلْتُ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، فَقَالَتْ لِي فِي الثَّالِثَةِ: أُذَكِّرُكَ اللهَ يَا أَبَا أَيُّوبَ لَمَا تَرَكْتَنِي حَتَّى أُعَلِّمَكَ شَيْئًا لَا يَسْمَعُهُ شَيْطَانٌ فَيَدْخُلُ ذَلِكَ الْبَيْتَ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا هُوَ؟ فَقَالَتْ: آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ، لَا يَسْمَعُهَا شَيْطَانٌ إِلَّا ذَهَبَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «صَدَقَتْ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ كَذُوبًا»
Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I had some dates in my storeroom, and I began to notice that they were decreasing. I mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tomorrow you will find a cat in it; say: Answer the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." When the next day came, I found a cat in it, and I said: Answer the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). It turned into an old woman and said: I adjure you by Allah to let me go, for I will not come back. So I let her go. Then I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What did the man and his captive do?" I told him her story, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "She lied; she will certainly come back. Say to her: Answer the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then she again turned into an old woman and said: O Abu Ayyub! I adjure you by Allah to let me go this time, for I will not come back. So I let her go; then I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me the same as he had said before. I did this three times, and the third time she said to me: O Abu Ayyub! I adjure you by Allah to let me go so that I may teach you something which, when a devil hears it, he does not enter that house. I asked: What is it? She said: Ayat al-Kursi; no devil hears it but that he flees. I mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "She spoke the truth, even though she is a liar."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الخاء / 3997
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 4، صفحہ 162، حدیث 4012