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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 3999 — I used to be troubled by something

حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ، ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَابِقٍ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، ثنا أَبُو فَرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مُؤْذًى بِسَامِرِ الْبَيْتِ فَشَكَوْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: وَكَانَتْ رَوْزَنَةٌ فِي بَيْتٍ لَنَا، فَقَالَ: " ارْصُدْهُ فَإِذَا أَنْتَ عَايَنْتَ شَيْئًا، فَقُلْ: اخْسَ يَدْعُوكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " قَالَ: فَرَصَدْتُ فَإِذَا شَيْءٌ قَدْ تَدَلَّى مِنْ رَوْزَنَةٍ، فَوَثَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ، وَقُلْتُ: اخْسَ يَدْعُوكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَخَذَتْهُ فَتَضَرَّعَ إِلَيَّ وَقَالَ لِي لَا أَعُودُ، قَالَ: فَأَرْسَلْتُهُ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ غَدَوْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيرُكَ؟» فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي كَانَ فَقَالَ: «أَمَا إِنَّهُ سَيَعُودُ» قَالَ: فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ آخُذُهُ وَأُخْبِرُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالَّذِي كَانَ، فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ الثَّالِثَةُ أَخَذْتُهُ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: مَا أَنْتَ بِمُفَارِقِي حَتَّى آتِيَ بِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَنَاشَدَنِي وَتَضَرَّعَ إِلَيَّ وَقَالَ: أُعَلِّمُكَ شَيْئًا إِذَا قُلْتُهُ مِنْ لَيْلَتِكَ لَمْ يَقْرَبْكَ جَانٌّ وَلَا لِصٌّ، قَالَ: تَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ، قَالَ: فَأَرْسَلْتُهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيرُكَ؟» ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَاشَدَنِي وَتَضَرَّعَ إِلَيَّ حَتَّى رَحِمْتُهُ وَعَلَّمَنِي شَيْئًا أَقُولُهُ إِذَا قُلْتُهُ لَمْ يَقْرَبْنِي جِنٌّ وَلَا لِصٌّ قَالَ: «صَدَقَ وَإِنْ كَانَ كَذُوبًا»
Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I used to be troubled by something that came into the house at night, so I complained about it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He says: There was a skylight in one of our rooms. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Lie in wait for it; when you see something, say: Be gone, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) summons you." He says: So I lay in wait, and suddenly something dangled down from the skylight. I leapt at it and said: Be gone, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) summons you. And I seized it, and it pleaded humbly with me and said to me: I will not come back. The narrator says: So I let it go. When morning came, I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What did your captive do?" I told him what had happened, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Listen, it will certainly come back." The narrator says: I did this three times; each time I would seize it and tell the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what had happened. When it was the third time, I seized it and said: You will not leave me until I take you to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). It adjured me and pleaded humbly with me and said: I will teach you something which, if you say it at night, neither any jinn nor any thief will come near you. The narrator says: It said: Recite Ayat al-Kursi. The narrator says: So I let it go; then I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What did your captive do?" I said: O Messenger of Allah! It adjured me and pleaded humbly with me until I took pity on it, and it taught me something which, when I say it, neither any jinn nor any thief will come near me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It spoke the truth, even though it is a great liar."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الخاء / 3999
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 4، صفحہ 163، حدیث 4014