عبد الله بن السائب الأنصاري
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Sunan Abi Dawud
Hadith 821
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا السَّائِبِ مَوْلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ زَهْرَةَ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، يَقُولُ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاةً لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ ، فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ ، فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ ، فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ ، غَيْرُ تَمَامٍ " .
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: If anyone observes a prayer in which he does not recite Umm al-Quran, it is incomplete, it is incomplete, it is incomplete, and deficient. (The narrator said) I said: Abu Hurairah, sometime I pray behind the imam (then what should I do)? Pressing my hand he replied: O Persian, recite it inwardly, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying that Allah, Most High, has said: I have Me and the Half for my servant and My servant will receive what he asks. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Recite. When the servant says: “praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe, ” Allah, Most High says: “My servant has praised me. ” When the servant says: “ The Compassionate, the merciful, “Allah Most High says: “My servant has lauded me. ” When the servant says: “Owner of the Day of Judgment, ” Allah, Most High, says: “My servant has glorified Me” When the servant says: “ Thee do we worship and of thee we ask help. “ (Allah says) “This is between Me and My servant, and My servant will receive what he asks. ” When the servant says: “ Guide us to the Straight Path, the path of those whom thou hast favoured, not ( the path) of those who earn thine anger nor of those who go astray, ” (Allah says: ) “This is for My servant, and My servant will receive what he asks. ”
Hadith 5257
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ , حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ , عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ , عَنْ صَيْفِيٍّ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى الْأَنْصَارِ , عَنْ أَبِي السَّائِبِ , قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ , فَبَيْنمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ عِنْدُهُ , سَمِعْتُ تَحْتَ سَرِيرِهِ تَحْرِيكَ شَيْءٍ , فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا حَيَّةٌ , فَقُمْتُ , فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ : مَا لَكَ ؟ قُلْتُ : حَيَّةٌ هَاهُنَا , قَالَ : فَتُرِيدُ مَاذَا ؟ قُلْتُ : أَقْتُلُهَا , فَأَشَارَ إِلَى بَيْتٍ فِي دَارِهِ تِلْقَاءَ بَيْتِهِ , فَقَالَ : " إِنَّ ابْنَ عَمٍّ لي كَانَ فِي هَذَا الْبَيْتِ , فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْأَحْزَابِ اسْتَأْذَنَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ , وَكَانَ حَدِيثَ عَهْدٍ بِعُرْسٍ , فَأَذِنَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِسِلَاحِهِ , فَأَتَى دَارَهُ فَوَجَدَ امْرَأَتَهُ قَائِمَةً عَلَى باب الْبَيْتِ , فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهَا بِالرُّمْحِ , فَقَالَتْ : لَا تَعْجَلْ حَتَّى تَنْظُرَ مَا أَخْرَجَنِي , فَدَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ فَإِذَا حَيَّةٌ مُنْكَرَةٌ , فَطَعَنَهَا بِالرُّمْحِ , ثُمَّ خَرَجَ بِهَا فِي الرُّمْحِ تَرْتَكِضُ , قَالَ : فَلَا أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا كَانَ أَسْرَعَ مَوْتًا الرَّجُلُ أَوِ الْحَيَّةُ , فَأَتَى قَوْمُهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَقَالُوا : ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَرُدَّ صَاحِبَنَا , فَقَالَ : اسْتَغْفِرُوا لِصَاحِبِكُمْ , ثُمَّ قَالَ : إِنَّ نَفَرًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ أَسْلَمُوا بِالْمَدِينَةِ , فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ فَحَذِّرُوهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ , ثُمَّ إِنْ بَدَا لَكُمْ بَعْدُ أَنْ تَقْتُلُوهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ بَعْدَ الثَّلَاثِ " .
Abu al-Saib said I went to visit Abu Sa’ld al-Khudri, and while I was sitting I heard a movement under under his couch. When I looked and found a snake there, I got up. Abu Sa’ld said: what is with you? I said: Here is a snake. He said: what do you want ? I said: I shall kill it. He then pointed to a room in his house in front of his room and said: My cousin (son of my uncle) was in this room. He asked his permission to go to his wife on the occasion of the battle of Troops (Ahzab), as he was recently married. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave him permission and ordered him to take his weapon with him. He came to his house and found his wife standing at the door of the house. When he pointed to her with the lance, she said; do not make haste till you see what has brought me out. He entered the house and found an ugly snake there. He pierced in the lance while it was quivering. He said: I do not know which of them died first, the man or the snake. His people then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: supplicate Allah to restore our companion to life for us. He said: Ask forgiveness for your Companion. Then he said: In Madina a group of Jinn have embraced Islam, so when you see one of them, pronounce a waring to it three times and if it appears to you after that, kill it after three days.
Hadith 5259
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ , عَنْ صَيْفِيٍّ مَوْلَى ابْنِ أَفْلَحَ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو السَّائِبِ مَوْلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ , أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ , فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَأَتَمَّ مِنْهُ , قَالَ : فَآذِنُوهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ , فَإِنْ بَدَا لَكُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَاقْتُلُوهُ , فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْطَانٌ .
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Saeed al-Khudri in a similar manner through a different chain of narrators. This version is more perfect. In this version he said: give it a warning for three days; if it appears to you after that, then kill it, for it is only a devil.
