Khasif (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was with Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him), when a man from the Quraysh passed by us. Mujahid said to him: Tell us what you heard from your father. He said: My father told me that when the angels began to observe the deeds of the children of Adam and their filthy disobedience, and nothing is hidden from the angels regarding the people, some of the angels said to one another: Look at the children of Adam, what kinds of deeds they do, how bold they are against Allah. They used to criticize them. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said to them: I have heard your words about the children of Adam. Choose two angels from among yourselves; I will send them down to the earth and place in them the lust of the children of Adam. They chose Harut and Marut. They said: O Lord! There is none among us like them. So they were sent down to the earth and the lust of the children of Adam was placed in them. Zahra appeared before them in the form of a woman. When they saw her, they could not restrain themselves and took from her what Allah knows best. Lust took hold of their ears and eyes. When they wanted to fly up to the sky, they could not. An angel came to them and said: You have done what you have done, now choose the punishment of this world or the Hereafter. One said to the other: What do you think? He said: I think I should bear the punishment in this world, then bear it, for that is more beloved to me than a single moment of punishment in the Hereafter. So both of them were hung upside down in chains and became a trial.
Hadith Referenceسنن سعید بن منصور / كتاب التفسير / 205
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:سنده ضعيف لضعف خصيف من قبل حفظه