حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أُولَئِکَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَی رَبِّهِمْ الْوَسِيلَةَ قَالَ کَانَ نَفَرٌ مِنْ الْإِنْسِ يَعْبُدُونَ نَفَرًا مِنْ الْجِنِّ فَأَسْلَمَ النَّفَرُ مِنْ الْجِنِّ وَاسْتَمْسَکَ الْإِنْسُ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ فَنَزَلَتْ أُولَئِکَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَی رَبِّهِمْ الْوَسِيلَةَ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 7555
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported in connection with the verse: Those whom they call upon, themselves seek the means of access to their Lord, that it related to a group of people who worshipped a party amongst the Jinn. The group from amongst the Jinn embraced Islam, but the people kept worshipping them as they did before, and it was (on this occasion) that the verse was revealed: Those whom they call upon, themselves seek the means of access to their Lord. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sulaiman with the same chain of transmitters.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020