أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَائِ قَالَ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي فَسَمِعْنَاهُ يَقُولُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْکَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلْعَنُکَ بِلَعْنَةِ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثًا وَبَسَطَ يَدَهُ کَأَنَّهُ يَتَنَاوَلُ شَيْئًا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ الصَّلَاةِ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ سَمِعْنَاکَ تَقُولُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شَيْئًا لَمْ نَسْمَعْکَ تَقُولُهُ قَبْلَ ذَلِکَ وَرَأَيْنَاکَ بَسَطْتَ يَدَکَ قَالَ إِنَّ عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ إِبْلِيسَ جَائَ بِشِهَابٍ مِنْ نَارٍ لِيَجْعَلَهُ فِي وَجْهِي فَقُلْتُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْکَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ أَلْعَنُکَ بِلَعْنَةِ اللَّهِ فَلَمْ يَسْتَأْخِرْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ آخُذَهُ وَاللَّهِ لَوْلَا دَعْوَةُ أَخِينَا سُلَيْمَانَ لَأَصْبَحَ مُوثَقًا بِهَا يَلْعَبُ بِهِ وِلْدَانُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1220
It was narrated that Abu Ad Darda’ said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم stood praying, and we heard him say: ‘I seek refuge with Allah from you.’ Then he said: ‘I curse you with the curse of Allah,’ three times and stretched out his hand as if to take something. When he finished praying we said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, we heard you say something in your prayer that we have never heard you say before, and we saw you stretch out your hand.’ He said: ‘The enemy of Allah, Iblis, came with a brand of fire to throw it in my face, so I said: I seek refuge in Allah from you, three times, then I said: I curse you with the curse of Allah; but he did not back away, three times, then I wanted to take hold of him. By Allah, were it not for the prayer of our brother Sulaiman, he would have been tied up this morning for the children of Al-Madinah to play with him.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020