حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ قَالَ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا الْحَسَنُ مَکَّةَ فَکَلَّمَنِي فُقَهَائُ أَهْلِ مَکَّةَ أَنْ أُکَلِّمَهُ فِي أَنْ يَجْلِسَ لَهُمْ يَوْمًا يَعِظُهُمْ فِيهِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَاجْتَمَعُوا فَخَطَبَهُمْ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ أَخْطَبَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ مَنْ خَلَقَ الشَّيْطَانَ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ هَلْ مِنْ خَالِقٍ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الشَّيْطَانَ وَخَلَقَ الْخَيْرَ وَخَلَقَ الشَّرَّ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ قَاتَلَهُمْ اللَّهُ کَيْفَ يَکْذِبُونَ عَلَی هَذَا الشَّيْخِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4618
Humaid said: Al-Hasan came to us. The jurists of Makkah told me that I should speak to him that some day he should hold a meeting for them and preach to them. He said: Yes. So they gathered and he addressed them. I did not see anyone on orator greater than him. A man said: Abu Saeed, who created Satan? He replied: Glory be to Allah! Is there any creator other than Allah? Allah created Satan, and he created good and created evil. The man said: May Allah ruin them! How do they lie to this old man.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020