حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ خَطَّ حَوْلَهُ فَكَانَ يَجِيءُ أَحَدُهُمْ مِثْلُ سَوَادِ النَّخْلِ وَقَالَ لِي لَا تَبْرَحْ مَكَانَكَ فَأَقْرَأَهُمْ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَى الزُّطَّ قَالَ كَأَنَّهُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَعَكَ مَاءٌ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ أَمَعَكَ نَبِيذٌ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَتَوَضَّأَ بِهِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4353
It was narrated from Ibn Mas'ood that on the night of the jinn, the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) drew a line around him, and one of them would come looking like the shape of a palm tree. He said to me: "Do not move from your place." And he recited the Book of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, to them. When he (Ibn Mas'ood) saw az-Zutt (a kind of black people who are known to be tall and slim) he said: They are just like these ones. And the Prophet (PBUH) said: "Do you have any water?" i said: No. He said: "Do you have any nabeedh?" I said: Yes. And he did wudoo' with it.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020