حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ قَالَ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ فِي قَوْلِ الْجِنِّ وَأَنَّهُ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًا قَالَ لَمَّا رَأَوْهُ يُصَلِّي بِأَصْحَابِهِ وَيُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِ وَيَرْكَعُونَ بِرُكُوعِهِ وَيَسْجُدُونَ بِسُجُودِهِ تَعَجَّبُوا مِنْ طَوَاعِيَةِ أَصْحَابِهِ لَهُ فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ قَالُوا إِنَّهُ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2431
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said concerning the words of the jinn, "... when the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd" [al-Jinn 72:19], When they saw him leading his Companions in prayer, and they were following his prayer, bowing when he bowed and rostrating when he prostrated, they were amazed at how his Companions obeyed him. When they went back to their companions they said: When the slave (devotee) of Allah - meaning the Prophet (PBUH)stood up invoking Him, they made round him a dense crowd.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020