أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ زُهَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَقَ قَالَ لَيْسَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ذَکَرَهُ وَلَکِنْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ أَتَی النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْغَائِطَ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آتِيَهُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَحْجَارٍ فَوَجَدْتُ حَجَرَيْنِ وَالْتَمَسْتُ الثَّالِثَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ فَأَخَذْتُ رَوْثَةً فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخَذَ الْحَجَرَيْنِ وَأَلْقَی الرَّوْثَةَ وَقَالَ هَذِهِ رِکْسٌ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ الرِّکْسُ طَعَامُ الْجِنِّ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 42
‘Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad (narrated) from his father that he heard ‘Abdullah say: “The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, wanted to defecate, and he told me to bring him three stones. I found two stones and looked for a third, but I could not find any, so I picked up a piece of dung and brought them to the Prophet He took the two stones and threw away the dung and said: “This is Riks.” (Sahih) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa’i) said: Riks is the food of the jinn.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020