Hadith 61

Sahih Muslim

Book 52: Characteristics of the Day of Judgment, Paradise, and Hell

Chapter 16

The Mischief Of The Shaitan And How He Sends His Troops To Tempt People, And With Every Person There Is A Qarin (Companion From Among The Jinn)

بَاب تَحْرِيشِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَبَعْثِهِ سَرَايَاهُ لِفِتْنَةِ النَّاسِ وَأَنَّ مَعَ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ قَرِينًا

Sahih Muslim 2813c
حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ يَبْعَثُ الشَّيْطَانُ سَرَايَاهُ فَيَفْتِنُونَ النَّاسَ فَأَعْظَمُهُمْ عِنْدَهُ مَنْزِلَةً أَعْظَمُهُمْ فِتْنَةً ‏"
Jabir reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upqn him) said:

The Satan sends detachments of his own in order to put people to trial and the highest in rank, in his eyes, is one who is most notorious in sowing the seed of dissension.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Jabir ibn 'Abdullah

جابر بن عبد الله بن عمرو السلمي الأنصاري

1,575 narrations

follower
2

Muhammad bin Muslim bin Tadras

محمد بن مسلم بن تدرس أبو الزبير

620 narrations

successor
3

Ma'ql bin 'Ubaidullah

معقل بن عبيد الله الجزري أبو عبد

31 narrations

successor
4

al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin A'yn

الحسن بن محمد بن أعين

43 narrations

3rd Generation
5

Salmah bin Shbyb

سلمة بن شبيب

65 narrations