Sulaiman b. Surad reported that two persons abused each other in the presence of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the eyes of one of them became red as embers and the veins of his neck were swollen. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:
I know of a wording, if he were to utter that, his fit of rage (would be no more and that wording is): I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the accursed. The person said: Do you find any madness in me? Ibn al-'Ala' said: Do you see it? And he made no mention of the person.
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ، قَالَ اسْتَبَّ رَجُلاَنِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَجَعَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا تَحْمَرُّ عَيْنَاهُ وَتَنْتَفِخُ أَوْدَاجُهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
إِنِّي لأَعْرِفُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الَّذِي يَجِدُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
. فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَهَلْ تَرَى بِي مِنْ جُنُونٍ قَالَ ابْنُ الْعَلاَءِ فَقَالَ وَهَلْ تَرَى . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الرَّجُلَ
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Yahya bin Yahya bin BukayrNisapur,Khurasan,Hijaz,Iraq,Syria,Egypt · d. 226 AH
- 2Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala'Hamadan,al-Kufa · d. 247 AH
- 3Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-QatanBasra · d. 198 AH
- 4Muhammad bin Khazim al-Dariral-Kufa · d. 195 AH
- 5Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 6Ady bin Thabit al-Ansarial-Kufa · d. 116 AH
- 7Sulaiman bin SardMedina/Kufa · d. ~67 AH
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 45, Hadith 143
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 32, Hadith 6316 (deprecated numbering scheme)