Sahih Muslim, 2813 a
sahihJabir reported:
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The throne of Iblis is upon the ocean and he sends detachments (to different parts) inorder to put people to trial and the most important figure in his eyes is one who is most notorious in sowing the seed of dissension.
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ، عُثْمَانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
إِنَّ عَرْشَ إِبْلِيسَ عَلَى الْبَحْرِ فَيَبْعَثُ سَرَايَاهُ فَيَفْتِنُونَ النَّاسَ فَأَعْظَمُهُمْ عِنْدَهُ أَعْظَمُهُمْ فِتْنَةً
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Isnad
8 transmitters- 1'Uthman bin Muhammad (Abi Shayba)al-Kufa · d. 239 AH
- 2Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Muhammadal-Basra · d. 253 AH
- 3Ishaq bin Shahyn al-Wastial-Wasit · d. after 250 AH
- 4'Uthman bin Muhammad (Abi Shayba)al-Kufa · d. 239 AH
- 5Jarir bin 'Abdul Hameed al-RaziKufa,Ray' · d. 188 AH
- 6Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 7Abu Sufyan ibn HarbMakkah/Medinah · d. ~31 AH/650 CE
- 8Jabir ibn 'AbdullahMedinah/Baghdad/Egypt/Damascus · d. ~78 AH/687 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 52, Hadith 59
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 39, Hadith 6754 (deprecated numbering scheme)