Muwatta' Malik 54-36
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حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ
الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلاَثَةُ رَكْبٌ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Mālik
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah
- ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb
- his father
- his father
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
Malik related to me from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala from Amr ibn Shuayb from his father from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "One rider is a shaytan. Two riders are two shaytans, and three are a riding-party."
Grades by grader
| Mālik b. Anas | Sound | hadithunlocked |
|---|---|---|
| Salim al-Hilali | Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Tirmidhi | Soundin موطأ مالك, p. 1732 | hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
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- مجاهد بن جبر المخزومي
أنكر مجاهد رفع الحديث
in موطأ مالك, p. 1732 - Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
لا معنى لإنكار مجاهد لأن الثقات نقلوه مرفوعا
in موطأ مالك, p. 1732 - Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
كان مجاهد ينكر هذا الحديث مرفوعا ويجعله قول عمر ولا وجه لقول مجاهد لأن الثقات رووه مرفوعا
in موطأ مالك, p. 1732
Same hadith, other wordings
- Jami at-Tirmidzi 1674الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلاَثَةُ رَكْبٌ
- Sunan Abu Dawud 2607الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلاَثَةُ رَكْبٌ
- Misykatul Mashabih 3910وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ رَكبٌ». رَوَاهُ مالكٌ وَالتِّرْمِذِيّ وَأَبُو دَاوُد وَا
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 6748Musnad Ahmad 7007Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34325Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 19685al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2495
Narrators
- One of the early Companions (sābiqūn), among those who narrated abundantly, and one of the jurist ʿAbdullāhs (al-ʿabādilah)d. 63 AH, or 65 AH, or 68 AH, or 69 AH; also said 67 AH, also said 73 AH, also said 77 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِأحد السابقين ، المكثرين من الصحابة ، وأحد العبادلة الفقهاءعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq); his hearing from his grandfather is established (thābit)d. between 81 and 90 AHأَبِيهِصدوق ، ثبت سماعه من جدهعن
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 118 AHعَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍصدوقعن
- truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes erredd. 145 AH, also said: 144 AHعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَصدوق ربما أخطأعن
- The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AHمَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين
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Commentaries
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
al-Tamhīd (Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr)
al-Istidhkār
Sharḥ al-Zarqāni (ʿAbd al-Bāqī)
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