General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4982
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ تَصَاغَرَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ مِثْلَ الذُّبَابِ
bismi-Llāh fa-innaka idhā qulta dhalika taṣāghara ḥattā yakūna mithla adh-dhubābi
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu al-Malih reported on the authority of a man :I was riding on a mount behind the prophet (May peace be upon him). It stumbled. Thereupon I said: May the devil perish! He said: do not say; may the devil perish! For you say that, he will swell so much so that he will be like a house, and say: by my power. But say: in the name of Allah; for when you say that, he will diminish so much so that he will be like a fly
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 4982
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Sahih