The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1211
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْكَ . ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ أَلْعَنُكَ بِلَعْنَةِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ فَلَمْ يَسْتَأْخِرْ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ أَرَدْتُ أَخْذَهُ وَاللَّهِ لَوْلاَ دَعْوَةُ أَخِينَا سُلَيْمَانَ لأَصْبَحَ مُوثَقًا يَلْعَبُ بِهِ وِلْدَانُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ
aʿūdhu billāh minka . thalātha marrātin thumma qultu alʿanuka bilaʿnah Allāh at-tāmmah falam yastaʾkhir thalātha marrātin thumma aradtu akhdhah wallāh lawlā daʿwah akhīnā sulaymāna lʾaṣbaḥa mūthaqan yalʿabu bihi wildānu ahli al-madīnah
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Darda' reported:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up (to pray) and we heard him say:" I seek refuge in Allah from thee." Then said:" curse thee with Allah's curse" three times, then he stretched out his hand as though he was taking hold of something. When he finished the prayer, we said: Messenger of Allah, we heard you say something during the prayer which we have not heard you say before, and we saw you stretch out your hand. He replied: Allah's enemy Iblis came with a flame of fire to put it in my face, so I said three times:" I Seek refuge in Allah from thee." Then I said three times:" I curse thee with Allah's full curse." But he did not retreat (on any one of these) three occasions. Thereafter I meant to seize him. I swear by Allah that had it not been for the supplication of my brother Sulaiman he would have been bound, and made an object of sport for the children of Medina
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 1211
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)