The Book of Forgetfulness (In Prayer)
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 1215
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ أَلْعَنُكَ بِلَعْنَةِ اللَّهِ فَلَمْ يَسْتَأْخِرْ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ آخُذَهُ وَاللَّهِ لَوْلاَ دَعْوَةُ أَخِينَا سُلَيْمَانَ لأَصْبَحَ مُوثَقًا بِهَا يَلْعَبُ بِهِ وِلْدَانُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ
aʿūdhu billāh minka thalātha marrātin thumma qultu alʿanuka bilaʿnah Allāh falam yastaʾkhir thalātha marrātin thumma aradtu an ākhudhah wallāh lawlā daʿwah akhīnā sulaymāna lʾaṣbaḥa mūthaqan bihā yalʿabu bihi wildānu ahli al-madīnah
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
It was narrated that Abu Ad-Darda' said:"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood praying, and we heard him say: 'I seek refuge with Allah from you.' Then he said: 'I curse you with the curse of Allah (SWT),' three times and stretched out his hand as if to take something. When he finished praying we said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we heard you say something in your prayer that we have never heard you say before, and we saw you stretch out your hand.' He said: 'The enemy of Allah (SWT), Iblis, came with a brand of fire to throw it in my face, so I said: I seek refuge with Allah from you three times, then I wanted to take hold of him. By Allah (SWT), were it not for the prayer of our brother Sulaiman, he would have been tied up this morning for the children of Al-Madinah to play with him
Source
Sunan an-Nasā'ī · 1215
- Abu Ghuddah: Sahih
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Sahih Muslim