Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1203
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ يَعْلَى، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ مِثْلَهُ. وَقَالَ: رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، وَقَالَ: شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Musaddad related to us: Hushaim related to us, from Ya‘la, from ‘Amr, from Abu Hurayrah, a similar report. He said: ‘Lord of all things and Sovereign of them.’ He also said: ‘The evil of Satan and his shirk.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This is a parallel wording of the preceding supplication, with the reported phrases reproduced as the source gives them.
شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ
The concise variant retains شركه without specifying whether it denotes Satan’s own association or his prompting others to associate partners.
How should شركه be understood in this parallel wording?