Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 55, Hadith 19
حَدَّثَنَا شِهَابُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلاً يَتْبَعُ حَمَامَةً، قَالَ: شَيْطَانٌ يَتْبَعُ شَيْطَانَةً.
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Shihab ibn Ma‘mar related to us: Hammad ibn Salamah related to us, from Muhammad ibn ‘Amr, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw a man following a pigeon and said: ‘A devil following a she-devil.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic feminine form شيطانة (“she-devil”) is retained in the second half of the saying.