Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1191
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ، عَنْ أَزْهَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْتِي إِلَى فِرَاشِ أَحَدِكُمْ بَعْدَ مَا يَفْرِشُهُ أَهْلُهُ وَيُهَيِّئُونَهُ، فَيُلْقِي عَلَيْهِ الْعُودَ أَوِ الْحَجَرَ أَوِ الشَّيْءَ، لِيُغْضِبَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ، فَإِذَا وَجَدَ ذَلِكَ فَلاَ يَغْضَبْ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ، قَالَ: لأَنَّهُ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd Allah ibn Salih related to us: Mu‘awiyah related to me, from Azhar ibn Sa‘id, who said: I heard Abu Umamah say: Satan comes to one of you at his bed after his family has spread it and prepared it. He tosses a stick, stone, or some other thing onto him to make him angry with his family. If he finds this happening, let him not become angry with his family, for it is part of Satan’s doing.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فَيُلْقِي عَلَيْهِ الْعُودَ أَوِ الْحَجَرَ أَوِ الشَّيْءَ
The report does not specify the means by which Satan’s act is experienced; the wording is kept close to the Arabic.
Does the phrase describe literal objects being thrown, or an impression that provokes anger?