Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3275
وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ وَكَّلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِحِفْظِ زَكَاةِ رَمَضَانَ، فَأَتَانِي آتٍ، فَجَعَلَ يَحْثُو مِنَ الطَّعَامِ، فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لأَرْفَعَنَّكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ فَاقْرَأْ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ لَنْ يَزَالَ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ حَافِظٌ، وَلاَ يَقْرَبُكَ شَيْطَانٌ حَتَّى تُصْبِحَ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " صَدَقَكَ وَهْوَ كَذُوبٌ، ذَاكَ شَيْطَانٌ ".
ʿUthman ibn al-Haytham said: ʿAwf narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entrusted me with guarding the Ramadan charity. Someone came to me and began scooping up food. I seized him and said, ‘I will take you to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’ He then mentioned the rest of the report and said: ‘When you go to your bed, recite the Verse of the Throne. A guardian from Allah will remain over you, and no devil will come near you until morning.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘He told you the truth, though he is a liar. That was a devil.’
Translation notes
The Arabic summarizes the intervening report as ‘he mentioned the hadith’; the English witness supplies further dialogue not included in this Arabic excerpt.