Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 769
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " صَلُّوا فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ وَلاَ تُصَلُّوا فِي أَعْطَانِ الإِبِلِ فَإِنَّهَا خُلِقَتْ مِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Hushaym narrated to us, from Yunus, from al-Hasan, from 'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal al-Muzani, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Pray in sheep pens and do not pray in camel resting places, for they were created from devils.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source states this rationale in the plural; it is rendered literally without further theological explanation.
فَإِنَّهَا خُلِقَتْ مِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ
The pronoun refers to camels, and the source's statement is unusual; translation follows its wording literally.
Should the plural ‘they’ be understood as camels in this statement?