Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 184
Arabic hadith text
عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ ذِئْبُ الْإِنْسَانِ كَذِئْبِ الْغَنَمِ يَأْخُذُ الشَّاذَّةَ وَالْقَاصِيَةَ وَالنَّاحِيَةَ وَإِيَاكُمْ وَالشِّعَابَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْجَمَاعَةِ وَالْعَامَّةِ» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمد
Translation
Muʿādh ibn Jabal reported that the Messenger of God said: ‘The devil is a wolf to a person, like a wolf to sheep: it takes the one that strays, lags behind, or wanders off. Beware of the side paths; stay with the community and the broad body of people.’ Aḥmad transmitted it.