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Sunan Abi Dawud 3918سنن أبي داود 3918
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ يَقُولُ النَّاسُ الصَّفَرُ وَجَعٌ يَأْخُذُ فِي الْبَطْنِ . قُلْتُ فَمَا الْهَامَةُ قَالَ يَقُولُ النَّاسُ الْهَامَةُ الَّتِي تَصْرُخُ هَامَةُ النَّاسِ وَلَيْسَتْ بِهَامَةِ الإِنْسَانِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ دَابَّةٌ .
Narrated 'Ata: People said: safar is a pain within the belly. I asked: What is hamah ? He said: People said (believed) that hamah which is an owl or a nightbird and which shrieks is the spirit of men. It is not the spirit of men. It is an animal.
Grading
Sahih
- Al-Albani: Sahih Maqtu
- Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih Maqtu
- Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Sahih
Chain of narrators
يحيى بن خلف ← الضحاك بن مخلد بن الضحاك ← عبد الملك بن عبد العزيز ← عطاء بن أبي رباح
Yahya ibn Khalaf → Al-Dahhak ibn Makhlad ibn al-Dahhak → Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz → Ata' ibn Abi Rabah