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Sahih Muslim 3030dصحيح مسلم 3030d
وَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ الزِّمَّانِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ، مَسْعُودٍ { أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَى رَبِّهِمُ الْوَسِيلَةَ} قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ نَفَرًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَأَسْلَمَ الْجِنِّيُّونَ وَالإِنْسُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَهُمْ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ فَنَزَلَتْ { أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَى رَبِّهِمُ الْوَسِيلَةَ}
Abdullah b. Mas'ud said in connection with the verse: " Those whom they call upon, themselves seek the means of access to their Lord," that that verse was revealed in connection with a party of Arabs who used to worship a group amnogst the jinn; the jinn embraced Islam but the people kept worshipping them without being conscious of it. Then this verse was revealed:" Those whom they call upon, themselves seek the means of access to their Lord."
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
حجاج بن يوسف بن حجاج ← عبد الصمد بن عبد الوارث ← عبد الوارث بن سعيد ← الحسين بن ذكوان ← قتادة بن دعامة بن قتادة ← عبد الله بن معبد ← عبد الله بن عتبة ← عبد الله بن مسعود
Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ibn Hajjaj → Abd al-Samad ibn Abd al-Warith → Abd al-Warith ibn Sa'id → Al-Husayn ibn Dhakwan → Qatada ibn Di'ama ibn Qatada → Abdullah ibn Ma'bad → Abdullah ibn Utba → `Abdullah