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Sahih Muslim 389iصحيح مسلم 389i
حَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، عَنْ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ إِذَا ثُوِّبَ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَلَّى وَلَهُ ضُرَاطٌ " . فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَزَادَ " فَهَنَّاهُ وَمَنَّاهُ وَذَكَّرَهُ مِنْ حَاجَاتِهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَذْكُرُ " .
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The devil takes to his heels breaking wind when the prayer begins. and the rest is the same but with this addition:" He (the devil) makes him think of pleasant things (or things productive of enjoyment) and of the things wished for, and reminds him of such needs which he had forgotten."
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
حرملة بن يحيى ← عبد الله بن وهب ← عمرو بن الحارث بن يعقوب ← عبد ربه بن سعيد ← عبد الرحمن بن هرمز ← عبد الرحمن بن صخر
Harmala ibn Yahya → Abdullah ibn Wahb → Amr ibn al-Harith ibn Ya'qub → Abd Rabbih ibn Sa'id → Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz → Abu Huraira