What is the meaning of the hadith: (The rider is a devil, the two riders are two devils, and the three are a group)?
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The questioner : ... He said in the hadith: The rider is a devil, the two riders are two devils, and the three are a group?
The Shaykh : Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) indicated in this book the weakness of the hadith you mentioned: "The rider is a devil, the two riders are two devils, and the three are a group." He pointed to its weakness. As for those who graded it as authentic, it is said that if this address is intended to mean the dual form, and that they are only two, then it indicates the weakness of the hadith you referred to. However, if he is addressing two men from a group, and it is known that those with Malik ibn al-Huwayrith were about twenty men, then if the address was not directed to just the two, but to them along with the group, yes.
The questioner : ... considering the group as a whole
The Shaykh : Let one of you give the adhan
The questioner : He chose two men
The Shaykh : Yes, not everyone.
The Shaykh : Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) indicated in this book the weakness of the hadith you mentioned: "The rider is a devil, the two riders are two devils, and the three are a group." He pointed to its weakness. As for those who graded it as authentic, it is said that if this address is intended to mean the dual form, and that they are only two, then it indicates the weakness of the hadith you referred to. However, if he is addressing two men from a group, and it is known that those with Malik ibn al-Huwayrith were about twenty men, then if the address was not directed to just the two, but to them along with the group, yes.
The questioner : ... considering the group as a whole
The Shaykh : Let one of you give the adhan
The questioner : He chose two men
The Shaykh : Yes, not everyone.