The reciter: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim and Isma'il ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: Al-Nadr ibn Shumayl narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, saying: Muhammad, who is ibn Ziyad, narrated to us, saying: I heard Abu Hurayrah say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A highly wicked one amongst the Jinn escaped yesternight to interrupt my prayer, but Allah gave me power over him, so I seized him and intended to tie him to one of the pillars of the mosque in order that you, all together or all, might look at him, but I remembered the supplication of my brother Sulaiman:" My Lord, forgive me, give me such a kingdom as will not be possible for anyone after me" (Qur'an, xxxvii. 35).
إن عفريتا من الجن جعل يفتك علي البارحة ليقطع علي الصلاة وإن الله أمكنني منه فدعته فلقد هممت أن أربطه إلى جنب سارية من سواري المسجد حتى تصبحوا تنظرون إليه أجمعون أو كلكم، ثم ذكرت قول أخي سليمان : رب اغفر لي وهب لي ملكا لا ينبغي لأحد من بعدي، فرده الله خاسئا And Ibn Mansur said: Shu'bah from Muhammad ibn Ziyad.
