At a glance
The story
Malik relates from Abd al-Rahman ibn Harmala from Sa id ibn al-Musayyib who used to say: the Messenger of God said: the shaytan intends one or two; when they are three he does not intend them 1 Muwatta 2802. The muhaqqiq notes the report is mursal by agreement of the Muwatta transmitters.
The meaning
In this hadith the shaytan does not intend a gathering of three; it belongs to the reports of mutual aid and company against whispers 1. Its chain is mursal by the muhaqqiq agreement.
Notes
Among the waswasa reports in the Muwatta; this browser shows it in the devils section with a note that its chain is mursal 1.
Connections
- Related to
- Muhammad· Evil ones among humans and jinn· Whispering (al-waswasa)· Muwatta 2802
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 2802
People and things also explored
The shaytan at the well of the traveller· Saying "if only" opens the shaytan s work· The good dream is from God and the bad dream is from the shaytan· The shaytan lays Bilal down in the Mecca journey· Disheveled hair and beard like a shaytan· The fitna rises where the shaytan horn rises· Whoever raises his head before the imam — his forelock is in a shaytan's hand· An ifrit of the jinn seeks the Prophet on the Night Journey
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “The shaytan intends one or two, not three”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/shaytan-insinuates-at-one-or-two/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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