Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:4014 حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَابِقٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا أَبُو فَرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ كُنْتُ مُؤْذًى بِسَامِرِ الْبَيْتِ فَشَكَوْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَكَانَتْ رَوْزَنَةٌ فِي بَيْتٍ لَنَا فَقَالَ ارْصُدْهُ فَإِذَا أَنْتَ عَايَنْتَ شَيْئًا فَقُلْ اخْسَ يَدْعُوكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَرَصَدْتُ فَإِذَا شَيْءٌ قَدْ تَدَلَّى مِنْ رَوْزَنَةٍ فَوَثَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَقُلْتُ اخْسَ يَدْعُوكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَخَذَتْهُ فَتَضَرَّعَ إِلَيَّ وَقَالَ لِي لَا أَعُودُ قَالَ فَأَرْسَلْتُهُ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ غَدَوْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيرُكَ؟» فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي كَانَ فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّهُ سَيَعُودُ» قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ آخُذُهُ وَأُخْبِرُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِالَّذِي كَانَ فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ الثَّالِثَةُ أَخَذْتُهُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ مَا أَنْتَ بِمُفَارِقِي حَتَّى آتِيَ بِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَاشَدَنِي وَتَضَرَّعَ إِلَيَّ وَقَالَ أُعَلِّمُكَ شَيْئًا إِذَا قُلْتُهُ مِنْ لَيْلَتِكَ لَمْ يَقْرَبْكَ جَانٌّ وَلَا لِصٌّ قَالَ تَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ قَالَ فَأَرْسَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيرُكَ؟» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَاشَدَنِي وَتَضَرَّعَ إِلَيَّ حَتَّى رَحِمْتُهُ وَعَلَّمَنِي شَيْئًا أَقُولُهُ إِذَا قُلْتُهُ لَمْ يَقْرَبْنِي جِنٌّ وَلَا لِصٌّ قَالَ «صَدَقَ وَإِنْ كَانَ كَذُوبًا»
English Translation
Abu Ayyub said: "I was troubled by a night visitor in my house." There was a hole in a room of his. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Watch for it, and when you see something, say: 'Be gone! The Messenger of Allah summons you.'" He watched, and something descended from the hole. He jumped at it and said: "Be gone! The Messenger of Allah summons you," and caught it. It pleaded with him and said: "I will not return." He released it. In the morning he went to the Prophet (peace be upon him), who said: "What did your captive do?" He told him, and the Prophet said: "It will return." This happened three times. The third time, he caught it and said: "You are not leaving until I bring you to the Messenger of Allah." It pleaded and said: "I will teach you something — if you say it at night, no jinn or thief will come near you." It said: "Recite Ayat al-Kursi." He released it and went to the Prophet (peace be upon him), who said: "What did your captive do?" He said: "O Messenger of Allah, it pleaded with me until I took pity on it, and it taught me something to say — if I say it, no jinn or thief will come near me." The Prophet said: "It spoke the truth, even though it is a liar."