Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ إِبْلِيسَ قَدْ أَيِسَ أَنْ يَعْبُدَهُ الْمُصَلُّونَ وَلَكِنْ فِي التَّحْرِيشِ بَيْنَهُمْ حَدَّثَنَاه وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ مَعْنَاهُ.
English Translation
Abu Nu'aym told us, Sufyan told us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Iblis has despaired of being worshipped by those who pray, but he seeks to stir up dissension among them. Waki' also narrated this to us from Sufyan with the same meaning.
