Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ صَلَاتِي وَبَيْنَ قِرَاءَتِي قَالَ ذَاكَ شَيْطَانٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ خَنْزَبٌ فَإِذَا أَنْتَ حَسَسْتَهُ فَتَعَوَّذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُ وَاتْفُلْ عَنْ يَسَارِكَ ثَلَاثًا قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ ذَاكَ فَأَذْهَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَنِّي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَن سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَن يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ عَن عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ الثَّقَفِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ.
English Translation
Isma'il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, from al-Jurayri, from Abu al-'Ala' ibn al-Shikhkhir, that Uthman said: 'O Messenger of Allah, Satan has come between me and my prayer, and between me and my recitation.' He said: 'That is a devil called Khinzab; when you sense him, seek refuge in Allah from him and spit lightly to your left three times.' He said: So I did that, and Allah, Mighty and Sublime, removed him from me. Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us: Sufyan informed us, from Sa'id al-Jurayri, from Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn al-Shikhkhir, from Uthman ibn Abi al-'As al-Thaqafi, who said: I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, Satan has come between...' and he related the same meaning.