Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ فَجَعَلَ يَنْتَهِزُ شَيْئًا قُدَّامَهُ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ سَأَلْنَاهُ فَقَالَ ذَاكَ الشَّيْطَانُ أَلْقَى عَلَى قَدَمَيَّ شَرَرًا مِنْ نَارٍ لِيَفْتِنَنِي عَنْ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ وَقَدْ انْتَهَزْتُهُ وَلَوْ أَخَذْتُهُ لَنِيطَ إِلَى سَارِيَةٍ مِنْ سَوَارِي الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى يُطِيفَ بِهِ وِلْدَانُ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ.
English Translation
Hasan ibn Musa told us, Zuhayr told us, Simak ibn Harb told us, who said: I heard Jabir ibn Samurah say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, led us in the dawn prayer, and he began snatching at something in front of him. When he finished, we asked him about it, and he said: "That was the devil; he threw sparks of fire onto my feet to tempt me away from the prayer. I seized at him, and had I caught him, he would have been tied to one of the pillars of the mosque so that the children of Medina could gather around and look at him."