Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمٍ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالُوا نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنْ عَامِرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ هَلْ كَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ شَهِدَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ؟ قَالَ عَلْقَمَةُ أَنَا سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَقُلْتُ هَلْ شَهِدَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَفَقَدْنَاهُ فَالْتَمَسْنَاهُ فِي الْأَوْدِيَةِ وَالشِّعَابِ فَقُلْنَا اسْتُطِيرَ أَوِ اغْتِيلَ فَبِتْنَا بِشِرِّ لَيْلَةٍ بَاتَ بِهَا قَوْمٌ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا إِذْ هُوَ جَاءَ مِنْ قِبَلِ حِرَاءَ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَدْنَاكَ فَطَلَبْنَاكَ فَلَمْ نَجِدْكَ فَبِتْنَا بِشَرِّ لَيْلَةٍ بَاتَ بِهَا قَوْمٌ؟ قَالَ أَتَانِي دَاعِيَ الْجِنِّ فَذَهَبْتُ مَعَهُ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ بِنَا فَأَرَانَا آثَارَهُمْ وَآثَارَ نِيرَانِهِمْ وَسَأَلُوهُ الزَّادَ فَقَالَ كُلُّ عَظْمٍ ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ يَقَعُ فِي أَيْدِيكُمْ أَوْفَرَ مَا يَكُونُ لَحْمًا وَكُلُّ بَعْرَةٍ عَلَفٌ لِدَوَابِّكُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَسْتَنْجُوا بِهِمَا فَإِنْهُمَا طَعَامُ إِخْوَانِكُمْ
English Translation
Ibn Mas'ud said: 'We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) one night and we lost him. We searched for him in the valleys and mountain passes and said: "He has been taken away or assassinated." We spent the worst night any people have ever spent. When morning came, he appeared from the direction of Hira'. We said: "O Messenger of Allah, we lost you and searched for you but could not find you, and we spent the worst night any people have ever spent." He said: "The caller of the jinn came to me, so I went with him and recited the Quran to them." He took us and showed us their traces and the traces of their fires. They asked him for provisions, and he said: "Every bone over which the name of Allah has been mentioned will come to you with the most flesh it ever had, and every piece of dung is fodder for your animals." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Do not use them for istinja, for they are the food of your brothers (from the jinn)."'