Al-Khiṣāl - Part 7: On Seven-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 7: On Seven-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: The Evil Ones Descend Upon Seven of the Boasters دبن الحسن رضي الله عنه٠د بن يحيى العطار وأح٠ران الاشعري، عن يعقوب ابن يزيد، عن الحسن بن علي بن فضال، عن داود بن أبي يزيد، عن رجل، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلا٠في قوله عز وجل: "هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُ٠َنْ تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ تَنَزَّلُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِي٠غيرة، وبنان، وصائد، وح٠ارة البربري، والحارث الشا٠ي، وعبد الله بن الحارث، وأبوالخطأب 7-111 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar and Ahmad ibn Idris quoted Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Yaqoob ibn Yazid, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Faz’zal, on the authority of Davood ibn Abi Yazid, on the authority of someone who narrated that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said the following regarding the following words of the Honorable the Exalted God, ‘Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil ones descend?

They descend on every lying, wicked person.’ “The evil ones descended upon seven people as follows: Al-Muqayrih, Binan, Sa’ed, Hamzih ibn Am’marat al-Barbari, Al-Harith al-Shami, Abdullah ibn al-Harith and Abul Khat’tab.”