On the authority of Anas: that a man said, "O Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, where is my father?" He said: "Your father is in the Fire." When he turned away, he said: "Indeed, my father and your father are in the Fire." (1)

4719 - Musa ibn Isma'il narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us, on the authority of Thabit, on the authority of Anas ibn Malik, who said: "Indeed, Satan flows through the son of Adam like the flow of blood." (2)

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(1) Its narrators are trustworthy, the narrators of the Two Shaykhs, except Hammad — and he is Ibn Salama — who is among the narrators of Muslim. He was alone in narrating this hadith with this wording. Ma'mar differed with him, on the authority of Thabit — as al-Suyuti said in his treatise "Masalik al-Hunafa' fi Walidayy al-Mustafa" included in al-Hawi 2/402, 444 — for he did not mention "Indeed, my father and your father are in the Fire," but rather said to him: "If you pass by the grave of a disbeliever, give him glad tidings of the Fire." Ma'mar is more reliable in terms of transmission than Hammad ibn Salama, for Hammad was criticized regarding his memory, and some rejected narrations occurred in his hadiths which they mentioned that his stepson Ibn Abi al-'Awja' had inserted into his books, so he narrated them and erred in them, or that he took liberties and narrated according to meaning. See the detailed discussion of this in "Musnad Ahmad" (12192).

Muslim also narrated it (203) (347) via the path of 'Affan, from Hammad ibn Salama, with this chain of transmission. It is also found with Ibn Hibban in his "Sahih" (578).

His saying: "qaffa" means: he went away turning his back. It seems to be derived from al-qafa, i.e., he showed him his nape and his back. Ibn al-Athir said this in "al-Nihaya."

(2) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Hammad: he is Ibn Salama, and Thabit: he is Ibn Aslam al-Bunani.

Muslim also narrated it (2174) (23) from 'Abdullah ibn Maslama, from Hammad ibn Salama, with this chain of transmission, with the wording: that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was with one of his wives, and a man passed by him, so he called him, and he came. He said: "O so-and-so, this is my wife so-and-so." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, of whom I would have thought [such a thing], I would not have thought it of you." So the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: — and he mentioned it.

His saying: "flows" — al-Hafiz said in "al-Fath" 4/280: It is said that it is to be taken at face value, and that Allah, may He be exalted, gave him power over that. And it is said that it is by way of metaphor, due to the abundance of his misguidance, as if he never leaves him, like blood. So they share in the intensity of connection and the absence of separation.