“...he would wake up.” (1)

This is a strange (gharīb) hadith.

Some scholars have spoken critically of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr ibn Abī Mulaykah al-Mulaykī with regard to his memory. Zurārah ibn Muṣʿab is the son of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf, and he is the grandfather of Abū Muṣʿab al-Madanī. (2)

‌‌Chapter 3

3096 – Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us, saying: Abū Aḥmad narrated to us, saying: Sufyān narrated to us, from Ibn Abī Laylā, from his brother, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Laylā,

from Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī: that he had a storage compartment (sahwah) containing dates, and a ghūl would come and take from it. He said: He complained about that to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said: “Go, and when you see her, say: ‘In the name of Allah, respond to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.’” He said: So he seized her, and she swore that she would not return, so he released her. Then he came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said: “What did your captive do?” He said: She swore that she would not return. He said: “She lied, and she is one who returns to lying.” He said: So he seized her a second time, and she swore that she would not return, so he released her. Then he came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said: “What did your captive do?”

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(1) Its chain of transmission is weak due to the weakness of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Mulaykī, whose name is ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Abī Mulaykah. It was also recorded by al-Dārimī (3386) and al-ʿUqaylī in al-Ḍuʿafāʾ 2/325. It is also in Sharḥ al-Sunnah by al-Baghawī (1198).
(2) From his saying: “Zurārah ibn Muṣʿab” to this point, we have confirmed it from (S), and it does not appear in the other sources.