Wahb on Iblees: Satan plays with anger like a child with a ball

Mundhir reported: Wahb ibn Munabbih, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Satan, upon whom is the curse of Allah, said: Verily, we lie in wait among the people of impatience and fury, then we play with them as children play with a ball.”

Source: al-Zuhd li-Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal 522

عَنْ مُنْذِر عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ رحمه الله قَالَ قَالَ إِبْلِيسَ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّنَا نَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْعَجَلِ مِنْهُمْ وَالْحِدَّةِ فَنَلْعَبُ بِهِمْ كَمَا تَلْعَبُ الصِّبْيَانُ بِالْأُكْرَةِ

522 الزهد لأحمد بن حنبل

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