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3690. Buraidah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ went out for one of his expeditions, then when he came back, a black slave girl came to him and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! I took an oath that if Allāh returned you safely, I would beat the Duff before you and sing.' So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to her: 'If you have taken an oath, then beat it, and if you have not then do not.' So she started to beat the Duff, and Abū Bakr entered while she was beating it. Then 'Ali entered while she was beating it, then 'Uthmān entered while she was beating it. Then 'Umar entered, so she put the Duff under her, and sat upon it. So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Indeed Ash-Shaitān is afraid of you O 'Umar! I was sitting while she beat it, and then Abū Bakr entered while she was beating it, then 'Ali entered while she was beating it, then 'Uthmān entered while she was beating it, then when you entered O 'Umar and she put away the Duff.' (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb as a narration of Buraidah. There are narrations on this topic from 'Umar, [Sa'd bin Abī Waqqāṣ] and 'Aishah.
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Allāh ﷻ had given ‘Umar the distinction that even Satan was afraid of him, and diverted his way wherever he saw him. She was only a slave girl and she was so afraid of ‘Umar that she hid her Duff.
