١٨٤. عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْأَحْوَصِ رَضِيَ اللّٰهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ لِلنَّاسِ:
«…أَلَا وَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ أَيِسَ مِنْ أَنْ يُعْبَدَ فِي بِلَادِكُمْ هٰذِهِ أَبَدًا وَلٰكِنْ سَتَكُونُ لَهُ طَاعَةٌ فِيمَا تَحْتَقِرُونَ مِنْ أَعْمَالِكُمْ فَسَيَرْضَى بِهِ…».
184. Amr bin Ahvas (r.a.) says: I heard the Messenger of Allah saying to people when he was giving his sermon in his Farewell Pilgrimage:
“…Pay attention! Satan has forever lost his hope that in these lands he will never be worshipped. However, obeying him will be possible in acts (sins) that you see as minor, and he will be pleased with this…” (Tirmidhi, Fitan, 2/2159; Ibn Majah, Manasik, 76; Nasai, al-Sunan al-kubra, II, 444/4100. Also see Hakim, II, 32/2221; Baihaqi, Shuab, V, 454)