Sunan Ibn Majah 3764
سنن ابن ماجه#3764Hasanحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ نَظَرَ إِلَى إِنْسَانٍ يَتْبَعُ طَائِرًا فَقَالَ " شَيْطَانٌ يَتْبَعُ شَيْطَانًا " .
It was narrated from 'Aishah that the Prophet(ﷺ) looked at a man who was chasing a bird and said:"A devil chasing a devil
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:
Al-AlbaniHasan
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiHasan
Shuaib Al ArnautHasan
Zubair Ali ZaiHasan
In-book reference: 33:108