'Ai'sha said: "Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) told his wives a story one night, and one of them said: “It sounds like a fable of Khurafa!” He said: “Do you know what that means? Khurafa was a man from [the Yemenite tribe of] 'Udhra. The jinn captured him in the pagan era [al-jahiliyya], so he stayed with them for a long time, then they returned him to his people. He used to tell the people about the marvels that he saw among them, so the people said: ‘The fable of Khurafa.'”
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَبَّاحٍ الْبَزَّارُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ حَدَّثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ نِسَاءَهُ حَدِيثًا فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ كَأَنَّ الْحَدِيثَ حَدِيثُ خُرَافَةَ فَقَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا خُرَافَةُ إِنَّ خُرَافَةَ كَانَ رَجُلا مِنْ عُذْرَةَ أَسَرَتْهُ الْجِنُّ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَمَكَثَ فِيهِمْ دَهْرًا ثُمَّ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى الإِنْسِ فَكَانَ يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ بِمَا رَأَى فِيهِمْ مِنَ الأَعَاجِيبِ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ حَدِيثُ خُرَافَةَ