 حَدَّثَنِی الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِیَادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْهَمْدَانِیِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَطِیَّهَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِیلَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ: مَنْ سَرَّحَ لِحْیَتَهُ سَبْعِینَ مَرَّهً وَ عَدَّهَا مَرَّهً مَرَّهً لَمْ یَقْرَبْهُ الشَّیْطَانُ أَرْبَعِینَ صَبَاحاً.
1. It was narrated to me by al-Hussain b. Ahmad from Sahl b. Ziyad from Ibrahim b. Abdulrahman b. al-Hajjaj from Muhammad b. Umar al-Hamadani from Ibn ’Atiyyah from Ismail b. Jabir from Abi Abdillah  who said who said: “Shaitaan will remain aloof for next forty days from one who combs his beard seventy times.”