حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة، حدثنا عبد الأعلى، عن معمر، عن الزهري، عن سعيد، عن أبي هريرة، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ‏"‏ ما من مولود يولد إلا نخسه الشيطان فيستهل صارخا من نخسة الشيطان إلا ابن مريم وأمه ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثم قال أبو هريرة اقرءوا إن شئتم ‏{‏ وإني أعيذها بك وذريتها من الشيطان الرجيم‏}‏
 Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:                      No child is born but he is pricked by the satan and he begins to weep because of the pricking of the satan except the son of Mary and his mother. Abu Huraira then said: You may recite if you so like (the verse):" I seek Thy protection for her and her offspring against satan the accursed" (iii. 36). This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters (and the words are):" The newborn child is touched by the satan (when he comes in the world) and he starts crying because of the touch of satan." In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Shu'aib there is a slight variation of wording.