Bismillah
Building on the Ayahs
" Verily! We have adorned the near heaven with the stars (for beauty).* And to guard against every rebellious devil.* They cannot listen to the higher group (angels) for they are pelted from every side.* Outcast, and theirs is a constant (or painful) torment.* Except such as snatch away something by stealing and they are pursued by a flaming fire of piercing brightness." (Quran 37:6- 10)
Before quoting the coming Ayah which I already used above, I like to explain to u, since I am not quoting the whole Surah (chapter). The Sura is titled Al Jinn. Jinn is the other creation Allah made accountable also as per: " And I (Allah) created not the jinns and humans except they should worship Me (Alone)." (Quran 51:56).
They are another kind of creation including, exactly just as mankind, those who are believer, non believers who are the devils. Satan was one of them to start with. It will be even more useful if u read the whole Sura for more detail. Let us just focus on the core of interest here:
Allah Say:"'And we have sought to reach the heaven; but found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.* 'And verily, we used to sit there in stations, to (steal) a hearing, but any who listens now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush." (Quran 72:8-9)
There were some misleading information made in regard to Surat Najm which ends with an Ayah that requires one to go into a prostration position even while reciting and it is called Sujud Tilawa which means prostration of reciting. In this chapter Allah states names of three idols. When the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam recited this Surat while in Kaba`a he reached the prostration position and immediately went into the ground for it (prostrated on the ground).
A number of the pagans where standing behind him accidentally listening to the recitation, taken by the recitation they automatically went into sujud as well.
Later on when they were blamed by their people for doing so, they claimed that they only made Sujud because the Messenger (astaghfer Allah) praised the idols while reciting Quran which according to some old scholars were removed from the Surah (abrogated). The old scholars say that astaghfer Allah satan was able to place words on the Messenger's mouth to say praising the idols.
Looking carefully at the above mentioned Ayahs which explain how the devils used to behave before Quran was revealed. They were able to sit in hidden stations to pick news, go back to earth and throw it to their fellow man fortune tellers. They were surprised as exactly stated in the Ayah that they can do this no more because of the heavy guarding system.
How on earth would the Messenger salla Allah a`lhyee wa sallam be left by who? By Allah to capture words said by devils WHILE RECITING QURAN to also include the words in the Ayah? The Ayahs I quoted above explain in full detail making it crystal clear that this could never happen. Allah Protected heavily and strongly His final revelation from any sort of corruption. Leave alone devils adding to the text of the chapter and the Messenger repeating it.
If u check the hadeeth related to Surat Najm and the situation that took place, Abdullah Ibn Masoud say:
Narrated Abdullah Ibn Masoud may Allah be pleased with him that the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam recited Surt Najm at Mecca when he prostrated at the prostration position and all who were attending prostrated as well except an old man who took a hand full of stones or dust and placed it over his forehead saying this suffices, I saw him later on when he was killed as a kafir" (reported by Bukhari).
This is just an example of the hadeeth related to this situation. Had this happened (astaghferu Allah), it should have been verified in a hadeeth. Or Allah Would have included it in a clear Ayah. It is totally unlikely that this happens.
But modern scholars when they are confronted with this matter, they fear to oppose old renowned scholars who some of them didn’t know how to deal with the situation. Some of them say, if this happened, the best explanation is so and so. If this happened. They don’t bother to measure the incident according to Quran and Sunnah and say no this never happened.
Me personally I take the freedom to say this could have never happened.
To be continued Insh a Alla, I really prefer to take this on slowly and step by step