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Sahih al-Bukhari 1142

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Satan puts three knots at the back of the head of any of you if he is asleep. On every knot he reads and exhales the following words, ‘The…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضى الله عنه

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «يَعْقِدُ الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَى قَافِيَةِ رَأْسِ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا هُوَ نَامَ ثَلَاثَ عُقَدٍ، يَضْرِبُ كُلَّ عُقْدَةٍ عَلَيْكَ لَيْلٌ طَوِيلٌ فَارْقُدْ، فَإِنِ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ، فَإِنْ تَوَضَّأَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ، فَإِنْ صَلَّى انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ فَأَصْبَحَ نَشِيطًا طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ، وَإِلاَّ أَصْبَحَ خَبِيثَ النَّفْسِ كَسْلَانَ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Satan puts three knots at the back of the head of any of you if he is asleep. On every knot he reads and exhales the following words, ‘The night is long, so stay asleep.’ When one wakes up and remembers Allah, one knot is undone; and when one performs ablution, the second knot is undone, and when one prays the third knot is undone and one gets up energetic with a good heart in the morning; otherwise one gets up lazy and with a mischievous heart.”

আবূ হুরাইরাহ্ (রাযি.) হতে বর্ণিত। আল্লাহর রাসূল সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ তোমাদের কেউ যখন ঘুমিয়ে পড়ে তখন শয়তান তার ঘাড়ের পশ্চাদংশে তিনটি গিঠ দেয়। প্রতি গিঠে সে এ বলে চাপড়ায়, তোমার সামনে রয়েছে দীর্ঘ রাত, অতএব তুমি শুয়ে থাক। অতঃপর সে যদি জাগ্রত হয়ে আল্লাহকে স্মরণ করে একটি গিঠ খুলে যায়, পরে উযূ করলে আর একটি গিঠ খুলে যায়, অতঃপর সালাত আদায় করলে আর একটি গিঠ খুলে যায়।

তখন তার প্রভাত হয়, উৎফুল্ল মনে ও অনাবিল চিত্তে। অন্যথায় সে সকালে উঠে কলূষ কালিমা ও আলস্য সহকারে। (৩২৬৯; মুসলিম ৬/২৮, হাঃ ৭৭৬, আহমাদ ৭৩১২)

ہم سے عبداللہ بن یوسف تنیسی نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہمیں امام مالک رحمہ اللہ نے خبر دی، انہیں ابوالزناد نے، انہیں اعرج نے اور انہیں ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے کہ رسول اکرم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ شیطان آدمی کے سر کے پیچھے رات میں سوتے وقت تین گرہیں لگا دیتا ہے اور ہر گرہ پر یہ افسوں پھونک دیتا ہے کہ سو جا ابھی رات بہت باقی ہے پھر اگر کوئی بیدار ہو کر اللہ کی یاد کرنے لگا تو ایک گرہ کھل جاتی ہے پھر جب وضو کرتا ہے تو دوسری گرہ کھل جاتی ہے۔

پھر اگر نماز ( فرض یا نفل ) پڑھے تو تیسری گرہ بھی کھل جاتی ہے۔ اس طرح صبح کے وقت آدمی چاق و چوبند خوش مزاج رہتا ہے۔ ورنہ سست اور بدباطن رہتا ہے۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami ['Abdullah bin Yusuf] berkata, telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Malik] dari [Abu Az Zanad] dari [Al A'raj] dari [Abu Hurairah radliallahu 'anhu] bahwa Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Setan mengikat tengkuk kepala seseorang dari kalian saat dia tidur dengan tiga tali ikatan dan syaitan mengikatkannya sedemikian rupa sehingga setiap ikatan diletakkan pada tempatnya lalu (dikatakan) kamu akan melewati malam yang sangat panjang maka tidurlah dengan nyenyak.

Jika dia bangun dan mengingat Allah maka lepaslah satu tali ikatan. Jika kemudian dia berwudhu' maka lepaslah tali yang lainnya dan bila ia mendirikan shalat lepaslah seluruh tali ikatan dan pada pagi harinya ia akan merasakan semangat dan kesegaran yang menenteramkan jiwa. Namun bila dia tidak melakukan seperti itu, maka pagi harinya jiwanya merasa tidak segar dan menjadi malas beraktifitas

Ebu Hureyre (r.a.) Nebi Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem'in şöyle buyurduğunu nakletmiştir: "Siz'den biri uyuduğu zaman şeytan onun kafasının arka tarafına üç düğüm atar ve her düğümü attıkça: 'Önünde uzun bir gece var, haydi uyu!' der. Kişi uyanıp Allah'ı zikrederse bu düğümlerden biri çözülür. Kalkıp abdest alırsa ikincisi, namaz kıldığında da üçüncüsü çözülür. Böylece o kişi dinç ve huzurlu bir şekilde sabah'a kavuşur. Aksi halde uyuşuk, tembel ve huzursuz bir halde sabahlar

Sahih al-Bukhari 1142, Book 19, Prayer at Night (Tahajjud), Hadith 23. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs about the devil and his struggle with the person who wants to get up to offer the voluntary night prayer or the Fajr prayer. When the believer goes to sleep, the devil ties three knots at his Qāfiyah, i.e., the back of his head. One knot is undone when the believer wakes up and remembers Allah Almighty without responding to the devil's whisperings. Another knot is undone when he performs ablution. Then the third knot is undone when he rises and prays,

and he gets up in the morning active and in a good mood, given his happiness that Allah has guided him to obedience and rejoicing in the reward and forgiveness that Allah has promised him, along with getting rid of the devil's knots and his discouragement. Otherwise, he wakes up in the morning low-spirited, gloomy, and too indolent to offer good and righteous deeds because he is chained with the devil's shackles and far from getting close to the Most Compassionate.

What it teaches

  • The devil makes constant endeavors in every way to prevent one from obeying Allah Almighty, and nothing can save man from the devil except seeking help from Allah Almighty and utilizing the means of precaution and protection.
  • Remembering Allah Almighty and worshiping Him provide the soul with energy and bring forth relief in the heart. They dispel laziness and indolence and alleviate distress and hatred because they ward off the devil, who whispers all these things.
  • The believer feels happy when Allah Almighty guides him to His obedience and feels depressed when he fails to reach the degrees of excellence and perfection.
  • Heedlessness and reluctance from observing acts of obedience are from the devil's work and an attempt to make man's deeds appealing to him.
  • These three things—remembering Allah, performing ablution, and praying—drive the devil away.
  • The devil ties knots particularly at the back of the head because it is the center of powers and their domain of control. Hence, if he ties the knots in that place, he becomes capable of controlling man's spirit and casting sleep on him.
  • Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalāni said: Mentioning the night in his statement: "Ahead of you is a long night," apparently indicates that this is peculiar to night sleep.
  • Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalāni said: There is no particular or irreplaceable form of Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) that should be recited here; rather, anything that could be referred to as Dhikr of Allah would be sufficient, including reciting the Qur’an, reading the Prophet's Hadīths, and seeking religious knowledge. However, the best way to remember Allah is clear in the Prophet's statement: Whoever wakes up disturbed during the night and says: "La ilāha illallāh wahdahu la sharīka lah, lahu al-mulku wa lahu al-hamdu wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadīr. Al-hamdulillāh wa subhānallāh wa la ilāha illallāh wallāhu akbar wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billāh (None has the right to be worshiped except Allah alone, and He has no partners. To Him belongs sovereignty, and to Him belongs praise, and He is Omnipotent over everything. All praise is due to Allah, glory be to Allah; there is no god but Allah; Allah is the Greatest, and there is no power nor strength except with Allah)", then says: "Allāhumma ighfirli (O Allah, forgive me)" or supplicates, his supplication will be answered, and if he performs ablution, his prayer will be accepted. [Narrated by Al-Bukhāri]

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2Abdullah ibn Yusuf at-TinnisiTold us, Fourth generation, died 218 AH
  3. 3Malik ibn AnasInformed us, Third generation, died 178 AH
  4. 4Abu az-Zinad Abdullah ibn DhakwanFrom, Successor, died 129 AH
  5. 5Abd ar-Rahman ibn Hurmuz al-ArajFrom, Successor, died 110 AH
  6. 6Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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