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Sahih Muslim 776

Abu Hurayrah transmitted it from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): When any one of you goes to sleep, the devil ties three knots at the back of his neck, sealing every knot with:…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ عَمْرٌو حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَعْقِدُ الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَى قَافِيَةِ رَأْسِ أَحَدِكُمْ ثَلَاثَ عُقَدٍ إِذَا نَامَ بِكُلِّ عُقْدَةٍ يَضْرِبُ عَلَيْكَ لَيْلاً طَوِيلاً فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ وَإِذَا تَوَضَّأَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَتَانِ فَإِذَا صَلَّى انْحَلَّتِ الْعُقَدُ فَأَصْبَحَ نَشِيطًا طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ وَإِلاَّ أَصْبَحَ خَبِيثَ النَّفْسِ كَسْلَانَ»

Abu Hurayrah transmitted it from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam): When any one of you goes to sleep, the devil ties three knots at the back of his neck, sealing every knot with: “ You have a long night, so sleep.” So if one awakes and mentions Allah, a knot will be loosened; if he performs ablution two knots are loosened; and if he prays (all) knots will be loosened, and in the morning he will be active and in good spirits; otherwise we will be in bad spirits and sluggish in the morning.

হারূন ইবনু সাঈদ আল আইলী (রহঃ) ..... আবূ সাঈদ আল খুদরী (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেন, পানির (ধাতু বের হলে) দ্বারা পানি (গোসল) ফরয হয়।

ابو سلمہ بن عبد الرحمان نے حضرت ابو سعید خدری ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے حدیث بیان کی ، انہوں نے نبی کریم ﷺ سے روایت کی کہ آپ نے فرمایا : ’’پانی ، بس پانی سے ہے

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Harun bin Sa'id al-Aili] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ibnu Wahb] telah mengabarkan kepadaku [Amru bin al-Harits] dari [Ibnu Syihab] telah menceritakan kepadanya bahwa [Abu Salamah bin Abdurrahman] telah meriwayatkan kepadanya dari [Abu Sa'id al-Khudri] dari Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bahwa air (mandi wajib) itu disebabkan karena (keluarnya) air mani

Bize Harun b. Said el-Eyli rivayet etti (Dediki): Bize İbni Vehb rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bana Amr b. Haris, İbni Şihab'dan naklen haber verdi. Ona da Ebu Selemete'bnü Abdirrahman, Ebu Saîd-i Hudrî'den o da Nebi (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'den naklen rivayet etmişki,. Nebi (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) : «Su ancak su'dan dolayı icab eder.» buyurmuşlar

Sahih Muslim 776, Book 6, The Book of Prayer - Travellers, Hadith 247. 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 Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Amr an-NaqidTold us, Fourth generation, died 232 AH
  3. 3Zuhayr ibn HarbWith, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  4. 4Sufyan ibn UyaynahTold us, Third generation, died 197 AH
  5. 5Abu az-Zinad Abdullah ibn DhakwanFrom, Successor, died 129 AH
  6. 6Abd ar-Rahman ibn Hurmuz al-ArajFrom, Successor, died 110 AH
  7. 7Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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