Volume 4, Book 54, Number 489:
Narrated Abu Wail:
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Somebody said to Usama, “Will you go to so-and-so (i.e. ‘Uthman) and talk to him (i.e. advise him
regarding ruling the country)?” He said, “You see that I don’t talk to him. Really I talk to (advise) him
secretly without opening a gate (of affliction), for neither do I want to be the first to open it (i.e. re –
bellion), nor will I say to a man who is my ruler that he is the best of all the people after I have heard
something from Allah s Apostle .” They said, What have you heard him saying? He said, “I have heard
him saying, “A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and thrown in the (Hell) Fire, so that
his intestines will come out, and he will go around like a donkey goes around a millstone. The people
of (Hell) Fire will gather around him and say: O so-and-so! What is wrong with you? Didn’t you use
to order us to do good deeds and forbid us to do bad deeds? He will reply: Yes, I used to order you to
do good deeds, but I did not do them myself, and I used to forbid you to do bad deeds, yet I used to do
them myself.”
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 490:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Magic was worked on the Prophet so that he began to fancy that he was doing a thing which he
was not actually doing. One day he invoked (Allah) for a long period and then said, “I feel that Allah
has inspired me as how to cure myself. Two persons came to me (in my dream) and sat, one by my
head and the other by my feet. One of them asked the other, “What is the ailment of this man?” The
other replied, ‘He has been bewitched” The first asked, ‘Who has bewitched him?’ The other replied,
‘Lubaid bin Al-A’sam.’ The first one asked, ‘What material has he used?’ The other replied, ‘A comb,
the hair gathered on it, and the outer skin of the pollen of the male date-palm.’ The first asked,
‘Where is that?’ The other replied, ‘It is in the well of Dharwan.’ ” So, the Prophet went out towards
the well and then returned and said to me on his return, “Its date-palms (the date-palms near the
well) are like the heads of the devils.” I asked, “Did you take out those things with which the magic
was worked?” He said, “No, for I have been cured by Allah and I am afraid that this action may
spread evil amongst the people.” Later on the well was filled up with earth.
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 491:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
llah’s Apostle said, “During your sleep, Satan knots three knots at the back of the head of each of
you, and he breathes the following words at each knot, ‘The night is, long, so keep on sleeping,’ If that
person wakes up and celebrates the praises of Allah, then one knot is undone, and when he performs
ablution the second knot is undone, and when he prays, all the knots are undone, and he gets up in
the morning lively and gay, otherwise he gets up dull and gloomy. ”
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Volume 4, Book 54, Number 492:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
It was mentioned before the Prophet that there was a man who slept the night till morning (after
sunrise). The Prophet said, “He is a man in whose ears (or ear) Satan had urinated.”
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 493:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet said, “If anyone of you, when having sexual relation with his wife, say: ‘In the name of
Allah. O Allah! Protect us from Satan and prevent Satan from approaching our offspring you are go –
ing to give us,’ and if he begets a child (as a result of that relation) Satan will not harm it.”
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 494:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Allah’s Apostle said, “When the (upper) edge of the sun appears (in the morning), don’t perform a
prayer till the sun appears in full, and when the lower edge of the sun sets, don’t perform a prayer
till it sets completely. And you should not seek to pray at sunrise or sunset for the sun rises between
two sides of the head of the devil (or Satan).”
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 495:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, “If while you are praying, somebody intends to pass in front of you, prevent him;
and should he insist, prevent him again; and if he insists again, fight with him (i.e. prevent him viol –
ently e.g. pushing him violently), because such a person is (like) a devil.”
Narrated Muhammad bin Sirin: Abu Huraira said, “Allah’s Apostle put me in charge of the Zakat of
Ramadan (i.e. Zakat-ul-Fitr). Someone came to me and started scooping some of the foodstuff of (Za –
kat) with both hands. I caught him and told him that I would take him to Allah’s Apostle.” Then Abu
Huraira told the whole narration and added “He (i.e. the thief) said, ‘Whenever you go to your bed,
recite the Verse of “Al-Kursi” (2.255) for then a guardian from Allah will be guarding you, and Satan
will not approach you till dawn.’ ” On that the Prophet said, “He told you the truth, though he is a
liar, and he (the thief) himself was the Satan.”
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 496:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
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Allah’s Apostle said, “Satan comes to one of you and says, ‘Who created so-and-so? ’till he says,
‘Who has created your Lord?’ So, when he inspires such a question, one should seek refuge with Al –
lah and give up such thoughts.”