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Interesting
Quotes from the Hadith on Satan
- Muhammad said that yawning is from Satan.
- The Prophet said, "Yawning is from Satan and if anyone of you
yawns, he should check his yawning as much as possible, for if anyone of you
(during the act of yawning) should say: 'Ha', Satan will laugh at him." Volume 4, Book 54, Number
509: Narrated Abu Huraira:
- Muhammad said that yawning
is from Satan and that Allah likes sneezing and dislikes
yawning.
- The Prophet said, "Allah likes sneezing and dislikes
yawning,
so if someone sneezes and then praises Allah, then it is obligatory on
every Muslim who heard him, to say: May Allah be merciful to you (Yar-hamuka-l-lah).
But as regards yawning, it is from Satan, so one must try one's best to
stop it, if one says 'Ha' when yawning, Satan will laugh at him."
Volume 8, Book 73, Number
242: Narrated Abu Huraira: See also Volume 8, Book 73, Number
245:, Narrated Abu Huraira:
- Muhammad said a good dream is from Allah
and a bad dream is from Satan.
- The Prophet said, "A good dream is from Allah, and a bad or evil
dream is from Satan; so if anyone of you has a bad dream of which he gets
afraid, he should spit on his left side and should seek Refuge with
Allah from its evil, for then it will not harm him."
Volume 4, Book 54, Number
513: Narrated Abu Qatada:
- I heard the Prophet saying, "A good dream is from Allah, and a
bad dream is from Satan. So if anyone of you sees (in a dream) something
he dislikes, when he gets up he should blow thrice (on his left side)
and seek refuge with Allah from its evil for then it will not harm
him." Volume 7, Book 71, Number
643: Narrated Abu Qatada:
- The Prophet said, "A good dream is from Allah, and a bad dream is
from Satan. So whoever has seen (in a dream) something he dislike, then
he should spit without saliva, thrice on his left and seek refuge with
Allah from Satan, for it will not harm him, and Satan cannot appear
in my shape." Volume 9, Book 87, Number
124: Narrated Abu Qatada:
- Muhammad said that Satan stayed in the
upper part of a nose all night.
- The Prophet said, "If anyone of you rouses from sleep and performs
the ablution, he should wash his nose by putting water in it and then
blowing it out thrice, because Satan has stayed in the upper part of his
nose all the night." Volume 4, Book 54, Number
516: Narrated Abu Huraira:
- Muhammad said a cock crows because it has
seen an angel and donkeys bray because they have seen Satan.
- The Prophet said, "When you hear the crowing of cocks, ask for
Allah's Blessings for (their crowing indicates that) they have seen an
angel. And when you hear the braying of donkeys, seek Refuge with Allah from
Satan for (their braying indicates) that they have seen a Satan."
Volume 4, Book 54, Number
522: Narrated Abu Huraira:
- Muhammad said that Satan touches all human
offspring making them cry.
- Abu Huraira said, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'There is none
born among the off-spring of Adam, but Satan touches it. A child therefore,
cries loudly at the time of birth because of the touch of Satan, except
Mary and her child." Then Abu Huraira recited: "And I seek refuge
with You for her and for her offspring from the outcast Satan" (3.36)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number
641:Narrated Said bin Al-Musaiyab:Also, same thing at Volume 6, Book 60, Number
71:, Narrated Said bin Al-Musaiyab:
- Muhammad said that devils spread out at
night time and that Satan does not open a closed door.
- Allah's Apostle said, "When night falls (or when it is evening),
stop your children from going out, for the devils spread out at that time.
But when an hour of the night has passed, release them and close the doors
and mention Allah's Name, for Satan does not open a closed door. Tie the
mouth of your water-skin and mention Allah's Name; cover your containers and
utensils and mention Allah's Name. Cover them even by placing something
across it, and extinguish your lamps." Volume
7, Book 69, Number 527: Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah
- Muhammad said a child born from a union
where a parent said a "phrase," Satan cannot harm the child.
- The Prophet said, "If anyone of you, when intending to have a
sexual intercourse with his wife, says: 'Bismillah, Allahumma
jannibna-sh-shaitan, wa jannibi-sh-shaitan ma razaqtana,' and if the couple
are destined to have a child (out of that very sexual relation), then Satan
will never be able to harm that child." Volume 8, Book 75, Number
397: Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
- Muhammad
said that during sleep Satan ties knots at the back of the head.
- Allah'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." Volume 4, Book 54, Number
491: Narrated Abu Huraira:
- Muhammad said that Satan peed in the ear
of a man.
- 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
492: Narrated 'Abdullah:
- Muhammad said Satan can not impersonate
him in a dream.
- The Prophet said, "Name yourselves with my name (use my name) but do
not name yourselves with my Kunya name (i.e. Abu-l Qasim). And whoever sees
me in a dream then surely he has seen me for Satan cannot impersonate me.
And whoever tells a lie against me (intentionally), then (surely) let him
occupy his seat in Hell-fire." Volume 1, Book 3, Number
110: Narrated Abu Huraira: Also at Volume 8, Book 73, Number
217: Narrated Abu Huraira:
- Muhammad said earthquakes and afflictions
come out of the side of the head of Satan.
- (The Prophet) said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen."
People said, "Our Najd as well." The Prophet again said, "O
Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen." They said again, "Our Najd as
well." On that the Prophet said, "There will appear earthquakes
and afflictions, and from there will come out the side of the head of
Satan." Volume 2, Book 17, Number
147: Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
- Muhammad choked Satan
- The Prophet once offered the prayer and said, "Satan came in front
of me and tried to interrupt my prayer, but Allah gave me an upper hand on
him and I choked him. No doubt, I thought of tying him to one of the
pillars of the mosque till you get up in the morning and see him. Then I
remembered the statement of Prophet Solomon, 'My Lord ! Bestow on me a
kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after me.' Then Allah made him
(Satan) return with his head down (humiliated)." Volume 2, Book 22, Number
301, Narrated Abu Huraira
- Muhammad said Satan passes wind and runs
so he may not hear the Adhan (call to prayer).
- Allah's Apostle said, "When the Adhan for the prayer is
pronounced, then Satan takes to his heels passing wind so that he may not
hear the Adhan and when the Muadh-dhin finishes, he comes back; Volume 2, Book 22, Number
313: Narrated Abu Huraira,
- Allah's Apostle said, "When the call for prayer is made, Satan
takes to his heels passing wind so that he may not hear the Adhan and
when the call is finished he comes back, and when the Iqama is
pronounced, Satan again takes to his heels, Volume 2, Book 22, Number
323, Narrated Abu Huraira:
- Muhammad said that when praying while
standing, Satan puts doubts into the person.
- Allah's Apostle said, "When anyone of you stands for the prayers,
Satan comes and puts him in doubts till he forgets how many Rakat he has
prayed. So if this happens to anyone of you, he should perform two
prostrations of Sahu while sitting. Volume 2, Book 22, Number
324: Narrated Abu Huraira:
- Muhammad said that Satan can reach into a
person's body the same as blood reaches it.
- Safiya, the wife of the Prophet told me that she went to Allah's Apostle
to visit him in the mosque while he was in Itikaf in the last ten days of
Ramadan. She had a talk with him for a while, then she got up in order to
return home. The Prophet accompanied her. When they reached the gate of the
mosque, opposite the door of Um-Salama, two Ansari men were passing by and
they greeted Allah's Apostle . He told them: Do not run away! And said,
"She is (my wife) Safiya bint Huyai." Both of them said, "Subhan
Allah, (How dare we think of any evil) O Allah's Apostle!" And they
felt it. The Prophet said (to them), "Satan reaches everywhere in
the human body as blood reaches in it, (everywhere in one's body). I was
afraid lest Satan might insert an evil thought in your minds." Volume 3, Book 33, Number
251: Narrated Ali bin Al-Husain: Also, see 254
- Muhammad said affliction comes out of the side of Satan's head.
- The Prophet stood up and delivered a sermon, and pointing to 'Aisha's
house (i.e. eastwards), he said thrice, "Affliction (will appear from)
here," and, "from where the side of the Satan's head comes out
(i.e. from the East)." Volume 4, Book 53, Number
336: Narrated 'Abdullah:
- I saw Allah's Apostle pointing towards the east saying, "Lo!
Afflictions will verily emerge hence; afflictions will verily emerge hence
where the (side of the head of) Satan appears." Volume 4, Book 54, Number
499: Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
The
preceding Hadith are transmitted by Sahih Bukhari and are quoted from and online
source found at http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/.
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