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The (Voluntary) Night Prayer

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Darussalam · Volume 2

5. The Book Of The Voluntary Prayers

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 1306 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 32

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English translation

1306. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The Shaitān ties three knots on the back of your heads when one of you goes to sleep. He blows (an incantation) on every knot, (saying): 'You have a long night, so sleep (through it).' So if the person wakes up and remembers Allāh, one knot is untied. And if he performs Wudū', another knot is untied. And if he prays, another knot is untied, and he arises (in the morning) energetic and having a good temperament. Otherwise, he arises with a bad temperament, feeling lazy.” (Saḥīḥ)

Arabic text

1306 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «يَعْقِدُ الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَى قَافِيَةِ رَأْسِ أَحَدِكُمْ، إِذَا هُوَ نَامَ ثَلَاثَ عُقَدٍ، يَضْرِبُ مَكَانَ كُلِّ عُقْدَةٍ عَلَيْكَ لَيْلٌ طَوِيلٌ، فَارْقُدْ، فَإِنِ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ، فَإِنْ تَوَضَّأَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ، فَإِنْ صَلَّى انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ، فَأَصْبَحَ نَشِيطًا، طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ، وَإِلَّا أَصْبَحَ خَبِيثَ النَّفْسِ كَسْلَانَ»

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  1. 1

    [1] Al-Muzzammil 73:6.

  2. 2

    [2] Al-Muzzammil 73:7.

Commentary

The how of these matters are not known, as it is a matter of the unseen.