Regarding Extinguishing Fires At Night
Darussalam · Volume 5
40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 5247 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 363
Source no. 5247 · Volume 1 · Page 2
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5247. It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbās said: "A mouse came and started dragging a wick, and brought it, and dropped it before the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ on the mat on which he was sitting, and it burned a hole in it the size of a Dirham. He said: 'When you go to sleep, extinguish your lamps, for the Shaitān directs a creature such as this to do this, to burn you.'" (Da'if)
5247 - حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ التَّمَّارُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ طَلْحَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: جَاءَتْ فَأْرَةٌ فَأَخَذَتْ تَجُرُّ الْفَتِيلَةَ فَجَاءَتْ بِهَا فَأَلْقَتْهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْخُمْرَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ قَاعِدًا عَلَيْهَا فَأَحْرَقَتْ مِنْهَا مِثْلَ مَوْضِعِ الدِّرْهَمِ فَقَالَ: «إِذَا نِمْتُمْ فَأَطْفِئُوا سُرُجَكُمْ، فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَدُلُّ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ عَلَى هَذَا فَتُحْرِقَكُمْ»
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Narrations with meanings to support this are recorded by Al-Bukhārī no. 6294 and 6295 as well as Muslim no. 5216.