Fire (lanterns, etc.) should not be kept lit in the house at bedtime.
Darussalam · Volume 8
79 - THE BOOK OF ASKING PERMISSION (TO ENTER SOMEBODY ELSE'S DWELLING PLACE)Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 6295 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 65
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6295. Narrated Jābir bin 'Abdullāh رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "(At bedtime) cover the utensils, close the doors, and put out the lights, lest a harmful animal (a mouse or a rat) may drag away the wick and thus burn the people of the house."
6295 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ كَثِيرٍ هُوَ ابْنُ شِنْظِيرٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «خَمِّرُوا الآنِيَةَ، وَأَجِيفُوا الأَبْوَابَ، وَأَطْفِئُوا المَصَابِيحَ، فَإِنَّ الفُوَيْسِقَةَ رُبَّمَا جَرَّتِ الفَتِيلَةَ فَأَحْرَقَتْ أَهْلَ البَيْتِ»
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(1) (H. 6292) The Companions got up too, and the Prophet ﷺ led them in the 'Ishā' prayer then.