English translation
1330. It was narrated that 'Abdullâh said: "Mention was made to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ of a man who slept until morning came. He said: 'That is because Satan urinated in his ears.'" (Sahih)
Hadith 1330
What WasNarrated ConcerningVoluntary Prayers DuringThe Night
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الحديث: 1330 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 422
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Source no. 1330 · Volume 3 · Page 330
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح الترغيب والترهيب (٦٤٠)
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1330 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: ذُكِرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ نَامَ لَيْلَةً حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ، قَالَ: «ذَلِكَ الشَّيْطَانُ بَالَ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ»
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We put the child on or around his ears to make him sleep. Satan, in order to send someone to sleep, however, adopts the method of urinating into his ears. Tahajjud is doubtless a voluntary prayer. No sin, therefore, is imposed on the one who fails to perform it. But the man who chooses to deprive himself of the blessing of Tahajjud, in fact, provides Satan with an opportunity to celebrate his exclusion from this Divine Favor. He (Satan) would, therefore, love to see man perpetually deprived of this blessed mode of prayer. It is, therefore, the duty of us all, to spend more and more time in the remembrance of Allâh through performing Qiyâm (prayers at night).