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3548. It was narrated that 'Uthmān bin Abul-'Ās said: "When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ appointed me as governor of Tā'if, I began to get confused during my prayer, until I no longer knew what I was doing. When I noticed that, I travelled to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and he said: 'The son of Abul-'Ās?' I said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allāh.' He said: 'What brings you here?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, I get confused during my prayer, until I do not know what I am doing.' He said: 'That is Satan. Come here.' So I came close to him, and sat upon the front part of my feet then he struck my chest with his hand and put some spittle in my mouth and said: 'Get out, O enemy of Allāh!' He did that three times, then he said: 'Get on with your work.'" 'Uthmān said: "Indeed, I never felt confused (during my prayer) after that." (Sahih)
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a. Satan always tries his best to prevent a believer from performing prayers.
b. Devilish insinuations sometimes may reach too far to disturb the person. In this case, remembering Allāh and reciting Mu'awwidhatain (Surat Al-Falaq 113 and Surat An-Nās 114) is very useful.
c. Due to the high and great position of the Prophet ﷺ, Satan used to get out
only by his order, and later, he did not have the courage to disturb the person again.
c. Satan enters in the body of a person, and due to the blessings of the remembrance of Allāh and the prophetic supplications he gets out of the body.
