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1216. It was narrated that Abū Ad-Dardā' said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stood praying, and we heard him say: 'I seek refuge with Allāh from you.' Then he said: 'I curse you with the curse of Allāh,' three times and stretched out his hand as if to take something. When he finished praying we said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, we heard you say something in your prayer that we have never heard you say before, and we saw you stretch out your hand.' He said: 'The enemy of Allāh, Iblis, came with a brand of fire to throw it in my face, so I said: I seek refuge in Allāh from you, three times, then I said: I curse you with the curse of Allāh; but he did not back away, three times, then I wanted to take hold of him. By Allāh, were it not for the prayer of our brother Sulaimān, he would have been tied up this morning for the children of Al-Madīnah to play with him.'" (Sahih)
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Commentary
1. We get to learn from this narration that cursing upon Satan and seeking refuge in Allāh from him, whether it be in the form of an address, does not nullify the prayer. This is because one does not purport to address, but cursing, etc., happens to be the objective.
2. In actuality the Satan wanted to frighten the Prophet ﷺ, but he had no idea of the magnitude of the Prophet's ﷺ spiritual strength.
