Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 3765

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ إِذَا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْتَهُ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ وَعِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لاَ مَبِيتَ لَكُمْ وَلاَ عَشَاءَ وَإِذَا دَخَلَ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ فَإِذَا لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ قَالَ أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ وَالْعَشَاءَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Yahya ibn Khalaf narrated to us: Abu ʿAsim narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: Abu al-Zubayr informed me, from Jabir ibn ʿAbd Allah, who heard the Prophet ﷺ say: “When a man enters his house and remembers Allah upon entering and when eating, Satan says, «You have no place to spend the night and no supper.» But if he enters without remembering Allah upon entering, Satan says, «You have found a place to spend the night.» And if he does not remember Allah when eating, Satan says, «You have found a place to spend the night and a supper.»”