Beginning of Creation

Musa ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Hammam narrated to us, from Mansur, from Salim ibn Abi al-Jaʿd, from Kurayb, from Ibn ʿAbbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: ‘When one of you approaches his wife and says, “In the name of Allah. O Allah, keep Satan away from us, and keep Satan away from what You provide us,” and they are granted a child, Satan will not harm him.’

Muhammad narrated to us: ʿAbda informed us, from Hisham ibn ʿUrwa, from his father, from Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘When the edge of the sun appears, refrain from prayer until it has fully risen; and when the edge of the sun disappears, refrain from prayer until it has completely set.’ He also said: ‘Do not time your prayer for sunrise or sunset, for the sun rises between the two horns of a devil’—or ‘of Satan’; Hisham said, ‘I do not know which of the two he said.’

Abu Maʿmar narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Warith narrated to us: Yunus narrated to us, from Humayd ibn Hilal, from Abu Salih, from Abu Saʿid, who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘If something tries to pass in front of one of you while he is praying, let him stop it. If it refuses, let him stop it again. If it refuses, let him fight it, for it is only a devil.’

ʿUthman ibn al-Haytham said: ʿAwf narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entrusted me with guarding the Ramadan charity. Someone came to me and began scooping up food. I seized him and said, ‘I will take you to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’ He then mentioned the rest of the report and said: ‘When you go to your bed, recite the Verse of the Throne. A guardian from Allah will remain over you, and no devil will come near you until morning.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘He told you the truth, though he is a liar. That was a devil.’

Yahya ibn Bukayr narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from ʿUqayl, from Ibn Shihab, who said: ʿUrwa informed me that Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Satan comes to one of you and says, “Who created this and that? Who created this and that?” until he says, “Who created your Lord?” When it reaches that point, let him seek refuge in Allah and stop.’

Yahya ibn Bukayr narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, saying: ʿUqayl narrated to me, from Ibn Shihab, who said: Ibn Abi Anas, the freedman of the Taym clan, narrated to me that his father related to him that he heard Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘When Ramadan begins, the gates of Paradise are opened, the gates of Hell are closed, and the devils are chained.’

Al-Humaydi narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us: ʿAmr narrated to us, saying: Saʿid ibn Jubayr informed me: I said to Ibn ʿAbbas, and he said: Ubayy ibn Kaʿb narrated to us that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Moses said to his young companion, “Bring us our morning meal.” He said, “Do you remember when we took shelter at the rock? I forgot the fish, and none but Satan made me forget to mention it.”’ Moses did not feel fatigue until he had passed the place Allah had commanded him to reach.

ʿAbd Allah ibn Maslama narrated to us, from Malik, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Dinar, from ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) pointing east and saying: ‘Indeed, tribulations are there; indeed, tribulations are there, from where the horn of Satan rises.’

Yahya ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us: Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Ansari narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, saying: ʿAtaʾ informed me, from Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: ‘When night falls—or as night is falling—keep your children close, for devils spread out at that time. When an hour of the evening has passed, let them go. Close your door and mention Allah’s name; extinguish your lamp and mention Allah’s name; tie up your waterskin and mention Allah’s name; cover your vessels and mention Allah’s name, even if you place something across them.’

Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to me: ʿAbd al-Razzaq narrated to us: Maʿmar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from ʿAli ibn Husayn, from Safiyya bint Huyayy, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in retreat in the mosque, and I came to visit him at night. I spoke with him, then got up to leave. He got up and walked with me to escort me back. Her dwelling was in the house of Usama ibn Zayd. Two men from the Ansar passed by, and when they saw the Prophet (ﷺ), they hurried away. The Prophet said, ‘Take it easy; this is Safiyya bint Huyayy.’ They said, ‘Glory be to Allah, Messenger of Allah!’ He said, ‘Satan flows through a person as blood flows, and I feared that he might cast something evil—or something—into your hearts.’

ʿAbdan narrated to us, from Abu Hamza, from al-Aʿmash, from ʿAdi ibn Thabit, from Sulayman ibn Surad, who said: I was sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) while two men were reviling each other. One of them became red in the face and his jugular veins swelled. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘I know a phrase which, if he said it, would make what he feels go away: if he said, “I seek refuge in Allah from Satan.”’ They told him, ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Seek refuge in Allah from Satan.”’ He said, ‘Is there madness in me?’

Adam narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us: Mansur narrated to us, from Salim ibn Abi al-Jaʿd, from Kurayb, from Ibn ʿAbbas, who said: The Prophet ﷺ said, “If one of you, when approaching his wife, says, ‘O Allah, protect me from Satan, and protect from Satan what You provide for us,’ then if a child is conceived between them, Satan will neither harm the child nor gain power over it.” He also said: Al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Salim, from Kurayb, from Ibn ʿAbbas, a report like it.

Mahmud narrated to us: Shababa narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ziyad, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet ﷺ, who offered a prayer and then said, “Satan came before me and pressed hard to interrupt my prayer, but Allah enabled me to overcome him.” He then mentioned the report.

Muhammad ibn Yusuf narrated to us: al-Awzaʿi narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salama, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘When the call to prayer is made, Satan turns away, passing wind noisily. When it is finished, he returns. When the call announcing that the prayer is about to begin is made, he turns away again; when it is finished, he returns and intrudes between a person and his heart, saying, “Remember this and that,” until the person no longer knows whether he prayed three or four units. If he does not know whether he prayed three or four, he performs two prostrations for forgetfulness.’

Abu al-Yaman narrated to us: Shuʿayb informed us, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Aʿraj, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Every child of Adam is pricked by Satan with his finger in both sides at birth, except Jesus son of Mary. Satan went to prick him, but pricked the covering instead.’

Malik ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Israʾil narrated to us, from al-Mughira, from Ibrahim, from ʿAlqama, who said: I came to Syria and asked, ‘Who is here?’ They said, ‘Abu al-Dardaʾ.’ He said, ‘Is the man whom Allah protected from Satan through the words of His Prophet ﷺ among you?’ Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us: Shuʿba narrated to us, from Mughira, who said: ‘The one whom Allah protected through the words of His Prophet ﷺ’—meaning ʿAmmar.

He (the transmitter) said: Al-Layth said: Khalid ibn Yazid narrated to me, from Saʿid ibn Abi Hilal, that Abu al-Aswad was informed by ʿUrwa, from ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: ‘The angels converse among the clouds—the clouds are al-ʿanan—about what is to occur on earth. The devils hear a word and convey it into the soothsayer’s ear, as something is poured into a bottle, then add a hundred lies to it.’

ʿAsim ibn ʿAli narrated to us: Ibn Abi Dhiʾb narrated to us, from Saʿid al-Maqburi, from his father, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: ‘Yawning is from Satan. When one of you yawns, let him suppress it as much as he can, for when one of you says “Ah,” Satan laughs.’

Zakariyya ibn Yahya narrated to us: Abu Usama narrated to us. Hisham said: My father informed us, from ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: On the day of Uhud, when the polytheists were defeated, Iblis shouted, ‘O servants of Allah, beware of those behind you!’ The first ranks turned back and clashed with the rear ranks. Hudhayfa looked and saw his father, al-Yaman. He called out, ‘O servants of Allah, my father! My father!’ By Allah, they did not stop until they had killed him. Hudhayfa said, ‘May Allah forgive you.’ ʿUrwa said: Hudhayfa continued to retain goodness regarding this matter until he joined Allah (died).

Al-Hasan ibn al-Rabiʿ narrated to us: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Ashʿath, from his father, from Masruq, who said: ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I asked the Prophet ﷺ about a man looking around during prayer. He replied: ‘That is a snatching; Satan snatches it from one of your prayers.’