Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 4303

Arabic hadith text

وَعَن ابنِ عبَّاسٍ قَالَ: جَاءَتْ فَأْرَةٌ تَجُرُّ الْفَتِيلَةَ فَأَلْقَتْهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْخَمْرَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ قَاعِدًا عَلَيْهَا فَأَحْرَقَتْ مِنْهَا مِثْلَ مَوْضِعِ الدِّرْهَمِ فَقَالَ: «إِذَا نِمْتُمْ فَأَطْفِئُوا سُرُجَكُمْ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَدُلُّ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ عَلَى هَذَا فَيَحْرِقُكُمْ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ.

Translation

Ibn Abbas reported: A mouse dragged a wick and dropped it in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ onto the small prayer mat on which he was sitting. It burned an area about the size of a dirham. He said, “When you go to sleep, extinguish your lamps, for Satan may guide a creature like this to something like that and burn you.” Abu Dawud transmitted it.