Part 29

belongs the Dominion and to Him be long a ll praise and thanks,

and He has power over a ll things [i.e. He is O mnipotent])," one

hundred times in a day, he wi ll ha ve the reward ofmanu milt ing

ten slaves, and onehund red good deeds w ill be w ritten in his

account, and one-hundred bad deeds wi ll be wiped off or erased

from hi s accoun t. On that day he w ill be protected from the

morning till even ing from Satan; and no body will be superior

to him except one who ha s done more than that wh ich he has

( I) Narrated by Abu Dawood ol1thc tluthori lYof Abu Yusr -to ( 1552).

(2) Narr:llcd by AI-Ti nnidhi (2988).

Menlion oflhe Crelilirm ofllle ./illll alld {he SIOl:1' of. LA'<!""'" 137

done. Al-Bukhari narrated all th e authority of Abu '-Iurairah ~

that he said: Th e Messenger of Alla h :it said: "When any human

being is born, Sa tan touches him nt bo th sides of the body wi th

hi s two fin ge rs, exce pt ' Eesa the son of Marynm, whom Satan

tried to touch but fa iled, for he tOllched the covering of the

placenta instead." ( I )

AI-Bukhari narrat ed 011 the authority of' A' ishah (may Allah

be pleased wit h her) that she said , " I asked the Proph et :ti about

one's look ing here and th ere durin g the prayer. I-Ie rep lied, ' It is

wha t Sa ta n stea ls from the praye r of anyone of you' ." (l)

Al-Bukhari narrated on th e authority of 'A bdullah Ibn Abi

Qatadah, who reported on the aut hority of his filth er ~ that he

said: Th e Messenger of All ah ~ said: "A good dream is from

Al lah, and a bad or evil drea m is from Satan; so ifany one of'

you has a bad dream of which he ge ts afra id, he shou ld spit on

hi s len side and should sec k refuge with Allah from its ev il , for

th ell it will not harm him ." (.1)

Imam Ahmad narrated on the authori ty of Abu I-I urairah ..t;o

that he said: Th e Messenger of Allah ~ said: "None of you

shou ld point to his brother with hi s weapon (sword, spear,

arrow, dagge r, etc.), beca use none ofyoLl knows, perhaps Satan

may ca use him (to hurl hi s brother) and as a result , he would

fall into a pit of Fi re." (4)

Allah says, ( And indeed We have adorned the nearest heaven

with lamps, and We have made such lamps (as) miss il es to dri ve

away the Shoyoleel1. and have prcpared for them the tormcnt of

the blazi ng Fi re ) (Soared! Al-/vllllk 67:5).

( I) Narrated by AI-Bukhari (3286).

(2) Narrated by AI8 uklmri (3289).

(3) Narrated by AIlJuklmri (3292).

(4) This is an authentic Jwdcelh narrated by Ahmad (27432) and by Al-

Bukhari (70 72) and ivluslim (2617).

138 Mell//(III t~r the OWl/iOIl of ,he Jillll (llId rhe SIOI)' of,

He, Mos t Hi gh, says, informin g li S about the jinn (Ihat Ihey

said), ( And we have sought lO rC;lch the hea ve n, but fou nd it

filled with stem guards and fl aming fires. And verily, we used

10 sit there in sta ti ons, to (steal) a hC<1ring, but an yone who

lis tens now will find a fl amin g fi re watching him in ambush. )

A I-Bukhari narrat ed 0 11 th e au thority o f Ab u I-I urairah ~

that he said: Veri ly, the Prophet of Allah ~ sa id, "When Allah

dec rees some orde r in the heave n, the a ngels flutter their wings

indicating complete surrender to His say ing whi ch sou nds li ke

chains being dragged on rock. ( Unti l fear is banished from

th eir hearts. they say, 'What is it tl1 at yo ur Lo rd has said?' They

say: ' The truth. And He is th e Most Hi gh. the Most Great. '

) (Saarall Saba' 34.23) The n Ihe sleallhy li sleners (devi ls)

hear this comma nd , and thcse stea lthy listene rs are like thi s,

one over the other." (Suryan, a sub-narrator demon strated thi s

by holdin g hi s hand upri ght and separating the fi ngers.) "A

stealthy listener hears a wo rd which he will convey to the one

be low him and the second will convey it to the onc below him

ti ll the last of them will convey it to the magician or foretell er.

Sometim es a name (fi re) may strike the devi l before he can

co nvey it, and sometimes he may convey it before the fl ame

(fi re) strikes him, whereupon the mag ician adds to that word

a hund red lies. The peop le will then say, ' Did not he (i.e. the

magician) tell sllch-and-sllch a thing on such-3 nd-such a date?'

So th at mag ician is said to ha vc to ld the tnuh because of the

stalCment wh ich has been heard from the heavens." ( 1)

Allah, Most High , says, ( And whosoever tu rn s away (b linds

himself) from th e rcmembrance of thc rviosl Benefi ccnt (All ah)

(i.e. the Qur' an and worshi p of All ah), We appoin t for hi m a

S/witall to be n qareell (an intimate compa nion) to him. And

ve rily, they (the dev ils) hind er them from the Path (of All ah),

( I) Nilrmlcd by Al,B ukhari (4800).

or'lle e relllioll (iflhe Jilllllllld rhe 5101"1'

but th ey think th at they are gu ided righ t! T ill , when (such a

one) comes to Us, he says (to hi s qareell [dev il co mpanion]),

Woul d that between me and yo u were the d istan ce of the two

casts (or the east and west): The worst (type 01) compa ni on

(i ndeed) ! ) (Soorall Az-ZlIklmlj43:36-38)

I-I e, Mosli-ligh, says, ( J\nd We have ass igned them (dev il s)

intimate companion s (in thi s world ), who ha ve made fair-

see m ing 10 them what was be fo re them (ev il deeds whic h

they we re do in g in th e presen t worldly li fe and disbel ief in th e

Reckoning and the Resurrec ti on, etc.) and what was behind

th em (den ia l o rl he ma tte rs in the co min g life or lhc He reafter as

regards punishm ent or reward , eLc.) ) (Soorah Flissi/a/4 1:25)

Imam Ah mad narrat ed on the authority of 'A bdullah Ibn

'Abbas ~ that he said: Th e Messenger of Allah ~ said: "There

is no o ne amo ng you w ho ha s no t had a qareen fro m among th e

de vils appointed for him ." They said, "Even yo u, Messe nger

of A llah?" He said , " Yes, but A llah has he lped me agai nst him

and he has e mbraced Islam ." ( 1)

Imam Ahmad narrated on th e authori ty of Abu Hurairah J;c

tha t the Prophet :J; said , "Veril y, the be li eve r e mac iates hi s

devil as one of yo u emacia tes hi s came l on ajoumey." (2)

Imam Ah mad narrated on the aut hority of Sabura h Ibn

Abi Fakih ~ that he said : I heard th e Messenger of All ah :r;

say : "Veril y, Sata n lays in wa it for th e son of Adam ~ at (a

number of) paths: he lays in wai t for him at the path of Islam

and says : 'Will you e mbrace Islam and abandon your reli g ion

and the religion of your fore fathers?' But he di sobeys him and

embraces Islam. So he lays in wait for him at th e path o f hijrah

(m ig ration in A llah 's Cause) and says, 'W ill yo u migrate and

abandon yo ur land and your sky?' But th e similitude of the

( 1) Narrated by Ahmad (231 9) and the men in its chain arc trustworthy.

(2) Th is is an authenti c !wdee/II narrated by Ahmad (87 17).

140 .\IellfuJi/ (?! lite Cl'l!lIrirJ/l (lOire .!hlll /lilli/he 5101:1 ' or

lIIuhajil' (migra te) is that or a horse in his strengt h and stam ina.

But he disobeycs him and migrates. Theil he lays in wai l fo r

hi m a t the pa th ofjilwd. whi ch is to strugg le wi th one's se lf and

one's wea lt h, a nd he says: ' Will YO LI fi ght and be ki ll ed, aft er

whi ch your w ife w il1 be married and your wea lth di vided ?'

But he di sobeycs him and pcrformcs jihad." The Messenger

of All ah ~ said, "So if anyone of the m (the sons of Adam 'f.f.' )

does thai , it w ill be his rig ht upon A ll ah tha i He w ill ad mit him

10 Paradi se. If he is kill ed, it will be hi s ri ght upo n Allah that

He will ad mit him to Parad ise. Ifhe is drowned, it wi ll be his

right upon All ah thai J-Ie wi ll admit hi m to Pa radise. And if hi s

ri ding beast breaks hi s neck, it wi ll be his right upon Allah that

He will admit him to Parad ise." (II

Imam Ahmad narrated on the authori ty of ' Abdu ll ah Ibn

'U mar """ that he sa id: The Messcnger of All ah ~ did not use

10 neglect these supplicati ons in the morning and the eve ning:

"0 Allah! I ask You to pardon mc in thc life of thi s worl d an d

in the Herea fte r. 0 All ah! I ask YOLIID pa rdo nl1lc and grant me

we ll bei ng in my Reli g ion, my wo rl dly affa irs, my fa mily and

my property. 0 All ah ! Cover up my defi ciencies an d ca lm my