Hadith #169
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَعْقِدُ الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَى قَافِيَةِ رَأْسِ أَحَدِكُمْ ثَلَ
اثَ عُقَدٍ بِكُلِّ عُقْدَةٍ يَضْرِبُ عَلَيْكَ لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا فَارْقُدْ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً يَضْرِبُ عَلَيْهِ بِكُلِّ عُقْدَةٍ لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَالَ وَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ فَإِذَا تَوَضَّأَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَتَانِ فَإِذَا صَلَّى انْحَلَّتْ الْعُقَدُ وَأَصْبَحَ طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ نَشِيطًا وَإِلَّا أَصْبَحَ خَبِيثَ النَّفْسِ كَسْلَانًا
Isnad Chain
سفيان
أبي الزناد
الأعرج
أبو هريرة
النبي
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Sufyan, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj — that the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Satan ties three knots at the back of one of your heads, striking at each knot: "You have a long night ahead — sleep on."' — and on another occasion: 'striking at each knot [to make him stay asleep through] a long night.' — 'But if he wakes and remembers Allah (عز وجل), one knot is untied. If he performs wudu, two knots are untied. If he prays, all the knots are untied and he wakes up in good spirits and energetic. Otherwise he wakes up in a foul mood and sluggish.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 169
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7007
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43397