Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 49-51
Chapter 8: The permissibility of cursing the Shaitan during
prayer, and seeking refuge with Allah from him; and the permissibility of doing
a few actions while in salat.
Abu Huraira reported that he heard the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying:
A highly wicked one amongst
the Jinn escaped yesternight to interrupt my prayer, but Allah gave me power
over him, so I seized him and intended to tie him to one of the pillars of the
mosque in order that you, all together or all, might look at him, but I
remembered the supplication of my brother Sulaiman:" My Lord, forgive me,
give me such a kingdom as will not be possible for anyone after me"
(Qur'an, xxxvii. 35). (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 49)
This hadith has been transmitted by Ibn Abi
Shaiba. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 50)
Abu Darda' reported:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood
up (to pray) and we heard him say:" I seek refuge in Allah from
thee." Then said:" curse thee with Allah's curse" three times,
then he stretched out his hand as though he was taking hold of something. When
he finished the prayer, we said: Messenger of Allah, we heard you say something
during the prayer which we have not heard you say before, and we saw you
stretch out your hand. He replied: Allah's enemy Iblis came with a flame of
fire to put it in my face, so I said three times:" I Seek refuge in Allah
from thee." Then I said three times:" I curse thee with Allah's full
curse." But he did not retreat (on any one of these) three occasions.
Thereafter I meant to seize him. I swear by Allah that had it not been for the
supplication of my brother Sulaiman he would have been bound, and made an
object of sport for the children of Medina. (Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 51)
Sahih
Muslim Book 5 – Hadith 49-51
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