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Sahih al-Bukhari 3285

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When the call for the prayer is pronounced, Satan takes to his heels, passing wind with noise, When the call for the prayer is finished, he comes…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضى الله عنه

قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا نُودِيَ بِالصَّلَاةِ أَدْبَرَ الشَّيْطَانُ وَلَهُ ضُرَاطٌ، فَإِذَا قُضِيَ أَقْبَلَ، فَإِذَا ثُوِّبَ بِهَا أَدْبَرَ، فَإِذَا قُضِيَ أَقْبَلَ، حَتَّى يَخْطِرَ بَيْنَ الإِنْسَانِ وَقَلْبِهِ، فَيَقُولُ اذْكُرْ كَذَا وَكَذَا. حَتَّى لَا يَدْرِي أَثَلَاثًا صَلَّى أَمْ أَرْبَعًا فَإِذَا لَمْ يَدْرِ ثَلَاثًا صَلَّى أَوْ أَرْبَعًا سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَىِ السَّهْوِ»

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When the call for the prayer is pronounced, Satan takes to his heels, passing wind with noise, When the call for the prayer is finished, he comes back. And when the Iqama is pronounced, he again takes to his heels, and after its completion, he returns again to interfere between the (praying) person and his heart, saying to him.

‘Remember this or that thing.’ till the person forgets whether he has offered three or four rakat: so if one forgets whether he has prayed three or four rakat, he should perform two prostrations of Sahu (i.e. forgetfulness).”

আবূ হুরাইরাহ্ (রাঃ) হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেন, যখন সালাতের জন্যে আযান দেয়া হয় তখন শয়তান সশব্দে বায়ু ছাড়তে ছাড়তে পালাতে থাকে। আযান শেষ হলে সামনে এগিয়ে আসে। আবার যখন ইকামাত দেয়া হয় তখন আবার পালাতে থাকে। ইকামাত শেষ হলে আবার সামনে আসে এবং মানুষের মনে খটকা সৃষ্টি করতে থাকে আর বলতে থাকে ওটা ওটা মনে কর।

এমনকি সে ব্যক্তি আর মনে রাখতে পারে না যে, সে কি তিন রাক‘আত পড়ল না চার রাকআত পড়ল। এ রকম যদি কারো হয়ে যায়, সে মনে রাখতে পারে না তিন রাকা‘আত পড়েছে না কি চার রাকআত তখন সে যেন দু’টি সাহু সাজ্দাহ করে। (৬০৮)

ہم سے محمد بن یوسف نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے اوزاعی نے بیان کیا، ان سے یحییٰ بن ابی کثیر نے، ان سے ابوسلمہ نے اور ان سے ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے بیان کیا کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ”جب نماز کے لیے اذان دی جاتی ہے تو شیطان اپنی پیٹھ پھیر کر گوز مارتا ہوا بھاگتا ہے۔

جب اذان ختم ہو جاتی ہے تو واپس آ جاتا ہے۔ پھر جب تکبیر ہونے لگتی ہے تو بھاگ کھڑا ہوتا ہے اور جب تکبیر ختم ہو جاتی ہے تو پھر واپس آ جاتا ہے اور آدمی کے دل میں وساوس ڈالنے لگتا ہے کہ فلاں بات یاد کر اور فلاں بات یاد کر، نتیجہ یہ ہوتا ہے کہ اس کو یہ بھی یاد نہیں رہتا کہ تین رکعت نماز پڑھی تھی یا چار رکعت، جب یہ یاد نہ رہے تو سہو کے دو سجدے کرے۔“

Ebu Hureyre r.a.'den nakledildiğine göre Resul-i Ekrem Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem şöyle buyurmuştur: "Namaz için ezan okununca şeytan arkasını döner ve (tıpkı bir Eşek gibi) yellenerek kaçar. Ezan bitince geri gelir. Kamet getirildiğinde şeytan yine dönüp kaçar. Kamet bittiğinde yine gelir ve insan ile kalbi arasına girip vesvese vermeye başlar: 'Haydi şunu düşün, şunu hatırla!'

der. Namaz kılmakta olan kişi, üç rekat mı yoksa dört mı kıldığı konusunda kuşkuya düşene kadar da devam eder. Bir kimse üç rekat mı yoksa dört rekat mı kıldığını bilemezse iki sehiv secdesi yapar

Sahih al-Bukhari 3285, Book 59, Beginning of Creation, Hadith 94. 1 min read

What it means

When the Muezzin (person who makes the call to prayer) announces the Adhān, the devil runs away from the place where the call to prayer is being made so as not to hear it.

"And breaks wind with noise": The apparent meaning is that the devil intentionally lets out this noise, which is passing gas, to avoid listening to the sound of the Muezzin, or as a way of belittling the Adhān as foolish people do. It is also possible that he experiences extreme fear when he hears the call to prayer and, because of his fear, he makes that sound.

Another possibility is that he intentionally does this to do the opposite of what is appropriate for prayer, which is the state of purification, by causing "Hadath" (a state of ritual impurity). When the Adhān is finished, he returns. When the Iqāmah is announced, he turns his back, and after it is finished, he returns to distract the attention of the worshiper.

The devil first ran away when he heard the call to prayer to avoid listening to the declaration of Oneness of Allah and the other statements of the Adhān which are part of declaring creed and establishing the rituals of Islam. He dislikes to hear Dhikr. This is what is meant by the verse: {from the evil of Al-Waswās al-Khannās (the whisperer who withdraws)} [Sūrat An-Nās: 4].

Al-Khannās means the one who withdraws and disappears when Allah's name is mentioned. Then he comes back to distract the worshiper from focusing on his prayer by saying to him: "Remember this, remember that," which are things that were not on his mind before he started praying. He continues to do that throughout the prayer, until the person loses his concentration on prayer and becomes confused regarding how much of the prayer he has already performed.

The devil comes during the prayer, though there is recitation of the Qur'an in it, because the majority of recitation in prayer is done silently, so the devil tries to find his way to corrupt it and destroy the worshiper's focus and humility in it. One opinion held that the reason the devil flees when the call to prayer is announced is to avoid the obligation of bearing witness in favor of the son of Adam on the Day of Judgment, as stated in the Hadīth reported by Abu Sa‘īd.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-FiryabiTold us, Third generation, died 212 AH
  3. 3Al-AwzaiTold us, Third generation, died 157 AH
  4. 4Yahya ibn Abi KathirFrom, Successor, died 129 AH
  5. 5Abu Salamah ibn Abd ar-RahmanFrom, Successor, died 94 AH
  6. 6Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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