الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Bedtime Supplications
بَابُ إِطْفَاءِ الْمِصْبَاحِChapter: Extinguishing the lamp
Hadith 1222
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ طَلْحَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: جَاءَتْ فَأْرَةٌ فَأَخَذَتْ تَجُرُّ الْفَتِيلَةَ، فَذَهَبَتِ الْجَارِيَةُ تَزْجُرُهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ”دَعِيهَا“، فَجَاءَتْ بِهَا فَأَلْقَتْهَا عَلَى الْخُمْرَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ قَاعِدًا عَلَيْهَا، فَاحْتَرَقَ مِنْهَا مِثْلُ مَوْضِعِ دِرْهَمٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ”إِذَا نِمْتُمْ فَأَطْفِئُوا سُرُجَكُمْ، فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَدُلُّ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ عَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا فَتَحْرِقُكُمْ.“
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) that he said: A mouse came and started pulling the wick of the lamp. A girl went to stop it, but the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Leave it." So the mouse brought the wick and placed it on the mat on which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was sitting. A spot the size of a dirham was burnt on that mat. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When you go to sleep, extinguish your lamps, for Satan inspires such things, and they burn you."
