سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الطهارة وسننهاThe Book of Purification and its Sunnah
بَابُ : مَا يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْخَلاَءَChapter: What is to be said when entering the toilet
Hadith 297
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ بَشِيرِ بْنِ سَلْمَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا خَلَّادٌ الصَّفَّارُ ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ النَّصَرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق ، عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " سِتْرُ مَا بَيْنَ الْجِنِّ وَعَوْرَاتِ بَنِي آدَمَ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْكَنِيفَ ، أَنْ يَقُولَ : بِسْمِ اللَّهِ " .
´It was narrated that 'Ali said:` "The Messenger of Allah said: 'The screen between the Jinn and the nakedness of the sons of Adam is that when a person enters the Kanif, he should say: Bismillah (in the name of Allah).'"
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
(1)
There is a difference of opinion regarding the authenticity and weakness of this narration.
According to our esteemed researcher Shaykh Ali Zai and another well-known scholar of Sunan Ibn Majah, Dr. Bashar Awwad, it is weak, while according to Ahmad Shakir Misri and Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah, it is authentic. (Sunan Ibn Majah, researched by Dr. Bashar Awwad)
(2)
Along with the above-mentioned supplication, one should also say "Bismillah," or recite the supplication after first saying "Bismillah."
(3)
The jinn are hidden from our sight.
To protect ourselves from their evil, we cannot adopt the same methods that we use to protect ourselves from the evil of wicked humans. Therefore, Allah Ta'ala has given us these spiritual means for protection from their mischief.
We should certainly benefit from them.
(4)
By saying "Bismillah," the jinn cannot see a person's private parts.
Just as it is necessary to enter a secluded place to avoid the gaze of humans, similarly, to avoid the gaze of the jinn, saying "Bismillah" is also necessary.
(1)
There is a difference of opinion regarding the authenticity and weakness of this narration.
According to our esteemed researcher Shaykh Ali Zai and another well-known scholar of Sunan Ibn Majah, Dr. Bashar Awwad, it is weak, while according to Ahmad Shakir Misri and Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah, it is authentic. (Sunan Ibn Majah, researched by Dr. Bashar Awwad)
(2)
Along with the above-mentioned supplication, one should also say "Bismillah," or recite the supplication after first saying "Bismillah."
(3)
The jinn are hidden from our sight.
To protect ourselves from their evil, we cannot adopt the same methods that we use to protect ourselves from the evil of wicked humans. Therefore, Allah Ta'ala has given us these spiritual means for protection from their mischief.
We should certainly benefit from them.
(4)
By saying "Bismillah," the jinn cannot see a person's private parts.
Just as it is necessary to enter a secluded place to avoid the gaze of humans, similarly, to avoid the gaze of the jinn, saying "Bismillah" is also necessary.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 297
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary:
Note:
(Based on supporting evidence, this hadith is sahih li ghayrihi (authentic due to corroborating chains), otherwise there is criticism regarding three of its narrators: Abu Ishaq, Hakam ibn Abdullah, and Muhammad ibn Humayd al-Razi. See al-Irwa: 50)
Note:
(Based on supporting evidence, this hadith is sahih li ghayrihi (authentic due to corroborating chains), otherwise there is criticism regarding three of its narrators: Abu Ishaq, Hakam ibn Abdullah, and Muhammad ibn Humayd al-Razi. See al-Irwa: 50)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 606
