مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him
Hadith Number 990
Hadith 990
990 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: ثنا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَعْقِدُ الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَي قَافِيَةِ رَأْسِ أَحَدِكُمْ ثَلَاثَ عُقَدٍ، يَضْرِبُ عَلَي مَكَانِ كُلِّ عُقْدَةٍ عَلَيْكَ لَيْلٌ طَوِيلٌ، فَنَمْ، فَإِنْ تَعَارَّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَي، انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ، فَإِنْ تَوَضَّأَ، انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَتَانِ، فَإِنْ صَلَّي، انْحَلَّتِ الْعُقَدُ كُلُّهَا، وَأَصْبَحَ طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ نَشِيطًا، وَإِلَّا أَصْبَحَ خَبِيثَ النَّفْسِ كَسْلَانَ»
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Satan ties three knots at the back of the head of any person. With each knot he says: ‘Sleep! The night is long, so keep sleeping.’ If the person wakes up and remembers Allah, one knot is undone. If he performs ablution, two knots are undone. And if he also offers prayer, all the knots are undone, and in the morning he becomes energetic and cheerful. Otherwise, he wakes up with a lazy and sluggish heart.”
