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مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq
كتاب الايمانBook of Faith
Satan casting whispers into the human heart
Hadith 46
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، نا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " لَيَسْأَلَنَّكُمُ النَّاسُ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: هَذَا اللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، فَمَنْ خَلَقَهُ؟ " قَالَ جَعْفَرٌ: فحَدَّثَنِي أَخِي، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَأَنَّهُ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ: " فَإِنْ سُئِلْتُمْ فَقُولُوا: اللَّهُ كَانَ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَهُوَ خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، وَهُوَ بَعْدَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ".
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: "People will ask you about everything until they say: Allah created all these things, so who created Him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you are asked (such a question), then say: Allah existed before everything, He created everything, and He will remain after everything."
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Abdush Shakoor Tirmidhi
Benefits:
From the aforementioned hadith, it is understood that Satan casts such whisperings (waswasah) into a person’s heart that are contrary to faith (iman). Such thoughts generally occur to the people of faith, because Satan is the enemy of faith; therefore, it is upon the people of faith that his whisperings occur most frequently. In another hadith, the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: ((Fa idha balaghahu falyasta‘idh billahi walyantahi))... “When such a doubt occurs to someone, he should seek refuge with Allah from the evil of Satan and turn his attention away from that whispering.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 3276; Sahih Muslim, no. 214)
In another hadith, it is mentioned: when the thought arises, ‘Who created Allah the Exalted?’ then in response say:
((Allahu ahad, Allahu al-samad, lam yalid wa lam yulad, wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad)) (Sunan Abi Dawud, Kitab al-Sunnah: 4722)
Similarly, one should recite the Mu‘awwidhatayn (Surah al-Falaq and Surah al-Nas) three times each in the morning and evening, and once after every prayer, so that one may be protected from the whisperings of Satan.
From the aforementioned hadith, it is understood that Satan casts such whisperings (waswasah) into a person’s heart that are contrary to faith (iman). Such thoughts generally occur to the people of faith, because Satan is the enemy of faith; therefore, it is upon the people of faith that his whisperings occur most frequently. In another hadith, the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: ((Fa idha balaghahu falyasta‘idh billahi walyantahi))... “When such a doubt occurs to someone, he should seek refuge with Allah from the evil of Satan and turn his attention away from that whispering.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 3276; Sahih Muslim, no. 214)
In another hadith, it is mentioned: when the thought arises, ‘Who created Allah the Exalted?’ then in response say:
((Allahu ahad, Allahu al-samad, lam yalid wa lam yulad, wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad)) (Sunan Abi Dawud, Kitab al-Sunnah: 4722)
Similarly, one should recite the Mu‘awwidhatayn (Surah al-Falaq and Surah al-Nas) three times each in the morning and evening, and once after every prayer, so that one may be protected from the whisperings of Satan.
Source: Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwayh, Page: 46
