Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates this statement of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him: "Satan came in front of my prayer mat, so I caught him by the throat and strangled him until I felt the coolness of his tongue on my palm. If it were not for my brother Solomon’s (peace be upon him) supplication, he (the devil) would have been tied up until morning and you people would have seen him."