No. 4987

Abu Humaid Sa'idi reported: I came to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) with a cup of milk from Naqi' which had no cover over it, whereupon he said: Why did you not cover it? - even if you had covered it only with a stick. Abu Humaid said that he had been ordered that waterskins be tied during the night, and the doors be closed during the night.

No. 4988

Abu Humaid Sa'idi reported through another chain of transmitters that he brought to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) a cup containing milk, but there is no mention of the word" in the night

No. 4989

Jabir b 'Abdullah reported: We were with Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and lie asked for water. A person said: Allaah's Messenger, may we not give you Nabidh to drink? He (the Prophet) said: Yes (you may). He (the narrator) said: Then that person went out speedily and brought a cup containing Nabidh, whereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Why did you not cover it? - even if it is with a wood. He said that then he drank it.

No. 4990

Jabir reported that a person who was known as Abu Humaid brought for him (the Prophet) a cup of milk from al-Naqi'. Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said to him: Why did you not cover it even with a wood across it?

No. 4991

Jabir reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Cover vessels, waterskins, close the doors and extinguish the lamps, for the Satan does not loosen the waterskin, does not open the door and does not uncover the vessels. And if one amongst you fails to find (something) to cover it well, he should cover it by placing (a piece of) wood across it. Qutaiba did not mention the closing of the doors in the hadith transmitted by him.

No. 4992

This hadith is reported on the authority of Jabir but with a slight change of wording, and he did not mention the words:" Putting a stick across the vessel."

No. 4993

Jabir reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Shut the doors; the rest of the hadith is the same but with a slight variation of wording: Cover the utensils, and further said: It (the mouse) may set fire to the clothes of the residents of the house.

No. 4994

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Jabir through another chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of words:" The mouse may set the house on fire over its inhabitants."

No. 4995

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) having said: When the wings of the night (spread) or it is night, restrain your children (from going out), for the Satan is abroad at that time, and when a part of the night is passed, free them and shut the doors. making mention of God's name, for the Satan does not open a closed door; and tighten the (mouths of waterskins and mention the name of Allaah, cover your utensils and mention the name of Allaah even though you should just put something on them, and extinguish your lamps.

No. 4996

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Abdullah through another chain of transmitters.

No. 4997

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Juraij.

No. 4998

Jabir reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Do not let your animals and children go out when the sun sets until the first and the darkest part of the night is over, for the Satan is let loose with the sinking of the sun until the darkest part of the night is over.

No. 4999

Jabir b. Abdullah reported this hadith through another chain of transmitters,

No. 5000

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Cover the vessels and tie the waterskin, for there is a night in a year when pestilence descends, and it does not pass an uncovered vessel or an untied waterskin but some of that pestilence descending into it.

No. 5001

This hadith is reported on the authority of Laith b. Sa'd with the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation in wording (and that is that) he (the Prophet) said: There is a day in a year when descends the pestilence; at the end of the hadith Laith said that the non Arabs save themselves from it in Kanun Awwal (this is the month of December).

No. 5002

Salim, on the authority of his father, reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) having said: Do not leave the fire burning in your houses when you go to sleep.

No. 5003

Abu Musa reported that a house was burnt down in Medina during the night over its inhabitants. When their matter was reported to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), he said; This fire is an enemy of yours. So when you go to sleep, extinguish it.