حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ غَطُّوا الْإِنَائَ وَأَوْکُوا السِّقَائَ وَأَطْفِئُوا السِّرَاجَ وَأَغْلِقُوا الْبَابَ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَا يَحُلُّ سِقَائً وَلَا يَفْتَحُ بَابًا وَلَا يَکْشِفُ إِنَائً فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ أَحَدُکُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ يَعْرُضَ عَلَی إِنَائِهِ عُودًا وَيَذْکُرَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَلْيَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ الْفُوَيْسِقَةَ تُضْرِمُ عَلَی أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ بَيْتَهُمْ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 3410
It was narrated from Jabir bin 'Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H said: "Cover your vessels, tie your water skins, extinguish your lamps and lock your doors. for Satan does not untie a water skin, open a door or uncover a vessel. If a person cannot find anything but a stick with which to cover his vessel and mention the Name of Allah. then let him do so. And the mouse could set fire to the house with its people inside." (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020