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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Regarding the hadith: (Satan ties three knots on the back of the head of one of you when he sleeps), and in it

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The questioner: Regarding the hadith, the hadith of the Messenger - peace and blessings be upon him - he said:
Satan puts three knots at the back of the head of any of you if he is asleep يعقد الشَّيطان على قافية رأس أحدكم إذا نام ثلاث عقد
Sahih al-Bukhari 1142
the end of the hadith; so is this hadith, here is a point in the hadith where it says at the end:
and when one performs ablution, the second knot is undone, and when one prays the third knot is undone and one gets up energetic with a good heart in the morning; otherwise one gets up lazy and with a mischievous heart. فإذا توضَّأ انحلَّت عقدة ، فإذا صلى انحلَّت عقدة ، فأصبح نشيطًا طيِّبَ النفس ، وإلا أصبح خبيث النفس كسلان
Sahih al-Bukhari 1142
; is this statement regarding standing in night prayer, meaning the voluntary prayer or the obligatory one?

The Shaykh: In the voluntary prayer.

The questioner: In standing in night prayer?

The Shaykh: In standing in night prayer, yes.

The questioner: Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani says it is obligatory.

The Shaykh: Which obligatory?

The questioner: I mean by the obligatory, meaning.

The Shaykh: Yes, which obligatory?

The questioner: Meaning - for example - Fajr or 'Isha'.

The Shaykh: No.

The questioner : Yes?

The Shaykh: No, no, standing in night prayer.

The questioner: In standing [in prayer].

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: Because here, meaning there is severe punishment ... meaning foulness of soul ... .

The Shaykh: No, there is no punishment, this is a consequence due to his negligence regarding the worship of Allah - Mighty and Majestic - , this is not a punishment, this is a result of not doing what Allah - Mighty and Majestic - urged him to do of obedience at night while people are sleeping.
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