Mishkat al-Masabih — Hadith #51397

On the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “When the cover of the night comes, or in the evening, restrain your children, for Satan is spreading. Then, when an hour of the night has passed, leave them alone, close the doors, and mention the name of God, for Satan will not open. A closed door, and lie close to yourselves, and mention the name of God, and cover your vessels, and mention the name of God, even if you offer something to Him, and extinguish your lamps.” And in a narration According to Al-Bukhari: He said: “Fill the utensils, secure the water-troughs, close the doors, and give your children sufficiency in the evening, for if The jinn will spread or kidnap you, and extinguish the lamps when you are lying down, for the worm might have pulled the wick and burned the family.” And in a narration by Muslim, he said: “Cover The vessel, tie the waterskin, close the doors, and put out the lamp, for Satan does not loosen a waterskin, nor open it. A door and do not uncover a vessel. If any of you has no choice but to place a stick before his vessel and mention the name of God, then let him do so, for the worms will set fire to their house.” In his narration: He said: “Do not send your envoys and your children when the sun sets until the coal for dinner has gone away, for Satan is resurrected when the sun sets until the coal for dinner is gone.” And in his narration: He said: “Cover the vessel and tie the waterskin, for there is a night in the year An epidemic will descend therein. He will not pass by a vessel that is not covered or a vessel that is not covered unless some of that epidemic will descend into it.”