Abū Huraira said:I had been placed in charge of the zakāt of Ramadān by God’s messenger, and when someone came to me and began to take up handfuls of the food, I seized him and told him I was certainly going to take him before God’s messenger. But when he said, “I am needy, have children dependent on me, and my need is great,” I let him go. In the morning the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) asked, “What happened to your prisoner last night, Abū Huraira?” and I replied, “Messenger of God, he complained of great need and of having children dependent on him, so I had pity on him and let him go.” He said, “He lied to you, and he will come back.” I realised that he would return because God’s messenger had told me so, and therefore I lay in wait for him. When he came and began to take up handfuls of the food, I seized him and told him I was certainly going to take him before the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him); but when he said, “Let me go, for I am needy with children dependent on me, and I shall not return” I had pity on him and let him go. In the morning God’s messenger asked me, “What has happened to your prisoner, Abū Huraira?” and I replied, “Messenger of God, he complained of great need and of having children dependent on him, so I had pity on him and let him go.” He said, “He has certainly lied to you, and he will come back,” so I lay in wait for him, and when he came and took up handfuls of food I seized him and said, “I am certainly going to take you before God’s messenger, for this is the third time you assert you will not return, and then you do.” He said, “If you let me go I will teach you some words by which God will benefit you. When you go to your bed recite the Throne Verse (Qur’ān 2:255), ‘God, there is no god but He, the Living, the Eternal’ to the end of the verse, for a guardian from God will then remain over you and no devil will come near you till the morning.” I therefore let him go, and in the morning God’s messenger asked me, “What has happened to your prisoner?” I replied, “He asserted that he would teach me some words by which God would benefit me.” He said, “He has certainly told you the truth though he is a great liar. Do you know to whom you have been talking for, three nights?” When I replied that I did not, he said, “That was a devil.”
Bukhārī transmitted it.
اردو ترجمہ
حضرت ابو ہریرہ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ فرماتے ہیں: رسول اللہ صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآلہ وسلم نے مجھے رمضان کی زکوٰۃ کی حفاظت پر مقرر فرمایا۔ ایک شخص آیا اور مٹھیاں بھر بھر کر غلہ لینے لگا، میں نے اسے پکڑا اور کہا: میں تجھے رسول اللہ صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کے پاس لے جاؤں گا۔ اس نے کہا: میں محتاج ہوں، بال بچے ہیں اور بہت ضرورت ہے۔ میں نے چھوڑ دیا۔ صبح نبی کریم صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآلہ وسلم نے پوچھا: حضرت ابو ہریرہ! رات تمہارے قیدی نے کیا کیا؟ میں نے بتایا تو آپ نے فرمایا: اس نے جھوٹ بولا، وہ پھر آئے گا۔ دوسری رات پھر آیا، پکڑا، پھر رحم کھا کر چھوڑ دیا۔ تیسری رات پھر آیا اور پکڑا تو اس نے کہا: مجھے چھوڑ دو، میں تمہیں ایسے کلمات سکھاتا ہوں جن سے اللہ تمہیں فائدہ پہنچائے گا۔ جب سونے لگو تو آیۃ الکرسی پڑھو، اللہ کی طرف سے تم پر ایک محافظ رہے گا اور صبح تک شیطان تمہارے قریب نہ آئے گا۔ میں نے چھوڑ دیا۔ صبح آپ نے پوچھا تو میں نے بتایا۔ آپ نے فرمایا: اس نے سچ کہا حالانکہ وہ بڑا جھوٹا ہے۔ کیا تم جانتے ہو تین راتوں سے تم کس سے بات کر رہے تھے؟ میں نے عرض کیا: نہیں۔ فرمایا: وہ شیطان تھا۔ (بخاری)
Abū Huraira said:I had been placed in charge of the zakāt of Ramadān by God’s messenger, and when someone came to me and began to take up handfuls of the food, I seized him and told him I was certainly going to take him before God’s messenger. But when he said, “I am needy, have children dependent on me, and my need is great,” I let him go. In the morning the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) asked, “What happened to your prisoner last night, Abū Huraira?” and I replied, “Messenger of God, he complained of great need and of having children dependent on him, so I had pity on him and let him go.” He said, “He lied to you, and he will come back.” I realised that he would return because God’s messenger had told me so, and therefore I lay in wait for him. When he came and began to take up handfuls of the food, I seized him and told him I was certainly going to take him before the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him); but when he said, “Let me go, for I am needy with children dependent on me, and I shall not return” I had pity on him and let him go. In the morning God’s messenger asked me, “What has happened to your prisoner, Abū Huraira?” and I replied, “Messenger of God, he complained of great need and of having children dependent on him, so I had pity on him and let him go.” He said, “He has certainly lied to you, and he will come back,” so I lay in wait for him, and when he came and took up handfuls of food I seized him and said, “I am certainly going to take you before God’s messenger, for this is the third time you assert you will not return, and then you do.” He said, “If you let me go I will teach you some words by which God will benefit you. When you go to your bed recite the Throne Verse (Qur’ān 2:255), ‘God, there is no god but He, the Living, the Eternal’ to the end of the verse, for a guardian from God will then remain over you and no devil will come near you till the morning.” I therefore let him go, and in the morning God’s messenger asked me, “What has happened to your prisoner?” I replied, “He asserted that he would teach me some words by which God would benefit me.” He said, “He has certainly told you the truth though he is a great liar. Do you know to whom you have been talking for, three nights?” When I replied that I did not, he said, “That was a devil.”
Bukhārī transmitted it.
حضرت ابو ہریرہ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ فرماتے ہیں: رسول اللہ صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآلہ وسلم نے مجھے رمضان کی زکوٰۃ کی حفاظت پر مقرر فرمایا۔ ایک شخص آیا اور مٹھیاں بھر بھر کر غلہ لینے لگا، میں نے اسے پکڑا اور کہا: میں تجھے رسول اللہ صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآلہ وسلم کے پاس لے جاؤں گا۔ اس نے کہا: میں محتاج ہوں، بال بچے ہیں اور بہت ضرورت ہے۔ میں نے چھوڑ دیا۔ صبح نبی کریم صلی اللہ تعالیٰ علیہ وآلہ وسلم نے پوچھا: حضرت ابو ہریرہ! رات تمہارے قیدی نے کیا کیا؟ میں نے بتایا تو آپ نے فرمایا: اس نے جھوٹ بولا، وہ پھر آئے گا۔ دوسری رات پھر آیا، پکڑا، پھر رحم کھا کر چھوڑ دیا۔ تیسری رات پھر آیا اور پکڑا تو اس نے کہا: مجھے چھوڑ دو، میں تمہیں ایسے کلمات سکھاتا ہوں جن سے اللہ تمہیں فائدہ پہنچائے گا۔ جب سونے لگو تو آیۃ الکرسی پڑھو، اللہ کی طرف سے تم پر ایک محافظ رہے گا اور صبح تک شیطان تمہارے قریب نہ آئے گا۔ میں نے چھوڑ دیا۔ صبح آپ نے پوچھا تو میں نے بتایا۔ آپ نے فرمایا: اس نے سچ کہا حالانکہ وہ بڑا جھوٹا ہے۔ کیا تم جانتے ہو تین راتوں سے تم کس سے بات کر رہے تھے؟ میں نے عرض کیا: نہیں۔ فرمایا: وہ شیطان تھا۔ (بخاری)
