Narrated by Abu Hurairah
Shaytan ties three knots at the back of the head of one of you when he sleeps ... If he wakes and remembers Allah, one knot is untied; if he makes wudu, another is untied; and if he prays, the last knot is untied, and he begins the morning lively and in good spirits. Otherwise he begins the morning in bad spirits and lazy.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1142, Sahih Muslim 776
What this hadith teaches
The cure for morning laziness: dhikr on waking, wudu, then prayer.
Reference and grade
- Grade
- Sahih: agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim
- Narrator
- Abu Hurairah
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
يَعْقِدُ الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَى قَافِيَةِ رَأْسِ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا هُوَ نَامَ ثَلاَثَ عُقَدٍ، يَضْرِبُ كُلَّ عُقْدَةٍ عَلَيْكَ لَيْلٌ طَوِيلٌ فَارْقُدْ، فَإِنِ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ، فَإِنْ تَوَضَّأَ انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ، فَإِنْ صَلَّى انْحَلَّتْ عُقْدَةٌ فَأَصْبَحَ نَشِيطًا طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ، وَإِلاَّ أَصْبَحَ خَبِيثَ النَّفْسِ كَسْلاَنَ
Arabic text of Sahih al-Bukhari 1142, as given on sunnah.com.