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Abu Sa'id reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When one of you yawns, he should put his hand over his mouth. Otherwise Shaytan might enter it."

الأدب المفرد:٩٤٩حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا تَثَاءَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَضَعْ يَدَهُ بِفِيهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَدْخُلُ فِيهِ

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abudawud:5026Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Suhayl > Ibn Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī from his father

When one of you yawns, he should hold his hand over his mouth, for the devil enters.

أبو داود:٥٠٢٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَثَاءَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُمْسِكْ عَلَى فِيهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَدْخُلُ

ibnmajah:968Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd al-Maqburī from his father > Abū Hurayrah

“When anyone of you yawns, let him put his hand over his mouth and not make a sound, because Satan laughs at him.”

ابن ماجة:٩٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ أَنْبَأَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا تَثَاءَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَضَعْ يَدَهُ عَلَى فِيهِ وَلاَ يَعْوِي فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَضْحَكُ مِنْهُ