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adab:949

Abu Sa'id reported that the Prophet ﷺ 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