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nasai:34ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Sarjis > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

"None of you should urinate into a burrow in the ground." They said to Qatadah: "Why is it disliked to urinate into a burrow in the ground?" He said: "It is said that these are dwelling-places of the jinn."  

النسائي:٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي جُحْرٍ قَالُوا لِقَتَادَةَ وَمَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ فِي الْجُحْرِ قَالَ يُقَالُ إِنَّهَا مَسَاكِنُ الْجِنِّ  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
abudawud:29ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar b. Maysarah > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Sarjis

The Prophet ﷺ prohibited to urinate in a hole. Qatadah (a narrator) was asked about the reason for the disapproval of urinating in a hole. He replied: It is said that these (holes) are the habitats of the jinn.  

أبو داود:٢٩حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يُبَالَ فِي الْجُحْرِ قَالَ قَالُوا لِقَتَادَةَ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ فِي الْجُحْرِ قَالَ كَانَ يُقَالُ إِنَّهَا مَسَاكِنُ الْجِنِّ  

ahmad:20775Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Sarjis

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "None of you should urinate in the hole, and when you sleep, extinguish the lamp, for the mouse takes the wick and burns the house down. Anchor the water skins and cover the drinking vessels, and close the doors at night." They said to Qatadah, "What about urinating in the hole?" He said, "It is said that it is the dwellings of the jinn."  

أحمد:٢٠٧٧٥حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْجُحْرِ وَإِذَا نِمْتُمْ فَأَطْفِئُوا السِّرَاجَ فَإِنَّ الْفَأْرَةَ تَأْخُذُ الْفَتِيلَةَ فَتَحْرِقُ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَأَوْكِئُوا الْأَسْقِيَةَ وَخَمِّرُوا الشَّرَابَ وَغَلِّقُوا الْأَبْوَابَ بِاللَّيْلِ قَالُوا لِقَتَادَةَ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ فِي الْجُحْرِ؟ قَالَ يُقَالُ إِنَّهَا مَسَاكِنُ الْجِنِّ  

hakim:667Abū Zakariyyā al-ʿAnbarī Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Anhá

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "None of you should urinate in burrows." Qatadah also said, "Indeed, these are the dwellings of the jinn, and I do not deny the statement that they are the dwellings of the jinn because this is from the saying of Qatadah."  

الحاكم:٦٦٧سَمِعْتُ أَبَا زَكَرِيَّا الْعَنْبَرِيَّ يَحْيَى بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ يَقُولُ أَنْهَى عَنِ الْبَوْلِ فِي الْأَجْحِرَةِ لِخَبَرِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الْجُحْرِ» وَقَالَ قَتَادَةُ إِنَّهَا مَسَاكِنُ الْجِنِّ «وَلَسْتُ أَبُتُّ الْقَوْلَ أَنَّهَا مَسْكَنُ الْجِنِّ لِأَنَّ هَذَا مِنْ قَوْلِ قَتَادَةَ  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ فَقَدِ احْتَجَّا بِجَمِيعِ رُوَاتِهِ وَلَعَلَّ مُتَوَهِّمًا يَتَوَهَّمُ أَنَّ قَتَادَةَ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ سَمَاعَهُ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ وَلَيْسَ هَذَا بِمُسْتَبْعَدٍ فَقَدْ سَمِعَ قَتَادَةُ مِنْ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْهُمْ عَاصِمُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَحْوَلُ وَقَدِ احْتَجَّ مُسْلِمٌ بِحَدِيثِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ وَهُوَ مِنْ سَاكِنِي الْبَصْرَةِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ»
nasai-kubra:30ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > ʿAbdullāh b. Sarjis > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

"None of you should urinate into a burrow in the ground." They said to Qatadah: "Why is it disliked to urinate into a burrow in the ground?" He said: "It is said that these are dwelling-places of the jinn." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 34)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسٍ أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ

«لَا يَبُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي جُحْرٍ» قِيلَ لِقَتَادَةَ وَمَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ فِي الْجُحْرِ؟ قَالَ يُقَالُ إِنَّهَا مَسَاكِنُ الْجِنِّ