Gardens of the Righteous — Page 188
188. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 1019. Abu Sa'id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet used to seek protection against the jinn and the evil eye till suras Al-Falaq and Al-Nas were revealed. After they were revealed he took to them and discarded everything beside them (Tirmidhi). 1020. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: There is a sura in the Quran comprising thirty verses which continued its intercession on behalf of a man till he was forgiven. It is sura Al-Mulk (Chapter 67) (Abu Daud and. Tirmidhi). 1021. Abu Mas'ud Badri relates that the Holy Prophet said: If a person recites the last two verses of sura Al-Baqarah at night, they suffice him (Bokhari and Muslim). 1022. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet admonished: Do not convert your houses into graves. Indeed, Satan runs away from a house in which sura Al-Baqarah is recited (Muslim). 1023. Ubayy ibn Ka'ab relates: The Holy Prophet asked me: Abu. Mundhir, do you know which verse of the Book of Allah is the grandest? I answered: the verse of the Kursi (2. 256). He poked me in the chest and said:. Felicitations on your knowledge, Abu Mundhir (Muslim). 1024. Abu Hurairah relates: The Holy Prophet had appointed me to watch over the Sadqa Fitr (alms given on the occasion of the Festival at the end of Ramadhan) and during the night one sneaked up and started stealing from the alms and I caught hold of him and said: I will take you to the Holy. Prophet; but he pleaded: I am in need and I have a large family and we are in sore distress. So I let him go. Next morning the Holy Prophet asked me: Abu. Hurairah, what did your prisoner do last night? I answered: Messenger of. Allah, he pleaded his need and that of his family, so I took pity on him and let him go. The Holy Prophet said: He told you a lie and will return. So I realized that he would come back as the Holy Prophet had said and I kept watching for him. He sneaked up again and started taking from the alms and I said to him:. I shall take you to the Holy Prophet. He pleaded: I am in need and have a large family; let me go and I shall not come back. So I took pity on him and let him go. Next morning the Holy Prophet said to me: Abu Hurairah, how did your prisoner of last night behave? I answered: Messenger of Allah, he pleaded his need and that of his family and I took pity on him and let him go. . He said: He told you a lie and will come back again. So I watched for him a third time. He sneaked up to steal from the alms when I caught him and said:. I shall take you to the Holy Prophet and this is the last of the three times you promised that you will not come back and you came back. He pleaded: Let me go, and I will tell you some phrases which will be of benefit to you before. Allah. I asked him: What are they? He answered: When you go to bed recite the verse of the Chair (2. 256) for it will be a guardian over you on behalf of. Allah and Satan will not be able to approach you till morning. So I let him go. . Next morning the Holy Prophet asked me: How did your prisoner behave last night? And I answered: Messenger of Allah, he said he would teach me some