Hadith 11088

Chapter 209

باب 209

(209) بَابُ إِصْلاحِ الْمَنَازِلِ

(209) Chapter: Improving Houses
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَجْلاَنَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: كَانَ عُمَرُ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَصْلِحُوا عَلَيْكُمْ مَثَاوِيكُمْ، وَأَخِيفُوا هَذِهِ الْجِنَّانَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُخِيفَكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَبْدُوَ لَكُمْ مُسْلِمُوهَا، وَإِنَّا وَاللَّهِ مَا سَالَمْنَاهُنَّ مُنْذُ عَادَيْنَاهُنَّ.


Zayd ibn Aslam reported from his father that 'Umar used to sayon the minbar, "O people! Improve your homes but be careful about thesehouse snakes [which are a form of jinn] before they make you afraid. Thoseamong them which are Muslim will not be clear to you and, by Allah, wehave not made peace with them since the time when we treated them as anenemy."

Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 446

In-book reference: Book 25, Hadith 5

English translation: Book 25, Hadith 446