Shaytan Spends the Night in Your Nose
‘Shaytan’ Spends the Night in Your Nose! {Know Your Enemy} Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:- ‘When anyone of you wakes up, he Must rinse his nose Three (3) times. Verily, Shaytaan spends the night inside a person’s nostrils’. {Source: Collected by Bukhari # 3121 & Sahih Muslim # 23}
Benefits for this subject…
#1. Blowing the nose is an obligation with the ‘Hanbali’ school of thought and a ‘Sunnah’ with the majority of scholars.
#2. This ‘Hadeeth’ shows that ‘Shaytan’ can’t open what is closed or locked. Furthermore, it has been reported that when a person yawns he should cover his mouth, so ‘Shaytan’ can not enter. [Source Subulus Salaam] ” This Hadith proves that ‘Shaytan’ has the ability to do things, and we don’t have the ability to perceive it. ‘Shaytan’ spends the night in our nose, and we don’t know how. We can’t make out how anyone could shape their body for the size of a nostril. However, if it was something that crawled the size of an atom, we could see how. Nonetheless, the world of the ‘Shayaateen’ and ‘Jinn’ is hidden from us. And likewise, the world of the Angels is hidden from us.
There is an Angel on our right and left side that are the companions to us, But do we feel them?
We don’t feel them, but we believe this to be a fact.
The ‘Hadeeth’ proves that ALLAH has given ‘Shaytan’ the ability to overpower us.
‘Subhan Allah’ Allah’s Messenger [peace and blessings be upon him] informed us about this act of ‘Shaytan’ so we could be aware of his evil and realize our need for ALLAH. [Explanation of Sahih Muslim for Hadeeth # 24] Muhammad Abdur Rauf Al-Manaawee (R)said ”Shaytan also chooses the nose because
#1. The Eyes are for looking and pondering over the creations in the heavens and earth.
#2. The Mouth is for remembering Allah.
#3. The Ears are for listening to knowledge and Allah’s remembrances. However, the Nose does not have any of these traits. Therefore, this is an entrance for ‘Shaytan’ into man’s body to whisper to him. [Source: Faydul Qadeer # 436]