Sunan Abi Dawud · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي التَّثَاؤُبِ
Chapter: Regarding yawning.
3 hadith · references 5026–5028
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Hadith in this chapter
Abu Dawud · 5026إِذَا تَثَاءَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُمْسِكْ عَلَى فِيهِ ، فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَدْخُلُAbu Saeed Al-Khudri reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When one of you yawns, he should hold his hand over his mouth, for the devil enters.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5027حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْعَلَاءِ ، عَنْ وَكِيعٍ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ نَحْوَهُ ، قَالَ : فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَكْظِمْ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ . The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted in a similar way by Suhail through a different chain of narrators. This version has; “during prayer, so he should hold as far as possible”.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5028إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْعُطَاسَ وَيَكْرَهُ التَّثَاؤُبَ ، فَإِذَا تَثَاءَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَرُدَّهُ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ ، وَلَا يَقُلْ هَاهْ هَاهْ ، فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ يَضْحَكُ مِنْهُAbu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Allah likes sneezing but dislikes yawning. So when one of you yawns, he should restrain it as much as possible, and should not say Ha, Ha, for that is from the de6 narrators