3 Knots of Syaitan

There were days when I kinda totally felt like I woke on the wrong side of the bed. I felt like I just wanted to do anything rebellious, I felt like not going to any class (ponteng), I felt like kicking somebody's butt (this is just exaggerating, ok? Don't take it too seriously!) and many more. Suddenly today, I remembered a few basic things which the Prophet Muhammad SAW taught us esepcially after watching the video above:

Narrated Abu Hurairah: Allah's Apostle said, "Satan puts three knots at the back of the head of any of you if he is asleep. On every knot he reads and exhales the following words, 'The night is long, so stay asleep.' When one wakes up and remembers Allah, one knot is undone; and when one performs ablution, the second knot is undone, and when one prays the third knot is undone and one gets up energetic with a good heart in the morning; otherwise one gets up lazy and with a mischievous heart."

[Bukhari]*

Back to basics, I once read this and apllied it. But time and condtion made me forget and not be istiqamah. Maybe its time to reapply and be more istiqamah with the sunnah. No, I shan't say maybe, it'd be better if I rephrase; 'Undoubtable its time to reapply and be more istiqamah with the sunnah'. There is a need for us to always be close to the Prophet's sunnah because he is the practical example of how we should apply Islam in our lives, so that Islam doesn't just remain a theory in the holy Qur'an. But it is something which flows through the blood and the ruh of muslimeens.

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Here is the translation of the hadith in Malay:

Daripada Abu Hurairah RA: RasuluLlah SAW telah bersabda, "Syaitan membuat tiga ikatan di belakang kepala seseorang apabila ia tidur. Pada setiap ikatan dia membaca dan menghembus, 'Malam masih panjang, tidur lagi'. Apabila seseorang itu bangun dan dia mengingati Allah, maka terbukalah satu ikatan. Apabila dia berwudhu', maka terlepas ikatan kedua. Dan apabila dia mendirikan solat maka terlepas ikatan yang ketiga dan dia terasa begitu bertenaga dengan hati yang baik pada pagi hari; kalau tidak dia akan bangun dengan penuh kemalasan dan hati yang nakal." (Atau sepertimana yang diucapkan oleh RasuluLlah.)**

[Bukhari]

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*Bukhari, Book 2, Volume 21, Hadith 243.
**Maaf, translation bukan dari Arab ke Malay tapi dari English ke Malay.
***Disclaimer, take only what is good from the video. I don't agree to a few things done in the clip, but the point is that take only what is good.