Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Cover the vessels and tie the waterskin, for there is a night in a year when pestilence descends, and it does not pass an uncovered vessel or an untied waterskin but some of that pestilence descending into it.
وَحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ، بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ الْهَادِ اللَّيْثِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
غَطُّوا الإِنَاءَ وَأَوْكُوا السِّقَاءَ فَإِنَّ فِي السَّنَةِ لَيْلَةً يَنْزِلُ فِيهَا وَبَاءٌ لاَ يَمُرُّ بِإِنَاءٍ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ غِطَاءٌ أَوْ سِقَاءٍ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ وِكَاءٌ إِلاَّ نَزَلَ فِيهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْوَبَاءِ
.
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1'Amr bin Muhammad bin Bukayr (al-Naqid)al-Baghdad,al-Raqqa · d. 232 AH
- 2Hashim bin al-Qasim bin MuslimKhurasan,al-Baghdad · d. 207 AH
- 3al-Laith bin Sa'dAsbahan,Egypt · d. 175 AH
- 4Yahya bin Sa'id al-AnsariMedina · d. 144 AH or after
- 5Ja'far bin 'AbdullahMedina
- 6al-Q'qa' bin Hkym al-KnanyMedina
- 7Jabir ibn 'AbdullahMedinah/Baghdad/Egypt/Damascus · d. ~78 AH/687 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 36, Hadith 129
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 23, Hadith 5000 (deprecated numbering scheme)