Chapter 183
Remembrance 1 from Chapter 183
What travellers should say when confronted by an ogre
Context
WE RELATE FROM the book of Ibn as-Sunnī that Jābir
narrated that the Messenger of Allah
said: “If an ogre confronts you then call the adhān.” [1].
References
[1] Ibn as-Sunnī (524) and al-Futūḥāt (5/161). According to Ibn Ḥajar, all of the narrators of this hadith are trustworthy; but Ḥasan, who narrates from Jābir, did not hear it from him, according to the majority of scholars.