An Interview With Shaitan
(the cursed one) by Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) (the Messenger of Allah) (may the
Peace of Allah be upon him and his Progeny)
From
Kitab Ul-Awael
An Interview With Shaitan published by Dabistan E Zehra, Bombay, India.
Once our beloved Prophet Mohammed (may the peace of Allah be upon him and his
Progeny) was walking out with his As'haabs (companions) from the back side of
the Jan'atul Baqi (Medina). As he was stepping out, he saw a very old man with a
colourful hat on his head, colourful belt with diamonds on it was around his
waist, with a bell in his left hand, and with a net in his right hand. This old
man said 'As salamu alaikum yah Rasool Allah' (O Prophet of Allah may the peace
of Allah be upon you) to our beloved Prophet. Prophet didn't reply to his
salaam. This old man knew why our Prophet didn't reply to his salaam. After all
this old man was not like any other old man, he was Shaitan-the cursed one. Then
Shaitan said, 'Salaam ul-llahai Alaykum yah Rasool Allah' (Allah's peace be upon
you O Prophet of Allah).Then, our Prophet accepted his salaam. Now, the As'haabs
(companions) of Prophet understood that this was the cursed one Shaitan.
All the As'haabs were surprised to see the cursed one personally. Shaitan (the
cursed one) attempted to misguide even the Prophets and Imams. Shaitan-the
cursed one used to meet with prophets to answer any questions of the Prophets.
In fact, it was obligatory on him (the cursed Shaitan) to answer the questions
of the Messengers of Allah. Our beloved Prophet, though he had all the
Knowledge, only for the sake of his companions, asked Shaitan-the cursed one the
following questions:
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : O Shaitan, people are interested in your hat,
tell me what is this hat?
Shaitan-the cursed one : Shaitan the cursed one replied, o Prophet of Allah, my
colourful hat is this materialistic worldly goods, perishable worldly benefits,
and temporary worldly enjoyment. Once, any person get caught by this colourful
hat of mine, then that person stays in my control and forgets all about the
hereafter.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Shaitan, what is this belt you are wearing with
gold and diamonds around your waist?
Shaitan-the cursed one: O Prophet, this is my second weapon which keeps my back
bone strong. O Prophet, those Momneens (believers) who do not get into my trap
by my hat, I use this weapon.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : But what is it?
Shaitan the cursed one : O Prophet this are the worldly behijaabs (un-veiled)
woman/girl of this worlds. Through this behijaab (un-veiled) woman/girls I
deceive the momineens (believers).
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : But what is this bell you are holding in your
left hand ?
Shaitan the cursed one : This is the bell through which I destroy the imaan
(faith) of the believers.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : How do you do that ?
Shaitan the cursed one : Whenever I see believers arguing with each other,
getting into minor verbal antagonism or disagreement with each other, then I
ring this bell. As I ring this bell, these believers get into major verbal
fights and thy start saying things (such as backbiting, false accusations or
uses bad language) to each other due to which there own imaan (faith) disappears
from hearts.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : But what is this net you are holding?
Shaitan the cursed one : When I see the believers not getting trap by any
form of my weapons then I throw this net at them as my last weapon.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : But what is this net ?
Shaitan-the cursed one: O Prophet of Allah, this is Riyah Kari (performing good
deeds only to show people). Whenever, I see that a believer is performing all
the good deeds and that person not getting caught by my weapon, then i throw
this net at
them. By stepping at this net, their good deeds which they were performing
for Allah, becomes invalid. Because the believers gradually get ego in them
while performing all their prayers, observing fast, performing Hajj, paying
Zakat and Khums, and several other duties towards Allah. They (believers)
perform all these and other good deeds, but after they get caught by my net,
they show their good deeds to other and as though they have done favour on Allah
by performing such good deeds. They tell people when they perform night prayers.
they tell people when they fast, they tell people when they go to Hajj.
They give money in charity but only to show off or for their personal interest.
This is how they eventually feel superior to those people whom they know
are not performing these good deeds. All these actions which take place after
they step on my net makes their good deed go waste (void).
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Shaitan, tell me one more thing, now that
you have spent so much of your time in this life with your bad deeds, do
you have any friend, Do you have companion?
Shaitan-the cursed one: Although, I visit all the houses and all the people in
general, but I have 11 (eleven) types of people, that are my best friends and
companions. And I have 15 (fifteen) types of people that I hate them the most. O
Prophet, keep in mind that a person who is my friend is an enemy of Allah, and a
person who is my enemy is a friend of Allah.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : O shaitan tell me who are your friends and
who are your enemies?
(Then, Shaitan told our beloved Prophet a list of his friends and a list of his
enemies. After he described his enemies our beloved Prophet asked his reasons.
We have excluded the question of our beloved Prophet and simply listed the name
or description of the enemy followed by his reason in some cases.)
Shaitan-the cursed one: Shaitan said, O Prophet of Allah, first I have 15
(fifteen) enemies, and these are as follows:
ENEMIES OF SHAITAN (THE CURSED ONE)
1. O Prophet of Allah, my first enemy is you and your Ahlul-Bait (progeny)
because if it wasn't for you and your AhlulBait, my mission would be quite
successful. There would have been not even a single believer (follower of
right path shown by Allah). You bought the religion of Allah (al-Islam) to this
world, You made people believers of Allah's communication.
2. O Prophet of Allah my second enemy is that just ruler who rules a nation with
complete justice.
3. O Prophet of Allah, my third enemy is that rich person who does not have any
ego or feel superior to other poor people around him.
4. O Prophet of Allah, my fourth enemy is that business man who perform his
business with justice.
5. O Prophet of Allah my fifth enemy is that Aalim (scholar) who fears Allah and
practice what he preaches.
6. O Prophet of Allah, my sixth enemy is that specific Mo'min (believer) who
work on showing other the path of truth. Who offer other the knowledge of
Wajibats (obligatory) and Haram (forbidden) duties of Allah. This person is
undoing all my hard work.
7. O Prophet of Allah, my seventh enemy is that person who does not listen to
what is forbidden, does not see what is forbidden, and does not eat what is
forbidden.
Comment by Maulana Sadiq Hasan Qibla: This person does not look any Na- Mehram
women/men (a women with whom a man can marry or a man with whom a woman can
marry), does not watches movies or shows. This person prevent himself or herself
from listening to Music, Songs, lies, or Geebath (Backbiting). This person does
not eat forbidden food (meat which is not cut according to the Islamic ways such
as meat cut by non Muslim business men, etc.) and that food which is not
purchased with the halal (allowed) earnings (such as earnings from selling
alcohol, from gambling, from selling
drugs and from many other sources which are forbidden in Islam.)
8. O Prophet of Allah, my eighth enemy is that believer who keeps himself clean
all the time. A person who stays in Wuzu and who wears clean clothes.
9. O Prophet of Allah, my ninth enemy is that person who has a big heart. Who
spents his/her money for the sake of Allah.
Comment by Maulana Sadiq Hasan: Once Prophet of Allah asked his companion did
you know that one Dinar can be more than One Lakh (hundred thousand) Dinar?
Prophet's companions replied no O Prophet of Allah. Then, (our beloved) Prophet
of Allah said, "If a person who owns for instance ten lakhs and gives one lakh
in charity is less than that poor man
who owns two dinnar and gives one dinnar in charity."
10. O Prophet of Allah, my tenth enemy is that person who gives Sadqa (charity)
only for the name of Allah.
11. o Prophet of Allah, my eleventh enemy is that person who reads, memorizes,
and act according to Quran.
12. O Prophet of Allah, my twelfth enemy is that person who recites "Namaz-e-
Shab" (prayers recited after the midnight and before namaz Fajr). I am always
afraid of this person.
13. O Prophet of Allah, my thirteenth enemy is that person who offers his wajib
(obligatory) Khums, wajib Zakat, and other wajib sadaqas.
14. O Prophet of Allah, my fourteenth enemy is that woman who observes Hijaab
(Veil) and safeguards her Hijaab.
15. O Prophet of Allah, my fifteenth enemy is that who performs his "Ibadat"
(such as prayers) without having thoughts except for the thoughts of Allah.
After hearing the list of fifteen enemies of Shaitan, our beloved Prophet of
Allah (may the peace of Allah be upon him and his progeny) asked Shaitan
to name his eleven friends. Upon which, the cursed Shaitan named the following
eleven people:
THE FRIENDS OF SHAITAN (THE CURSED ONE)
1. The first friend of mine is that leader who is a oppressor (Zalim).
2. My second friend is that business man who does his/ her business by deceiving
his / her customers.
3. My third friend is that "Mo'min" (believer) who drinks alcohol.
4. My fourth friend is that rich person who is proud of his wealth and who
angrily refuses to give money in charity to poor and needy.
5. My fifth friend is that person who does backbiting (Geebat), who talks to
people in such a way that enemity increases between people and who reveals the
defects of people.
6. My sixth friend is that person who kill other human being for any reason
other than for Allah.
7. My seventh friend is that person who snatches away the belongings (such as
wealth) of an orphan.
8. My eighth friend is that person whose livelihood is based on collecting
interest.
9. My ninth friend is that person who gives more important to his worldly life
rather than giving important to his life after death. This friend of mine
prefers to performs those deeds which he know, will bring benefits in this world
but in hereafter such deeds will bring loss.
10. My tenth friend is that person who keep long hopes and delays in
asking for forgiveness from Allah.
(Here Maulana gave the example of that person who delays in asking forgiveness
from Allah. For instance he said, "people refuse to ask forgiveness from
Allah because they say we are young and angel of death is not running after us
yet. Therefore these people, who delay in asking for repentance, say we are not
going to quit listening to music, we are not going to observe Hijab, or we are
not going to keep the beard. These people say that they will do all this after
ten or more years. These are the tenth friends of Shaitan, because they keep
long hopes and delay in asking for forgiveness from Allah.")
11. My eleventh friend is that person who helps women to increase their interest
in performing "Jaadu" (magic) on people.
After naming his eleven friends Shaitan-the cursed one said, "these are my
eleven friends who are the worst enemies of Allah".
Now the interview of shaitan (the cursed one) was continued by Prophet Mohammed
(may the peace of Allah be upon him and his progeny) as follows:
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Shaitan, tell us why you stop my followers from
offering their prayers? What
benefits you get out of it?
Shaitan-the cursed one: Whenever your follower recites prayers, my body gets
feverish and it starts to shiver, and with a sick body I can't deceive your
followers from obeying Allah.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Why do you stop my followers from observing fast
(roza) during the month of Ramadhan?
Shaitan-the cursed one: When they fast they put me in prison, and I can't
deceive them during the time they fast because I end up in prison and I can't
misguide them.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : When my flowers prepare to fight in Allah's way,
why do you stop them?
Shaitan-the cursed one: When they go to fight for Allah's sake, my hands get
tight to my neck, and I can't deceive them by having my hands tight to my
neck.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Why do you prevent my followers from performing
Hajj?
Shaitan-the cursed one: When they go for Hajj, their movements of going towards
Hajj ties my legs. And with legs tied, I cannot misguide your followers from
obeying Allahs commands.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : why do you prevent my followers from reciting
Holy Quran?
Shaitan-the cursed one: When they recite the Holy Quran, my existence turns into
nonexistence. And, without having my existence, how can I deceive your followers
from living according to the will of Allah.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Why do you prevent my followers from
offering "Doa" (praying to Allah)?
Shaitan-the cursed one: When they recite Doa (such as Doa-e-Komail) I get deaf
and dum. How can I deceive your followers without having the ability to speak
and ability to listen.o prophet of Allah (s.a.w.) from living the life according
to the will of Allah.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Shaitan, tell me why you prevent my
followers from paying Sadaqha?
Shaitan-the cursed one: O Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.), when your follower
pay Sadaqha (giving money in charity), it is as that they cut me with a saw in
two pieces and throw one pieces of mine in east and other piece in the west.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Why do you get such a strong blow when my
followers pay Sadaqha? Why do you get cut into two pieces?
Shaitan-the cursed one: Whenever a person gives his / her money in charity, that
person receives three benefits from Allah. The first benefit such person receive
is that Allah becomes his / her borrowers. The second benefit such person
gets is that
Allah makes Heaven in his / her inheritance (such that he / she will be called
as an owner of heaven). And, the third benefit he / she receives is that such
person gets 700 times increase in his / her wealth from Allah, which in turn
this person uses his / her increased wealth for charity.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Shaitan, now tell me when does a person
(who is my follower) gets under your total control?
Shaitan-the cursed one: O Prophet of Allah, your followers gets under my total
(absolute) control when they perform three things The first thing is that when
your followers becomes stingy ("kanjoos") he gets under my total control. Stingy
is the root of all the sins which takes a person towards performing all types of
other sins. The second thing is that when a person gradually start forgiving
his / her sins. A person who perform such deeds which are against the will of
Allah and then after performing such deeds that person does remember it and does
not ask for any forgiveness, then that person gets under my absolute control. O
Prophet of Allah, any person who performs these three deeds then that
person gets under my absolute control.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Shaitan, you know that Allah gave my followers a
strong weapon of forgiveness. Whenever, my followers, ask for true
forgiveness with an intention of not repeating that sin, Allah forgives
them. How do you deal with this problem?
Shaitan-the cursed one: I know O Prophet of Allah, Allah has given them
this strong weapon, but I have prepared myself to confront your followers
with their strong weapon.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : What method do you have through which you
prevent my followers from asking for forgiveness?
Shaitan-the cursed one: O Prophet of Allah, to deal with this problem I
have created four different units. Each unit deals with a different age groups
of your followers. In each unit group I make your followers perform such deeds
which make the
repentance of your followers invalid (void).
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : What are these units?
Shaitan-the cursed one: The first unit is that I involve your old men indulging
in four sins. I make them lie, I make them accuse someone of something which
they have not done, I make them testify falsely, and I make them perfrom without
having the complete knowledge of the laws of performing prayers. O Prophet
of Allah (s.a.w.) your old men will be offering doas, offering prayers,
and reciting obligatory prayers, but if you talk to them you will hear them
talking bad about other people, testing the bad deeds of other people
without being their witness, and reciting obligatory prayers without knowing all
the laws of the prayers. Your old men will not try to learn the laws of prayers
because of their ego. Whenever some young men from your Ummat, try to
explain the right way of performing Wuzu, your old men will say that you have
just entered Islam and now you are trying to teach as how to perform Wuzu. O
Prophet of Allah, my second unit is that which takes care of your young
man from your Ummath. I do not prevent your young man from reciting
prayers, performing Hajj, or doing anything else except that I get them involved
in two things. First thing I make them do is that they look at things which are
forbidden for them, and they will listen to those things which are
forbidden for them. (Here, by things these young men will look at which are
forbidden are girls, and things that these young men will listen to is music/
songs.) O Prophet of Allah, my third unit is that which deceives your old
ladies. I make your old ladies perform Geebath (backbiting), falsely accuse
otherpeople, destroy the character of other men and women, and get interested in
doing magic on other men and women.O Prophet of Allah, my fourth unit is not
active, because it is suppose to take care of young girls of Ummath. Since all
of your girls are already my soldiers and I have a strong hold over them, I do
not get any hard time deceiving them. However, one in one thousand, I find such
girl which I see her may be following your way of life, and I will not be able
to do anything to deceive her.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Shaitan, tell me do you get upset when you see
any of your soldier get out of your hand and follow Allah's commands?
Shaitan-the cursed one: No, O Prophet of Allah, I don't get upset. I wait till
that person performs any good deed, and then I go to that person again and
deceive him / her so that he / she feels that he did a favour to Allah by
performing such a good deed.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : You make that person feel that he did favour to
Allah?
Shaitan-the cursed one: Yes, O Prophet of Allah, that person goes around after
performing a good deed and tells people what he did, such as that I recited
namaz, I observed fast, I paid so much money to that person, or I helped that
person in his bad times.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Shaitan, how do you deceive those followers of
mine who try their best not to get deceived by you?
Shaitan-the cursed one: Allah made one deed which if your followers performed it
with right intention and at right time they can never get deceived by me. And
that deed is Namaz (Salat/obligatory prayers). But, to solve this problem, what
I did is
that with every one of your followers I have assigned one of my soldier whose
name is "Mutawaqee". And, his job is to make your follower lazy and involved in
such activities due to which your follower recites namaz at the last time. When
your follower recites namaz (salat) in last minute, he / she recites it in such
a way that his namaz is not acceptable to Allah.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Shaitan, since you know so much about Islam and
its followers, why don't you ask Allah for forgiveness?
Comment by maulana Sadiq Hasan: Here Shaitan the cursed one gave a true Satanic
answer. He recited five Ayath from our Holy Quran and gave answer. Since
we are not so much interested in why Shaitan is not asking for his forgiveness,
and we are interested in why we don't ask for forgiveness, I will skip the
details of his answer.
Shaitan-the cursed one: O Prophet of Allah, Allah does not want me to ask
forgiveness. What can I do? (Here Shaitan used the illogical proof from
Holy Quran. However, you will find some Muslims using such proves in
defending themselves. Such as they argue that Allah does not call me to perform
Hajj or to offer prayers.)
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Shaitan, I heard that sometimes you feel that as
somebody threw a heavy stone on your head which breaks your head in several
pieces?
Shaitan-the cursed one: O Prophet of Allah, yes it is true, Whenever your
followers truly ask Allah for true repentance, I feel like that.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : I heard that sometimes you feel like someone is
slapping you?
Shaitan - the cursed one :Yes, when your follower recite Quran with right
pronounciation.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : When do you get to the bottom part of Hell?
Shaitan-the cursed one: When your follower performs a good deed towards their
parents or towards their family members.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : I heard that sometimes your whole body gets pain?
Shaitan-the cursed one: Yes, when your follower pay in charity without
showing off.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : I heard that sometimes you feel that someone is
whipping you?
Shaitan - the cursed one : That person who does not business with
deceiving people.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : When do you get hurt the most?
Shaitan - the cursed one : When your followers remember Allah during their
hours of day and night.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : With whom do you fear the most?
Shaitan - the cursed one : I fear those one who recite salat (prayers) in
the first row of jamat.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Which people among my followers you have
choosen them to be your permanent soldiers?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Any of your follower who used any type of
intoxicating beaverages.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Which person makes you laugh?
Shaitan - the cursed one : That person who encourages other to commit
sins. (Example : A person who invites
people to a party in which namehram men and women mixes without observing
proper Hijaab.)
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : With whom do you speak the most?
Shaitan - the cursed one : A person who lies the most.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Who is the most pleasing to you?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Any man who gives divorce to an innocent women.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Do you have any more hands?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Yes, that person who delays in offering his
obligatory prayers.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Shaitan where do you stay the most?
Shaitan - the cursed one : A place where Na-Mehram men and women get together
without any separation or observing Hijaab, that is my place to stay.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Where do you meet people?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Bazaars (shopping mails). I try to make buyers
deceive sellers and sellers deceive buyers. I try to make men do their business
with women and women to do business with men. I try to make people do all types
of sins in
Bazaars (shopping mails).
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : What do you read?
Shaitan - the cursed one : I read songs.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : What is your way of calling people towards
committing sins?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Music and songs. Whenever your follower listens to
music he / she comes towards me.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : What is your book?
Shaitan - the cursed one :My books are playing cards.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Who is your helper?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Any person who gives losses to Muslims.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : What do you eat?
Shaitan - the cursed one : I eat everything which is earned by forbidden ways of
earnings or by not paying the Khums.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : What do you drink?
Shaitan - the cursed one : I drink Alcohol.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : What is your dessert (any sweet thing eaten after
food)?
Shaitan - the cursed one :
Gheebat (back-biting).
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Do you have any desires?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Every false commitment is my desire.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Are you thankful for anything?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Yes, I am thankful to those men and women who indulge
in sins after asking Allah for forgiveness.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Do you relax?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Yes, when your followers misses Fajr (morning)
prayers.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Do you get any rewards from my followers?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Yes, whenever, your followers break their
relationships with their relatives or neighbours.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Do you have any companions?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Yes,
that person who have sex with his wife without saying "Bismillahir Rahmanir
Raheem" ( Here sex reffers to Allowed Intercourse, ZINAA - Un Allowed Sex is
Haraam Anyway) and that person whose earnings are though unislamic ways.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : What deed of my follower makes you angry?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Any mother when she tries to make her son (or
daughter) fast or offer prayers.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Are there any men among my followers whom you can
not possibly misguide?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Yes, any man who does not look at Na-mehram girl /
woman intentionally.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Are there any women among my followers whom you
can not possibly misguide?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Yes,
that women who observes Hijaab and that women who listens to her husband.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Shaitan, out of the men and women you have
described, do you have any special men or women that you love the most?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Yes! among women I love that women who do not observe
Hijaab and among men who is proud and that men who is a sinful Aalim (religious
scholar).
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Who is your most hateful men?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Four men : a) Humble rich men. b) Aalim who practices
what he preaches. c) Young men who ask for forgiveness. d) Old men who fear
Allah.
Our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) : Are you alone or do have any companions?
Shaitan - the cursed one : Yes. I have some companions who are sitting at mosque
to deceive its visitors. My companions make the visitors of Allah's mosque
talk about such thing which make these visitors get bad deeds instead of good
deeds. Other companions of mine's job is to make the wise followers of your's
think of their bad deeds as few and good deeds as many. Some companions of
mine when they see someone giving money in charity or helping someone for
Allah's sake, make that person tell other people what he is giving in charity
or what he is doing for others.
Then Shaitan - the cursed one said : O Prophet of Allah I have talked to you
in much detail. I would like to tell you that you are working towards taking
people to heaven and I am working towards taking people to Hell. Then after
this Shaitan - the cursed one did his salaam to our beloved Prophet (s.a.w.) and
he disappeared.