حدثنا محمد بن المثنى العنزي، حدثنا الضحاك، - يعني أبا عاصم - عن ابن، جريج أخبرني أبو الزبير، عن جابر بن عبد الله، أنه سمع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول ‏"‏ إذا دخل الرجل بيته فذكر الله عند دخوله وعند طعامه قال الشيطان لا مبيت لكم ولا عشاء ‏.‏ وإذا دخل فلم يذكر الله عند دخوله قال الشيطان أدركتم المبيت ‏.‏ وإذا لم يذكر الله عند طعامه قال أدركتم المبيت والعشاء ‏"‏ ‏.‏
 Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:                      When a person enters his house and mentions the name of Allah at the time of entering it and while eating the food, Satan says (addressing himself: You have no place to spend the night and no evening meal; but when he enters without mentioning the name of Allah, the Satan says: You have found a place to spend the night, and when he does not mention the name of Allah while eating food, he (the Satan) says: You have found a place to spend the night and evening meal. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Abdullah through the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.