knows except Allah and thus whisper to us what is in accordance with
our thoughts, or what?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The sound evidence indicates that the shaytaan is close to man,and
indeed he flows through him like blood, so he whispers to him at
moments of heedlessness and withdraws from him when he remembers
Allah. Through this constant closeness he knows what whims and desires
occur to man, so he makes them appear attractive to him and he
whispers to him regarding them.
Al-Bukhaari (3281) and Muslim (2175) narrated from Safiyyah bint
Huyayy (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) said: "The shaytaan flows through man like
blood."
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:They
smell a good smell or a bad smell [meaning the angels, who smell a
good smell when a person is thinking of a good deed, as was narrated
from Sufyaan ibn 'Uyaynah]. But the devils do not need that [smell] in
order to know;rather they even know what is in the heart of the son of
Adam, and they see and hear what he says to himself. Moreover, the
devil has full control over man's heart, then when man remembers Allah
he withdraws, and when heneglects to remember Him, he whispers to
him.He knows whether he is remembering Allah or is neglecting to
remember Him, and he knows the whims and desires of hisheart and makes
them appear attractive to him.
It is proven in al-Saheeh,in the hadeeth mentioned by Safiyyah (may
Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) said: "The Shaytaanflows through the sons of Adam
like blood."
The closeness of the angels and the shaytaan to the heart of the son
ofAdam is something that is confirmed in many reports, whether the
person is a believer or a disbeliever.
End quote from Majmoo'al-Fataawa, 5/508
The shaytaan is aware ofwhat a person is thinking to himself, and he
knows his inclinations and his whims and desires, both good and bad,
so he whispers to him accordingly.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy upon him) was asked -- in a
lengthy question --: If I intend in my heart to do something good,
does the shaytaan know and try to divert me from it?
He replied: Every person has a devil and an angel with him, as the
Prophet(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "There is no
one who does not have a companion from among the jinn and a companion
from among the angels." They said: Even you, O Messenger ofAllah? He
said: "Even me, but Allaah helped me with him and he becameMuslim (or:
and I am safefrom him), so he only enjoins me to do that which is
good." And he (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) told us that
the shaytaan dictates evils to man andcalls him to evil, and he has
some control over his heart. And he can see, by Allah's will, what a
person wants and intends to do of both good and bad deeds. The angel
also has some control over his heart that makes him inclined towards
good and calls him to good. This controlis something that Allah has
enabled them to have, i.e., He has given some power to the companions
from among the jinn and from among the angels; even the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) had ashaytaan with him who
was the companion fromamong the jinn as mentioned in the hadeeth
quoted above.
The point here is that every person has with him a companion from
among the angels and a companion from among the devils. The believer
suppresses his shaytaan by obeying Allah and adhering to His religion,
and he humiliates his shaytaan until he becomes weak and is unable to
prevent the believer from doing good or to make him fallinto evil
except that which Allah wills. But thesinner, through his sins and bad
deeds helps his shaytaan until he becomes strong enough to help him to
follow falsehood and he encourages him to do soand he becomes strong
enough to keep him from doing good.
The believer has to fear Allah and strive to resist his shaytaan by
obeying Allah and His Messenger, and seeking refuge withAllah from the
Shaytaan. And he should be keen to support his angel to obey Allah and
His Messenger and to follow the commands of Allah.
End quote from Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 9/369
And Allah knows best.
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