in front of him? Would he like someone to face him and spit phlegm in his face? So when any of you spits out phlegm…”

In the two Sahīh collections, Abū Hurayrah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Satan comes to one of you and says, ‘Who created such-and-such? Who created such-and-such?’ until he says, ‘Who created your Lord?’ When he reaches that point, let him seek refuge in Allah and stop.”

In Sahīh al-Bukhārī, Jābir said: “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to teach us to seek Allah’s guidance in all matters, just as he would teach us a surah of the Quran: ‘When any of you considers undertaking a matter…’”