Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "(At night when going to sleep) close the doors, tie the mouths of the water skins, cover the vessels, and extinguish the lamps, because the devil does not open closed doors, does not untie the mouths of tied water skins, does not remove the cover from vessels, and sometimes a mouse sets people's houses on fire."