Protection when stopping in a different home or place, and when reaching morning and evening
1) Sa’d bin Abee Waqqaas said: I heard Khawlah bint Hakeem as-Sulamiyyah say: The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم say: “Whoever stops (and stays) at a home, then says:
« أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ »
(( I seek refuge by the complete, perfect words of Allaah from the evil of what He has created )) Nothing will harm him until he leaves from that home.” [1]
2) Aboo Hurayrah said: A man came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and said: “O Messenger of Allaah! I was stung by a scorpion last night.” He said: “If you had said when you reached the evening (just before Maghrib):
« أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ »
(( I seek refuge by the complete, perfect words of Allaah from the evil of what He has created )) it would not have harmed you.” [2]
3) “Whoever says 3 times at the time he reaches the evening:
« أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ »
(( I seek refuge by the complete, perfect words of Allaah from the evil of what He has created )) he will not be harmed by a snakes bite during that night.” [3]
- Suhayl said: “So our people used to learn it (this du'aa), so they used to say it every night, then a slave-girl from amongst them was stung, so she didn’t suffer any pain.” [4]
4) Abaan bin ‘Uthmaan said: I heard ‘Uthmaan bin ‘Affaan saying: The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “There is no slave who says in the morning of every day (before sunrise) and the evening of every night (before sunset):
« بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ العَلِيمُ »
(( In the Name of Allaah, with Whose name nothing in the earth and nothing in the heavens can cause harm, and He is As-Samee (The all-Hearing), al-‘Aleem (The All-Knowing) )) -three times – except that nothing will harm him.” [5]
