سنن أبي داود

Hadith 1551

Book 8: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr

كتاب تفريع أبواب الوتر

Chapter 32

Chapter: Regarding Seeking Refuge.

باب فِي الاِسْتِعَاذَةِ

English narration

Narrated by شكل بن حميد العبسي?

Narrated Shakl ibn Humayd: I said: Messenger of Allah, teach me a supplication. He said: Say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I hear, from the evil of what I see, from the evil of what I speak, from the evil of what I think, and from the evil of my semen" (i. e. sexual passion).

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، الْمَعْنَى عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ ، عَنْ بِلَالٍ الْعَبْسِيِّ ، عَنْ شُتَيْرِ بْنِ شَكَلٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي أَحْمَدَ شَكَلِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً ، قَالَ : "

قُلْ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ سَمْعِي ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ بَصَرِي ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ لِسَانِي ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ قَلْبِي ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَنِيِّي

" .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1551In-book: Book 8, Hadith 1551

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