Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr
باب فِي الاِسْتِعَاذَةِ
Chapter: Regarding Seeking Refuge.
17 hadith · references 1539–1555
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Abu Dawud · 1539كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ خَمْسٍ : مِنَ الْجُبْنِ ، وَالْبُخْلِ ، وَسُوءِ الْعُمُرِ ، وَفِتْنَةِ الصَّدْرِ ، وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِNarrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: The Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge in Allah from five things; cowardliness, niggardliness, the evils of old age, evil thoughts, and punishment in the grave.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1540اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ ، وَالْكَسَلِ ، وَالْجُبْنِ ، وَالْبُخْلِ ، وَالْهَرَمِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِAnas bin Malik said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from weakness, and laziness, and cowardice, and old age, and I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and I seek ref4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1541اللَّهُمَّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ ، وَالْحَزَنِ ، وَضَلْعِ الدَّيْنِ ، وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِAnas bin Malik said: I used to serve the Prophet ﷺ and often hear him say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from grief and anxiety, from the hardships of debt, and from being overpowered by men. "5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1542اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِAbdullah bin Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to teach us this supplication as he taught us the surah from the Quran. He would say: O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hell and I seek refuge in 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1543اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ النَّارِ ، وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ الْغِنَى ، وَالْفَقْرِAishah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ would supplicate with the following words: "O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the trials of the Fire, and the punishment of the Fire, and from the evils of richness and poverty. "5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1544اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ ، وَالْقِلَّةِ ، وَالذِّلَّةِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from poverty", lack and abasement, and I seek refuge in Thee lest I cause or suffer wrong. "5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1545اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ ، وَتَحْوِيلِ عَافِيَتِكَ ، وَفُجَاءَةِ نَقْمَتِكَ ، وَجَمِيعِ سُخْطِكَAbdullah bin Umar said that one of the supplications of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You that Your blessings are lifted, and Your protection (of me) is changed, and in the suddenness of Your p6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1546اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشِّقَاقِ ، وَالنِّفَاقِ ، وَسُوءِ الْأَخْلَاقِNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate by saying: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from divisiveness, hypocrisy, and evil character. "6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1547اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ فَإِنَّهُ بِئْسَ الضَّجِيعُ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخِيَانَةِ فَإِنَّهَا بِئْسَتِ الْبِطَانَةُNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from hunger, for it is an evil bed-fellow; and I seek refuge in Thee from treachery, for it is an evil hidden trait. "5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1548اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْأَرْبَعِ : مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ ، وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ ، وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ ، وَمِنْ دُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from four things: Knowledge which does not profit, a heart which is not submissive, a soul which has an insatiable appetite, an5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1549اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ لَا تَنْفَعُAnas bin Malik narrated that the Prophet ﷺ would say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from a prayer that is of no benefit. "4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1550اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَمِلْتُ ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْFarwah bin Nawfal Al-Ashjai asked Aishah the Mother of the Believers, about the supplication of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She replied: "He would say: 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done, and 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1551قُلْ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ سَمْعِي ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ بَصَرِي ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ لِسَانِي ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ قَلْبِي ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَنِيِّيNarrated 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, from8 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 1552اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَدْمِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ التَّرَدِّي ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْغَرَقِ ، وَالْحَرَقِ وَالْهَرَمِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ يَتَخَبَّطَنِي الشَّيْطَانُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكNarrated AbulYusr: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from my house falling on me, I seek refuge in Thee from falling into an abyss, I seek refuge in Thee from drowning burning a5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1553حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى الرَّازِيُّ ،أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي مَوْلًى لِأَبِي أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْيَسَرِ ، زَادَ فِيهِ " وَالْغَمِّ " . The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Abu al-Yusr through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: "and from sorrow".5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1554اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ ، وَالْجُنُونِ ، وَالْجُذَامِ ، وَمِنْ سَيِّئْ الْأَسْقَامِNarrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from leprosy, madness, elephantiasis, and evil diseases. "4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1555يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ ، مَا لِي أَرَاكَ جَالِسًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي غَيْرِ وَقْتِ الصَّلَاةِ ؟Narrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the mosque. He saw there a man from the Ansar called Abu Umamah. He said: What is the matter that I am seeing you sitting in the mosque when there is5 narrators