Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 174 of 372
Supplication on Alighting at a Halt
The Book of the Etiquette of Traveling – Chapter 174 : Ahadith 982 – 983
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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982 Khaulah bint Hakim (radiyallahu anha) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, “Whosoever alights somewhere and says: `A`udhu bikalimat-illahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaqa (I seek refuge with the Perfect Words of Allah from the evil of what He has created),’ nothing will harm him until he leaves that place.”[Muslim].
983 Ibn `Umar (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out on a journey, he would say by nightfall: “Ya ardu, Rabbi wa Rabbuk-illahu, a`udhu billahi min sharriki wa sharri ma fiki, wa sharri ma khuliqa fiki, wa sharri ma yadibbu `alaiki; a`udhu billahi min sharri asadin wa aswadin, wa minal-hayyati wal-`aqrabi, wa min sakinil-baladi, wa min walidin wa ma walad [O land, my Rubb and your Rubb is Allah, I seek refuge in Him from your evils, the evils of what you contain, the evils of what has been created in you, and the evils of what walks upon you. I seek refuge in Allah from lions, black serpents, scorpions and from the inhabitants of the place, and from the parent (i.e., Satan) and his offspring who inhabit a settlement (i.e., helpers from amongst the devils)].”[Abu Dawud].