Riyad as-Salihin, 982
Khaulah bint Hakim (May Allah be pleased with her) 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." <b>[Muslim]</b>.
-عن خولة بنت حكيم رضي الله عنها قالت: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول:
من نزل منزلاً ثم قال: أعوذ بكلمات الله التامات من شر ما خلق: لم يضره شيء حتي يرتحل من منزله ذلك
((رواه مسلم)).
References1 variant
- In-Book Reference
- Book 7, Hadith 27
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br>
1) The perfect words of Allah are a source of protection against all evils.<br>
2) We may only seek refuge with the Almighty Creator. As for the helpless or absent created beings, we may not seek refuge with them. Rather, it is they who need help. So, the believer should beware of supplicating anyone other than Allah Almighty for removing harm or preventing it from happening.<br>
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<b>Benefit:</b><br>
An example of the cosmic words of Allah is the verse that says: {His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.} His Shar‘i words means all the revealed words, including Dhikr and supplications occurring in the Qur’an and the authentic Sunnah, like Surat al-Fātihah, the verse of Al-Kursi, and the two refuge-seeking Surahs (Al-Falaq and Al-Nās).<br>
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<b>Words in the Hadith:</b><br>
The words of Allah: This includes His cosmic and His Shar‘i (i.e. revealed) words.