Ḥaddathanā Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥasan al-Khathʿamī, ḥaddathanā Ḥajjāj ibn Muḥammad, ʿan Ibn Jurayj, ʿan Isḥāq ibn ʿAbdillāh ibn Abī Ṭalḥah, ʿan Anas ibn Mālik, anna al-Nabiyya ﷺ qāl: “Idhā kharaja al-rajulu min baytihi fa-qāla: Bismi Allāh, tawakkaltu ʿalā Allāh, lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata illā bi-llāh, qīla ḥīnaʾidhin: Hudīta wa-kufīta wa-wuqīta. Fa-tatanahhā lahu al-shayāṭīn, fa-yaqūlu lahu shayṭānun ākhar: Kayfa laka bi-rajulin qad hudī wa-kufiya wa-wuqiya.”

Anas ibn Mālik reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: When a man leaves his house and says, In the Name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah, there is no might and no power except with Allah, it is said to him, You are guided, sufficed, and protected. Then the devils withdraw from him, and another devil says, How can you reach a man who has been guided, sufficed, and protected.

Reference:

Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Kitāb al-Adab, Hadith 5095, Book 43, Hadith 323. Graded Ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī.

Arabic (Original Hadith):

عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ، إِذَا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْتَهُ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ وَعِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ، قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ: لاَ مَبِيتَ لَكُمْ وَلاَ عَشَاءَ. وَإِذَا دَخَلَ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ، قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ: أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ. وَإِذَا لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ، قَالَ: أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ وَالْعَشَاءَ.

Transliteration:

ʿAn Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh annahu samiʿa al-Nabiyya ﷺ yaqūlu: “Idhā dakhala al-rajulu baytahu fa-dhakara Allāha ʿazza wa-jall ʿinda dukhūlihi wa-ʿinda ṭaʿāmihi, qāla al-shayṭān: Lā mabīta lakum wa-lā ʿashāʾ. Wa idhā dakhala fa-lam yadhkur Allāha ʿazza wa-jall ʿinda dukhūlihi, qāla al-shayṭān: Adraktum al-mabīt. Wa idhā lam yadhkur Allāha ʿazza wa-jall ʿinda ṭaʿāmihi, qāla: Adraktum al-mabīt wa-al-ʿashāʾ.”

Translation (English):

Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh reported that he heard the Prophet ﷺ say: When a man enters his house and mentions Allah upon entering and upon eating, the Shayṭān says, You have no lodging and no supper here. If he enters without mentioning Allah, the Shayṭān says, You have secured lodging. If he does not mention Allah when eating, the Shayṭān says, You have secured lodging and supper.

Reference:

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Ashriba, Hadith 2018, Book 36, Hadith 101.

Transliteration:

Ḥaddathanī Hārūn ibn ʿAbdillāh, ḥaddathanā Ḥajjāj ibn Muḥammad, qāla qāla Ibn Jurayj akhbaranī Abū al-Zubayr, anna ʿAliyyan al-Azdiyy akhbarahu anna Ibn ʿUmar ʿallamahum anna Rasūlallāh ﷺ kāna idhā istawā ʿalā baʿīrihi khārijan ilā safar kabbara thalāthan thumma qāla: Subḥāna alladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muq'rinīn, wa innā ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūn. Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka fī safarinā hādhā al-birra wa al-taqwā, wa mina al-ʿamali mā tarḍā. Allāhumma hawwin ʿalaynā safaranā hādhā, waṭwi ʿannā buʿdah. Allāhumma anta al-ṣāḥibu fī al-safar, wa al-khalīfatu fī al-ahl. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min waʿthāʾi al-safar, wa kāʾābati al-manẓar, wa sūʾi al-munqalabi fī al-māli wa al-ahl. Wa idhā rajaʿa qālahunna, wa zāda fīhinna: Āʾibūna tāʾibūna ʿābidūna li-rabbinā ḥāmidūn.

Ibn ʿUmar taught that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he sat firmly upon his riding beast setting out for a journey, would say takbīr three times, then recite the supplication above. When he returned, he would say the same and add, Returning, repenting, worshiping, and praising our Lord.

Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Ḥajj, Hadith 1342, Book 15, Hadith 479.

Arabic (Original Hadith):

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ قَرْيَةً قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَظْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَقْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَمَا أَضْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الرِّيَاحِ وَمَا ذَرَيْنَ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ وَخَيْرَ أَهْلِهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ أَهْلِهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا

Transliteration:

Allāhumma rabba as-samāwāti as-sabʿi wa mā aẓlalna wa rabba al-arāḍīna as-sabʿi wa mā aqalna wa rabba ash-shayāṭīni wa mā aḍlalna wa rabba ar-riyāḥi wa mā dharayna asʾaluka khayra hādhihi al-qaryah wa khayra ahlihā wa khayra mā fīhā wa aʿūdhu bika min sharrihā wa sharri ahlihā wa sharri mā fīhā

Translation (English):

Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī reported: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered a town, he would say the supplication above.

Reference:

• Sunan al-Nasāʾī, Kitāb al-Istiʿādhah, Hadith 5426. Graded Ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī, Abū Ghuddah, and Zubair ʿAlī Zaʾī.
• Al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak 2/100, authenticated, and al-Dhahabī agreed.
• Ibn al-Sunnī, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa al-Laylah, no. 524.
• Ibn Ḥajar, Natāʾij al-Afkār 5/154, graded ḥasan.
• Ibn Bāz, Tuhfat al-Akhyār, p. 37.
• Included in Hisnul Muslim, no. 208.

Additional Note:

Some manuscript traditions record the variant reading أَقْلَلْنَاهُنَّ in place of أَقْلَلْنَ. Both readings are sound and convey the same sense, that which the earth carries or contains.

Arabic (Original Hadith):

عَنْ خَوْلَةَ بِنْتِ حَكِيمٍ رضي الله عنها قالت: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ، مَنْ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا فَقَالَ: أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ، لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَرْتَحِلَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ ذَلِكَ.

Transliteration:

Man nazala manzilan fa-qāla: Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhi al-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq, lam yaḍurruhu shayʾun ḥattā yartaḥila min manzilihī dhālik.

Translation (English):

Khawlah bint Ḥakīm reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, Whoever stops at a place and says the supplication above, nothing will harm him until he departs from that place.

Reference:

• Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2708, Book 56, Hadith 54, Kitāb al-Dhikr wa al-Duʿāʾ wa al-Tawbah wa al-Istighfār.
• Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2708, Book 15, Hadith 232, graded Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī.

Additional Note:

Al-Ḥākim authenticated this narration, and al-Dhahabī agreed. Ibn al-Sunnī also recorded it in ʿAmal al-Yawm wa al-Laylah. Ibn Ḥajar graded it ḥasan in Natāʾij al-Afkār. Ibn Bāz mentioned al-Nasāʾī recorded it with a good chain. Included in Hisnul Muslim no. 208.

Arabic (Original Hadith):

عَن جَابِرٍ رضي الله عنه قَالَ، كُنَّا إِذَا صَعِدْنَا كَبَّرْنَا، وَإِذَا نَزَلْنَا سَبَّحْنَا

Transliteration:

ʿAn Jābir raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu qāl: Kunnā idhā ṣaʿidnā kabbarnā, wa idhā nazalnā sabbaḥnā.

Translation (English):

Jābir said, When we ascended a height, we used to say Allāhu akbar, and when we descended into a valley, we used to say Subḥānallāh.

References:

• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī
  • Book of Jihād wa’l-Siyar
  • Hadith 2993, In-book Book 56, Hadith 202
  • Hadith 2994, In-book Book 56, Hadith 203
• Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim
  • Book of Dhikr, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness
  • Hadith 4836, In-book Book 48, Hadith 9