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abudawud:3899Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Baqiyyah > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > Ṭāriq / Ibn Mukhāshin > Abū Hurayrah

A man who was stung by a scorpion was brought to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: Had he said the word: "I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He created, "he would not have been stung, or he said, "It would not have harmed him."  

أبو داود:٣٨٩٩حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّبَيْدِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ طَارِقٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُخَاشِنٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِلَدِيغٍ لَدَغَتْهُ عَقْرَبٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَوْ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يُلْدَغْ أَوْ لَمْ تَضُرَّهُ  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá

ذِكْرُ التَّعَوُّذِ الَّذِي يُعَاذُ الْإِنْسَانُ مِنْهُ مِنْ نَهْشِ الْهَوَامِّ

ibnhibban:1020Ibn Salm > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb Wa-al-Ḥārith b. Yaʿqūb > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > al-Qaʿqāʿ b. Ḥakīm > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allah, yesterday I was bitten by a scorpion." He said, "If you had said in the evening: 'A'udhu billahi minash shaytanir rajeem (I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan) and Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful), it would not have harmed you."  

ابن حبّان:١٠٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ وَالْحَارِثَ بْنَ يَعْقُوبَ حَدَّثَاهُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنْ عَقْرَبٍ لَدَغَتْنِي الْبَارِحَةَ ‍‍ فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرَّكَ»  

nasai-kubra:10347Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > Ibn Wahb > al-Layth > Ibn Abū Ḥabīb > Yaʿqūb b. al-Ashaj > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I have been stung by a scorpion." The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you had said, 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created,' it would not have harmed you."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٣٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَدَغَتْنِي عَقْرَبٌ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ قُلْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرَّكَ  

nasai-kubra:10348And Hb b. Bayān > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb Waʾabīh al-Ḥārith b. Yaʿqūb > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Qaʿqāʿ > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Last night, I was stung by a scorpion." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If you had said in the evening, 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil He has created,' it would not have harmed you."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٣٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَيَانٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ وَأَبِيهِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنْ عَقْرَبٍ لَدَغَتْنِي الْبَارِحَةَ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرُّكَ