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malik:51-11 – Mālik > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah > a man Min Aslam > Mā Nimt Hadhih al-Laylah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih from his father from Abu Hurayra that a man of the Aslam tribe said, "I did not sleep last night." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "For what reason?" He said, "A scorpion bit me." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Had you said in the evening, 'I seek refuge with the complete words of Allah from the evil of what He has created, 'it would not have happened." Audhu bi kalimati'llahi't-tammati min sharri ma khalaq .  

مالك:٥١-١١ – وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ مَا نِمْتُ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ

فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ فَقَالَ لَدَغَتْنِي عَقْرَبٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ تَضُرَّكَ  

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abudawud:3898 – Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > a man from Aslam

A man from Aslam tribe said: I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. A man from among his Companions came and said: Messenger of Allah! I have been stung last night, and I could not sleep till morning. He asked: What was that? He replied: A scorpion. He said: Oh, had you said in the evening: "I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He created," nothing would have harmed you, Allah willing.  

أبو داود:٣٨٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لُدِغْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ فَلَمْ أَنَمْ حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتُ قَالَ مَاذَا قَالَ عَقْرَبٌ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ تَضُرَّكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ  

ahmad:8880 – Isḥāq > Mālik > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah > a man from Aslam > Mā Nimt Hadhih al-Laylah Ladaghatnī ʿAqrab

[Machine] "I did not sleep tonight because a scorpion stung me. 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 of what He has created,' it would not have harmed you.'"  

أحمد:٨٨٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ

مَا نِمْتُ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ لَدَغَتْنِي عَقْرَبٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَأَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرَّكَ  

ahmad:23083 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > a man from Aslam

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said to a man, "If you say in the evening, 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created,' no scorpion will harm you until the morning."  

أحمد:٢٣٠٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِرَجُلٍ لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ كُلِّهِنَّ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرَّكَ عَقْرَبٌ حَتَّى تُصْبِحَ  

ذِكْرُ التَّعَوُّذِ الَّذِي يُعَاذُ الْإِنْسَانُ مِنْهُ مِنْ نَهْشِ الْهَوَامِّ

ibnhibban:1020 – Ibn 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:١٠٢٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

ذِكْرُ الشَّيْءِ الَّذِي يَحْتَرِزُ الْمَرْءُ لِقَوْلِهِ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ مِنْ لَسْعِ الْحَيَّاتِ

ibnhibban:1021 – ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah > a man from Aslam > Mā Nimt Hadhih al-Laylah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, if you were to say before you sleep, 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created, it will not harm you, Allah willing."  

ابن حبّان:١٠٢١ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ مَا نِمْتُ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ فَقَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ « «أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرَّكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ»  

nasai-kubra:10321 – ʿĪsá b. Ḥammād > al-Layth > Bukayr > Sulaymān b. Yasār And Busr b. Saʿīd

[Machine] On the authority of Sulaiman bin Yasir and Busyr bin Sa'id, they said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "I was stung by a scorpion." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "If only you had said, when you reached the evening, '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:١٠٣٢١ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ أَخْبَرَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرٌ

عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ وَبُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَا جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَدَغَتْنِي عَقْرَبٌ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا لَوْ أَنْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرَّكَ  

nasai-kubra:10346 – ʿĪsá b. Ḥammād > al-Layth > Yazīd > Jaʿfar > Yaʿqūb > Dhakar Lah > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] He informed him that he heard Abu Hurairah saying that a man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said to him, "I was bitten by a scorpion." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "If you had said, when you reached the evening, '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:١٠٣٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ لَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا صَالِحٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ أَتَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ لَدَغَتْنِي عَقْرَبٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرَّكَ  

nasai-kubra:10347 – Aḥmad 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:١٠٣٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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:10348 – And 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:١٠٣٤٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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  

nasai-kubra:10350 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah > a man from Aslam > Mā Nimt Hadhih al-Laylah

[Machine] "Who is Allah's Messenger ﷺ ?", he asked. He replied, "A scorpion stung me." He said, "Indeed, if you say when you enter the evening, 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created, nothing will harm you, if Allah wills."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٣٥٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ مَا نِمْتُ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ

لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ؟» قَالَ لَدَغَتْنِي عَقْرَبٌ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرُّكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ شَيْءٌ  

nasai-kubra:10352 – Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān al-ʿUqaylī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ went missing for a night, so they asked about him. When the morning came, he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "What held you back?" He replied, "O Messenger of Allah, I was bitten by a scorpion." The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you had said in the evening, 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created three times,' it wouldn't have harmed you."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٣٥٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعُقَيْلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَغَيَّبَ عَنْهُ لَيْلَةً فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا حَبَسَكَ؟» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَدَغَتْنِي عَقْرَبٌ قَالَ لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَمْ يَضُرُّكَ  

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السيوطي:٤٢٥٩a –

"أمَّا إنَّكَ لو قُلتَ- حين أَمْسَيتَ: أعوذ بكلمات اللهِ التَّامَّات من شَرِّ ما خَلَقَ لم تَضُرَّكَ".  

[م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [حب] ابن حبّان عن أبي هريرة أنَّ رجلًا قال: يا رسول الله ما لقِيتُ من عقربٍ لَدَغَتْنِى البارحَةَ، قال فذكره، [حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود والبغوى عن رجلٍ من أسلم
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السيوطي:٤٢٦٠a –

"أما إنَّك لو قُلت حين أمسيت: أعوذُ بِكلماتِ اللهِ التامَّاتِ كُلّهَا من شرِّ ما خلق، لم يَضُرَّكَ شيءٌ حتى تُصْبِح".  

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