Allah's Apostle ﷺ used to seek refuge (in Allah) from the evil of what has been decreed, from misery, from the mockery of (triumphant) enemies, and from severe calamity. ʿAmr (one of the narrators) said in his narration: "Sufyan said: 'I fear I may have added one of them (the phrases)."

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ سُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ وَمِنْ دَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ وَمِنْ شَمَاتَةِ الأَعْدَاءِ وَمِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلاَءِ قَالَ عَمْرٌو فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ أَشُكُّ أَنِّي زِدْتُ وَاحِدَةً مِنْهَا

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: When anyone lands at a place, and then says:" I seek refuge in the Perfect Word of Allah from the evil of what He has created," nothing would harm him until he marches from that stopping place.

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلاً ثُمَّ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرُّهُ شَىْءٌ حَتَّى يَرْتَحِلَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ ذَلِكَ

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira with a slight variation of wording.

رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَدَغَتْنِي عَقْرَبٌ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ

She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "When one of you stops at a place, let him say:

āʿūdhu bi-kalimāt Allāhi al-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq

(I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created. Then nothing will harm him until he departs from it.)"

He said: A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, how I suffered from a scorpion that stung me last night! He said: "If only you had said when evening came upon you: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created, it would not have harmed you."

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «إِذَا نَزَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْزِلاً فَلْيَقُلْ:

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ؛

فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَضُرُّهُ شَىْءٌ حَتَّى يَرْتَحِلَ مِنْهُ».

أَنَّهُ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا لَقِيتُ مِنْ عَقْرَبٍ لَدَغَتْنِي الْبَارِحَةَ. قَالَ: «أَمَا لَوْ قُلْتَ حِينَ أَمْسَيْتَ: أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ، لَمْ تَضُرُّكَ».