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tirmidhi:3437 – Qutaybah > al-Layth > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > al-Ḥārith b. Yaʿqūb > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Busr b. Saʿīd > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ > Khawlah b. Ḥakīm al-Sulamiyyah

From Khawlah bint Al Hakim As-Sulamiyyah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever stops at a stopping place and then says: ‘I seek refuge in Allah’s Perfect Words from the evil of what He has created, (Aʿūdhu bi-kalimātillāhit-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq)’ nothing shall harm him until he departs from that stopping place of his.”  

الترمذي:٣٤٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ خَوْلَةَ بِنْتِ حَكِيمٍ السُّلَمِيَّةِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلاً ثُمَّ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَرْتَحِلَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ ذَلِكَ قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ وَرَوَى مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَرُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ وَيَقُولُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ خَوْلَةَ قَالَ وَحَدِيثُ اللَّيْثِ أَصَحُّ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ  

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Collected by Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
tabarani:21073 – [Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik [Chain 2] Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam [Chain 3] Bakr b. Sahl > ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Balaghah > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Busr b. Saʿīd a freed slave of al-Ḥaḍramiyyīn > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ > Khawlah b. Ḥakīm

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi narrated from Malik, and Abu Yazid al-Qaraṭisi narrated from Abdullah ibn Abdul-Hakam, and Bakr ibn Sahl narrated from Abdullah ibn Yusuf. They all said: I, Malik, was informed by Yahya ibn Abdullah ibn al-Ashajj from Busr ibn Said, a freed slave of al-Hadrami, from Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, from Khawla bint Hakim, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever enters a dwelling and says 'A'oodhu bil-kalimaat Allah al-tammaati min sharri ma khalaq, fa innahu lam yadhurruhu fi manzilihi dhalika shay'an hatta yartahila minhu,' no harm shall come to him in his dwelling until he leaves it."  

الطبراني:٢١٠٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَا أَنَا مَالِكٌ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى الْحَضْرَمِيِّينَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ خَوْلَةَ بِنْتِ حَكِيمٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا فَقَالَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ ذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَرْتَحِلَ مِنْهُ»  

nasai-kubra:10319 – Muḥammad b. Maʿmar > Ḥabbān > Wuhayb > Ibn ʿAjlān > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Saʿd b. Mālik > Khawlah b. Ḥakīm

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If one of you enters a house and says, 'I seek refuge in the words of Allah from the evil of what He has created,' nothing harmful will come to him in that house until he leaves."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٣١٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ خَوْلَةَ بِنْتِ حَكِيمٍ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرُّهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَنْزِلِ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَرْتَحِلَ مِنْهُ 10320 أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ