In Islam, protection is asked of Allah alone, with the words the Prophet ﷺ taught: against the evil eye, when leaving home, before sleeping. Five sourced invocations, in Arabic, phonetics and English.
3 times in the evening, and whenever you stop at a place while travelling.
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-Llāhi-t-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq
I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.
Sahih Muslim 2708 · Tirmidhi 3604Over your children, morning and evening.
أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ
Uʿīdhukumā bi-kalimāti-Llāhi-t-tāmmah, min kulli shayṭānin wa hāmmah, wa min kulli ʿaynin lāmmah
I place you both under the protection of Allah’s perfect words, from every devil, every harmful creature and every evil eye. (Singular: uʿīdhuka.)
Sahih al-Bukhari 3371Every time you leave your home.
بِسْمِ اللهِ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللهِ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ
Bismi-Llāh, tawakkaltu ʿalā-Llāh, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-Llāh
In the name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah, and there is no might nor power except with Allah.
Abu Dawud 5095 · Tirmidhi 3426 (sahih)Before sleeping.
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌۭ وَلَا نَوْمٌۭ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Āyat al-Kursī
The Verse of the Throne (Quran 2:255).
Sahih al-Bukhari 2311Its merit “When you go to your bed, recite Āyat al-Kursī: a guardian from Allah will remain over you, and no shaytan will come near you until morning.”
3 times in the morning and 3 times in the evening.
بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Bismi-Llāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru maʿa-smihi shay’un fī-l-arḍi wa lā fī-s-samā’, wa huwa-s-Samīʿu-l-ʿAlīm
In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
Abu Dawud 5088 · Tirmidhi 3388 (hasan sahih)Mounis reports and sources, in order: the Quran, then the Sunnah. It never gives rulings: for jurisprudence, refer to the people of knowledge.
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