02/09/2025
Du'a After Nightmare
أَعُوْذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللّٰهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ ، وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِيْنِ وَأَنْ يَّحْضُرُوْنِ.
Aʿūdhu bi kalimāt-i-llāhi-t-tāmmāti min ghaḍabihī wa ʿiqābih, wa sharri ʿibādih, wa min hamazāti-sh-shayaṭīni wa ay-yaḥḍurūn.
I seek protection in the perfect words of Allah from His anger and punishment, from the evil of His servants, from the evil suggestions of the devils and from them appearing to me.
ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb narrated from his father, who narrated from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When one of you becomes frightened during sleep, then let him say: [the above]. Indeed they shall not harm him.” He said: “So ʿAbdullah b. ʿAmr (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) used to teach it to those of his children who attained maturity; and those of them who had not reached maturity, he would write it on a sheet and then hang it around their neck.” (Tirmidhī 3528)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “A good dream is from Allah, and a bad dream is from Shayṭān. When anyone has a bad dream, he should seek Allah’s protection and spit on his left — indeed (the dream) will not harm him.” (Bukhārī 6986)
عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ:إِذَا فَزِعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي النَّوْمِ، فَلْيَقُلْ: أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ، فَإِنَّهَا لَنْ تَضُرَّهُ. فَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ يُلَقِّنُهَا مَنْ بَلَغَ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ مِنْهُمْ كَتَبَهَا فِي صَكٍّ، ثُمَّ عَلَّقَهَا فِي عُنُقِهِ.
(سنن الترمذي ٣٥٢٨)
عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: «الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ مِنَ اللهِ، وَالْحُلُمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَإِذَا حَلَمَ فَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ مِنْهُ، وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ، فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَضُرُّهُ. (صحيح البخاري ٦٩٨٦)