The best dhikr for seeking refuge from Satan: what is reported in the Qur'an and the Sunnah
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Question:
Muhammad ibn Wasi', (may Allah have mercy on him), said: "I used to say in the morning and evening: 'O Allah, You have unleashed upon us an enemy who is aware of our faults and sees our private parts. He and his tribe see us from where we do not see them. O Allah, so make him despair of us, just as You made him despair of Your mercy, and cut him off from us, just as You cut him off from Your forgiveness, and put distance between us and him, just as You put distance between him and Your Paradise.'" Muhammad ibn Wasi' said: "I saw Iblis in a dream, and he said: 'Do not let anyone know this supplication.' I said: 'By Allah, I will not withhold it from any Muslim!'" What is your opinion, Your Eminence, regarding this supplication, and is it permissible to make this supplication?
Answer:
Muhammad ibn Wasi' al-Azdi al-Basri was from the younger generation of the Tabi'un, and he was a trustworthy, devout scholar, (may Allah have mercy on him). There is nothing wrong with this supplication, but I did not find it in the biography of the aforementioned Muhammad in al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya by Ibn Kathir. Seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan is sufficient for that, as Allah the Exalted said: [Al-A'raf: 200], and He the Exalted said in Surat al-Nahl: [Al-Nahl: 98]. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to seek refuge in Allah from Satan in his prayer and otherwise by saying: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3452Sahih (Darussalam), and sometimes he would say: Sunan ad-Darimi 2:55. The scholars have interpreted al-hamz as falling into a trance, al-nafkh as arrogance, and al-nafth as poetry... meaning by that, the condemned poetry. And success is from Allah.
Muhammad ibn Wasi', (may Allah have mercy on him), said: "I used to say in the morning and evening: 'O Allah, You have unleashed upon us an enemy who is aware of our faults and sees our private parts. He and his tribe see us from where we do not see them. O Allah, so make him despair of us, just as You made him despair of Your mercy, and cut him off from us, just as You cut him off from Your forgiveness, and put distance between us and him, just as You put distance between him and Your Paradise.'" Muhammad ibn Wasi' said: "I saw Iblis in a dream, and he said: 'Do not let anyone know this supplication.' I said: 'By Allah, I will not withhold it from any Muslim!'" What is your opinion, Your Eminence, regarding this supplication, and is it permissible to make this supplication?
Answer:
Muhammad ibn Wasi' al-Azdi al-Basri was from the younger generation of the Tabi'un, and he was a trustworthy, devout scholar, (may Allah have mercy on him). There is nothing wrong with this supplication, but I did not find it in the biography of the aforementioned Muhammad in al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya by Ibn Kathir. Seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan is sufficient for that, as Allah the Exalted said:
And if an evil suggestion comes to you from Satan, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is Hearing and Knowing.
وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّهِ إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌSo when you recite the Qur'an, [first] seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِI seek refuge in Allah from Shaitan, the rejected (A`ūdhu billāhi minash-shaiṭānir-rajīm).
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيمI seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the accursed Shaytan, from his whispering, his blowing, and his puffing.
أعوذ بالله السميع العليم من الشيطان الرجيم من همزه ونفثه ونفخه
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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