Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (3/88)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

What to Say When Startled Awake

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130 / WHAT TO SAY WHEN FRIGHTENED IN ONE’S SLEEP

Among the great and beneficial remembrances for someone who is terrified in a dream, experiences dread and anxiety, or is seized by fright in his sleep is to say whenever any of this occurs: “I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His wrath and punishment, from the evil of His servants, and from the promptings of the devils and their presence.”

Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, and others narrated from Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-Ās—may Allah be pleased with them both—that the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said: “When any one of you is frightened in his sleep, let him say: ‘I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His wrath and punishment, from the evil of His servants, and from the promptings of the devils and their presence,’ for it will never harm him.”1

Imam Ahmad related in his Musnad from al-Walīd ibn al-Walīd—may Allah be pleased with him—that he said, “O Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—I experience a sense of dread.” He replied: “When you go to bed, say: ‘I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His wrath and punishment, from the evil of His servants, and from the promptings of the devils and their presence.’ It will not harm you and, most likely, will not even come near you.”2

Mālik related in al-Muwatta from Yahyā ibn Saīd, who said: “It has reached me that Khālid ibn al-Walīd said to the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—‘I am terrified in my sleep.’ The Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said to him: ‘Say: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His wrath and punishment, from the evil of His servants, and from the promptings of the devils and their presence.’”3

(1) Narrated by Abū Dāwūd in his *Sunan* (no. 3893) and by al-Tirmidhī (no. 3528). Al-Albānī—may Allah have mercy on him—graded it hasan in *Sahīh al-Jāmiʿ* (no. 701). (2) *al-Musnad* (4/57). Al-Albānī—may Allah have mercy on him—also cited it in *Sahīh al-Kalim al-Tayyib* (p. 41). (3) *al-Muwattaʾ* (no. 2737). Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr said: “This is a well-known hadith, narrated in both musnad form—with a chain traced to its source—and non-musnad form.” He then provided its chain through Ibn ʿUyayna and others. See *al-Tamhīd* (21/109) and *al-Silsila al-Sahīha* (no. 264).

ما يقال عند الفزع من النوم ... ١٣٠ / مَا يُقالُ عِنْدَ الفَزَعِ فِي النَّوْمِ إنَّ من الأذكار العظيمة النافعة لِمَن يُروَّع في منامه أو يجد وحشة وقلقاً، أو يُصيبه الفزع في نومه أن يقول عند حصول شيء من ذلك له: "أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ، وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ". فقد روى أبو داود والترمذي وغيرُهما من حديث عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص ﵄ أنَّ رسول الله ﷺ قال: "إِذَا فَزِعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي النَّوْمِ فَلْيَقُلْ: أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ، وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ، فَإِنَّهَا لَنْ تَضُرَّهُ"١. وروى الإمام أحمد في مسنده عن الوليد بن الوليد ﵁ أنَّه قال: يا رسول الله ﷺ إنِّي أجدُ وحشةً، قال: "إِذَا أَخَذْتَ مَضْجِعَكَ فَقُلْ: أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِن غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأن يَحْضُرُونِ، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَضُرُّكَ وبالحَرِيِّ أَنْ لاَ يَقْرَبك"٢. وروى مالك في الموطأ عن يحيى بن سعيد قال: بلغنِي أنَّ خالد بن الوليد قال لرسول الله ﷺ: إنِّي أُروَّعُ في منامي، فقال له رسول الله ﷺ: "قل: أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ، وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ"٣.

١ سنن أَبي داود (رقم:٣٨٩٣) ، والترمذي (رقم:٣٥٢٨) ، وحسَّنه الألباني ﵀ في صحيح الجامع (رقم:٧٠١) . ٢ المسند (٤/٥٧) ، وذكره الألباني ﵀ في صحيح الكلم الطيب (ص:٤١) . ٣ الموطأ (رقم:٢٧٣٧) ، وقال ابن عبد البر: "وهذا حديث مشهور مسنداً وغير مسند"، ثم أسنده من طريق ابن عيينة وغيره. التمهيد (٢١/١٠٩) ، وانظر: الصحيحة (رقم:٢٦٤) .