Narrator: Abu Hurayrah (r.a.)
Numbering: Sunnah.com
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُمْسِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ: أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ، لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ حُمَةٌ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ». قَالَ سُهَيْلٌ: فَكَانَ أَهْلُنَا تَعَلَّمُوهَا فَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَهَا كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ، فَلُدِغَتْ جَارِيَةٌ مِنْهُمْ فَلَمْ تَجِدْ لَهَا وَجَعًا. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever says in the evening three times: ‘I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created,’ no venomous sting will harm him that night.” Suhayl said: Our family learned it and would recite it every night; then a girl among them was stung and felt no pain from it.
Grade
Cited from Sahih Ibn Hibban
Sheikh Redwan Muhammad Redwan
Himpunan Risalah, footnote no. 107
He attributes it to Ibn Hibban in his Sahih. This card shows al-Tirmidhi’s wording, which carries its author’s own grading.
Notes
Not to be confused with the Sahih Muslim report (nos. 2708–2709) about the dhikr said when halting at a place while travelling. The “three times in the evening” wording, with the mention of a venomous sting, is this report.
Qawiy has not checked Ibn Hibban’s wording directly.