1. Aban ibn Uthman said: “I heard Uthman ibn Affan (his father) say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) say: If anyone says three times:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَىْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

“In the name of Allah, when whose name is mentioned nothing on Earth nor in Heaven can cause harm, and He is the Hearer, the Knower” three times, nothing will harm them. (Abu Dawud 5088)

 

 

2. Anas ibn Malik narrates that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to say:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْجُذَامِ وَمِنْ سَيِّئِ الأَسْقَامِ

“O Allah, I seek refuge in you from leukoderma, insanity, leprosy, and evil diseases.” (Abu Dawud 1554)

 

 

3. Ziyad ibn ‘Alaqah narrated from his uncle, that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to pray

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْجُذَامِ وَمِنْ سَيِّئِ الأَسْقَامِ

“O Allah, keep me away from evil character, desires, (evil) deeds, and diseases.” (Mustadrak Hakim 1949)

 

 

4. Khaula bint Hakim Sulamiyya narrated: I heard Allah’s Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) as saying: When anyone lands at a place, and then says:

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

‘I seek refuge in the Perfect Word of Allah from the evil of what He has created,’ nothing would harm them until they move from that place.” (Muslim 2708)

 

 

5. Abdullah ibn Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) never failed to utter these prayers in the evening and in the morning:

‏ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَاىَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي

 اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي

 اللَّهُمَّ وَاحْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَىَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي

O Allah, I ask You for security & well-being, preservation in this world and in the Hereafter O Allah! I ask You for forgiveness and well-being, preservation in my religion and my worldly affairs, in my family and my property O Allah! conceal my hidden faults, and keep me safe from the things which I fear; O Allah! guard me in front of me and behind me, on my right hand and on my left, and from above me: and I seek in Your greatness from unexpected harm from below me.” (Ibn Majah 3871, Musnad Ahmad, others)

 

 

6. Ibn ‘Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to supplicate:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ وَتَحَوُّلِ عَافِيَتِكَ وَفُجَاءَةِ نِقْمَتِكَ وَجَمِيعِ سَخَطِكَ

O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the removal of Your blessings, change (sudden loss) of wellbeing, the suddenness of Your punishment, and from all that which displeases You” (Muslim 2739)

 

 

7. Ibn ‘Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “Whoever sees someone afflicted and prays

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِي مِمَّا ابْتَلاَكَ بِهِ وَفَضَّلَنِي عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ تَفْضِيلاً

All praise is due to Allah who has protected me from what he has tested you with and blessed me greatly over many who He has created.” will be kept safe from that calamity, no matter what it is.’” (Ibn Majah 3892 )

 

 

8. Sa`d narrated that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “The supplication of Dhun-Nun (Prophet Yunus, Jonah) when he prayed, while in the belly of the whale was:

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

‘There is none worthy of worship except You, Glory to You, Indeed, I have been of the transgressors.’ No Muslim supplicates with it for anything, ever, except Allah responds to them.”( Tirmidhi, 3505 & Musnad Ahmad)

 

 

9. Abu Hurayrah narrated that Allah’s Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: seek refuge in Allah from four

اللهمَّ إنِّي أعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلَاءِ، وَدَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ، وَسُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَشَمَاتَةِ الْأَعْدَاءِ

(O Allah we seek refuge in you) from the difficulties of severe calamities, having an evil end, a bad fate, and from the malicious joy of your enemies (Bukhari 6616)

 

 

10. Umm Salama reported Allah’s Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) as saying: If any Muslim who suffers some calamity says what Allah has commanded him,

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

 اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا

” We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return; O Allah, reward me for my affliction and give me something better than it in exchange for it,” Allah will give them something better than it (what they lost) in exchange.…” (Muslim 918)

 

 

11. Anas reported that Allah’s Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: When a person goes out of their house and says:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ ‏

“In the name of Allah, I trust in Allah; there is no might and no power but in Allah,” the following will be said to him at that time: “You are guided, defended and protected.” The devils will go far from him and another devil will say: How can you deal with a man who has been guided, defended and protected?” (Abu Dawud 5095)

 

 

12. Abu Umamah (Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, Whoever recites Ayat Al Kursi after every prayer, nothing stops them from entering paradise except death.

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

Allah – there is no god except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. Quran 2:255 (Al Nasa’i in ‘Amal Al Yawm wa Al Laylah)