A'udhu Bi Kalimatillahit-Tammat (Dua for Protection)
“A'udhu bi kalimatillahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq” is an authentic dua from the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, recorded in Sahih Muslim 2708, 2709. Read it below in Arabic with transliteration and an English translation, and learn when to say it.
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
Transliteration: A'udhu bi kalimatillahit-tammati min sharri ma khalaq.
Translation: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2708, 2709
When to recite
When stopping at a place on a journey or arriving somewhere new, and in the evening.
Virtue
The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever stops at a place and says this, nothing will harm him until he moves on from that place. In another narration a man stung by a scorpion was told that had he said it in the evening, it would not have harmed him.
About this dua
The first narration is from Khawlah bint Hakim and the second from Abu Hurairah, both in Sahih Muslim. “The perfect words of Allah” refers to His speech, which is free of any flaw.
Source and authenticity
- Reference: Sahih Muslim 2708, 2709
- Grading: Recorded in the Sahih collections of al-Bukhari and/or Muslim, the most authentic books of hadith.
- Read the source: Sahih Muslim 2708 · Sahih Muslim 2709
The English translation is our own, kept close to the Arabic. Hadith numbers follow the standard numbering used on sunnah.com.
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