Dua for Protection of Children
“U'idhukuma bi kalimatillahit-tammah” is an authentic dua from the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, recorded in Sunan Abi Dawud 4737. Read it below in Arabic with transliteration and an English translation, and learn when to say it.
أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ
Transliteration: U'idhukuma bi kalimatillahit-tammah, min kulli shaytanin wa hammah, wa min kulli 'aynin lammah.
Translation: I seek protection for you both in the perfect words of Allah, from every devil and every poisonous creature, and from every harmful evil eye.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 4737; Jami at-Tirmidhi 2060; Sahih al-Bukhari 3371
When to recite
For your children, whenever you ask Allah to protect them.
About this dua
Narrated by Ibn Abbas: the Prophet ﷺ used to seek protection for his grandsons al-Hasan and al-Husayn with these words, and said that Ibrahim used to seek protection for Isma‘il and Ishaq with them. “U‘idhukuma” is for two children; for one boy say “u‘idhuka”, for one girl “u‘idhuki”, and for more than two “u‘idhukum”.
Source and authenticity
- Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4737; Jami at-Tirmidhi 2060; Sahih al-Bukhari 3371
- Grading: Graded sahih by al-Albani; the same supplication is in Sahih al-Bukhari 3371.
- Read the source: Sunan Abi Dawud 4737 · Jami at-Tirmidhi 2060 · Sahih al-Bukhari 3371
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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