What to Say upon Confrontation of the Enemy and of People with Power

Authentic Supplications of the Prophet

What to Say upon Confrontation of the Enemy and of People with Power (137)

If the Prophet

was afraid of a certain people he would say 'Allãhumma 'innã naj`aluka fee nuhoorihim, wa na`outhu bika min shuroorihim ⁽¹⁵⁷⁾

Footnotes

⁽¹⁵⁷⁾ O' my 'ilãh we put You to their chest-top [neck area], and we seek refuge in You from their evils.

Reporters

Ibn Taymiyya referenced it to Abu Dawood, and An-Nisã'ee; and Al-Albãni said it was of sound ascription, that Al-Hakim said it was sound and that Ath-Thahabi agreed with him. This hadeeth is #103 in The Authentic of Good Sayings

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