Hisn al-Muslim 81
((بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ، وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا)).
(Bismil-lah, allahumma jannibnash-shaytan, wajannibish-shaytana ma razaqtana.)
(In the name of Allah. O Allah, keep the devil away from us and keep the devil away from what you have blessed us with.)
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 81
Translation: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim), Sa'id al-Qahtani — see site-wide attribution
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It opens on the name of Allah, then makes the same request twice with the object changed. The devil is to be kept away from us, and then kept away from what you have blessed us with. The second phrasing does not name what that is; it identifies it only as something already given. The verb does not vary between the two, and nothing further is asked for.
Ibn 'Abbas reported these words, placed by the chapter before intercourse.
The repetition extends one protection from the people to whatever comes of them. What the second clause guards is described only as a blessing and never specified.
About these notesThe notes above explain the wording of the supplication as it is translated on this page. They add no commentary, history or ruling beyond it.
Ibn 'Abbas reported these words, placed by the chapter before intercourse. The repetition extends one protection from the people to whatever comes of them.
It is recorded at Riyad as-Salihin 766.
The English of it is: “In the name of Allah. O Allah, keep the devil away from us and keep the devil away from what you have blessed us with.” It opens on the name of Allah, then makes the same request twice with the object changed.
Romanised, it runs: “Bismil-lah, allahumma jannibnash-shaytan, wajannibish-shaytana ma razaqtana.”