What to say after a bad dream
Abdullah ibn Amr taught it to his children.
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ
Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-Llāhi-t-tāmmati min ghaḍabihi wa ʿiqābihi wa sharri ʿibādihi, wa min hamazāti-sh-shayāṭīni wa an yaḥḍurūn
“I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His anger and His punishment, from the evil of His servants, and from the promptings of the devils and that they should be present with me.”
Where this comes from
When one of you wakes in fright in the night, let him say it, and it will not harm him. Abdullah ibn Amr taught it to the children old enough to learn it, and for the ones too young he wrote it out and hung it on them.
The full narration
Amr bin Shu`aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“When one of you becomes frightened during sleep, then let him say: ‘I seek refuge in Allah’s Perfect Words from His anger, His punishment, and the evil of His creatures, from the whisperings of the Shayatin, and that they should come (A`ūdhu bikalimātillāhit-tāmmati min ghaḍabihī wa `iqābihī wa sharri `ibādih, wa min hamazātish-shayāṭīni wa an yaḥḍurūn).’ For verily, they shall not harm him.” He said: “So `Abdullah bin `Amr used to teach it to those of his children who attained maturity, and those of them who did not, he would write it on a sheet and then hang it around his neck.”
Source
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī · 3528
- Ahmad Muhammad Shakir: Hasan
- Al-Albani: Hasan
- Bashar Awad Maarouf: Hasan
- Zubair Ali Zai: Daif
Note on the chain. Scholars differ on this chain. Zubair Ali Zai grades it Daif. The majority (3 of 4) authenticate it.
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