What he said stepping into the mosque
ʿUqbah asked whether that was really all of it.
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِوَجْهِهِ الْكَرِيمِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ الْقَدِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
Aʿūdhu bi-Llāhi-l-ʿaẓīm, wa bi-wajhihi-l-karīm, wa sulṭānihi-l-qadīm, mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm
“I seek refuge in Allah the Magnificent, and in His noble face, and in His eternal authority, from the rejected Satan.”
Where this comes from
Haywah told ʿUqbah he had heard he narrated this. ʿUqbah said: is that all of it? He said yes. ʿUqbah said: when a person says that, Satan says he is protected from me for the rest of the day.
The full narration
Haiwah b. Shuraih reported :I met ‘Uqbah b. Muslim and said to him: it has been reported to me that someone has narrated to you from the prophet (ﷺ) that when he entered the mosque, he would say: I seek refuge in Allah, the Magnificent, and in His noble face, and in his eternal domain, from the accursed Devil. He asked : is it so much only? I said: Yes. He said: when anyone says so. The devil says: he is protected from me all the day long
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 466
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Sahih