Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1202
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ: قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا أَقُولُهُ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَأَمْسَيْتُ، قَالَ: قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ، قُلْهُ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتَ، وَإِذَا أَخَذْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Sa‘id ibn al-Rabi‘ related to us: Shu‘bah related to us, from Ya‘la ibn ‘Ata’, who said: I heard ‘Amr ibn ‘Asim say: I heard Abu Hurayrah say: Abu Bakr said, ‘Messenger of Allah, teach me something to say in the morning and evening.’ He said, ‘Say: O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Lord and Sovereign of all things, I testify that there is no god but You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of myself and from the evil of Satan and his shirk. Say it in the morning, in the evening, and when you lie down to sleep.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
شِرْكِهِ
The word شركه may refer to Satan’s association of partners with God or to the means by which he leads others to shirk.
How should شركه be rendered in this protective supplication?
مَلِيكَهُ
The English witness adds ‘everything is in Your hands,’ which does not appear in the Arabic.
Should this translation omit the extra phrase present only in the witness?