Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 337
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْخَلَاءَ يَقُولُ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخبث والخبائث»
Translation
Anas reported that when the Messenger of God entered the privy, he would say: ‘O God, I seek refuge in You from al-khubth and al-khabāʾith.’
Translation notes
The accompanying grading labels this report muttafaq ʿalayh (‘agreed upon’). The phrase al-khubth wa-l-khabāʾith is commonly rendered ‘male and female devils’; its literal sense can also refer broadly to evil and malevolent beings.