Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 2472
وَعَنْ شُتَيْرِ بْنِ شَكَلِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيه قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي تَعْوِيذًا أَتَعَوَّذُ بِهِ قَالَ: «قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بك من شَرّ سَمْعِي وَمن شَرّ بَصَرِي وَشَرِّ لِسَانِي وَشَرِّ قَلْبِي وَشَرِّ مَنِيِّي» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد وَالتِّرْمِذِيّ وَالنَّسَائِيّ
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Shutayr ibn Shakl ibn Humayd reported from his father: I said, “O Prophet of Allah, teach me a prayer of protection.” He said, “Say: ‘O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of my hearing, the evil of my sight, the evil of my tongue, the evil of my heart, and the evil of my private parts.’” Reported by Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, and al-Nasa’i. The hadith was not studied by al-Albani.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source’s منيّ literally denotes semen; classical commentary interprets it here as the private parts and the risk of sexual misconduct.
وَشَرِّ مَنِيِّي
The literal word منيّ means semen, while classical commentary explains it here as the private parts and the risk of sexual misconduct; another lexical reading is possible.
Should this be translated biologically as “my semen” or idiomatically as “my private parts”? This version follows the established contextual gloss.