عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِأَلْفَيْ عَامٍ فَأَنْزَلَ مِنْهُ آيَتَيْنِ فَخَتَمَ بِهِمَا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَلَا يُقْرَآَنِ فِي دَارٍ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبَهَا الشَّيْطَانُ قَالَ عَفَّانُ فَلَا تُقْرَبَنَّ
Narrated by Sayyiduna Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty wrote a document two thousand years before the creation of the heavens and the earth. From it, He sent down two verses and completed Surah Al-Baqarah with them. In any house where these two verses are recited for three nights, Satan will not come near it.