What is to be said when entering the toilet

´It was narrated that Zaid bin Arqam said:` "The Messenger of Allah said: 'These Hushush (waste areas) are visited (by devils), so when anyone of you enters, let him say: 'Allahumma inni a`udhu bika minal-khubthi wal-khaba'ith (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from male and female devils).'" (Sahih) Other chains with similar wording.

With this chain of narration, it is narrated from Zaid bin Arqam that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "He then mentioned the same previous hadith." This hadith of Zaid bin Arqam is also narrated through two other chains.

´It was narrated that 'Ali said:` "The Messenger of Allah said: 'The screen between the Jinn and the nakedness of the sons of Adam is that when a person enters the Kanif, he should say: Bismillah (in the name of Allah).'"

´It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said:` "Whenever the Messenger of Allah entered the toilet, he would say: 'A'udhu Billahi minal-khubthi wa'l-khaba'ith (I seek refuge with Allah from male and female devils).'"

´It was narrated from Abu Umamah that:` The Messenger of Allah said: "None of you should fail to say, when he enters his toilet: 'Allahumma inni a`udhu bika minar-rijsin-najis, al-khabithil-mukhbith, ash-Shaitanir-rajim (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the filthy and impure, the evil one with evil companions, the accursed Shaitan).'" (Da'if) Another chain with a slightly different wording from Ibn Abi Maryam who mentioned similar, but he did not say in his narration: "Minar-rijsin-najis (From the filthy and the impure)" he only said: "Minal-khabithil-mukhbith, ash-Shaitanir-rajim (From the evil one with evil companions, the accursed Shaitan)."

In this chain of narration, the words «من الرجس النجس» are not mentioned in the hadith of Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him); rather, «من الخبيث المخبث الشيطان الرجيم» is present.