Seeking refuge with Allah (isti'adhah)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) sat in the gathering of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he narrated the whole account, in which he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seek refuge with Allah by saying 'A'udhu billahi min shayatinil-insi wal-jinn' (I seek refuge with Allah from the devils among mankind and jinn)."
Then the narrator mentioned the text like the previous hadith: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, are there devils among mankind too?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes."
I (Ibn Hajar) say: Al-Nasa'i recorded it from the hadith of Ubaydullah bin Abi al-Khashkhash, from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him). If Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) was himself present at this incident, then it counts among his own musnad narrations.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever asks Allah Almighty seven times, saying 'As'alullahal-jannah' (I ask Allah for Paradise), Paradise itself pleads: 'Allahumma adkhilhul-jannah' (O Allah, admit him into Paradise). And whoever seeks refuge from the Fire seven times, the Fire itself cries out: 'Allahumma a'idhhu minan-nar' (O Allah, grant him Your refuge from the punishment of the Fire)."
Al-Tayalisi recorded this hadith through the route of Ya'la bin Ata as a saying of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), while Abu Ya'la and al-Bazzar transmitted it through Yunus bin Khabbab as marfu', a saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he first sent it (to Abu Zur'ah) in writing and then afterwards related it to him face to face: Ka'b al-Ahbar (may Allah have mercy on him) told us that he finds this written among the contents of the Torah: "Indeed, Satan has no power over a servant who, from evening until morning, says: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bismika wa kalimatikat-tammati minash-sharri fis-sammati wal-'ammah, wa as'aluka bismika wa kalimatikat-tammati min khayri ma tus'alu wa min khayri ma tu'ti, wa khayri ma tukhfi, wa khayri ma tubdi, Allahumma inni as'aluka bismika wa kalimatikat-tammati min sharri ma yujalla bihin-nahar' (O Allah, I seek refuge with You by Your Name and Your perfect, complete Word from the evil of venomous creatures and general calamities; and I ask You by Your Name and Your complete Word for the best of what You are asked for, the best of the blessings You grant, and the good You keep hidden and that You make manifest. O Allah, by Your Name and Your perfect Word I seek Your refuge from the evil that appears as the day grows bright)." Ka'b al-Ahbar (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if it is daytime he should recite this supplication, and if it is night he should say: 'min sharri ma dajana bihil-layl' (from the evil that arises as the darkness of night spreads).
(134) And the hadith of Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) has already been given at the beginning of the hadith about the Prophets (peace be upon them).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I bear witness that Allah Almighty is the Truth, that meeting Him is true, that the coming of the Hour is true, that Paradise is true, and that the Fire of Hell is true." He also made this supplication: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min fitnatil-mahya wal-mamat, wa min 'adhabil-qabr, wa min 'adhabi jahannam' (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the trial of life and death, from the punishment of the grave, and from the punishment of Hell).
This narration is mawquf and sahih (authentic).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minas-samami wal-bakam, wa a'udhu bika minal-ma'thami wal-maghram, wa a'udhu bika min mawtil-hadm' (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from deafness and muteness; I seek Your refuge from sinful deeds and from the burden of debt and liability; and I seek Your refuge from dying by being crushed (under a building, wall or the like)).
Al-Bazzar narrated something similar with his own chain and recorded this addition, that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And I seek refuge with You from drowning and from every kind of worry and distress."
Al-Bazzar said: We know this hadith only with this chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever seeks refuge with Allah Almighty from the evil of Satan ten times in a day, Allah Almighty appoints an angel to protect him who keeps pushing Satan away from him and driving him off."
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains the narrator Yazid al-Raqashi, who is da'if (weak).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I was myself present with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) also narrated this hadith to me from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shirk (polytheism, in its traces) among you is more hidden and concealed than the sound of an ant creeping."
Takhrij and grading: Al-Bukhari recorded this hadith in al-Adab al-Mufrad (716), and al-Albani declared it sahih li-ghayrihi (authentic due to supporting evidence).