Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 31601 — A man frightened at night: what

Abu al-Tayyah said that a man asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Khanbash (may Allah be pleased with him): "When the devils deceived the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) do?" He said: "Once some devils came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) from the valleys and came down from the mountain to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and among them was a devil who had an ember with which he intended to burn the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Awe of them came over him (peace and blessings be upon him)." Ja'far said: I think the narrator said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) began to move back." The narrator said: "Then Jibril came into his (peace and blessings be upon him) presence and said: 'O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Recite.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'What shall I recite?' Jibril said: 'Recite: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah, which no righteous person or wicked person can go beyond, from the evil of everything He has created, brought into being and made; from the evil of everything that descends from the sky; from the evil of everything that ascends in the sky; from the evil of what arises in the earth; from the evil of what comes out of the earth; from the evil of the trials of the day and the night; and from the evil of everything that appears at night, except that which brings good at night, O Most Merciful!'" The narrator said: "Then the fire of the devils was extinguished." He said: "And Allah defeated those devils."