What a man is commanded to say in supplication so that a scorpion sting will not harm him

Abu Salih said: A man of the Ansar was stung by a scorpion. When morning came, he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I stayed awake all night because of a scorpion sting." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you had recited these words in the evening: 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created,' a scorpion could not have harmed you until morning."

Abu Salih said: So I taught these words to my daughter and my son, and then a scorpion stung them both, and nothing harmed them.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever recites these words three times in the evening: 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created,' no sting will harm him that night."

Suhayl said: Her family had become accustomed to reciting these words. Then a woman was stung, and she felt no pain from it.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A man who had been stung by a scorpion was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If only he had recited these words: 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created,' he would not have been stung," or he said: "it would not have harmed him."

Muhammad bin Ali said: One night the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying. During this, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his hand on the ground, a scorpion stung him (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of it with his sandal and killed it. When he finished the prayer, he said: "May Allah disgrace the scorpion! It spares neither one who prays nor anyone else, neither a believer nor anyone else." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) called for salt and water, put it in a vessel, and began pouring it over his finger where it had stung him and wiping it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the Mu'awwidhatayn over it.

Al-Qa'qa' said that Ibrahim said: The incantation for protection from a scorpion's sting is this: "Shajjatu qarniyyatin malihatu bahrin qafta."

Ibrahim said that al-Aswad said: I presented these words to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she said: "These are words of covenant and pledge."