Musnad Abi Ya'la 6844 — a man asked Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin

It is narrated from Abu al-Tayyah (may Allah have mercy on him) that a man asked Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Hubshi (may Allah be pleased with him), who was a very old man: "O Ibn Hubshi, what did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) do when the devils plotted against him?" He said: "The devils poured down from the various valleys and mountain passes towards the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Among them was a devil holding a flame of fire, with which he intended to burn the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw them, he became greatly alarmed. Then Jibril (peace be upon him) came to him and said: O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), say. He asked: 'What shall I say?' He said: Say: 'A'udhu bi-kalimatillahit-tammatil-lati la yujawizuhunna barrun wa la fajir, min sharri ma nazala minas-sama', wa min sharri ma ya'ruju fiha, wa min sharri ma fil-ard, wa min sharri ma yakhruju minha, wa min sharril-layli wan-nahar, wa min sharri kulli tariqin illa tariqan yatruqu bi-khayr, ya Rahman' (I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah, which no righteous or wicked person can go beyond, from the evil of what descends from the sky and the evil of what ascends into it, from the evil of what is spread in the earth and the evil of what comes out of it, from the evil of the trials of the night and the day, and from the evil of every one who comes by night, except one who comes with good, O Most Merciful). Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'By the blessing of this supplication, the devil's fire was extinguished, and Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, defeated them and put them to flight.'"