Remembrance 24 from Chapter 337

Innī a‘ūdhu bika mina-l-hadm, wa a‘ūdhu bika mina-t-taraddī, wa a‘ūdhu bika mina-l-gharaqi wa-l-ḥaraqi wa-l-haram, wa a‘ūdhu bika an yatakhabbaṭani-sh-Shayṭānu ‘inda-l-mawt, wa a‘ūdhu bika an amūta fī sabīlika mudbirā, wa a‘ūdhu bika an amūta ladīghā.

We also relate from them both that Abū al-Yasar, the Companion —written with a fatḥah on the yā’ and the sīn—reported that the Messenger of Allah used to supplicate saying: “O Allah, I seek refuge with You from destruction, from a fatal fall, from drowning, from fire, from senility, and from Shayṭān leading me astray at the time of death; and I seek refuge with You from dying for Your Cause whilst fleeing; and I seek refuge with You from dying from a sting or bite.” ^[31].This is the wording of Abū Dāwūd; another narration adds, “And anxiety.” ^[32].

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