The Prophet’s (s.a.w.) Du’a of Protection

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 

A mother asked Habib ‘Umar ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hafizh for something to read for protection for her children.  He told her to read, over them, Ayat al-Kursi, Surah al-Ikhlasw, Surah al-Falaq and Surat an-Naas, and then the following du’a: 

أُعِيذُكَ بِكَلِماتِ الله التَّامة مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطانٍ وهَامَّةْ وكُلِّ عَيْنٍ لامَّةْ 

A’iyydzuka bikalimaati Allah at-taamat min kulli shaythaan wa haammat wa kulli ‘ayni laammat. 

I seek Refuge for you, in the complete Words of Allah, from every devil, every creature, and every evil eye. 

Sayyidina ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (r.a.) narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w.) used these words to protect Sayyidina Hasan ibn Abi Thalib (r.a.) and Sayyidina Husayn ibn Abi Thalib (r.a.), and he would say, “Your father (Ibrahim) used these words to protect Isma’il and Ishaq.” 

حَصَّنْتُكَ بِالحَيِّ القَيُّوم الَّذِي لّا يَمُوتُ أَبَدًا وَ دَفَعْتُ عَنكَ السُّوء بِأَلْف أَلْف أَلْف لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِالله العَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ 

Haswantuka bi al-Hayyu al-Qayyum al-ladzii laa yamuutu Abadan wa da gha’tu ‘anka as-suu’i bi al-fi al-fi al-fi.  Laa hawla wa laa quwwata ilaa bi Allah al-‘Aliyyu al-‘Azhiim. 

I place you in the Protection of the Living, the Self-Sufficient, Who Never Dies, and I drive evil away from you with “there is no strength nor might except in Allah, the Sublime, the Almighty” a thousand, thousand, thousand times over. 

Please note: the pronoun used here is for a singular male.  If we are reading it for a girl, we replace the “ka” with “ki”, and if we are reading it for more than one child, we use the plural “kum”.