A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, what I have suffered from a scorpion that stung me last night!"The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Had you said when evening came, 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created,' it would not have harmed you."In another narration, "Whoever says three times when evening comes, 'I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created,' no venomous sting will harm him that night."
جاء رجل إلى النبي ﷺ فقال: يا رسول الله ما لقيت من عقرب لدغتني البارحة قال: أما لو قلت حين أمسيت أعوذ بكلمات الله التامات من شر ما خلق لم تضرك. وفي رواية: من قال حين يمسي ثلاث مرات: أعوذ بكلمات الله التامات من شر ما خلق لم يضره حمة تلك الليلة.
Muslim reported it in the Book of Remembrance and Supplication (2709) via Qaqa bin Hakeem, from Zakwan Abu Salih, from Abu Hurairah, who related it.Malik reported it in the Book of Poetry (11) from Suhayl bin Abu Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurairah, that a man from Aslam said, "I did not sleep last night, a scorpion stung me," and he related the hadith similarly.Tirmidhi (1/3604), Ahmad (7898), and Nasai in Amal al-Yawm wal-Layla (590) all reported it via Hisham bin Hassan, from Suhayl bin Abu Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurairah, who related it with the second wording. Suhayl said, "So his family learned it and used to say it every night. Then a girl among them was stung and felt no pain from it."Ibn Majah (3518) and Nasai in Amal al-Yawm wal-Layla (592) both reported it via Ubaydullah Ashjai, from Sufyan (that is, Thawri), from Suhayl, in a similar manner, without mentioning the number.Likewise, more than one narrator reported it from Suhayl, from his father, from Abu Hurairah. However, more than one narrator also reported it from Suhayl, from his father, from a man of Aslam, which is what follows.His saying "humah" is with a damma on the ha and the mim either lightened or doubled, meaning poison, and it is also used to refer to a scorpion's sting.