Chapter 93
Remembrance 3 from Chapter 93
What to say when troubled by satanic disturbance
Arabic
Romanisation
Huwa-l-Awwalu wa-l-Ākhiru wa-ẓ-Ẓāhiru wa-l-Bāṭin, wa Huwa bi-kulli shay’in ‘Alīm.
Context
[Ibn ‘Abbās] told me: ‘If you find any [doubt] within yourself, say: “He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, and He has full knowledge of all things.”’ [7].
References
[7] Qur’ān 57:3. This hadith is reported by Abū Dāwūd (5110) and in Al-Futūḥāt (4/37). Ibn Ḥajar says the text of this hadith is shādhdh (irregular), as it is reported from Ibn ‘Abbās from the transmission of Sa‘īd ibn Jubayr and Mujāhid that the Prophet 
never experienced any doubts. This latter was reported by ‘Abd ibn Ḥumayd, aṭ-Ṭabarānī, and Ibn Abī Ḥātim, all with ṣaḥīḥ chains.
never experienced any doubts. This latter was reported by ‘Abd ibn Ḥumayd, aṭ-Ṭabarānī, and Ibn Abī Ḥātim, all with ṣaḥīḥ chains.