Remembrance 1 from Chapter 181

Allāhumma Rabba-s-samāwāti-s-sab‘i wa mā aẓlalna, wa-l-arḍīna-s-sab‘i wa mā aqlalna, wa Rabba-sh-shayāṭīni wa mā aḍlalna, wa Rabba-r-riyāḥi wa mā dharayn. As’aluka khayra hādhihi-l-qaryati wa khayra ahlihā, wa na‘ūdhu bika min sharrihā wa sharri ahlihā wa sharri mā fīhā.

WE RELATE FROM the Sunan of an-Nasā’ī and the book of Ibn as-Sunnī that Ṣuhayb related that the Prophet did not see any village he was about to enter without saying: “O Allah, Lord of the Seven Heavens and all that they give shade to and the Seven Earths and all that they carry; Lord of the demons and those whom they lead astray, and Lord of the winds and all that they blow away. I ask You for the good of this village and the good of its people and the good that is in it. We seek Your protection from its evil and the evil of its people and the evil that is in it.” ^[1].

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