Chapter 11
Remembrance 2 from Chapter 11
What to say when entering the lavatory
Arabic
Romanisation
Bismillāh, Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika min al-khubuthi wa-l-khabā’ith.
Context
And we relate from another source that he would say: “In the name of Allah. O Allah, I seek Your protection from male and female devils.” [2].
References
[2] At-Tirmidhī (5), Abū Dāwūd (4), an-Nasā’ī (1/20), who gives a similar wording, and al-Futūḥāt (1/379). The basmalah at the beginning of this dhikr is reported by aṭ-Ṭabarānī, ad-Dāraquṭnī, and Ibn as-Sunnī.