اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أعُوذُ بكَ مِنَ الكُفْرِ والفَقْرِ، اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أعُوذُ بكَ مِنْ عذابِ القَبْرِ لا إلهَ إلاَّ أنتَ

Prophet's Guidance on curing Fear and Insomnia

فَصْلٌ فِي هَدْيِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي عِلَاجِ الْفَزَعِ وَالْأَرَقِ الْمَانِعِ مِنَ النَّوْمِ

Guidance of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم on Treating Fear and Insomnia That Prevents Sleep

روى الترمذىُّ في ‏(‏جامعه‏)‏ عن بُريدةَ قال ‏:‏ شكى خالدٌ إلى النبىِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ، فقال ‏:‏ يا رسول الله ؛ ما أنام الليل مِن الأرَقِ ، فقال النبىُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏إذا أوَيْتَ إلى فِرَاشِكَ فَقُلْ ‏:‏ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَواتِ السَّـبْع وَمَا أظَلَّتْ ، ورَبَّ الأرَضِينَ ، وَمَا أَقَلَّتْ ، وربَّ الشَّيَاطينِ وما أضَلَّتْ ، كُنْ لَى جاراً مِنْ شَرِّ خَلْقِكَ كُلِّهِمْ جميعاً أنْ يَفْرُطَ علىَّ أحدٌ مِنْهُمْ ، أَوْ يَبْغىَ عَلَىَّ ، عَزَّ جَارُك ، وجَلَّ ثَنَـاؤُكَ ، ولا إلهَ غَيْرُك‏

Al-Tirmidhi narrated in his Jami‘ from Buraydah, who said that Khalid complained to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم saying, “O Messenger of Allah! I am unable to sleep at night due to sleeplessness.” Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم replied, “When you go to bed, say:

‘O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and what they shade, and Lord of the earths and what they carry, and Lord of the devils and those they misguide. Be a protector for me from the evil of all Your creation, that none of them should wrong me or transgress against me. Mighty is Your protection, and exalted is Your praise. There is no deity but You.’”

وفيه أيضاً ‏:‏ عن عمرو بن شُعيب ، عن أبيه ، عن جده أنَّ رسولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ، كان يُعَلِّمُهم مِنَ الفَزَعِ ‏:‏ ‏أعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التامَّةِ مِنْ غَضِبهِ ، وعِقَابِهِ ، وَشرِّ عِبَادِه ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ ، وأعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أنْ يَحضُرُونِ‏

Also, it is narrated from ‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah, Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم used to teach them for protection from fear: “I seek refuge in the complete words of Allah from His anger and His punishment, from the evil of His servants, from the whispers of devils, and I seek refuge in You, my Lord, from their presence around me.”

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr Radi Allaho Anh would teach these words to his children who could understand them, and for those who could not, he would write them down and place the amulet on them. The relevance of this invocation for treating fear and insomnia is evident.