Question

Please provide the reference and authenticity of this du’a,

اللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ يَوْمِ السُّوءِ، وَمِنْ لَيْلَةِ السُّوءِ، وَمِنْ سَاعَةِ السُّوءِ، وَمِنْ صَاحِبِ السُّوءِ، وَمِنْ جَارِ السُّوءِ فِي دَارِ المُقَامَةِ

Answer

Imam Tabarani (rahimahullah) has recorded this narration on the authority of Sayyiduna ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir (radiyallahu ‘anhu) who says, Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) would make the following du’a:

Allahumma inni a’udu bika min yawmis sui wa min laylatis su’i wa min sa’atis sui wa min sahibis sui wa min jaris sui fi daril muqamah

(Al Mu’jamul Kabir, Hadith: 810, vol. 17)

Hafiz Haythami (rahimahullah) has declared the narrators reliable.

(Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 7, pg. 220 and vol. 10, pg. 144)

Translation 

O Allah! I seek your protection from an evil day, an evil night, an evil hour, an evil companion and an evil neighbour in the Hereafter

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar