The Command to call on Allah when Calamity strikes, to repel Evil with that
which is better, and to seek refuge with Allah
﴿وَقُلْ رَّبِّ
أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيـطِينِ ﴾
(And say: "My Lord! I seek refuge with You from the whisperings of the
Shayatin.'') Allah commanded him to seek refuge with Him from the Shayatin,
because no trick could help you against them and you cannot protect yourself by
being kind to them. We have already stated, when discussing Isti`adhah (seeking
refuge), that the Messenger of Allah used to say,
«أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ
السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ
وَنَفْثِه»
(I seek refuge with Allah, the All-Hearing, All-Seeing, from the accursed
Shayatin, from his whisperings, evil suggestions and insinuations.) His saying:
﴿وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ
رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِ ﴾
("And I seek refuge with You, My Lord! lest they should come near me.'')
means, in any issue of my life. So we are commanded to mention Allah at the
beginning of any undertaking, in order to ward off the Shayatin at the time of
eating, intercourse, slaughtering animals for food, etc. Abu Dawud recorded that
the Messenger of Allah used to say:
«اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي
أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَرَمِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَدْمِ وَمِنَ الْغَرَقِ،
وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَخَبَّطَنِي الشَّيْطَانُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْت»
(O Allah, I seek refuge with You from old age, I seek refuge with You from
being crushed or drowned, and I seek refuge with you from being assaulted by the
Shayatin at the time of death.)
﴿حَتَّى إِذَا جَآءَ
أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ارْجِعُونِ - لَعَلِّى أَعْمَلُ صَـلِحاً فِيمَا
تَرَكْتُ كَلاَّ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَا وَمِن وَرَآئِهِمْ بَرْزَخٌ
إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ﴾
(99. Until, when death comes to one of them, he says: "My Lord! Send me
back,'') (100. "So that I may do good in that which I have left behind!'' No!
(Kalla) It is but a word that he speaks; and in front of them is Barzakh until
the Day when they will be resurrected.)
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