At a glance
The story
Al-Muwatta relates from Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) that the Prophet ﷺ reported: whoever says a hundred times in a day "there is no god but God alone, without partner, His is the kingdom and His is the praise, and He is able over all things" — it becomes a fortress for him against the shaytan that day until evening; no one brought anything better except one who did more 1 Muwatta 560.
The meaning
In this hadith remembrance fortifies its owner against the shaytan; the repeated tahlil is a daily fortress that blocks his whisperings 1.
Notes
Among the texts of fortification against devils in the Sunna; this browser shows it in the devils section 1.
Connections
- Related to
- Muhammad· Abu Hurayra· Remembrance of God (dhikr)· Evil ones among humans and jinn· Muwatta 560
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 560
People and things also explored
Muwatta 560· Roaming angels seek out gatherings of remembrance· Whoever raises his head before the imam — his forelock is in a shaytan's hand· When Ramadan enters, the shayatin are chained· The shaytan confounds the praying man about his count· The shaytan's scheming at the call to prayer· The shaytan's knots on the sleeper's crown· Muslim 1079 — When Ramadan comes the gates of Paradise open
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “The tahlil fortress against the shaytan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/tahlil-shield-from-shaytan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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