Invocation upon hearing a dog barking
in the night
229. When
you hear a dog barking or a donkey braying in the night , then seek
refuge in Allah from them , for surely they have seen what you see not.
أَعـوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ
الشَّيْـطانِ الرَّجيـم
A'uzu
bil-llahi minash shayta nir-rajeem
I seek refuge with Allaah from the Evil
One, the Rejected
Reference: Abu Dawud
4/327, Ahmad 3/306. Al-Albani graded it authentic in Sahih Abu Dawud
3/961.