NIGHTLY SUPPLICATION OF THE PROPHET WHEN HE WAS ON A JOURNEY H 996 "When the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, was on a journey and overtaken by night he would say, 'O earth, Allah is my Lord and your Lord. I seek the protection of Allah from your evil, and the evil of that which is in you, and the evil of that which is created on you, and the evil of that which moves about on you. I seek His protection against the mischief of a lion, a black serpent, every kind of snake, a scorpion, dwellers of towns, the breeder and that which it breeds.'" R 996 Abu Daud with a chain up to ibn Omar who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.