Ibrahim narrates that the companions used to supplicate during travel as follows: O Allah! Grant us such goodness in which there is forgiveness from You and Your pleasure. Goodness is in Your control alone. Surely, You have power over all things. O Allah! You are our companion in travel and the guardian of our families. O Allah! Make the distance of the earth easy for us and make our journey easy for us. O Allah! We seek refuge in You from the hardship of travel, from returning in sorrow, and from witnessing any evil in our family and wealth.

Hazrat Mujahid says that I traveled with Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). When morning came, he would call out like this, three times: Whoever hears, let him hear the praise of Allah and His blessing and every good favor upon us from Him. O Allah! Be our companion! So bestow Your grace upon us. Then, three times, he would call out: O Allah! I seek refuge from Hell.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to return from a journey, he would recite these words: We are those who repent, those who worship, those who praise our Lord. And when he entered upon his family, he would recite these words: We are repenting, repenting, returning only to our Lord; He will not leave any of our sins.

Hazrat Bara’ narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would return from a journey, he would recite these words: We are returning, repenting, worshipping, and praising our Lord.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that whenever the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from any military expedition, or from any detachment, or from Hajj or Umrah, the narrator says, whenever he reached a mountain pass or a plain, he would say Takbeer three times, then recite these words: There is no deity except Allah, He is alone, He fulfilled His promise, we are those who return, those who repent, those who worship, those who praise our Lord.

The previous statement from Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) has also been narrated through this chain of transmission.

Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey. Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed through a forest or rocky terrain, he would recite these words: "We are returning, repenting, worshipping, and, if Allah wills, praising our Lord."

Ibrahim Taimi says that when the Companions would return from a journey, they would recite these words: "We are returning, if Allah wills, repenting, praising our Lord."

Hazrat Mak'hool narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Makkah, some jinn met him who threw embers at him. Then Hazrat Jibreel said: O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Seek refuge. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) sought refuge with these words, and then those jinn were removed from him (peace and blessings be upon him): I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah, which neither the righteous nor the wicked can surpass, from the evil of everything that descends from the sky and that ascends to the sky, from the evil of everything that spreads in the earth and that comes out of the earth, from the evil of the day and the night, and from every night visitor except one who comes with good, O Most Merciful!

Hazrat Muhammad bin Yahya bin Haban narrates that Hazrat Waleed bin Mugheerah complained to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about thoughts that came to his heart. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him: When you come to your bed, recite these words: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah, from His anger and His punishment, and from the evil of His servants, and from the whisperings of Satan that they should come near me. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, nothing will harm you until you reach the morning.