Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated a similar but longer hadith, in which it is mentioned: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would recite: "I seek refuge with Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the accursed Satan, from his whispering, his arrogance, and his poetry."

Sayyiduna Sulaiman bin Surad narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard two men who were arguing with each other, one of them became angry and extremely enraged and began to abuse his companion. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I know a word, if he says it, his devil will go away from him. Hearing this, a man came to him and said: Say this word: A‘udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajim (I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed devil), but he replied: Do you think I am mad?

It is narrated from Abu Tamimah Hajimi, who reports from the back seat of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), that he was sitting behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on his mount. Suddenly, when the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) mount slipped, he said:“May the devil be ruined.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Do not say this. In this way, he considers himself great, so much so that he swells with joy until he becomes as big as a mountain and says, ‘I made him fall by my strength.’ But when you say ‘Bismillah’ (In the name of Allah), he becomes small, until he is as little as a fly.”

Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would recite, pausing at each verse: {بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ۔ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِیْنَ۔ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ۔ مَالِکِ یَوْمِ الدِّیْنِ۔} (that is, he, peace and blessings be upon him, would pause at each verse).