Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was on a military expedition or a journey and night would fall, he would supplicate: «‏‏‏‏يَا أَرْضُ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكِ اللَّهُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّكِ وَشَرِّ مَا فِيكِ وَشَرِّ مَا خُلِقَ فِيكِ وَشَرِّ مَا يَدِبُّ عَلَيْكِ وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ أَسَدٍ وَأَسْودَ وَمِنَ الْحَيَّةِ وَالْعَقْرَبِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ سَاكِنِ الْبَلَدِ وَمِنْ والدٍ وَمَا ولد» ‏‏‏‏ "O earth, my Lord and your Lord is Allah. I seek refuge in Allah from your evil, the evil within you, the evil of what has been created within you, and the evil of what crawls upon you. I seek refuge in Allah from every lion and beast, snake and scorpion, and from the evil of the inhabitants of this land and from the evil of every father and his offspring."