Refuge from Evil Around You

اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أّعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ جَارِ السُّوءِ، وَمِنْ زَوْجٍ تُشَيِّبُنِي قَبْلَ المَشِيبِ، وَمِنْ وَلَدٍ يَكُونُ عَليَّ رَبّاً، وَمِنْ مَالٍ يَكُونُ عَلَيَّ عَذَابَاً، وَمِنْ خَلِيْلٍ مَاكِرٍ عَيْنُهُ تَرَانِي، وَقَلْبُهُ يَرْعَانِي؛ إِنْ رَأَى حَسَنَةً دَفَنَهَا، وَإِذَا رَأَى سَيِّئَةً أَذَاعَهَا

Allahumma innee a’udhu bika min Jaaris Suu, wa min zawjin tushay-yibuni qablal masheeb, wa min waladin yakoonu ‘alaiyya rabba, wa min maalin yakoonu ‘alaiyya ‘a‘dhaaba, wa min khaleelin maakirin, ‘a‘ynuhu ta-raanee, wa qalbuhu yar’aanee, in ra’a hasanatan dafanahaa, wa idha ra’a sayyi’a’tan adhaa’a’haa

Oh Allah, I seek refuge with you from an evil neighbour; and from a wife who causes me to grow old before old age; and from a son who will become a master over me; and from wealth which will become a punishment for me; and from a cunning friend whose gaze is upon me & whose heart is plotting & planning against me, such that if he sees something good, he buries it & if he sees something bad he spreads it.

[Collected by At-Tabarani in ‘Ad Dua’ 3/1425, no. 1339 and Hanad in Al-Zuhd, No. 1038 and its chain is declared ‘Jayyid’ (Good) by Shaykh al-Albani in Silsilat ul Ahaadeethus Saheehah no. 3137]