TAWEEZ AGAINST SCORPIONS AND SERPENTS

To fend off the stings of scorpions, it is recommended to look sharply at the suha star (a dim star in Ursa Minor) and repeat the following supplicatory prayer three times:

O Allah, O Lord of Aslam,

(please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

hasten their Relief,

and keep us sound against the evil of all evil things.

It is also reported that one (who intends to evade the stings and bites of scorpions and snakes) may look at this star and repeat the following supplicatory prayer three times:

O Allah, O Lord of Hud the son of Usayyah,

(please) secure me against the evil of all scorpions and serpents.

Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) is also reported to have advised the following supplicatory prayer to be said at evening for fending off the stings and bites of scorpions and serpents:

In the Name of Allah and in Allah (I trust).

May Allah bless Muhammad and his Household.

I dispel all scorpions and serpents

by the permission of Allah, the All-blessed and All-exalted

with their mouths, tails

hearings, sights,

and powers from me and from those whom I love

up to the light of the day

if Allah the All-exalted permits.

To protect oneself against scorpions, it is recommended to recite the following holy verses:

“Peace to Noah among the nations.

Thus do We surely reward the doers of good.

Surely, he was of Our believing servants.

It is also reported that when Prophet Noah (a.s.) embarked in the Ark, he refused to take the scorpion with him. Hence, the scorpion said to Prophet Noah (a.s.), “I take upon myself that I will never sting one who says these words:

Peace to Muhammad, the Household of Muhammad,

and to Noah among the nations.

According to many traditions, to rub the places stung by scorpions and other insects with salt removes the effect of poison.