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O Allah, we ask You to ward them off (from their throats), and we seek Your protection against their evil

عن أبي موسى الأشعري رضي الله عنه كَانَ إذا خَافَ قوماً، قالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ إنَّا نَجْعَلُكَ في نُحُورِهِمْ، وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ».
Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: When he feared mischief from some people, he would say: "O Allah, We ask You to ward them off (from their throats), and we seek Your protection against their evil."
An-Nasaa’i - Narrated by Abu Daoud - Narrated by AhmadGradeIts chain of narrators is Sahih/Authentic
Explanation

The supplication: We ask You to be ahead of them, to push them away from us and to protect us from them. He mentioned the 'Nahr', which is the neck or chest, because it is the quickest and strongest way to push someone away, given that the enemy approaches the fight with his chest forward. Or, perhaps it denotes optimism with the prospect of cutting their necks, i.e. killing them. "And we seek Your protection from their evil", i.e. when Allah wards the enemy off on our behalf, He keeps us safe from their evil. In other words, we ask You, O Allah, to stop their advance, avert their evil, and deal with them on our behalf. They are only a few words, but if one says them with sincerity and truthfulness, then indeed Allah will grant him protection.

Reference

رياض الصالحين من كلام سيد المرسلين؛ للإمام أبي زكريا النووي، تحقيق د. ماهر الفحل، دار ابن كثير-دمشق، الطبعة الأولى، 1428هـ. سنن أبي داود؛ للإمام أبي داود سليمان بن الأشعث السجستاني، تعليق عزت الدعاس وغيره، دار ابن حزم-بيروت، الطبعة الأولى، 1418هـ. السنن الكبرى؛ للإمام أحمد بن شعيب النسائي، أشرف عليه شعيب الأرنؤوط، مؤسسة الرسالة-بيروت، الطبعة الأولى 1421هـ. شرح رياض الصالحين؛ للشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين، مدار الوطن، الرياض، 1426هـ. صحيح سنن أبي داود؛ تأليف الشيخ محمد ناصر الدين الألباني، غراس-الكويت، الطبعة الأولى، 1423هـ. فيض القدير شرح الجامع الصغير؛ تأليف عبدالرؤوف المناوي، دار الحديث-القاهرة. المسند؛ للإمام أحمد بن حنبل، نشر المكتب الإسلامي-بيروت، مصور عن الطبعة الميمنية. نزهة المتقين شرح رياض الصالحين؛ تأليف د. مصطفى الخِن وغيره، مؤسسة الرسالة-بيروت، الطبعة الرابعة عشر، 1407هـ.

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