Al-Kāfi

10ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ شَرِيفِ بْنِ سَابِقٍ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ أَبِي قُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ ثَلاثٌ تَنَاسَخَهَا الأنْبِيَاءُ مِنْ آدَمَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) حَتَّى وَصَلْنَ إِلَى رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) كَانَ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ يَقُولُ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَاناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَيَقِيناً حَتَّى أَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ لا يُصِيبُنِي إِلا مَا كَتَبْتَ لِي وَرَضِّنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي. وَرَوَاهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا وَزَادَ فِيهِ حَتَّى لا أُحِبَّ تَعْجِيلَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ وَلا تَأْخِيرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ أَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ وَلا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ أَبَداً وَصَلَّى الله عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ.

10. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Sharif ibn Sabiq from al-Fadl ibn abu Qurrah from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “There are three things that the prophets inherited from Adam until they reached the Messenger of Allah. In the morning he would say, ‘O Lord, I request You to grant me a belief that accompany with my heart, a certainty in the fact that nothing can affect me except what You have written, make me happy with the share that You have assigned for me.’” Certain individuals of our people have narrated the above Hadith with this addition: “So I will not love hastening of what You have delayed, and the delay of what You have hastened, O Living, O Guardian, I plead for help through Your mercy, correct all of my affairs and do not leave me to my own soul not even for a blinking of an eye and grant al-Salat (favors) upon Muhammad and his family.”

11ـ وَرُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) الْحَمْدُ لله الَّذِي أَصْبَحْنَا وَالْمُلْكُ لَهُ وَأَصْبَحْتُ عَبْدَكَ وَابْنَ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنَ أَمَتِكَ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ اللهمَّ ارْزُقْنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ رِزْقاً مِنْ حَيْثُ أَحْتَسِبُ وَمِنْ حَيْثُ لا أَحْتَسِبُ وَاحْفَظْنِي مِنْ حَيْثُ أَحْتَفِظُ وَمِنْ حَيْثُ لا أَحْتَفِظُ اللهمَّ ارْزُقْنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ وَلا تَجْعَلْ لِي حَاجَةً إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ اللهمَّ أَلْبِسْنِي الْعَافِيَةَ وَارْزُقْنِي عَلَيْهَا الشُّكْرَ يَا وَاحِدُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ يَا الله الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ يَا الله يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ وَرَبَّ الأرْبَابِ وَسَيِّدَ السَّادَاتِ وَيَا الله يَا لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ اشْفِنِي بِشِفَائِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ وَسُقْمٍ فَإِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ أَتَقَلَّبُ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ.

11. He (the above narrator) has narrated from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) would say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah Who has given us this morning and the kingdom belongs to Him. You have brought to this morning Your servant son of Your servant and son of Your female servant under Your control. O Lord, grant me sustenance through Your generosity, a sustenance from the source that I expect or did not expect, protect me against things I protect myself or cannot protect. O Lord, grant me sustenance through Your generosity and do not make me needy before any of Your creatures. O Lord, dress me up in good health and grant me the realization to thank You for it, the One, the only, O Self- sufficient O Allah Who is not born from anyone and has not given birth to anyone and no one is His partner or one of His kind. O Allah, O Beneficent, O Merciful, O the Owner of the kingdom, the Cherisher of the cherishers, the Master of the masters, O Allah, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, grant me good health through Your cure from all illnesses, and pains; I am one of Your servants and the son of Your servant and I move back and forth in Your control.’”

12ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ اللهمَّ إِنِّي وَهَذَا النَّهَارَ خَلْقَانِ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ اللهمَّ لا تَبْتَلِنِي بِهِ وَلا تَبْتَلِهِ بِي اللهمَّ وَلا تُرِهِ مِنِّي جُرْأَةً عَلَى مَعَاصِيكَ وَلا رُكُوباً لِمَحَارِمِكَ اللهمَّ اصْرِفْ عَنِّيَ الأزْلَ وَاللأوَاءَ وَالْبَلْوَى وَسُوءَ الْقَضَاءِ وَشَمَاتَةَ الأعْدَاءِ وَمَنْظَرَ السَّوْءِ فِي نَفْسِي وَمَالِي قَالَ وَمَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَقُولُ حِينَ يُمْسِي وَيُصْبِحُ رَضِيتُ بِالله رَبّاً وَبِالإسْلامِ دِيناً وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) نَبِيّاً وَبِالْقُرْآنِ بَلاغاً وَبِعَلِيٍّ إِمَاماً ثَلاثاً إِلا كَانَ حَقّاً عَلَى الله الْعَزِيزِ الْجَبَّارِ أَنْ يُرْضِيَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) إِذَا أَمْسَى أَصْبَحْنَا لله شَاكِرِينَ وَأَمْسَيْنَا لله حَامِدِينَ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ كَمَا أَمْسَيْنَا لَكَ مُسْلِمِينَ سَالِمِينَ قَالَ وَإِذَا أَصْبَحَ قَالَ أَمْسَيْنَا لله شَاكِرِينَ وَأَصْبَحْنَا لله حَامِدِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لله كَمَا أَصْبَحْنَا لَكَ مُسْلِمِينَ سَالِمِينَ.

12. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Muhammad ibn Ali in a marfu’ manner from Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) who has said the following: “O Lord, I and this day are two creatures of Your creatures. O Lord, do not make me suffer from it and do not make it suffer from me. O Lord, do not allow it see me bold in disobeying You or committing unlawful things. O Lord, remove from me constraint and poverty, affliction and evil determination, and expression of joy from the enemy for bad things in me, and from being placed on an evil position, my property or myself. “The Imam has said, ‘Any servant (of Allah) who says in the morning or evening three times, “I accept that Allah is my Lord, Islam is my religion, Muhammad (a.s.) is the Prophet, the Holy Quran is the text of Divine message and Ali (a.s.) is my Imam,” three times, it will be a right upon Allah, the Majestic, the Compeller to make him happy on the Day of Judgment. ’ “The Imam has said that he (Ali (a.s.)) would say in the evening, ‘We live in the morning thankful to Allah and we live in the evening praising Allah. All praise belongs to You as we live in the evening submitted to Y our will and in peace. ‘‘The Imam said, ‘He (Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.)) in the morning would say, “We live in the evening thankful to Allah and we live in the morning praising Allah, all praise belongs to Allah. We live in the morning submitted to Your will and in peace.’”

13ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ كَانَ أَبِي (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ بِسْمِ الله وَبِالله وَإِلَى الله وَفِي سَبِيلِ الله وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) اللهمَّ إِلَيْكَ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَإِلَيْكَ فَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ اللهمَّ احْفَظْنِي بِحِفْظِ الإيمَانِ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي وَمِنْ تَحْتِي وَمِنْ قِبَلِي لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ لا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِالله نَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ وَشَرٍّ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَمِنْ ضَغْطَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَمِنْ ضِيقِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ سَطَوَاتِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ اللهمَّ رَبَّ الْمَشْعَرِ الْحَرَامِ وَرَبَّ الْبَلَدِ الْحَرَامِ وَرَبَّ الْحِلِّ وَالْحَرَامِ أَبْلِغْ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِّي السَّلامَ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِدِرْعِكَ الْحَصِينَةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِجَمْعِكَ أَنْ تُمِيتَنِي غَرَقاً أَوْ حَرَقاً أَوْ شَرَقاً أَوْ قَوَداً أَوْ صَبْراً أَوْ مَسَمّاً أَوْ تَرَدِّياً فِي بِئْرٍ أَوْ أَكِيلَ السَّبُعِ أَوْ مَوْتَ الْفَجْأَةِ أَوْ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ مِيتَاتِ السَّوْءِ وَلَكِنْ أَمِتْنِي عَلَى فِرَاشِي فِي طَاعَتِكَ وَطَاعَةِ رَسُولِكَ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) مُصِيباً لِلْحَقِّ غَيْرَ مُخْطِئٍ أَوْ فِي الصَّفِّ الَّذِي نَعَتَّهُمْ فِي كِتَابِكَ كَأَنَّهُمْ بُنْيانٌ مَرْصُوصٌ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي وَوُلْدِي وَمَا رَزَقَنِي رَبِّي بِقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ حَتَّى يَخْتِمَ السُّورَةَ وَأُعِيذُ نَفْسِي وَوُلْدِي وَمَا رَزَقَنِي رَبِّي بِقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَخْتِمَ السُّورَةَ وَيَقُولُ الْحَمْدُ لله عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ الله وَالْحَمْدُ لله مِثْلَ مَا خَلَقَ الله وَالْحَمْدُ لله مِلْ‏ءَ مَا خَلَقَ الله وَالْحَمْدُ لله مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لله زِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لله رِضَا نَفْسِهِ وَلا إِلَهَ إِلا الله الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ وَلا إِلَهَ إِلا الله الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ سُبْحَانَ الله رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرَضِينَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ دَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ وَمِنْ شَمَاتَةِ الأعْدَاءِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَالْوَقْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ سُوءِ الْمَنْظَرِ فِي الأهْلِ وَالْمَالِ وَالْوَلَدِ وَيُصَلِّي عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ.

13. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama’a from abu Basir from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “My father (a.s.) in the morning would say, ‘(I begin) in the name of Allah, with Allah, and to Allah, for the cause of Allah and on the religion of the Messenger of Allah, O Lord, to You I have submitted my soul, to You I have left my affairs, before You I have placed my trust, O Lord of the worlds. O Lord, protect me by the protection of belief, that I need against things with me, behind me, on my right, on my left from above me, from my underneath and in front of me. No one deserves to be worshipped except You. There are no means and no power without the help of Allah. We ask You to forgive us, grant us good health (and protection) against all evil, and misfortune in this world and in the hereafter. O Lord, I seek refuge with You against torment in the grave, against the pressure of the grave, and from the congestion of the grave. I seek refuge with You against the domination of the night and day. O Lord, the Cherisher of Mash ’ar al-Haram (a place in Makkah), the Cherisher of the sacred town, the Lord of sacred and none sacred land; convey my greeting of peace to Muhammad and his family. O Lord, I seek refuge in Your strong coat of arms and Your community, from dying due to drowning. burning, choking, retaliation for a crime, killed with hands tied, being poisoned, being thrown in a well, being feed to beasts, by heart attack and sudden death or any form of bad death. However, cause me to die in my bed in obedience to You and Y our messenger on the right path and free from being misled or in the rank that You have described in Your book: “Allah loves those who fight for His cause in battlefield formations firm as an unbreakable (metallic or) concrete wall.” (61:4) “I seek protection for myself, my children and for whatever my Lord has granted me, through: ‘(I begin) in the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful (Muhammad), say, “I seek protection from the Lord of the Dawn (113:1) against the evil of whatever He has created (113:2). I seek His protection against the evil of the invading darkness, (113:3) from the evil of those who practice witchcraft (113:4) and from the evil of the envious ones.”’ (113:5) “I seek protection for myself, my children and for whatever my Lord has granted me, through, ‘(I begin) in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful (Muhammad), say, “I seek protection from the Cherisher of mankind, (114:1) the King of mankind, (2) the Lord of mankind (3) against the evil of the temptations of the Devils, (4) of jinn and human beings (5) who induce temptation into the hearts of mankind.’” (1 14:6) “He then would say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, equal to the number of what Allah has created, all praise belongs to Allah equal to what He has created. All praise belongs to Allah to the fill of what He has created. All praise belongs to Allah equal to the length of His words, all praise belongs to Allah equal to the weight of His Throne, all praise belongs to Allah as much as it can make Him happy. No one deserves to be worshipped except Allah, the Forbearing, the Honorable, and no one deserves to be worshipped except Allah, the Most High, the Most Great. Glory belongs to Allah, the Cherisher of the heavens and earths and all that is between them and He is the Lord of the great Throne. O Lord, I seek protection with You against misfortunes, and against the insults of the enemies. I seek protection with You agaisnt poverty and deafness. I seek protection with You against bad appearance in the family, belongings and children. ’ Then he would say, ‘Al-Salat: O Lord, grant (favors) upon Muhammad and his family,’ ten times.’”

14ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَأَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مَالِكَ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ الله أَكْبَرُ الله أَكْبَرُ كَبِيراً وَسُبْحَانَ الله بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلاً وَالْحَمْدُ لله رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ كَثِيراً لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَصَلَّى الله عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ إِلا ابْتَدَرَهُنَّ مَلَكٌ وَجَعَلَهُنَّ فِي جَوْفِ جَنَاحِهِ وَصَعِدَ بِهِنَّ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَتَقُولُ الْمَلائِكَةُ مَا مَعَكَ فَيَقُولُ مَعِي كَلِمَاتٌ قَالَهُنَّ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَهِيَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَيَقُولُونَ رَحِمَ الله مَنْ قَالَ هَؤُلاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ وَغَفَرَ لَهُ قَالَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ بِسَمَاءٍ قَالَ لأهْلِهَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَيَقُولُونَ رَحِمَ الله مَنْ قَالَ هَؤُلاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ وَغَفَرَ لَهُ حَتَّى يَنْتَهِيَ بِهِنَّ إِلَى حَمَلَةِ الْعَرْشِ فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ إِنَّ مَعِي كَلِمَاتٍ تَكَلَّمَ بِهِنَّ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَهِيَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَيَقُولُونَ رَحِمَ الله هَذَا الْعَبْدَ وَغَفَرَ لَهُ انْطَلِقْ بِهِنَّ إِلَى حَفَظَةِ كُنُوزِ مَقَالَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنَّ هَؤُلاءِ كَلِمَاتُ الْكُنُوزِ حَتَّى تَكْتُبَهُنَّ فِي دِيوَانِ الْكُنُوزِ.

14. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father all from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Malik ibn ‘Atiyyah from abu Hamza al-Thumali from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “Whoever says in the morning before sunrise, ‘Allah is greater than can be described, Allah is greater than can be described, the Most Great. I glorify Allah in the morning and in the evening, all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds, a great deal of praise. He has no partners. O Lord, grant al-Salat (favors) upon Muhammad and his family,’ an angle will rush to take it (prayer) in his wing and ascend to heavens above this world and the angels will ask, “What is with you?” He will say, ‘With me there are the words that a believing servant (of Allah) has said and they are such and such.’ The angels will say, “May Allah grant favors upon the one who has said these words and forgive him.” The Imam said, ‘Through every heaven that he will pass he will say the same thing that he had said to those in the first heaven and they will say, “May Allah grant favors upon the one who has said these words and forgive him,” until he arrives near the carriers of the Throne and he will say to them, ‘With me there are the words that a believing servant (of Allah) has said and they are such and such,’ and they will say, “May Allah grant favors to this servant and forgive him, move on to the keepers of the treasures of the sayings of the believing people. These are the words of the treasure so they will write them down in record of the treasures.’”

15ـ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ فَقُلْ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقْتَ وَذَرَأْتَ وَبَرَأْتَ فِي بِلادِكَ وَعِبَادِكَ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِجَلالِكَ وَجَمَالِكَ وَحِلْمِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ كَذَا وَكَذَا.

15. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama’a from more than one person of his people from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from ‘Isa ibn ‘Abd Allah from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “In the morning say, ‘O Lord, I seek protection from the evil of what You have created, spread and released in Your land and in Your servants. O Lord, I plead before You through Your glory, beauty, forbearance and honor for such and such favors . . . and mention your wishes.’”

16ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) أَنَّ عَلِيّاً (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ سُبْحَانَ الله الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ثَلاثاً اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ وَمِنْ تَحْوِيلِ عَافِيَتِكَ وَمِنْ فَجْأَةِ نَقِمَتِكَ وَمِنْ دَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا سَبَقَ فِي اللَّيْلِ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِعِزَّةِ مُلْكِكَ وَشِدَّةِ قُوَّتِكَ وَبِعَظِيمِ سُلْطَانِكَ وَبِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ ثُمَّ سَلْ حَاجَتَكَ.

16. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from ‘Abd Allah ibn Maymun from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) would say in the morning, ‘Glory belongs to Allah, the King, the Most Holy [three times]. O Lord, I seek protection against my loss of Your bounties, change in good health that You have given. Your sudden displeasure, approaching of misfortune, and the evil of what came to pass at night. O Lord, I plead before You through the majesty of Your kingdom, the intensity of Your power, the greatness of Your domain and Your power over Your creatures’ . . . and mention your wishes.”

17ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ عَنِ الْعَلاءِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعاً وَخِيفَةً وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ لا إِلَهَ إِلا الله وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَيُمِيتُ وَيُحْيِي وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ قَالَ إِنَّ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَلَكِنْ قُلْ كَمَا أَقُولُ لَكَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ وَأَعُوذُ بِالله السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ حِينَ تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ وَحِينَ تَغْرُبُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ.

17. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad from al-Husayn ibn al-Mukhtar from al-‘Ala’ ibn Kamil who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying in the evening, ‘Remember (speak of) your Lord deep within yourselves, humbly and privately, instead of shouting out loud, (in prayer) in the mornings and evenings and do not be of the heedless ones,’ (7:205) and ‘No one deserves to be worshipped except Allah alone. Who has no partner. To Him belongs the kingdom and all praise. He gives life, causes death, causes death and gives life and He has power over all things.’ I (the narrator) said, ‘In His hand is all good.’ The Imam said, ‘All good is in His hand, however, say as 1 say to you ten times and say, ‘I seek protection with Allah, all Hearing and Omniscient,’ at sunrise and at sunset, ten times.”

18ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ يَقُولُ بَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ الْحَمْدُ لله رَبِّ الصَّبَاحِ الْحَمْدُ لله فَالِقِ الإصْبَاحِ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ اللهمَّ افْتَحْ لِي بَابَ الأمْرِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الْيُسْرُ وَالْعَافِيَةُ اللهمَّ هَيِّئْ لِي سَبِيلَهُ وَبَصِّرْنِي مَخْرَجَهُ اللهمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ قَضَيْتَ لأحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ عَلَيَّ مَقْدُرَةً بِالشَّرِّ فَخُذْهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ قَدَمَيْهِ وَمِنْ فَوْقِ رَأْسِهِ وَاكْفِنِيهِ بِمَا شِئْتَ وَمِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ وَكَيْفَ شِئْتَ.

18. Ali has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Zurara from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “One in the morning should say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the morning, all praise belongs to Allah, who opens the morning, [ three times]. O Lord, open for me the door of the matter in which there is felicitation and good health, O Lord, prepare its way for me and show me the way out of it. O Lord, if You have decided that any of Your creatures should over power me in an evil way, seize him from all directions, front, back, right, left, above and below and suffice me by whatever means You like, whenever and however You want.’”

19ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ السَّرَّاجِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَصْبَحْتُ فِي ذِمَّتِكَ وَجِوَارِكَ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ دِينِي وَنَفْسِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَآخِرَتِي وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا عَظِيمُ مِنْ شَرِّ خَلْقِكَ جَمِيعاً وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يُبْلِسُ بِهِ إِبْلِيسُ وَجُنُودُهُ إِذَا قَالَ هَذَا الْكَلامَ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ يَوْمَهُ ذَلِكَ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَإِذَا أَمْسَى فَقَالَهُ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ شَيْ‏ءٌ إِنْ شَاءَ الله تَعَالَى.

19. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Muhammad ibn Isma’Il from abu Isma’Il al-Sarraj from al-Husayn ibn al- Mukhtar from a man from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “Anyone who says in the morning, ‘O Lord, this morning I am under Your protection and bailsmanship, O Lord, I leave my religion, myself, my world, my hereafter, my family, and my belongings in Your trust and I seek protection with You, O Great, against the evil of all of Your creatures. I seek protection with You against the evil of the confusion of Satan and his army,’ nothing will harm him that day. If in the evening he says this nothing can harm him that night by the will of Allah, the Most Blessed, the Most High.”’