Chapter on Supplications Recommended for the Traveler Upon Departure
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 10
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 10
Chapter on Supplications Recommended for the Traveler Upon Departure
4 hadiths
رَوَى مُوسَى بْنُ اَلْقَاسِمِ اَلْبَجَلِيُّ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ اَلْحَذَّاءِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ: «لَوْ كَانَ اَلرَّجُلُ مِنْكُمْ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَراً أَقَامَ عَلَى بَابِ دَارِهِ تِلْقَاءَ اَلْوَجْهِ اَلَّذِي يَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَرَأَ فَاتِحَةَ اَلْكِتَابِ أَمَامَهُ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ وَ آيَةَ اَلْكُرْسِيِّ أَمَامَهُ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اَللَّهُمَّ اِحْفَظْنِي وَ اِحْفَظْ مَا مَعِي وَ سَلِّمْنِي وَ سَلِّمْ مَا مَعِي وَ بَلِّغْنِي وَ بَلِّغْ مَا مَعِي بِبَلاَغِكَ اَلْحَسَنِ لَحَفِظَهُ اَللَّهُ وَ لَحَفِظَ مَا مَعَهُ وَ سَلَّمَهُ اَللَّهُ وَ سَلَّمَ مَا مَعَهُ وَ بَلَّغَهُ اَللَّهُ وَ بَلَّغَ مَا مَعَهُ » قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا صَبَّاحُ أَ مَا رَأَيْتَ اَلرَّجُلَ يُحْفَظُ وَ لاَ يُحْفَظُ مَا مَعَهُ وَ يَسْلَمُ وَ لاَ يَسْلَمُ مَا مَعَهُ وَ يَبْلُغُ وَ لاَ يَبْلُغُ مَا مَعَهُ» قُلْتُ بَلَى جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ.
Musa ibn al-Qasim al-Bajali narrated from Sabbah al-Hadhdha’, who said: I heard Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim عليه السلام say: "If one of you, when intending to travel, stands at the door of their house, facing the direction they are heading towards, and recites Surah Al-Fatiha in front of them, to their right, and to their left, and recites Ayat al-Kursi in front of them, to their right, and to their left, and then says: 'O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, protect me and protect what is with me. Grant me safety and grant safety to what is with me. Deliver me and deliver what is with me with Your good deliverance,' Allah سبحانه وتعالى will protect them, protect what is with them, grant them safety, grant safety to what is with them, and deliver them and deliver what is with them." Imam عليه السلام then added: "O Sabbah, have you not seen someone being protected while what is with them is not protected, or being granted safety while what is with them is not granted safety, or reaching their destination while what is with them does not?" I said: "Indeed, may I be your ransom."
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وَ كَانَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَراً قَالَ -: « اَللَّهُمَّ خَلِّ سَبِيلَنَا وَ أَحْسِنْ تَسْيِيرَنَا وَ أَعْظِمْ عَافِيَتَنَا ».
When Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام intended to travel, he would say: "O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, make our path clear, improve our journey, and grant us immense well-being."
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وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ لِي: «إِذَا خَرَجْتَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِكَ فِي سَفَرٍ أَوْ حَضَرٍ فَقُلْ: بِسْمِ اَللَّهِ آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اَللَّهِ مَا شَاءَ اَللَّهُ وَ لاَ حَوْلَ وَ لاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ فَتَلَقَّاهُ اَلشَّيَاطِينُ فَتَضْرِبُ اَلْمَلاَئِكَةُ وُجُوهَهَا وَ تَقُولُ مَا سَبِيلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَدْ سَمَّى اَللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ آمَنَ بِهِ وَ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَى اَللَّهِ وَ قَالَ مَا شَاءَ اَللَّهُ لاَ حَوْلَ وَ لاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ ».
Ali ibn Asbat narrated from Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha عليه السلام, who said: Imam عليه السلام said to me: "When you leave your house, whether for travel or otherwise, say: 'In the name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, I believe in Allah سبحانه وتعالى, I rely upon Allah سبحانه وتعالى. Whatever Allah سبحانه وتعالى wills happens. There is no power and no strength except with Allah سبحانه وتعالى.' The devils will then confront you, but the angels will strike their faces and say: 'What path do you have over someone who has mentioned Allah سبحانه وتعالى, believed in Him, relied upon Him, and said, ‘Whatever Allah سبحانه وتعالى wills happens. There is no power and no strength except with Allah سبحانه وتعالى?'"
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وَ رَوَى أَبُو بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَابِ دَارِهِ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِمَّا عَاذَتْ مِنْهُ مَلاَئِكَةُ اَللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذَا اَلْيَوْمِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ اَلشَّيَاطِينِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَنْ نَصَبَ لِأَوْلِيَاءِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ اَلْجِنِّ وَ اَلْإِنْسِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ اَلسِّبَاعِ وَ اَلْهَوَامِّ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ رُكُوبِ اَلْمَحَارِمِ كُلِّهَا أُجِيرُ نَفْسِي بِاللَّهِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ غَفَرَ اَللَّهُ لَهُ وَ تَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَ كَفَاهُ اَلْمُهِمَّ وَ حَجَزَهُ عَنِ اَلسُّوءِ وَ عَصَمَهُ مِنَ اَلشَّرِّ».
Abu Basir narrated from Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام, who said: "Whoever says upon leaving the door of their house: 'I seek refuge in Allah سبحانه وتعالى from what the angels of Allah سبحانه وتعالى sought refuge from— from the evil of this day, from the evil of the devils, from the evil of those who oppose the friends of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Glorious, from the evil of jinn and humans, from the evil of wild beasts and harmful creatures, and from the evil of committing all forbidden acts. I entrust myself to Allah سبحانه وتعالى from every evil,' Allah سبحانه وتعالى will forgive them, accept their repentance, suffice them in their concerns, prevent harm from reaching them, and protect them from evil."
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