Prayers to Say when Leaving One’s Home, and the Excellence of Charity

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from al-Harith ibn Muhammad al-Ahwal from Burayd ibn Mu‘awiyah al-‘Ijliy who has said the following: “When abu Ja’far عليه السلام, wanted to leave for a journey, he would ask his family to come together in the house. He would then say, ‘O Allah, I leave in the morning in Your trust my soul, my possession, my family, my children, those present and those absent. O Allah, protect us and protect things important to us. O Allah, place us in Your neighborhood. O Allah, do not take away Your bounties from us and do not change the good health and favors that we enjoy.’”