Chapter on Etiquettes of Causes Requiring Purification

The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated to me, saying: Abu al-Qasim Ja'far bin Muhammad bin Qulawayh narrated to me, from Muhammad bin Ya'qub, from Ali bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad bin Isa, from Yunus, from Mu'awiyah bin Ammar, who said: I heard Abu Abdullah عليه السلام say: "When you enter the toilet, say: 'In the name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and by Allah سبحانه وتعالى. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, I seek refuge in You from the foul, defiling, impure, filthy, accursed devil.' And when you exit, say: 'In the name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, and all praise belongs to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, who protected me from the foul, defiling things and removed harm from me.' And when you perform ablution, say: 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah سبحانه وتعالى. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, make me among those who repent and make me among those who purify themselves. And all praise belongs to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Lord of all worlds.'"