Al-Kafi · Hadith 20

The Book of Supplication · The Word in the Morning and Evening · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 48, Hadith 20

Original Arabic text

20ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ الْمَغْرِبَ وَالْغَدَاةَ فَقُلْ بِسْمِ الله الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ لا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِالله الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ قَالَهَا لَمْ يُصِبْهُ جُذَامٌ وَلا بَرَصٌ وَلا جُنُونٌ وَلا سَبْعُونَ نَوْعاً مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الْبَلاءِ قَالَ وَتَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ وَأَمْسَيْتَ الْحَمْدُ لِرَبِّ الصَّبَاحِ الْحَمْدُ لِفَالِقِ الإصْبَاحِ مَرَّتَيْنِ الْحَمْدُ لله الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ اللَّيْلَ بِقُدْرَتِهِ وَجَاءَ بِالنَّهَارِ بِرَحْمَتِهِ وَنَحْنُ فِي عَافِيَةٍ وَيَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَآخِرَ الْحَشْرِ وَعَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الصَّافَّاتِ وَسُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ وَسَلامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لله رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ فَسُبْحَانَ الله حِينَ تُمْسُونَ وَحِينَ تُصْبِحُونَ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ وَعَشِيّاً وَحِينَ تُظْهِرُونَ يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّ وَيُحْيِي الأرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَكَذَلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ رَبُّ الْمَلائِكَةِ وَالرُّوحِ سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ غَضَبَكَ لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي عَمِلْتُ سُوءاً وَظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ.

Published English translation

20. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Husayn ibn Sa’Id from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu Basir from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “When you perform the Maghrib (prayer at sunset) and morning prayers say, ‘(I begin) in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, there are no means and no power without the help of Allah, the Most High, the Most Great,’ seven times. Whoever says this will not suffer from leprosy, insanity as well as seventy other kinds of misfortunes. The Imam said, ‘If you say in the morning and in the evening, “All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the morning and all praise belongs to Allah, Who opens up the morning’, [two times]. ‘All praise belongs to Allah, who removes the night by His power and brings the morning through His favor and we enjoy good health,’ then recite verses 255 of Chapter Two of the Holy Quran, the last verse of Chapter 59 and ten verses of Chapter 37: ‘Your Lord, the Lord of Honor, is by far more exalted and above being considered as they describe Him. (37:180) Peace be with the Messengers (of Allah) (37:181). It is only Allah, the Lord of the worlds, Who deserves all praise.’ (37:182) and, ‘Glory belongs to Allah, when they (creatures) are in the morning and in the evening, (30:17) all praise belongs to Allah, in the heavens and on earth, at later evening and at noon time, (30:18) He brings out the living from the dead and the dead from the living, gives life to earth after it dies away and in a similar way you will come to life again.’ (30:19) and, ‘He is Glorious and Most Holy, Lord of the angels and the Spirit. (O Lord,) Your mercy comes before Your anger, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, glory belongs to You. I have committed evil deeds and wronged myself grant me forgiveness, grant me mercy and accept my repentance; You grant acceptance to repentance; You are most Merciful.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف على المشهور

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/258)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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