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Al-Kafi · Hadith 12

The Book of Supplication · Prayer When Leaving One ’s Home · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 50, Hadith 12

Original Arabic text

12ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِذَا خَرَجْتَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِكَ فِي سَفَرٍ أَوْ حَضَرٍ فَقُلْ بِسْمِ الله آمَنْتُ بِالله تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى الله مَا شَاءَ الله لا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِالله فَتَلَقَّاهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ فَتَنْصَرِفُ وَتَضْرِبُ الْمَلائِكَةُ وُجُوهَهَا وَتَقُولُ مَا سَبِيلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ سَمَّى الله وَآمَنَ بِهِ وَتَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ مَا شَاءَ الله لا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِالله.

Published English translation

12. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from al-Hassan ibn al-Jahm from abu al-Hassan (a.s.) who has said the following: “When you come out of your house for a journey or arrive home say, ‘In the name of Allah, I believe in Allah, I place my trust in Allah, as Allah wills. There are no means and no power without Allah. Devils are on his way but they move away; the angels strike their faces and say, “You have no way to him. He has spoken of the name of Allah, has belief in Him, placed his trust in Him and has said, ‘What Allah wills happens. There are no means and no power without Allah.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Muhammad Sarwar
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