Al-Kafi · Hadith 3

The Book of Supplication · Supplications After the Prayer (Daily Prayers) · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 52, Hadith 3

Original Arabic text

3ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ يَقُولُ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءَيْنِ اللهمَّ بِيَدِكَ مَقَادِيرُ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَقَادِيرُ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَمَقَادِيرُ الْمَوْتِ وَالْحَيَاةِ وَمَقَادِيرُ الشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ وَمَقَادِيرُ النَّصْرِ وَالْخِذْلانِ وَمَقَادِيرُ الْغِنَى وَالْفَقْرِ اللهمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَفِي جَسَدِي وَأَهْلِي وَوُلْدِي اللهمَّ ادْرَأْ عَنِّي شَرَّ فَسَقَةِ الْعَرَبِ وَالْعَجَمِ وَالْجِنِّ وَالإنْسِ وَاجْعَلْ مُنْقَلَبِي إِلَى خَيْرٍ دَائِمٍ وَنَعِيمٍ لا يَزُولُ.

Published English translation

3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from his father in a marfu’ manner has said the following: “The Imam (a.s.) after ‘Isha ’ prayer would say, ‘O Lord, in Your hand are the measures of the night and day, the measures of this and the next world, the measures of death and life, the measures of the sun and moon, support and betrayal, and the measures of wealth and poverty. O Lord, grant me blessings in the matters of my religion, worldly life, my body, my family and children. O Lord, keep away from me the evil of Arabs, non-Arabs, Jinns and human beings. Make my return to everlasting good and permanent bounties.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مرفوع مضم ر

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/337)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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