Al-Kafi · Hadith 2

The Book of Supplication · (Supplication for) Fortification and Protection · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 57, Hadith 2

Original Arabic text

2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَسِّنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ الله وَأَعُوذُ بِقُدْرَةِ الله وَأَعُوذُ بِجَلالِ الله وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَةِ الله وَأَعُوذُ بِعَفْوِ الله وَأَعُوذُ بِمَغْفِرَةِ الله وَأَعُوذُ بِرَحْمَةِ الله وَأَعُوذُ بِسُلْطَانِ الله الَّذِي هُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَرَمِ الله وَأَعُوذُ بِجَمْعِ الله مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ وَكُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَرِيدٍ وَشَرِّ كُلِّ قَرِيبٍ أَوْ بَعِيدٍ أَوْ ضَعِيفٍ أَوْ شَدِيدٍ وَمِنْ شَرِّ السَّامَّةِ وَالْهَامَّةِ وَالْعَامَّةِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ أَوْ كَبِيرَةٍ بِلَيْلٍ أَوْ نَهَارٍ وَمِنْ شَرِّ فُسَّاقِ الْعَرَبِ وَالْعَجَمِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ فَسَقَةِ الْجِنِّ وَالإنْسِ.

Published English translation

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Muhsin ibn Ahmad from Yunus ibn Ya’qub from abu Basir from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “For protection say, ‘I seek protection with the majesty of Allah, I seek protection with the power of Allah, I seek protection with glory of Allah, I seek protection with the greatness of Allah, I seek protection with the pardoning of Allah, I seek protection with the forgiveness of Allah, I seek protection with the mercy of Allah, I seek protection with the authority of Allah, Who has power over all things, I seek protection with the generosity of Allah, I seek protection with the community of Allah against the evil of all tyrants and hatemongers and all the condemned devils, all near and far, weak and strong, all poisonous beasts, fear, plague, the evil of all small and large animals, during the night or day, the evil of sinful Arabs and non-Arabs and the evil of the sinful Jinn and man.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: سكت عنه

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/436)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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