Al-Kafi · Hadith 10

The Book of Supplication · (Supplication for) Fortification and Protection · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 57, Hadith 10

Original Arabic text

10ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَسْأَلُهُ عُوذَةً لِلرِّيَاحِ الَّتِي تَعْرِضُ لِلصِّبْيَانِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ بِخَطِّهِ بِهَاتَيْنِ الْعُوذَتَيْنِ وَزَعَمَ صَالِحٌ أَنَّهُ أَنْفَذَهُمَا إِلَيَّ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِخَطِّهِ الله أَكْبَرُ الله أَكْبَرُ الله أَكْبَرُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا الله أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ الله الله أَكْبَرُ الله أَكْبَرُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا الله وَلا رَبَّ لِي إِلا الله لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ سُبْحَانَ الله مَا شَاءَ الله كَانَ وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ اللهمَّ ذَا الْجَلالِ وَالإكْرَامِ رَبَّ مُوسَى وَعِيسَى وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّى إِلَهَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالأسْبَاطِ لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ مَعَ مَا عَدَّدْتَ مِنْ آيَاتِكَ وَبِعَظَمَتِكَ وَبِمَا سَأَلَكَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّونَ وَبِأَنَّكَ رَبُّ النَّاسِ كُنْتَ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَأَنْتَ بَعْدَ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي تُمْسِكُ بِهِ السَّمَاوَاتِ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الأرْضِ إِلا بِإِذْنِكَ وَبِكَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي تُحْيِي بِهِ الْمَوْتَى أَنْ تُجِيرَ عَبْدَكَ فُلاناً مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهَا وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الأرْضِ وَمَا يَلِجُ فِيهَا وَسَلامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لله رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَيْضاً بِخَطِّهِ بِسْمِ الله وَبِالله وَإِلَى الله وَكَمَا شَاءَ الله وَأُعِيذُهُ بِعِزَّةِ الله وَجَبَرُوتِ الله وَقُدْرَةِ الله وَمَلَكُوتِ الله هَذَا الْكِتَابُ مِنَ الله شِفَاءٌ لِفُلانِ بْنِ فُلانٍ ابْنِ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنِ أَمَتِكَ عَبْدَيِ الله صَلَّى الله عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ.

Published English translation

10. Muhammad ibn Ja’far abu al-‘Abbas has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Salih ibn Sa’id from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Harun who wrote to abu Ja’iar (a.s.) asking for a supplication for protection of children against bothering gasses: “The Imam wrote in his own hand writing the following supplications for protection and Salih thought that the Imam had sent them to Ibrahim: ‘Allah is greater than can be described, Allah is greater than can be described, Allah is greater than can be described. I testify that no one deserves to be worshipped except Allah. I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Allah is greater than can be described. Allah is greater than can be described. No one deserves to be worshipped except Allah. No one is my Lord, except Allah, to Him belongs the kingdom, all praise belongs to Him and He has no partner. Allah is free of all defects. As Allah willed it was, whatever He did not will did not come into being. O Lord, the Possessor of glory and magnanimity. Lord of Moses, Jesus and Ibrahim who fulfilled his duty, Lord of Ibrahim, Isma’il, Ishaq, Ya’qub and the tribes, no one deserves to be worshipped except You. I glorify You by means of Your signs that You have shown, by means of Your greatness, and by means of the facts with which the prophets pleaded before You for help that You are Lord of the people, that You were before everything and that You will be after everything, I plead before You through Your name with which You hold the skies from falling on earth except by Your permission, through Your perfect words with which You bring the dead to life, grant protection to Your servant so and so against the evil of whatever comes down from the sky and whatever goes up into the sky, whatever comes out of the earth and whatever enters into it, peace be with the messengers, all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds.’ “He also wrote in his own handwriting, ‘In the name of Allah, with (the help of) Allah, to Allah, and as Allah wills, I seek protection (from Allah) for him with the majesty of Allah, with the might of Allah, with the power of Allah, with the possession of Allah, this writing is cure from Allah for so and so, son of male and female, two servants of Allah, O Allah, bestow al- Salat (favors) upon Muhammad and his family.’”

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/440)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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