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DUA FOR SAFETY FROM ALL BEASTS, EVILS OF SATAN, THIEVES & DEMONS

Seventeenth: Al-Kulayni and al-Barqi have reported through valid chains of authority that Imam al-Sadiq and Imam al-Kazim (a.s.) said: When evening falls and you look at the sun setting and falling, you may say the following words, because they secure you from all beasts, from the evils of Satan the accursed and his offspring, from whatever bites and stings, and from thieves and demons:

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

اَلْحَمْدُلِلّٰهِ الَّذِىْ لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا

All praise is due to Allah, Who has not taken a son

وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهُ شَرِيْكٌ فِى الْمُلْكِ

and Who has not a partner in the kingdom,

وَالْحَمْدُلِلّٰهِ الَّذِىْ يَصِفُ وَلَا يُوْصَفُ

All praise be to Allah Who describes but He cannot be described

وَ يَعْلَمُ وَلَايُعْلَمُ

and Who knows but He cannot be known.

يَعْلَمُ خاۤئِنَةَ الْاَعْيُنِ وَ مَا تُخْفِى الصُّدُوْرُ

He knows the stealthy looks and that which the breasts conceal.

وَ اَعُوْذُ بِوَجْهِ اللّٰهِ الْكَرِيْمِ

I seek protection of Allah’s Noble Face and Allah’s Great Name

وَ بِاسْمِ اللّٰهِ الْعَظِيْمِ

against the evil of whatever He has originated and created,

مِنْ شَرِّ مَا ذَرَءَ وَ بَرَءَ

the evil of what is beneath the soil,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَحْتَ الثَّرٰى

the evil of what is explicit and what is implicit,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا ظَهَرَ وَ مَا بَطَنَ

the evil of what is in night and what is in daylight,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا كَانَ فِى اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ

the evil of Abu-Qitrah and all those to whom he gave birth,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ اَبِىْ قِتْرَةَ وَ مَا وَلَدَ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الرَّسِيْسِ

the evil of fever,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا وَصَفْتُ

and the evil of what I have mentioned and what I have not mentioned.

وَ مَا لَمْ اَصِفْ وَالْحَمْدُلِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ۔

All praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

Eighteenth: Al-Kulayni has reported through a valid chain of authority that Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) said: Whoever prays Almighty Allah with this supplicatory prayer in the morning will not be afflicted by any harm on that day, and whoever says it in the evening will not be afflicted by any harm at that night, Allah willing:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّىْ اَصْبَحْتُ فِىْ ذِمَّتِكَ وَ جِوَارِكَ

O Allah, I am in this morning under Your inviolability and in Your vicinity.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّى اَسْتَوْدِعُكَ دِيْنِىْ وَ نَفْسِىْ

O Allah, I entrust with You my religion, myself,

وَ دُنْيَاىَ وَ اٰخِرَتِىْ

my world, my Hereafter,

وَ اَهْلِىْ وَ مَالِىْ

my family, and my property.

وَ اَعُوْذُبِكَ يَا عَظِيْمُ مِنْ شَرِّ خَلْقِكَ جَمِيْعًا

I pray for the protection of You, O All-great, against the evil of all of Your creatures.

وَ اَعُوْذُبِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يُبْلِسُ بِهِ اِبْلِيْسُ وَ جُنُوْدُهُ۔

I also pray for Your protection against the evil by which IblTs and his troops confound (us).

Nineteenth: Al-Kulayni has reported through a semi-authentic chain of authority that a man came to Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) and asked him to teach him a supplicatory prayer he would say every morning and evening. The Imam (a.s.) therefore instructed him to say the following:

اَلْحَمْدُلِلّٰهِ الَّذِىْ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشاۤءُ

All praise be to Allah Who does whatever He wills

وَلَايَفْعَلُ مَا يَشاۤءُ غَيْرُهُ

and no one else can do what one wills.

اَلْحَمْدُلِلّٰهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ اللهُ اَنْ يُحْمَدَ

All praise be to Allah just as Allah likes to be praised.

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ كَمَا هُوَ اَهْلُهُ

All praise be to Allah just as He deserves.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اَدْخِلْنِىْ فِىْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ

O Allah, (please) include me withevery good item

اَدْخَلْتَ فيهِ مُحَمَّدًا وَّ اٰلَ مُحَمَّدٍ

with which You have included Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

وَّ اَخْرِجْنِىْ مِنْ كُلِّ سُوْءٍ

and take me out of any evil

اَخْرَجْتَ مِنْهُ مُحَمَّدًا وَّ اٰلَ مُحَمَّدٍ

from which You have taken out Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ۔

May Allah bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

Twentieth: In the book of al-Balad al-Amin, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is reported to have said: Whoever repeats this saying (composed of Quranic verses) seven times in the morning, Almighty Allah will save him that whole day:

فَاللهُ خَيْرٌ حَافِظًا وَ هُوَ اَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ

Allah is the best Keeper, and He is the most Merciful of the merciful ones.

اِنَّ وَلِيِّىَ اللّٰهُ الَّذِىْ نَزَّلَ الْكِتَابَ

Surely, my guardian is Allah Who revealed the Book,

وَ هُوَ يَتَوَلَّى الصَّالِحِيْنَ

and He guards the righteous.

فَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ حَسْبِىَ اللّٰهُ

But if they turn back, say: Allah is sufficient for me,

لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ

there is no god but He;

عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ

on Him do I rely,

وَ هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظيْمِ

and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.