Authority Only Comes from the Ahlul Bayt

Here is a Ḥasan (Good) ḥadīth that says there is no authority and knowledge except that it comes from the Ahl al-Bayt (عليهم السلام). Also, within this ḥadīth is the famous mutawātir ḥadīth of Imām `Alī (عليه السلام) where he tells the people “Salūnī (Ask me) whatever you wish”.

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ مُثَنًّى عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع سَلُونِي عَمَّا شِئْتُمْ فَلَا تَسْأَلُونِّي عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ إِلَّا أَنْبَأْتُكُمْ بِهِ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ شَيْ‏ءٍ إِلَّا خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَلْيَذْهَبِ النَّاسُ حَيْثُ شَاءُوا فَوَ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ الْأَمْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ هَاهُنَا وَ أَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ

From Zurārah said, I was with Abī Ja`far (عليه السلام) and a man from the people of al-Kūfa asked him about the saying of Amīr al-Mu’minīn (عليه السلام), ‘Salūnī (Ask me) whatever you wish, and you will not ask me about a thing except that I inform you of it’. He (عليه السلام) said: ‘No one has with him knowledge of a thing except that is comes from Amīr al-Mu’minīn (عليه السلام). So people can go wherever they desire, by Allāh, there is no authority (right) except from here, and he pointed with his hand to his house (i.e. Ahl al-Bayt (عليهم السلام))’

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 1, pg. 399, ḥadīth # 2

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ḥasan (Good)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 4, pg. 308

Reward for Visiting Any of the Imams

Here is a Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic) ḥadīth that says that visiting any of the A’immah (عليهم السلام) is like the reward for visiting al-Husayn (عليه السلام). This means the reward for visiting any of the A’immah (عليهم السلام) is the same as the reward for visiting Imām al-Ḥusayn (عليه السلام).

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ فِي ثَوَابِ الْأَعْمَالِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا ع مَا لِمَنْ أَتَى قَبْرَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ ع قَالَ لَهُ مِثْلُ مَا لِمَنْ أَتَى قَبْرَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قُلْتُ مَا لِمَنْ زَارَ قَبْرَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع قَالَ مِثْلُ مَا لِمَنْ زَارَ قَبْرَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع
From al-Ḥasan bin `Alī al-Washshā‘ said, I said to al-Riḍā (عليه السلام), ‘What is (the reward) for one who comes to the grave of one of the A’immah (عليهم السلام)?’ He (عليه السلام) said to him: ‘Like what is (the reward) of the one who comes to the grave of Abī `Abd Allāh (al-Ḥussayn).’ I (al-Washshā’) said: ‘What is (the reward) for the one who visits the grave of Abī al-Ḥasan (Mūsa al-Kādhim)?’ He (عليه السلام) said: ‘Like what is (the reward) of the one who comes to the grave of Abī `Abd Allāh (al-Ḥusayn)’
Source:

1.     Al-Sadūq, Thawāb al-`Amāl, (Qum: al-Manshūrāt al-Sharīf al-Raḍī, 2^nd ed., 1406), pg. 98, ḥadīth # 1

Grading:

1.     `Āsif al-Muḥsinī said this ḥadīth is Mu`tabar (Authentic)
à Mashra`ah Bihār al-Anwaar, (Beirut: Mu’assasah al-`Ārif lil-Matbū`āt, 2^nd ed., 1426) vol. 2, pg. 481

Reward for Visiting Imam al-Kadhim

Here is a Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic) ḥadīth that says that visiting the grave of Imām Mūsa al-Kādhim, in al-Kādhimayn or al-Kādhimiyyah, is like visiting the grave of Imām al-Husayn (عليه السلام). This means visiting the grave of Imām Mūsa al-Kādhim has the same reward as visiting the grave of Imām al-Husayn (عليه السلام).

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ قَبْرِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع مِثْلُ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَالَ نَعَمْ

From al-Ḥasan bin `Alī al-Washshā’ from al-Riḍa (عليه السلام) said, ‘I asked him (عليه السلام) about ziyārah (visitation) of grave Abī al-Ḥasan (Mūsa al-Kādhim), is it like (visiting) the grave al-Ḥusayn (عليه السلام)?’ He (عليه السلام) said: ‘Yes’

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 4, pg. 540, ḥadīth # 583

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 18, pg. 311

Dua for Leaving Your Home

Here are six Authentic hadīth on what we can say when we leave our house. Each du`ā’ is different, so you can choose which one you would like to recite when you leave your house.

Supplication # 1

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَرَّازِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ حِينَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ وَ هُوَ قَائِمٌ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُكَ تُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْكَ حِينَ خَرَجْتَ فَهَلْ قُلْتَ شَيْئاً قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ قَالَ حِينَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ

From Abī Ḥamzah said, I saw Abā `Abd Allāh (عليه السلام) moving his lips when he wanted to leave and he was standing at the door. I said: ‘I see you moving your lips when you want to leave, did you say something?’ He (عليه السلام) said: ‘Yes, when a man leaves from his house he should say when he wants to leave:

«اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ» ثَلَاثاً

«Allāhu Akbar Allāhu Akbar» - three (times)

«بِاللَّهِ أَخْرُجُ وَ بِاللَّهِ أَدْخُلُ وَ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَتَوَكَّلُ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

«By Allāh I leave, and By Allāh I enter, and I (place my) trust in Allāh» - three times

«اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي فِي وَجْهِي هَذَا بِخَيْرٍ وَ اخْتِمْ لِي بِخَيْرٍ وَ قِنِي شَرَّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ»

«O Allāh, open my direction for me with this goodness, and seal this with goodness, and protect me from every evil beast that you take by your control. My lord is upon the right path»

لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي ضَمَانِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَتَّى يَرُدَّهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِيهِ

He will be in the protection of Allāh (عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ) until Allāh returns him to his place (house) that which he was in (before)

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 2, pg. 540, ḥadīth # 1

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ḥasan Kal-Ṣaḥīḥ (Good like a Ṣaḥīḥ)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 12, pg. 319

Supplication # 2

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ بَابَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع فَوَافَقْتُهُ حِينَ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْبَابِ فَقَالَ

From Abī Ḥamzah al-Thumālī said, I came to the door of `Alī bin al-Ḥussayn (عليه السلام) to accept him (i.e. greet him), when he was leaving from the door he (عليه السلام) said:

«بِسْمِ اللَّهِ آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ»
«In the name of Allāh, I belive in Allāh, and I (place my) trust in Allāh»

ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ عَرَضَ لَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَإِذَا قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ قَالَ الْمَلَكَانِ كُفِيتَ فَإِذَا قَالَ آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ قَالا هُدِيتَ فَإِذَا قَالَ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ قَالا وُقِيتَ فَيَتَنَحَّى الشَّيْطَانُ فَيَقُولُ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ كَيْفَ لَنَا بِمَنْ هُدِيَ وَ كُفِيَ وَ وُقِيَ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ عِرْضِي لَكَ الْيَوْمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ إِنْ تَرَكْتَ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَتْرُكُوكَ وَ إِنْ رَفَضْتَهُمْ لَمْ يَرْفُضُوكَ قُلْتُ فَمَا أَصْنَعُ قَالَ أَعْطِهِمْ مِنْ عِرْضِكَ لِيَوْمِ فَقْرِكَ وَ فَاقَتِكَ

He (عليه السلام) said: ‘O Abā Ḥamzah, When a servant leaves from his house shayṭan comes to him, and if he says: ‘In the name of Allāh’, two angels will say: ‘That is enough for you.’ And when he says: ‘I believe in Allāh’. They say: ‘You are guided’ And when he says ‘I trust Allāh’ They say: ‘You are protected’ then shayṭān gives upon you and says to some of them ‘What can we do to the one who is guided, sufficed and protected?’ He (the narrator) said, then he (عليه السلام) said: ‘O Allāh, my self-respect is with you today’ then He (عليه السلام) said: ‘O Abā Ḥamzah, if you (try) abandon the people, they will not abandon you, and if reject them, they will not reject you’ I said: ‘What can I do?’ he (عليه السلام) said: ‘Give them from your self-respect for today (when) you will be impoverished and needy’
Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 2, pg. 541, ḥadīth # 2

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 12, pg. 321

Supplication # 3

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَخَرَجَ إِلَيَّ وَ شَفَتَاهُ تَتَحَرَّكَانِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَ فَطَنْتَ لِذَلِكَ يَا ثُمَالِيُّ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ إِنِّي وَ اللَّهِ تَكَلَّمْتُ بِكَلَامٍ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ مَا أَهَمَّهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ دُنْيَاهُ وَ آخِرَتِهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَخْبِرْنِي بِهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ

From Abī Hamzah (عليه السلام) said: I took permission for Abī Ja`far (عليه السلام), and he came out to me, and his lips were moving. I asked (about it) to him,  so he (عليه السلام) said: ‘Did you notice that, O Thumālī?’ I said: Yes, may I be your ransom’ He (عليه السلام) said: ‘I, by Allāh, I say the words no one has ever spoke, except Allāh has sufficed him in what is important to him from the affairs of his world, and his hereafter’ He (al-Thumālī ) said, I said to him: ‘Inform me of it’ He (عليه السلام) said: ‘Yes, whoever when leaving from his home says:

«بِسْمِ اللَّهِ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ أُمُورِي كُلِّهَا وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ خِزْيِ الدُّنْيَا وَ عَذَابِ الْآخِرَةِ»
«In the name of Allāh, Allāh is enough for me, I (place my) trust in Allāh. O Allāh I ask you for you in all my affairs, and I seek refuge in you from humiliation of this world, and the punishment of the hereafter»

كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ مَا أَهَمَّهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ دُنْيَاهُ وَ آخِرَتِهِ

Allāh will be sufficient for him in what is important to him from the affairs of his world, and his hereafter
Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 2, pg. 541, ḥadīth # 3

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Muwaththaq (Reliable)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 12, pg. 323

Supplication # 4

عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَابِ دَارِهِ

From Abī Baṣīr from Abī Ja`far (عليه السلام): ‘Whoever says when leaving from the door of his house:

«أَعُوذُ بِمَا عَاذَتْ بِهِ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ الْجَدِيدِ الَّذِي إِذَا غَابَتْ شَمْسُهُ لَمْ تَعُدْ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَ مِنْ شَرِّ غَيْرِي وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَنْ نَصَبَ لِأَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ السِّبَاعِ وَ الْهَوَامِّ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ رُكُوبِ الْمَحَارِمِ كُلِّهَا أُجِيرُ نَفْسِي بِاللَّهِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ»
«I seek refuge with what the Angels of Allāh seek refigure from the evil of this new day, which when His Sun disappears, it will not come back. (I seek protection) from the evil of myself, and from the evil of others, and from the evils of the shayāṭīn (pl. of shayṭān), and from the evil of whoever naṣb (hate) the walī of Allāh, and from the evil of the Jinn, and Man, and from the evil of the beasts, and reptiles, and from the evil of the composition of all the harām (thing). I employ myself with Allāh from every evil»

غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَ تَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَ كَفَاهُ الْهَمَّ وَ حَجَزَهُ عَنِ السُّوءِ وَ عَصَمَهُ مِنَ الشَّرِّ

Allāh will pardon him, and forgive him, and suffice him in what is important, and restrain him from badness and protect him from evil
Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 2, pg. 541-542, ḥadīth # 4

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 12, pg. 324

Supplication # 5

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ إِذَا خَرَجْتَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِكَ فَقُلْ

From Mu`āwiyah bin `Ammār from Abī `Abd Allāh (عليه السلام) said: ‘When you leave from your home, then say:

«بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ مَا خَرَجْتُ لَهُ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَرَجْتُ لَهُ اللَّهُمَّ أَوْسِعْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ وَ أَتْمِمْ عَلَيَّ نِعْمَتَكَ وَ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي فِي طَاعَتِكَ وَ اجْعَلْ رَغْبَتِي فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ وَ تَوَفَّنِي عَلَى مِلَّتِكَ وَ مِلَّةِ رَسُولِكَ ص»

«In the name of Allāh, I (place my) trust in Allāh, there is strength and no power except by Allāh. O Allāh, I ask you for good of what I come out, and I seek refuge in you from evil, and I have come out. O Allāh, expand for me from Your grace, and complete upon me your blessing, and apply me in obey You, and make me desire in what is from You, allow me to die upon Your religion, and the religion of Your Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)»

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 2, pg. 542, ḥadīth # 5

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ḥasan Kal-Ṣaḥīḥ (Good like a Ṣaḥīḥ)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 12, pg. 325

Supplication # 6

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَنْ قَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ حِينَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي حِفْظِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ كِلَاءَتِهِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ

`Umar bin Yazīd said, Abū `Abd Allāh (عليه السلام) said: ‘Whoever recites ‘Qul Huwa Allāhu Aḥad’ (Surah al-Ikhlāṣ) ten times when he leaves from his house, he will continue to be in the protection of Allāh (عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ) and in His custody until he returns to his house’
Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 2, pg. 542, ḥadīth # 8

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ḥasan Kal-Ṣaḥīḥ (Good like a Ṣaḥīḥ)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 12, pg. 327

Dua for Traveling

Here are two Authentic ḥadīth on what to say when you are about to travel. The first ḥadīth is Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic) and the second ḥadīth is Muwaththaq (Reliable).

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ الْحَذَّاءِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ع إِذَا أَرَدْتَ السَّفَرَ فَقِفْ عَلَى بَابِ دَارِكَ وَ اقْرَأْ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ أَمَامَكَ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَ عَنْ شِمَالِكَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ أَمَامَكَ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَ عَنْ شِمَالِكَ وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ أَمَامَكَ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَ عَنْ شِمَالِكَ ثُمَّ قُلِ ثُمَّ قَالَ

From Ṣabbāḥ said, Abū al-Ḥasan (عليه السلام) said: ‘When you want to travel, stop at the door of your house

1.)   And recite Sūrah al-Fātiḥah (Chapter 1) to your front, to your right and to your left.

2.)   And (recite) Sūrah al-Iklāṣ (Chapter 112) to your front, to your right and to your left.  

3.)   And (recite) Surah al-Nās (Chapter 114) and Surah al-Falaq (Chapter 113) to your front, to your right and to your left. 

Then he says:

«اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي وَ احْفَظْ مَا مَعِي وَ سَلِّمْنِي وَ سَلِّمْ مَا مَعِي وَ بَلِّغْنِي وَ بَلِّغْ مَا مَعِي بَلَاغاً حَسَناً»

“O Allāh, protect me and what is with me, and, and grant me safety and what is with me, and allow me to reach (my destination) and what is with me with a good reaching”

أَ مَا رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يُحْفَظُ وَ لَا يُحْفَظُ مَا مَعَهُ وَ يَسْلَمُ وَ لَا يَسْلَمُ مَا مَعَهُ وَ يَبْلُغُ وَ لَا يَبْلُغُ مَا مَعَهُ

Then he (عليه السلام) said: ‘Have you not seen a man protected, but what is with him not protected? And granted safety, but what is with him not granted safety? And he reaches, but what is with him not reach?’

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 2, pg. 543, ḥadīth # 9

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 12, pg. 327

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع قَالَ إِذَا خَرَجْتَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِكَ فِي سَفَرٍ أَوْ حَضَرٍ فَقُلْ

From al-Ḥasan bin al-Jahm from Abī al-Hasan (عليه السلام) said: ‘When you leave from you home for traveling or arrive (at home), he says:

«بِسْمِ اللَّهِ آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ»

“In the name of Allāh, I believe in Allāh, I trust Allāh as whatever Allāh wills, and there is no strength and no power except by Allāh”

فَتَلَقَّاهُ الشَّيَاطِين َتَنْصَرِفُ وَ تَضْرِبُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وُجُوهَهَا وَ تَقُولُ مَا سَبِيلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَدْ سَمَّى اللَّهَ وَ آمَنَ بِهِ وَ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

The shayāṭīn (pl. of shaytān) that (try) to meet him they leave him, and the angels hit their faces and say: ‘There is no way for you to him, and he has named Allāh, and he believes in Him, and he (places) his trust upon Him, and he said: ‘What Allāh wills, there is no strength and no power except by Allāh’

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 2, pg. 543-544, ḥadīth # 12

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Muwaththaq Kal-Ṣaḥīḥ (Reliable like Ṣaḥīḥ)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 12, pg. 329

Mercy of Allah, Part 3

Here are three authentic ḥadīth that talks about the great Mercy that Allāh (عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ) has bestowed upon us. All three ḥadīth say the same thing, which is:

1,)    If someone intends to do a good deed, and does not go through with it, he will be rewarded with one good deed because of his intention.

2.)   If someone intents to do a good deed, and does go through with it, he will be rewarded with ten good deeds.

3.)   If someone intends to do a bad deed, and does not go through with it, nothing will be written against him.

4.)   If someone intends to do a bad deed, and does go through with it, only one bad deed will be written against him.

The first ḥadīth gives us the conversation that Ādam (عليه السلام) had with Allāh (عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ) after he was created.

The second ḥadīth essentially says the same thing as the first, but within this ḥadīth it talks about if you do commit a bad deed, then you have seven hours to seek forgiveness from Allāh. I have discussed the delaying of sins being written down for seven hours in another blog post. (Click here: http://www.revivingalislam.com/2010/10/repent-before-your-seven-hours-are-up.html). This ḥadīth also says that if you do a good deed, it will erase the bad deed you have done. 

The third ḥadīth says the same thing as the first and second ḥadīth.

I have made two posts prior to this one on the Mercy of Allāh: (Click links below)

1.       Mercy of Allāh

2.      Mercy of Allāh to the Believers

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ عَنِ«» بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَوْ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ إِنَّ آدَمَ ع قَالَ يَا رَبِّ سَلَّطْتَ عَلَيَّ الشَّيْطَانَ وَ أَجْرَيْتَهُ مِنِّي مَجْرَى الدَّمِ فَاجْعَلْ لِي شَيْئاً فَقَالَ يَا آدَمُ جَعَلْتُ لَكَ أَنَّ مَنْ هَمَّ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ بِسَيِّئَةٍ لَمْ تُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْهِ سَيِّئَةٌ وَ مَنْ هَمَّ مِنْهُمْ بِحَسَنَةٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ فَإِنْ هُوَ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ عَشْراً قَالَ يَا رَبِّ زِدْنِي قَالَ جَعَلْتُ لَكَ أَنَّ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْهُمْ سَيِّئَةً ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ غَفَرْتُ لَهُ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ زِدْنِي قَالَ جَعَلْتُ لَهُمُ التَّوْبَةَ أَوْ قَالَ بَسَطْتُ لَهُمُ التَّوْبَةَ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ النَّفْسُ هَذِهِ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ حَسْبِي

From Ibn Bukayr from Abī `Abd Allāh or Abī Ja`far (عليه السلام) said: Verily Ādam (عليه السلام) said: ‘O Lord, you have made shayṭān have mastery over me, and he (shayṭān) flows in my bloodstream, so make something for me’ So He said: ‘O Ādam, I will make for you that whoever intends from your progeny a bad (deed), he will not have anything written against him, and If does the act, a bad (deed) will be written against him. And whoever from them intends to do a good (deed), and if he does not do it, a good (deed) will be written for him, and if he does it, ten good deeds will be written for him’ He (Ādam) said: ‘O Lord, give me more!’ He said: ‘I have made for you that whoever from them does a bad deed, then seeks forgives for it, I will forgive him’ He (Ādam) said: ‘O Lord, give me more!’ He said: ‘I have made for them tawbah (repentance) or (the Imām said) He said: ‘I have expanded for them tawbah (repentance) until the sould reaches this (i.e. throat) He (Ādam) said: ‘O Lord, this is enough for me’

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 2, pg. 440, hadeeth # 1

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ḥasan (Good)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 15, pg. 311

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ فَضْلِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ الْمُرَادِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ لَمْ يَهْلِكْ عَلَى اللَّهِ بَعْدَهُنَّ إِلَّا هَالِكٌ يَهُمُّ الْعَبْدُ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَيَعْمَلُهَا فَإِنْ هُوَ لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ حَسَنَةً بِحُسْنِ نِيَّتِهِ وَ إِنْ هُوَ عَمِلَهَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ عَشْراً وَ يَهُمُّ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ أَنْ يَعْمَلَهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا لَمْ يُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ إِنْ هُوَ عَمِلَهَا أُجِّلَ سَبْعَ سَاعَاتٍ وَ قَالَ صَاحِبُ الْحَسَنَاتِ لِصَاحِبِ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ هُوَ صَاحِبُ الشِّمَالِ لَا تَعْجَلْ عَسَى أَنْ يُتْبِعَهَا بِحَسَنَةٍ تَمْحُوهَا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْحَسَناتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئاتِ (هود -: 114 -) أَوِ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ فَإِنْ هُوَ قَالَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ الْعَزِيزَ الْحَكِيمَ الْغَفُورَ الرَّحِيمَ ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ إِنْ مَضَتْ سَبْعُ سَاعَاتٍ وَ لَمْ يُتْبِعْهَا بِحَسَنَةٍ وَ اسْتِغْفَارٍ قَالَ صَاحِبُ الْحَسَنَاتِ لِصَاحِبِ السَّيِّئَاتِ اكْتُبْ عَلَى الشَّقِيِّ الْمَحْرُومِ

From Faḍl (Fuḍayl) bin `Uthmān al-Murādī said I heard Abā `Abd Allāh (عليه السلام) say, the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said: ‘Whoever has four (things) in him, you will not be destroyed by Allāh unless you are of the destroyed ones: A servant intends to do a good action, and if he does not do it, Allāh will write for him the good (deed) because of his good intention. And if he does the action, Allāh will written for him ten (good deeds).  If he intends to do a bad action, and he does not do it, He will not write anything against him, but if he does the action Allāh will delay seven hours (in order for him to repent). And the owner (angel) for the good (deeds) will say to the owner (angel) of the bad deeds, and he will be the people of the left, ‘Do not hurry maybe he might pursue a good (deed) that will erase it (the bad deed).’ For verily Allāh (عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ) says: “The good (deeds) take away the bad (deeds)” (11:114) or seek forgiveness (for it). And if he said: “I seek forgives from Allāh, who no one deserves to be worshiped except Him, He knows the unseen (ghayb) and the manifest. He is the Most Majestic, the Most Wise, the Forgiving, the Mericiful, Glorious and Honourable, and I repent to Him”, He will not write anything against him, if the seven hours passes up and he does not pursue a good (deed) and seeks forgiveness. The owner (angel) of the good (deeds) will say to the owner (angel) of the bad (deeds): ‘Write against the miserable and deprived!’

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 2, pg. 429-430, hadeeth # 4

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 11, pg. 293

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَيَهُمُّ بِالْحَسَنَةِ وَ لَا يَعْمَلُ بِهَا فَتُكْتَبُ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ وَ إِنْ هُوَ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ وَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَيَهُمُّ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ أَنْ يَعْمَلَهَا فَلَا يَعْمَلُهَا فَلَا تُكْتَبُ عَلَيْهِ

From Abī Baṣīr from Abī `Abd Allāh (عليه السلام) said: “Verily, the mu’min (believer) intends to do a good (deed), but he does not act by it, then a good (deed) will be written for him. And if he acts upon it, ten good (deeds) will be written for him. If a mu’min intends to do a bad (deed) and act upon it, but if he does not act upon it, there will be nothing written against him”

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 2, pg. 428-429, hadeeth # 2

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Muwaththaq (Reliable) 
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 11, pg. 292

Four Things Complete a Meal

Here is a Muwaththaq (Reliable) ḥadīth from the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) that gives us the four characteristics that make your food “complete”.

حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل رضي الله عنه قال حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم عن أبيه عن عبد الله بن المغيرة عن إسماعيل بن مسلم السكوني عن جعفر بن محمد عن أبيه عن آبائه عن علي ع قال قال رسول الله ص الطعام إذا جمع أربع خصال فقد تم إذا كان من حلال و كثرت الأيدي عليه و سمى الله تبارك و تعالى في أوله و حمد في آخره

From Ismā`īl bin Muslim al-Sakūnī from Ja`far bin Muhammad from his father from his fathers from `Alī (عليه السلام) said the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said: ‘Food, when it has all four characteristics, then certainly it is complete: (1) When it is from halāl (2) You have many hands upon it (i.e. many people eating it) (3) Naming of Allāh (تبارك و تعالى) at its beginning (4) And praising (of Allāh) at its end’

Source:

1.     Al-Sadūq, Ma`ānī al-Akhbār, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī (Qum: Mu’assasah al-Nashr al-Islāmi, 1379), pg. 375, ḥadīth # 1

Do Not Forget the Two Wajibs

Here are two Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic) aḥādīth about not forgetting the “two wājibs” (mandatory actions) and the end of every Salāh (prayer).

Note: In ḥadīth language when the Ahl al-Bayt (عليهم السلام) say the word “wājib” it does not always mean 100% mandatory, like the word farḍ. It can also mean “extremely mustaḥab”.

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع لَا تَنْسَوُا الْمُوجِبَتَيْنِ أَوْ قَالَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُوجِبَتَيْنِ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ قُلْتُ وَ مَا الْمُوجِبَتَانِ قَالَ تَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْجَنَّةَ وَ تَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ

From Zurārah said, Abū Ja`far (عليه السلام) said: ‘Do not forget the two wājibs’ or he (عليه السلام) said: ‘Upon you are two wājibs at the end of every salāh (prayer)’ I said: ‘And what are the two wājibs?’ He (عليه السلام) said: ‘You ask Allāh for Jannah, and you seek refuge with Allāh from the fire (i.e. Hell)’

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 3, pg. 343-344, hadeeth # 19

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ḥasan (Good)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 15, pg. 177

أبي رحمه الله قال حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله عن يعقوب بن يزيد عن حماد عن حريز عن زرارة قال قال أبو جعفر ع لا تنسوا الموجبتين أو قال عليكم بالموجبتين في دبر كل صلاة قلت و ما الموجبتان قال تسأل الله الجنة و تتعوذ به من النار

From Zurārah said, Abū Ja`far (عليه السلام) said: ‘Do not forget the two wājibs’ or he (عليه السلام) said: ‘Upon you are two wājibs at the end of every salāh (prayer)’ I said, ‘And what are the two wājibs’ He (عليه السلام) said: ‘You ask Allāh for Jannah, and you seek refuge with Him from the fire (i.e. Hell)’

Source:

1.     Al-Sadūq, Ma`ānī al-Akhbār, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī (Qum: Mu’assasah al-Nashr al-Islāmi, 1379), pg. 183, ḥadīth # 1

Grading:

1.     `Āsif al-Muḥsinī said this ḥadīth is Mu`tabar (Authentic)
à Mashra`ah Bihār al-Anwaar, (Beirut: Mu’assasah al-`Ārif lil-Matbū`āt, 2^nd ed., 1426) vol. 2, pg. 424