A number of our companions from Sahl Bin Ziyad...

A number of our companions from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Idrees Al-Harisy, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from MufazzAl-Bin Umar who said: Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘Protect yourselves from all the people by بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم and by Say He Allah is One” [112:1] . Recite these on your right and on your left and on your front and on your back and above your (head) and below (on your feet).

And if you have to go to an unjust authority (Sultan), then recite these three times when you see him, and close your left fist, then do not open it until you come out from his presence’. [15] Two Ahadith on seeking protection and relief from Bismillah are cited in Appendix II.

A Believer is rebuked when forgetting Bismillah when initiating a task: وفيه عن الصادق عليه السلام حديث طويل وفيه، ولربما ترك بعض شيعتنا في افتتاح أمره بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم فيمتحنه الله عزوجل بمكروه لينبهه على شكر الله تبارك وتعالى والثناء عليه، ويمحق عنه وصمة تقصيره عند تركه قول بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم.

And in it from Al-Sadiq -asws , a lengthy Hadeeth and in it is: ‘Perhaps some of our Shiites would ignore the recitation of بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم at the start of an affair, Allah -azwj the Mighty the Majestic would Test him so that he would thank Allah -azwj Blessed and High, and Praise Him -azwj , and that would destroy the stigma of his negligence in the recitation of ‘بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم’. [16] Further Ahadith are cited in Appendix III.

Appendix I: Names of Allah -azwj and Derivatives: علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن النضر بن سويد، عن هشام بن الحكم أنه سأل أبا عبدالله عليه السلام عن أسماء الله واشتقاقها: الله مما هو مشتق؟ قال: فقال لي: يا هشام الله مشتق من إله والاله يقتضي مألوها والاسم غير المسمى، فمن عبد الاسم دون المعنى فقد كفر ولم يعبد شيئا، ومن عبد الاسم والمعنى فقد كفر وعبد اثنين، ومن عبد المعنى دون الاسم فذاك التوحيد أفهمت يا هشام؟ قال: فقلت: زدني Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al-Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Hisham Bin Al-Hakam, who says: ‘I asked Abu Abdullah -asws about the Names of Allah -azwj and their Derivatives, ‘From what has ‘Allah’ been derived from?’ He -asws said to me: ‘O Hisham!

‘Allah’ has been derived from ‘ إله والاله ’ ‘ Ilah ’ and ‘ Alaah ’ which necessitates a worshipper and the Name is not the same as the Named. So, the one who worships the Name without the Meaning, so he has blasphemed and has not worshipped anything. And the one who worships the Name and the Meaning, so he has blasphemed as he has worshipped two.