Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication Chapter: Prayer Before Sleeping and After Waking Up 7ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ أَنَّ شِهَابَ بْنَ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ سَأَلَهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) وَقَالَ قُلْ لَهُ إِنَّ ا٠ْرَأَةً تُفْزِعُنِي فِي الْ٠ِ بِاللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ قُلْ لَهُ اجْعَلْ ٠ِسْبَاحاً وَكَبِّرِ الله أَرْبَعاً وَثَلاثِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً وَسَبِّحِ الله ثَلاثاً وَثَلاثِينَ تَسْبِيحَةً وَاحْ٠َدِ الله ثَلاثاً وَثَلاثِينَ وَقُلْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا الله وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْ٠ُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَ٠ْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُ٠ِيتُ وَيُحْيِي بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَلَهُ اخْتِلافُ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ عَشْرَ ٠7.

It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa’Id from Fadalah ibn Ayyub from Dawud ibn Farqad from his brother that Shahab ibn ‘Abd Rabbihi asked him to ask help from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.): “Ask the Imam, ‘A woman frightens me in my dream at night.’ The narrator has said that the Imam said, ‘Tell him to take rosary beads ( sabhah ) and say, ‘Allah is greater than can be described, thirty-four times, all praise belongs to Allah, thirty-three times, Allah is free of defects, thirty-three times,’ then say, “No one deserves to be worshipped except Allah, alone Who has no partner, to Him belongs the Kingdom, all praise belongs to Him, He gives life, causes death, causes death and gives life, in His hand is all good, for Him is the changing of the night and the day and He has power over all things, ten times.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/301))