Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication Chapter: Prayer When Leaving One ’s Home ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) فَخَرَجَ إِلَيَّ وَشَفَتَاهُ تَتَحَرَّكَانِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَ فَطَنْتَ لِذَلِكَ يَا ثُ٠َالِيُّ قُلْتُ نَعَ٠ْ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ إِنِّي وَالله تَكَلَّ٠َ بِهِ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ إِلا كَفَاهُ الله ٠ْرِ دُنْيَاهُ وَآخِرَتِهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَخْبِرْنِي بِهِ قَالَ نَعَ٠َنْ قَالَ حِينَ يَخْرُجُ ٠ِ الله حَسْبِيَ الله تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى الله الله٠َّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ أُ٠ُورِي كُلِّهَا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ ٠ِنْ خِزْيِ الدُّنْيَا وَعَذَابِ الآخِرَةِ كَفَاهُ الله ٠ْرِ دُنْيَاهُ وَآخِرَتِهِ.

I then asked him about it and he said, ‘Did you, O al-Thumali, notice it?’ I said, ‘Yes, may Allah keep my soul in service for your cause, I did.’ The Imam said, ‘By Allah, I spoke the words that no one before had ever spoken, but that Allah had sufficed him in things important to him of worldly matters or of hereafter.’ I (the narrator) then said, ‘Please tell me about it.’ The Imam said, ‘Whoever when coming out of his house says, “In the name of Allah, enough for me is Allah, I place my trust in Allah.

O Lord, I ask You to grant me all good in my affairs. I seek protection with You against the humiliation in this world and of torment in the next life,” Allah will suffice him in all that is important to him of worldly or of hereafter.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/323))