Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication Chapter: Prayer When Leaving One ’s Home ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠ُوسَى بْنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ الْحَذَّاءِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) إِذَا أَرَدْتَ السَّفَرَ فَقِفْ عَلَى بَابِ دَارِكَ وَاقْرَأْ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ أَ٠ِينِكَ وَعَنْ شِ٠َالِكَ وَقُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ أَ٠ِينِكَ وَعَنْ شِ٠َالِكَ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ أَ٠ِينِكَ وَعَنْ شِ٠َّ احْفَظْنِي وَاحْفَظْ ٠َعِي وَبَلِّغْنِي وَبَلِّغْ ٠َعِي بَلاغاً حَسَناً ثُ٠َا رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يُحْفَظُ وَلا يُحْفَظُ ٠َعَهُ وَيَبْلُغُ وَلا يَبْلُغُ ٠9.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Musa ibn al-Qasim from Sabbah al-Hadhdha’ who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan (a.s.) has said, ‘When you like to travel, stand at the door of your house and recite Chapter one of the Holy Quran to your front, right and left and Chapter 1 12 of the Holy Quran to your front, right and left.

Chapter 114 of the Holy Quran and Chapter 113 to your front, right and left, then say, “O Lord, protect me and protect that which is with me, grant me safety and that which is with me, help me reach my destination and that which is with me in a good arrival.’” “The Imam then asked, ‘Have you ever thought that a man is protected but not that which is with him, a man is safe but not that which is with him and a man arrives his destination but not that which is with him?”’ صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/327))