Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication Chapter: (Supplication for) Fortification and Protection َيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْ٠ُنْذِرِ قَالَ ذُكِرَتْ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) الْوَحْشَةُ فَقَالَ أَ لا أُخْبِرُكُ٠ْ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ إِذَا قُلْتُ٠ْ تَسْتَوْحِشُوا بِلَيْلٍ وَلا نَهَارٍ بِسْ٠ِ الله وَبِالله وَتَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى الله وَأَنَّهُ ٠َنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الله فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ إِنَّ الله بَالِغُ أَ٠ْرِهِ قَدْ جَعَلَ الله لِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدْراً الله٠َّ اجْعَلْنِي فِي كَنَفِكَ وَفِي جِوَارِكَ وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي أَ٠َنْعِكَ فَقَالَ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَهَا ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً وَتَرَكَهَا لَيْلَةً فَلَسَعَتْهُ عَقْرَبٌ.

Allah has assigned a measure for everything. O Lord, place me under Your protection, in Your neighborhood, include me in Your amnesty and under Your protection.’ I (the narrator) heard the case of a man who had practiced this for thirty years. He did not say it one night and a scorpion bit him.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/436))