Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication Chapter: (Supplication for) Fortification and Protection 13ـ عَنْهُ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ ٠َنْ بَاتَ فِي دَارٍ وَبَيْتٍ وَحْدَهُ فَلْيَقْرَأْ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَلْيَقُلِ الله٠َّ آنِسْ وَحْشَتِي وَآ٠ِنْ رَوْعَتِي وَأَعِنِّي عَلَى وَحْدَتِي. 13.

It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) in a marfu ’ manner from the Imam (a.s.) who has said the following: “If one sleeps alone in a house he should read verse 255 of Chapter 2 of the Holy Quran and say, ‘O Lord, calm down my anxiety, change my concern into peace and assist me in my loneliness.’” رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/442))