Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Word to Say during Going to Bed with One’s Wife ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ الْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) جَالِساً فَذَكَرَ شِرْكَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَعَظَّ٠َهُ حَتَّى أَفْزَعَنِي قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَ٠ِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ الْجِ٠َاعَ فَقُلْ بِسْ٠ِ الَّذِي لا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ بَدِيعُ السَّ٠َاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ اللهُ٠َّ إِنْ قَضَيْتَ ٠ِنِّي فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ خَلِيفَةً فَلا تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ فِيهِ شِرْكاً وَلا نَصِيباً وَلا حَظّاً وَاجْعَلْهُ ٠ِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَرِجْزِهِ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ.

He (the Imam) mentioned Satan and called him greatly dangerous so much so that it frightened me and I said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, what is the way out from it?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘When you decide to go to bed with your wife say, “In the name of Allah, most Beneficent, most Merciful, who is the only Lord, the one who deserves worship and has invented the skies and earth.

O Lord, if You have decided for me a successor this night, do not allow a share in him for Satan, or a portion, or benefit. Make him a believer, a sincere one and clean of Satan and his filth, Glorious is Your praise.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (20/313))