قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَا مُفَضَّلُ احْتَجِزْ مِنَ النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمْ بِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اقْرَأْهَا عَنْ يَمِينِكَ وَ عَنْ شِمَالِكَ وَ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْكَ وَ مِنْ خَلْفِكَ وَ مِنْ فَوْقِكَ وَ مِنْ تَحْتِكَ فَإِذَا دَخَلْتَ عَلَى سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ فَاقْرَأْهَا حِينَ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ اعْقِدْ بِيَدِكَ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ لَا تُفَارِقْهَا حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Idrees Al Harsy, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Mufazzal Bin Umra who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Mufazzal! Protect yourself from the people, all of them by <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:1#h1"><a href="/books/quran:1#h1">[1:1]</a></a> In the Name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful</span>, and by <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:112#h1"><a href="/books/quran:112#h1">[112:1]</a></a> Say: He Allah is One </span>(Chapter 112), reciting it on your right, and on your left, and in front of you, and from behind you, and from above you, and from beneath you. So whenever you go over to a tyrannous ruling authority, then recite it when you look at him, three times, and close your left hand, nor releasing it until you come out from his presence’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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