قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا تَرَى آخُذُ بَرّاً أَوْ بَحْراً فَإِنَّ طَرِيقَنَا مَخُوفٌ شَدِيدُ الْخَطَرِ فَقَالَ اخْرُجْ بَرّاً وَ لَا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ مَسْجِدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ تُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي غَيْرِ وَقْتِ فَرِيضَةٍ ثُمَّ لَتَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ تَنْظُرُ فَإِنْ عَزَمَ اللَّهُ لَكَ عَلَى الْبَحْرِ فَقُلِ الَّذِي قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ قالَ ارْكَبُوا فِيها بِسْمِ اللَّهِ مَجْراها وَ مُرْساها إِنَّ رَبِّي لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ فَإِنِ اضْطَرَبَ بِكَ الْبَحْرُ فَاتَّكِ عَلَى جَانِبِكَ الْأَيْمَنِ وَ قُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اسْكُنْ بِسَكِينَةِ اللَّهِ و قِرْ بِوَقَارِ اللَّهِ وَ اهْدَأْ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ قُلْنَا أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ مَا السَّكِينَةُ رِيحٌ تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ لَهَا صُورَةٌ كَصُورَةِ الْإِنْسَانِ وَ رَائِحَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَ هِيَ الَّتِي نَزَلَتْ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَأَقْبَلَتْ تَدُورُ حَوْلَ أَرْكَانِ الْبَيْتِ وَ هُوَ يَضَعُ الْأَسَاطِينَ قِيلَ لَهُ هِيَ مِنَ الَّتِي قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَ بَقِيَّةٌ مِمَّا تَرَكَ آلُ مُوسى وَ آلُ هارُونَ قَالَ تِلْكَ السَّكِينَةُ فِي التَّابُوتِ وَ كَانَتْ فِيهِ طَشْتٌ تُغْسَلُ فِيهَا قُلُوبُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ كَانَ التَّابُوتُ يَدُورُ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ مَا تَابُوتُكُمْ قُلْنَا السِّلَاحُ قَالَ صَدَقْتُمْ هُوَ تَابُوتُكُمْ وَ إِنْ خَرَجْتَ بَرّاً فَقُلِ الَّذِي قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ سُبْحانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنا هذا وَ ما كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ. وَ إِنَّا إِلى رَبِّنا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَقُولُهَا عِنْدَ رُكُوبِهِ فَيَقَعَ مِنْ بَعِيرٍ أَوْ دَابَّةٍ فَيُصِيبَهُ شَيْءٌ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ فَإِذَا خَرَجْتَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِكَ فَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَضْرِبُ وُجُوهَ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَ يَقُولُونَ قَدْ سَمَّى اللَّهَ وَ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ قَالَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Asbaat and Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Musa Bin Al-Qasim Al-Bajaly, from Ali Bin Asbaat who said, ‘I said to Abu Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup>, ‘What is your<sup>asws</sup> view of taking the road or the sea, for our ways are frightening with intense danger. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Go out by land and it is upon you that you go over to the Masjid of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> and pray two Rak’at of <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> therein in a time other than of an Obligatory <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>. Then you should seek Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’s Choice one hundred and one times, then wait. So if Allah<sup>azwj</sup> has Determined for you (to travel) upon the sea, so say <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:11#h41"><a href="/books/quran:11#h41">[11:41]</a></a> And he said: Embark in it, in the Name of Allah be its sailing and its anchoring; surely my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful</span>. So if the sea is restless with you, so lean upon your right side and say, ‘In the Name of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, Settle with the Tranquillity of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and be dignified with the Dignity of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and calm down by the Permission of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>. And there is neither a Might nor Strength except with Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’. We said, ‘May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Keep you<sup>asws</sup> well! What is the tranquillity?’ (He<sup>asws</sup> said): ‘It is a wind which comes out from the Paradise. For it is an image like an image of the human being, and an aromatic fragrance, and it is which descended upon Ibrahim<sup>as</sup>. So it came circling around the corners of the House (Kabah), while he<sup>as</sup> was placing the foundations’. It was said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Is it from that which Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:2#h248"><a href="/books/quran:2#h248">[2:248]</a></a> in which there is tranquillity from your Lord and remnants of what the children of Musa and the children of Haroun have left</span>?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘That is the tranquillity in the box, and therein was a tray in which the heart of the Prophets<sup>as</sup> had been washed, and the box was going around (in turns) among the Children of Israel with the Prophets<sup>as</sup>. Then it came to us<sup>asws</sup>’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So what are your boxes?’ We said, ‘The weapons’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘You speak the truth. These are your boxes, and if you were to go out in the land, so say that which Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic has Said: “<span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:43#h13"><a href="/books/quran:43#h13">[43:13]</a></a> Glory be to Him Who Made this subservient to us and we were not able to do it <a href="/#/books/quran:43#h14"><a href="/books/quran:43#h14">[43:14]</a></a> And surely to our Lord we must return</span>”, for there is none from a servant who says it during his embarkation, so he would fall from a camel or an animal, so anything would hit him by the Permission of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So when you go out from your house, so say, ‘In the Name of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>. I believe in Allah<sup>azwj</sup>. I rely upon Allah<sup>azwj</sup>. There is neither a Might or Strength except with Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’, so the Angels would strike the faces of the devils and they would be saying: ‘He has Named Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and believed in Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and relied upon Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and said ‘There is neither a Mighty nor Strength except with Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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