كُنْتُ حَمَلْتُ مَعِي مَتَاعاً إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَبَارَ عَلَيَّ فَدَخَلْتُ بِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) وَ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي حَمَلْتُ مَتَاعاً قَدْ بَارَ عَلَيَّ وَ قَدْ عَزَمْتُ عَلَى أَنْ أَصِيرَ إِلَى مِصْرَ فَأَرْكَبُ بَرّاً أَوْ بَحْراً فَقَالَ مِصْرُ الْحُتُوفِ يُقَيَّضُ لَهَا أَقْصَرُ النَّاسِ أَعْمَاراً وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مَا أَجْمَلَ فِي الطَّلَبِ مَنْ رَكِبَ الْبَحْرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي لَا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ قَبْرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَتُصَلِّيَ عِنْدَهُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَتَسْتَخِيرَ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ فَمَا عَزَمَ لَكَ عَمِلْتَ بِهِ فَإِنْ رَكِبْتَ الظَّهْرَ فَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَ مَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَ إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ وَ إِنْ رَكِبْتَ الْبَحْرَ فَإِذَا صِرْتَ فِي السَّفِينَةِ فَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ مَجْرَيهَا وَ مُرْسَيهَا إِنَّ رَبِّي لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ فَإِذَا هَاجَتْ عَلَيْكَ الْأَمْوَاجُ فَاتَّكِ عَلَى يَسَارِكَ وَ أَوْمِ إِلَى الْمَوْجَةِ بِيَمِينِكَ وَ قُلْ قِرِّي بِقَرَارِ اللَّهِ وَ اسْكُنِي بِسَكِينَةِ اللَّهِ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ [الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ] قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَسْبَاطٍ فَرَكِبْتُ الْبَحْرَ فَكَانَتِ الْمَوْجَةُ تَرْتَفِعُ فَأَقُولُ مَا قَالَ فَتَتَقَشَّعُ كَأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَسْبَاطٍ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا السَّكِينَةُ قَالَ رِيحٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ لَهَا وَجْهٌ كَوَجْهِ الْإِنْسَانِ أَطْيَبُ رَائِحَةً مِنَ الْمِسْكِ وَ هِيَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) بِحُنَيْنٍ فَهَزَمَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ali Bin Asbaat who said, ‘I was carrying merchandise with me to Makkah but it was ruined upon me (incurred losses). So I entered the city with it to go to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup> and said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘I carried merchandise which incurred losses upon me and I have resolved that I shall travel to Egypt. So, shall I travel the land or sea?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Egypt is the death, it worsely affects the youngest in age; and Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘What is nicer regarding the seeking (than) one who sails the sea’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘It (Egypt) would not be against you if you were to go to the grave of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>, and Pray two Cycles in his<sup>saww</sup> presence, and ask Allah<sup>azwj</sup> hundred times (your wishes) and to Choose for you (the best) one (Istikhara). So whatever is resolved for you, work by it. So if you were to ride the back (of the animal), so say, ‘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>’. And if you were to sail the sea, so when you come to be in the ship, so say, ‘In the Name of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Who Makes it to flow and sail. Surely, my Lord<sup>azwj</sup> is Forgiving, Merciful’. So if the waves were to heave upon you, so lean upon your left and gesture towards the wave with your right hand, and say, ‘Settle with the Settling of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and be tranquil by the Tranquility of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and there is neither a might nor any strength except with Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, the Exalted, the Magnificent’. Ali Bin Asbaat (the narrator) said, ‘So I sailed the sea, and whenever the wave raised itself, so I was saying what he<sup>asws</sup> had told me to say. So they used to break up as if it had never been. Ali Bin Asbaat (the narrator) said, ‘And I asked him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘My I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! What is the tranquillity?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘A wind from the Paradise. For it is a face like the face of the human being. Its aroma is more fragrance than the Musk, and it is which Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Send down upon Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> at (the battle of) Hunayn. Thus, the Polytheists were defeated’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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