EVIL-REPELLING PRAYERS AND SUPPLICATORY AMULETS

First: It is reported that when a man complained to Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) about loneliness, the Imam (‘a) said: May I lead you to a prayer that if you say, you will not feel lonely neither at nights nor in daytimes? It is this prayer:

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ وَ بِاللّٰهِ وَ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللّٰهِ اِنَّهُ مَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللّٰهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بالِغُ اَمْرِهِ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ لِكُلِّ شَيْئٍ قَدْراً اَللّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنى فى كَنَفِكَ وَ فى جِوارِكَ وَاجْعَلْنى فى اَمانِكَ وَ فى مَنْعِكَ

It is reported that a man used to say this supplicatory prayer for thirty years incessantly, but when he ignored it at a certain night, he was stung by a scorpion at that night.

Second: It is reported that whoever spends a night alone in a house or in a room, should recite Ayah al-Kursi and say this supplicatory prayer:

اللّهمّ انس وحشتى،و امن روعتى،و اعنّى على وحدتى.

Third: The Holy Prophet (s) is reported to have used these words as evil-repelling prayer (‘udhah) for Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Husayn (‘a):

اُعيذُ كُما بِكَلِماتِ اللّٰهِ التآمَّةِ وَاَسْمآئِهِ الْحُسْنى كُلِّها عآمَّةً مِنْ شَرِّ السّآمَّةِ وَالْهامَّةِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لامَّةٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ حاسِدٍ اِذا حَسَدَ

Commenting, the Holy Prophet (s) added, “Thus did (Prophet) Abraham use to repel evil from Ishmael and Isaac.”