PROTECTION FROM FLEAS & BEASTS


Fourth: The companions of the Holy Prophet (s) are reported, in one of the military expeditions, to have complained to him about fleas that annoyed them. Instructing them, the Holy Prophet (s) said: When you go to sleep, you may say this supplicatory prayer:

اَيُّهَا الاَْسْوَدُ الْوَثّابُ الَّذى لايُبالى غَلَقاً وَلاباباً عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ بِاُمِّ الْكِتابِ اَنْ لاتُؤْذِيَنى وَ اَصْحابى اِلى اَنْ يَذْهَبَ اللَّيْلُ وَ يَجيئَ الصُّبْحُ بِما جآءَ

Fifth: Imam ‘Ali Amir al-Mu’minin (‘a) is reported to have said: When you see a beast, you should say this:

اعوذ بربّ دانيال و الجبّ،من كلّ اسد مستأسد

Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) is reported to have said: When you face a beast, you should recite in its face Ayah al-Kursi and these words:

عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ بِعَزيمَةِ اللّٰهِ وَعَزيمَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ عَزيمَةِ سُلَيْمانَ بْنِ داوُدَ وَ عَزيمَةِ اَميرِالْمُؤْمِنينَ عَلِىِّ بْنِ اَبى طالِبٍ عَلَيْه السَّلام وَالاَْئِمَّةِ الطّاهِرينَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلامُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ

If you do so, the beast will go away, by the will of Allah the All-exalted.

Sixth: The Holy Prophet (s) is reported to have said to Imam ‘Ali Amir al-Mu’minin (‘a): When you fall in a trouble or an ordeal, you may say the following words. Once you do, Allah the Almighty and All-exalted will ward off from you whatever sort of misfortune He wills:

بسم اللّه الرّحمن الرّحيم و لا حول و لا قوّة الاّ باللّه العلىّ العظيم.