Chapter 174

What to say when boarding a ship

Remembrance 1
ALLAH Honorific symbol SAYS: “So he said: ‘Embark on it. In the name of Allah be its movement and its rest.’” [1].
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Remembrance 2
Allah Honorific symbol says: “And He has made for you ships and mounts on which you ride.”
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Remembrance 3
We relate in the book of Ibn as-Sunnī that Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī Honorific symbol reported that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol said: “The protection from drowning for my Ummah is to say when boarding [a ship]: ‘In the name of Allah be its movement and rest. Truly my Lord is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.” [2].
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Bismi-llāhi majrāhā wa mursāhā, inna Rabbī la-Ghafūrur-Raḥīm.
Remembrance 4
Allah Honorific symbol says: “No just estimate have they made of Allah as is due to Him: on the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth shall be but a handful to Him, and the heavens shall be rolled up in His right hand. Glorified and Exalted is He above the partners they attribute to him.” [3].Thus it is in the manuscripts: “When boarding,” without mention of, “A ship”.
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References

[1] Qur’ān 11:41.
[2] Qur’ān 43:12.
[3] Qur’ān 39:67.