Chapter 174
Remembrance 3 from Chapter 174
What to say when boarding a ship
Arabic
Romanisation
Bismi-llāhi majrāhā wa mursāhā, inna Rabbī la-Ghafūrur-Raḥīm.
Context
We relate in the book of Ibn as-Sunnī that Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī
reported that the Messenger of Allah
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].
References
[2] Qur’ān 43:12.