Remembrance 1 from Chapter 169
Adhkār to say when intending to leave home
Allāhumma bika asta‘īnu wa ‘alayka atawakkal. Allāhumma dhallil lī ṣu‘ūbata amrī, wa sahhil ‘alayya mashaqqata safarī, wa-rzuqnī mina-l-khayri akthara mimmā aṭlub, wa-ṣrif ‘annī kulla sharr. Rabbi-shraḥ ṣadrī, wa nawwir qalbī, wa yassir lī amrī, Allāhumma innī astaḥfiẓuka wa astawdi‘uka nafsī wa dīnī wa ahlī wa aqāribī wa kulla mā an‘amta ‘alayya wa ‘alayhim bihi min ākhiratin wa dunyā, fa-ḥfaẓnā ajma‘īna min kulli sū’in yā Karīm.
According to some of our [Shāfi‘ī] colleagues, it is mustaḥabb to recite Qul Yā Ayyuha-l-Kāfirūn in the first of these, after al-Fātiḥah, and Qul Huwa-llāhu Aḥad in the second. Others say that one should recite Qul A‘ūdhu bi-Rabbi-l-falaq in the first, after al-Fātiḥah, and Qul A‘ūdhu bi-Rabbi-n-nās in the second. After saying the salām, he should recite the Verse of the Throne. It has been reported that whoever recites the Verse of the Throne before he leaves his home will not be afflicted with anything that he dislikes until he returns. [2].It is mustaḥabb to recite the chapter Li-īlāfi Quraysh. [3].The Imam and eminent master Abū ’l-Ḥasan al-Qazwīnī, the Shāfi‘ī jurist who had self-evident miracles, and luminous states, and evident gnoses, said that it brings security from all evil. Abū Ṭāhir ibn Jaḥshawī said: “I was about to travel and I was fearful, so I went to al-Qazwīnī and asked him for a du‘ā’. He told me: ‘Whoever wants to travel and fears an enemy or loneliness should recite Li-īlāfi Quraysh, for it is security from all evil.’ I recited it and no incident has befallen me until now.” It is mustaḥabb, upon completing this recitation, to supplicate with sincerity and grace. The best thing to say is: O Allah, I seek Your help and in You I trust. O Allah, smooth away for me the difficulties of my affair and ease the obstacles in my journey. Grant me more good than I have asked for, and turn away from me all evil. O my Lord, expand my breast, illumine my heart, and make my affair easy. O Allah, I ask You for protection, and I entrust to You myself, my religion, my family and my relatives and all that You have favoured me and them with in this world and the Hereafter. So protect us all from every evil, Most Generous One.