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25. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Isma’Il ibn Mehran from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu Basir from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Whoever says after the Morningprayer and Maghrib (sunset) seven times, ‘(I begin) in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. There are no means and no power without the help of Allah, the Most High, the Most Great,’ Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, will repel seventy kinds of misfortunes of which the least is foul smells, leprosy and insanity, and if he is listed as an unfortunate one, his name will be deleted from such list to be written down with fortunate ones.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

26. In the Hadith from Su’dan from abu Basir from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) a similar Hadith is narrated except this: “. . . the least of which is leprosy and insanity and if he is listed among the unfortunate ones I can hope that Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, will change him to fortunate ones.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

27. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from ibn Faddal from al- Hassan ibn al-Jahm from abu al-Hassan (a.s.) a similar Hadith except that the Imam said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘One should say them (expressions in Hadith 25) three times in the morning and three times in the evening and should not then fear any Satan, ruler, leprosy,’ he did not say seven times. Abu al-Hassan (a.s.) has said, ‘I, however, say them one hundred times.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

28. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama’a from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “After performing the morning and Maghrib prayers say, ‘(I begin) in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. There are no means and no power without Allah, the Most High, the Most Great,’ seven times, you will not suffer insanity, leprosy and seventy other kinds of misfortune.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

29. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid from Sa’D ibn Zayd who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan (a.s.) has said, ‘When you performed your Maghrib prayer before stretching your leg or speaking to anyone say one hundred times, “(I begin) in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. There are no means and no power without Allah, the Most High, the Most Great,” and one hundred times in the morning, Allah will repel one hundred kinds of misfortune, the least of which is leprosy, Satan and rulers (unjust ones).”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.