alkafi-6964Vol. 4, p. 283
كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَراً جَمَعَ عِيَالَهُ فِي بَيْتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ الْغَدَاةَ نَفْسِي وَ مَالِي وَ أَهْلِي وَ وُلْدِي الشَّاهِدَ مِنَّا وَ الْغَائِبَ اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنَا وَ احْفَظْ عَلَيْنَا[2] اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا فِي جِوَارِكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَسْلُبْنَا نِعْمَتَكَ وَ لَا تُغَيِّرْ مَا بِنَا مِنْ عَافِيَتِكَ وَ فَضْلِكَ.
When abu Ja’far (a.s.), wanted to leave for a journey, he would ask his family to come together in the house. He would then say, ‘O Allah, I leave in the morning in Your trust my soul, my possession, my family, my children, those present and those absent. O Allah, protect us and protect things important to us. O Allah,