Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 89

Supplication against being choked
1 Ḥadīth

أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) مَنْ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ تِسْعَةً وَ تِسْعِينَ نَوْعاً مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الْبَلَاءِ أَيْسَرُهُنَّ الْخَنْقُ.


89. Abu Ali Al-Ashary, from Muhammad Bin saalim, from Ahmad Bin Al-Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, who has said: Abu Ja’far (a.s) has narrated that Rasool Allah ﷺ said: ‘The one who says: ‘بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ’ ‘There is no Power and no Mighty except by Allah (azwj) the High, the Magnificent’, three times, Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic would Suffice for him for ninety nine types of affliction, the least of which is choking (suffocation)’.