DUA TO REMEMEBER THE THINGS THAT SATAN MAKES YOU FORGET

Thirty-ninth: Quoting the book of Jam’ al-Shatat, al-Kaf’ami has reported Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) as saying: If you had intended to report one of our sayings but Satan made you forget it, you may put your hand on your forehead and say this supplication prayer:

May Allah bless Muhammad and his Household.

O Allah, I beseech You,

O reminder, doer, and commander of goodness,

to make me remember what Satan has made me forget.

In the book of man-la-yahzuruhul-faqih, Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) is reported to have said that whoever is frequently unmindful in his prayers, may say these words when he enters the toilet:

In the Name of Allah (I begin).

I pray Allah’s protection against the filthy, the impure,

the wicked, and the source of wickedness;

namely, Satan the accursed.