Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 18606a
"مَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الْعَبْدُ في أَهْلِه مِن خَلِيفَةٍ إِذَا هُو شَدَّ عَلَيه بِبَاب سفره خَيرًا من أَرْبَع رَكَعَاتٍ يَضَعُهُن في بَيتِه، يَقْرَأُ فِي كل واحدةٍ منهن بِفَاتِحهِ الكتاب، وقل هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ، ثم يقول: اللَّهم إِنِّي أَتقربُ بِهِنَّ إِلَيكَ، فَاجْعَلهنَّ خَلِيفَتي فِي أَهْلي وْمَالِى فَهُن خَليفَتُه في أهِله ومالِه ودَارِه، ودُورٍ حولَ دَارِه حتى يَرْجِعَ إِلى أَهْله".
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"A servant leaves behind no better successor for his family, when he is fastening the door of his journey upon himself, than four rakʿahs that he performs in his house, reciting in each one of them the Opening of the Book (al-Fātiḥah) and "Say: He is Allah, the One", then he says: 'O Allah, I draw near to You with them, so make them my successor over my family and my wealth.' Then they are his successor over his family, his wealth, his house, and the houses around his house, until he returns to his family."
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[ك] الحاكم في المستدرك في تاريخه، والخرائطى في مكارم الأخلاق عن أَنس
machine translation[K] Narrated by al-Ḥākim in al-Mustadrak and in his Tārīkh, and by al-Kharāʾiṭī in Makārim al-Akhlāq, from Anas.
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