and You are the Guardian over the family—that is, the One who succeeds me in caring for my household, surrounding them with Your protection and solicitude. Thus the Exalted, Most High, is with a person on his journey and takes his place with regard to his family, for He, Glorified is He, encompasses everything. Allah is the One who grants success.

973 – ʿAbd Allah ibn Sarjis (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out on a journey he would seek refuge in Allah from the hardship of travel, from gloom upon returning, from decline after prosperity, from the supplication of the oppressed, and from witnessing anything distressing concerning one’s family or wealth.” Related by Muslim.

This is exactly how it appears in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: “decline (al-ḥawr) after stability (al-kawn),” with a nūn. The same wording is reported by al-Tirmidhī and al-Nasāʾī. Al-Tirmidhī added that it is also transmitted as “al-kawr” with a rāʾ, and both readings are acceptable. The scholars explain that, whether read with a nūn or a rāʾ, the phrase means reverting from uprightness or increase to deficiency. They note that the version with a rāʾ is taken from takwīr, wrapping a turban, while the version with a nūn is derived from kawn, which denotes existence and stability.

974 – ʿAlī ibn Rabīʿa reported: “I was present when ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (may Allah be pleased with him) was brought a mount to ride. When he placed his foot in…"