Four Sayings for Security In This World, and Four Saying for Security In the Hereafter

O Prophet of God! I have become old, lost my power, been belittled near my next of kin, and am unable to do what I used to do. Please teach me some words that I may benefit from God. Please shorten them since I quickly forget. The Prophet (MGB) asked, ‘O Qabisa! What didyou say?’ Qabisa repeated his statement. Then the Prophet (MGB) asked him, ‘O Qabisa! What did you say?’ Qabisa repeated. Then the Prophet (MGB) asked him, ‘O Qabisa! What did you say?’ Qabisa repeated. Then the Prophet (MGB) said, ‘Nothing is left around you including all the rocks, trees and stones which have not cried in sympathizing with you. O Qabisa! Learn this from me. For the benefits in this world, you should say the following thrice after your morning prayer, ‘Subhanallah va bihamde, subhanallah al-Azim va bihamde va la hule va la quwata illa billah.’ Once you do that you would be protected against blindness, leprosy, vitiligo and paralysis. And as for the Hereafter you should say, ‘Allahuma ihdani min indeka, vafiz ala min fazlika, vanshur ala min rahmateka, vanzil ala min barakateka.’The Prophet (MGB) said these supplications and Qabisa counted them with his fingers. Then Abu Bakr and Umar said, ‘O Prophet of God! This uncle of yours counts these four sayings very nicely with his fingers.’Then the Prophet (MGB) said, ‘On the Resurrection Day, he will not forget these supplications. They shall open up four of the gates of Paradise and he can enter Paradise from any gate he pleases.’ Nafe’ah (ibn Abdullah al-Khorasani) said, ‘I narrated this tradition for one of my neighbors who was a friend of Al-Hassan (al-Basry). He narrated it for Al-Hassan (al-Basry). Al-Hassan (al-Basry) had asked him to bring me to him. I went to see Al-Hassan (al-Basry). He asked me about this narration. I reiterated it. He told me, ‘O (Nafe’ah ibn Abdullah) al-Khorasani! This narration is highly esteemed by me, while it is of little value to you. A man had to drive a camel to Egypt to get this narration from the governor of Egypt who knew it. That man told the governor of Egypt, ‘I have not come to take anything from you. I have just come to hear this narration and return.’