One who wants Allah to save him from these guards should recite bismillahir-rahmanir-rahim which consists of nineteen letters, so that Allah will set each letter as a guard from the fire. The Messenger of Allah (S) counted the guards of hell as nineteen and said, There’s no grief-stricken individual who says ‘bismillahir-rahmanir-rahim’ three times while looking up to the sky, where in return Allah eliminates his grief, if He wills. The late Tabarsi narrates Imam Musa Ibn Ja’far (as) in his book ‘ Makarim Al-Akhlaq’: There are some reasons why du’a’ Kumayl begins with such an illuminating phrase.Īmir al-Mu’minin (as) narrated from the Holy Prophet (S) who narrated from Allah that the Almighty that He stated: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.