Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1677
وَعَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ: صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ فِي ذِمَّتِكَ وَحَبْلِ جِوَارِكَ فَقِهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ وَأَنْتَ أَهْلُ الْوَفَاءِ وَالْحَقِّ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَابْن مَاجَه
Wathila ibn al-Asqa reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, led us in prayer over a Muslim man, and I heard him say, ‘O Allah, so-and-so son of so-and-so is in Your protection and under the covenant of Your safeguarding. Protect him from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the Fire. You are worthy of fulfilling the pledge and of truth. O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him; You are the Forgiving, the Merciful.’ Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
Translation notes
The phrase حبل جوارك is rendered as a covenant of safeguarding, a contextual interpretation of its protective image.