The Sufficient (Vol 2) · Hadith 487 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) افْتَتِحُوا نَهَارَكُمْ بِخَيْرٍ وَأَمْلُوا عَلَى حَفَظَتِكُمْ فِي أَوَّلِهِ خَيْراً وَفِي آخِرِهِ خَيْراً يُغْفَرْ لَكُمْ مَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ إِنْ شَاءَ الله.

2. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Ali ibn al-Hakam from abu Jamilah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah has said, ‘Begin your day with a good deed, dictate to your guards (angels on both shoulders) good in the beginning and in the end of the day, all that is in between is forgiven if Allah so wills.’”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).