Importance of Writing Bismillah on the House Door

Text and Translation

Thirtieth: al-Kaf'ami, in his book Miftah al-Ghayb, has reported that whoever writes the phrase bismillah (In the Name of Allah) on the outer door of his house will be secured against demolition, even if he is a nonbeliever.

He then states that Almighty Allah did not destroy Pharaoh immediately; rather, He granted him respite although Pharaoh had claimed godhead, because he had written the phrase bismillah on the outer door of his house.

When Prophet Moses asked Almighty Allah to destroy Pharaoh immediately, Almighty Allah said to him by way of inspiration, "You look only at his disbelief, but I look considerably at what he has written on the door of his house!"