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Seventh: Shaykh al-Tusi has also reported the following words from Abu’l-Qasim ibn Ruh, the Private Representative of Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.): “In Rajab, you may visit any of the shrines (of the Holy Infallibles) that are possible for you to visit, and say the following supplicatory prayer therein:

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِيْ اَشْهَدَنَا مَشْهَدَ اَوْلِيَاۤئِهِ فِي رَجَبٍ

All praise be to Allah Who has allowed us to visit the shrine of His Saints in Rajab

وَ اَوْجَبَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ حَقِّهِمْ مَا قَدْ وَجَبَ

and made obligatory upon us fulfilling our duties towards them.

وَ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُنْتَجَبِ

May Allah send blessings to Muhammad, the divinely selected,

وَ عَلٰى اَوْصِيَاۤئِهِ الْحُجُبِ

and upon his Successors—the doors to Him.

اَللّٰهُمَّ فَكَمَا اَشْهَدْتَنَا مَشْهَدَهُمْ

O Allah, just as You have allowed us to visit their shrines,

فَاَنْجِزْ لَنَا مَوْعِدَهُمْ

please do fulfill for us the promises You have made with them,

وَ اَوْرِدْنَا مَوْرِدَهُمْ

include us with them,

غَيْرَ مُحَلَّئِيْنَ عَنْ وِرْدٍ

and include us with those whom shall not be prevented from drinking from the (Divine) Pool

فِي دَارِ الْمُقَامَةِ وَ الْخُلْدِ

in the abode of eternity and perpetuity.

وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

Peace be upon you all.

اِنِّي [قَدْ] قَصَدْتُكُمْ وَ اعْتَمَدْتُكُمْ

I have turned my face towards you and directed to you

بِمَسْاَلَتِيْ وَ حَاجَتِيْ

carrying my request and need with me,

وَ هِيَ فَكَاكُ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ

which is the release of my neck from Hellfire

وَ الْمَقَرُّ مَعَكُمْ فِي دَارِ الْقَرَارِ

and the settlement with you in the Abode of Final Settlement

مَعَ شِيْعَتِكُمُ الْاَبْرَارِ

with your pious adherents {Shi'ah).

وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا صَبَرْتُمْ

Peace be upon you all for that you persevered in patience.

فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ

Now how excellent is the final home!

اَنَا سَاۤئِلُكُمْ وَ آمِلُكُمْ فِيْمَا اِلَيْكُمُ التَّفْوِيْضُ

I hereby beg you and put my hope in you as regards the matters in which you have the right to act

وَ عَلَيْكُمُ التَّعْوِيْضُ

and recompense.

فَبِكُمْ يُجْبَرُ الْمَهِيْضُ

Truly, through you only are the hopeless restored to good condition,

وَ يُشْفَى الْمَرِيْضُ،

the ailed healed,

وَ مَا تَزْدَادُ الْاَرْحَامُ وَ مَا تَغِيْضُ

and that which the wombs absorb and that which they grow.

اِنِّي بِسِرِّكُمْ مُؤْمِنٌ

Verily, I have full faith in your Secret

وَ لِقَوْلِكُمْ مُسَلِّمٌ

and I am fully submissive to your words;

وَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ بِكُمْ مُقْسِمٌ

I thus beg you in the name of Allah

فِي رَجْعِيْ بِحَوَاۤئِجِيْ

to make me return having my requests responded,

وَ قَضَاۤئِهَا وَ اِمْضَاۤئِهَا

met, accepted,

وَ اِنْجَاحِهَا وَ اِبْرَاحِهَا

given success, and settled,

وَ بِشُئُوْنِي لَدَيْكُمْ وَ صَلَاحِهَا

and set aright all my needs and all my affairs towards you.

وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ سَلَامَ مُوَدِّعٍ

Peace be upon you from one who bids you farewell

وَ لَكُمْ حَوَاۤئِجَهُ مُوْدِعٍ

and puts all his needs with you,

يَسْاَلُ اللّٰهَ اِلَيْكُمُ الْمَرْجِعَ

praying to Allah for another visit to you,

وَ سَعْيَهُ اِلَيْكُمْ غَيْرَ مُنْقَطِعٍ

since his hope is never cut off from you.

وَ اَنْ يَرْجِعَنِيْ مِنْ حَضْرَتِكُمْ خَيْرَ مَرْجِعٍ

I also pray Him to make my departure successful

اِلٰى جَنَابٍ مُمْرِعٍ

to a productive place,

وَ خَفْضِ عَيْشٍ مُوَسَّعٍ

a fruitful area,

وَ دَعَةٍ وَ مَهَلٍ اِلٰى حِيْنِ الْاَجَلِ

comfort, and luxurious up to the befalling of death.

وَ خَيْرِ مَصِيْرٍ وَ مَحَلٍّ فِي النَّعِيْمِ الْاَزَلِ

I also pray Him for the best destiny and abode in the Eternal Bliss,

وَ الْعَيْشِ الْمُقْتَبَلِ

the affluent living,

وَ دَوَامِ الْأُكُلِ

the perpetual fruit,

وَ شُرْبِ الرَّحِيْقِ وَ السَّلْسَلِ

the drinking from the pure drink,

وَ عَلٍّ وَ نَهَلٍ لَا سَاَمَ مِنْهُ وَ لَا مَلَلَ

and the divine spring whose drink is refreshing and thirstquenching that is never bored or fed up.

وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ وَ تَحِيَّاتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ

Allah’s mercy, blessings, and salutations be upon you incessantly

حَتَّى الْعَوْدِ اِلٰى حَضْرَتِكُمْ

until I return to your presence

وَ الْفَوْزِ فِي كَرَّتِكُمْ

and win the honor of visiting you again

وَ الْحَشْرِ فِي زُمْرَتِكُمْ

and the honor of being resurrected with your group.

وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ صَلَوَاتُهُ وَ تَحِيَّاتُهُ

Allah’s mercy, blessings, benedictions, and salutations be upon you,

وَ هُوَ حَسْبُنَا وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيْلُ۔

for Allah alone is Sufficient for us! Most Excellent is He in Whom we trust!