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Eighth: Sayyid Ibn Tawus has narrated that Muhammad ibn Dhakwan - known as al-Sajjad due to his remarkable, time-consuming prostration during which he used to weep so heavily that he lost his sight - asked Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (a.s.), saying, “May Allah accept me as ransom for you! We are now in Rajab; I therefore please you to teach me a supplicatory prayer due to which Almighty Allah may help me.” Hence, the Imam (a.s.) asked him to write down the following:
In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent the All-Merciful. You may say the following (supplicatory prayer) each day in Rajab; in mornings, evenings, and after each of the obligatory prayers:
يَا مَنْ اَرْجُوْهُ لِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ
O He Whom alone I hope for all good things
وَ آمَنُ سَخَطَهُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ شَرٍّ
and Whose wrath I do not expect when I do wrong!
يَا مَنْ يُعْطِيْ الْكَثِيْرَ بِالْقَلِيْلِ
O He Who recompenses the little deed with very much reward!
يَا مَنْ يُعْطِيْ مَنْ سَاَلَهُ
O He Who answers one who begs Him!
يَا مَنْ يُعْطِيْ مَنْ لَمْ يَسْاَلْهُ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ
O He Who gives those who do not ask Him and do not even recognize Him
تَحَنُّنًا مِنْهُ وَ رَحْمَةً
out of His kindness and mercifulness!
اَعْطِنِيْ بِمَسْاَلَتِيْ اِيَّاكَ جَمِيْعَ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا
(Please do) give me, for I pray You, the whole welfare of this world
وَ جَمِيْعَ خَيْرِ الْآخِرَةِ
and the whole welfare of the Next World
وَ اصْرِفْ عَنِّيْ بِمَسْاَلَتِيْ اِيَّاكَ
and save me, for I pray You,
جَمِيْعَ شَرِّ الدُّنْيَا وَ شَرِّ الْآخِرَةِ
the whole evil of this world and the Next World.
فَاِنَّهُ غَيْرُ مَنْقُوْصٍ مَا اَعْطَيْتَ
Verily, all that which You give is unblemished.
وَ زِدْنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ يَا كَرِيْمُ۔
(Please do) increase Your favors upon me, O All-generous!
The narrator then added that Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) then grasped his beard with his left hand, while saying this supplicatory prayer, and moved ceaselessly the forefinger of his right hand. He then added:
يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْاِكْرَامِ
O Lord of Majesty and Honor!
يَا ذَا النَّعْمَاءِ وَ الْجُوْدِ
O Lord of bliss and magnanimity!
يَا ذَا الْمَنِّ وَ الطَّوْلِ
O Lord of favor and munificence!
حَرِّمْ شَيْبَتِي عَلَى النَّارِ۔
(Please do) rescue my white-hair heard from Hellfire.