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HIRZ E HAZRAT FATIMAH (S)

BRIEF SUPPLICATORY AND EVIL-REPELLING PRAYERS

This section comprises a number of brief supplicatory and evil-repelling prayers that I have selected from the two books entitled Muhaj al-Da’awat and al-Mujtana compiled by Sayyid Razi al-Din Ibn Tawus.

First: Imam Musa ibn Ja’far (‘a) is reported to have quoted the Holy Prophet (s) as instructing Imam ‘Ali (‘a) to say this supplicatory prayer whenever a hardship would bother him:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنّىْۤ اَسْئَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

اَنْ تُصَلِّىَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

وَ اَنْ تُنْجِيَنِىْ مِنْ هٰذَا الْغَمِّ

and to save me from this distress.

LADY FATIMAH’S EVIL-REPELLING PRAYER

Second: This evil-repelling prayer is ascribed to Lady Fatimah (‘a):

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the Name of Allah; the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّوْمُ

O He Who is Ever-living; O He Who is Self-subsisting,

بِرَحْمَتِكَ اَسْتَغِيْثُ فَاَغِثْنِىْ

in the name of Your mercy I pray for Your aid; so, (please) come to my aid,

وَلَا تَكِلْنِىْۤ اِلٰى نَفْسِىْ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ اَبَدًا

do not leave me with myself even for a winking of an eye,

وَ اَصْلِحْ لِىْ شَاْنِىْ كُلَّهُ

and set aright my entire affair.