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ANOTHER NAMAZ FOR SETTLING THE NEEDS (1)
The trustworthy Shaykh al-Kulayni, may Allah have mercy upon him, reports in his book of al-Kafi that ‘Abd al-Rahim al-Qasir said: I once visited Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) and said, “May Allah accept me as ransom for you! I have invented a formula of supplicatory prayer.”
The Imam (a.s.) answered, “Save me from your inventions! Whenever a disaster befalls you, you should have recourse to the Messenger of Allah and offer a two-unit prayer and dedicate it to him, peace be upon him and his Household.”
“How can I do that?” I asked.
The Imam (a.s.) answered, “You should bathe yourself and offer a two-unit prayer, beginning it with the prefatory part of obligatory prayers and say the tashahhud statement of obligatory prayers. When you finish saying the tashahhud and Taslim statements, you should say the following:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اَنْتَ السَّلَامُ
O Allah, You are the (source of) peace;
وَ مِنْكَ السَّلَامُ
from You does peace come;
وَ اِلَيْكَ يَرْجِعُ السَّلَامُ
and to You does peace return.
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
وَّ بَلِّغْ رُوْحَ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنِّىْ السَّلَامَ
convey my greetings to the soul of Muhammad
وَ اَرْوَاحَ الْاَئِمَّةِ الصَّادِقِيْنَ سَلَامِىْ
and the souls of the veracious Imams,
وَارْدُدْ عَلَىَّ مِنْهُمُ السَّلَامَ
and convey to me their response of my greetings.
وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ
Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon them.
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ
O Allah, these two units of prayer
هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّىْ اِلٰى رَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ
are present from me to Allah’s Messenger,
صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهٖ
peace and greetings of Allah be upon him and his Household.
فَاَثِبْنِىْ عَلَيْهِمَا مَا اَمَّلْتُ
So, (please) decide Your reward to be that You grant me what I have hoped
وَ رَجَوْتُ فِيْكَ وَ فِىْ رَسُوْلِكَ
and expected from You and Your Messenger.
يَا وَلِىَّ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ۔
O Guardian of the believers.
You may then prostrate and repeat the following forty times:
يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّوْمُ
O Ever-living! O Self-Subsisting!
يَا حَيُّا لَا يَمُوْتُ
O Ever-living One Who never dies!
يَا حَيًّا لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ
O Ever-living One; there is no god save You!
يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْاِكْرَامِ
O Lord of majesty and honoring!
يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ۔
O most Merciful of all those who show mercy
You may then put your right cheek on the ground and repeat the aforesaid supplication forty times. You may then put your left cheek on the ground and repeat the supplication more forty times.
You may then raise your head from prostration, extend your hands (towards the sky) and repeat the supplication forty times. You may then pull your hands to your neck, point out with your forefinger, and repeat the supplication forty times. You may then hold your beard with your left hand and weep, or try to weep, and say the following:
يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللّٰهِ
O Muhammad! O Allah’s Messenger!
اَشْكُوْ اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَ اِلَيْكَ حَاجَتِىْ
I complain to Allah and to you about my need
وَ اِلٰى اَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ الرَّاشِدِيْنَ حَاجَتِىْ
and I complain to your Household, the rightly guided, about my need,
وَ بِكُمْ اَتَوَّجَهُ اِلَى اللّٰهِ فِىْ حَاجَتِىْ۔
and through you all I turn my face towards Allah to grant me my need.
You should then prostrate and repeat the following word as much as one breath can take:
يَا اَللهُ يَا اللهُ۔
O Allah! O Allah!
You may then say the following:
صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ۔
Please, send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and...
You may now mention your need.
If you do so, Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) added, I guarantee that Allah the Almighty and Majestic will settle your need before you leave your place.”