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METHOD OF VISITING IMAM AL REZA
Several forms of ziyarah of Imam alRida (‘a) have been mentioned. However, the most famous form has been mentioned in the most reliable books and reported from the sublime Shaykh Muhammad ibn alHasan ibn alWalid, one of the mentors of Shaykh alSaduq. From the book of alMazar by Ibn Qawlawayh, we can conclude that this form of ziyarah has been reported from the Holy Imams. This form of ziyarah, according to Shaykh alSaduq’s book of manlayahzuruhulfaqih, is as follows:
When you intend to visit Imam alRida (‘a) in Tus, you may bathe yourself before you leave your house (at your hometown) and say the following words:
اَللّٰهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِيْ وَ طَهِّرْ لِيْ قَلْبِيْ
وَ اَجْرِ عَلٰى لِسَانِيْ مِدْحَتَكَ وَ الثَّنَاۤءَ عَلَيْكَ
فَاِنَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِكَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لِيْ طَهُوْرًا وَ شِفَاۤءً
O Allah, (please) cleanse me, cleanse my heart, expand my breast, and let Your praise and eulogy flow out from my tongue; since indeed there is neither might nor power except with You. O Allah, (please) establish it as a means of cleansing and healing for me.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ وَ بِاللّٰهِ
وَ اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَ اِلَى ابْنِ رَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ
حَسْبِيَ اللّٰهُ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللّٰهِ
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِلَيْكَ تَوَجَّهْتُ وَ اِلَيْكَ قَصَدْتُ
Say the following supplicatory words as you leave your house:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِلَيْكَ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيْ
وَ عَلَيْكَ خَلَّفْتُ اَهْلِيْ وَ مَالِيْ وَ مَا خَوَّلْتَنِيْ
وَ بِكَ وَثِقْتُ فَلَا تُخَيِّبْنِيْ
يَا مَنْ لَا يُخَيِّبُ مَنْ اَرَادَهُ
وَ لَا يُضَيِّعُ مَنْ حَفِظَهُ
صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
وَ احْفَظْنِيْ بِحِفْظِكَ
فَاِنَّهُ لَا يَضِيْعُ مَنْ حَفِظْتَ
In the name of Allah; the All-beneficent, the All-merciful. In the Name of Allah (I begin), in Allah (I trust), to Allah and towards the son of Allah’s Messenger (I trun my face). Allah is Sufficient unto me and on Allah do I rely. O Allah, I have set out to You, directed toward You, and desired for what You have in possession.
اَللّٰهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِيْ وَ طَهِّرْ لِيْ قَلْبِيْ
وَ اَجْرِ عَلٰى لِسَانِيْ مِدْحَتَكَ وَ مَحَبَّتَكَ وَ الثَّنَاۤءَ عَلَيْكَ
فَاِنَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِكَ
وَ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ اَنَّ قِوَامَ دِيْنِيْ
التَّسْلِيْمُ لِاَمْرِكَ وَ الْاِتِّبَاعُ لِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ
وَ الشَّهَادَةُ عَلٰى جَمِيْعِ خَلْقِكَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لِيْ شِفَاۤءً وَ نُوْرًا
اِنَّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ۔
When you go out of your house, you may stop at the door and say the following supplicatory words:
لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللهُ
O Allah, to You am I turning my face and with You do I keep my family members, my property, and everything with which You have allowed me to behave. I have trusted in You; so, do not disappoint me. O He Who saves those who trust in Him from disappointment and He Who does not give up those whom He safeguards. O Allah, (please do) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and guard me under Your custody, since nothing that You guard may be ruined.
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ
When you arrive there safely, Allah willing, and you intend to visit the Imam (‘a), you may bathe yourself and say the following words meanwhile:
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ
O Allah, (please) cleanse me, cleanse my heart for me, expand my breast, and let Your praise, eulogy, and love flow out from my tongue; since indeed there is no power except with You. I know for sure that the basis of my faith is to submit to Your decree, to keep to the traditions of Your Prophet, and to bear witness to all Your creatures. O Allah, (please) make it curative and light for me. You verily have power over all things.
You may put on the purest and cleanest of your clothes, walk barefooted with tranquility and submission, and mention Almighty Allah in your heart, repeating the following statements:
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ وَ بِاللّٰهِ
وَ عَلٰى مِلَّةِ رَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ
صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهِ
اَشْهَدُ اَنْ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ
وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ
وَ اَشْهَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُوْلُهُ
وَ اَنَّ عَلِيًّا وَلِيُّ اللّٰهِ
Allah is the Most Great. There is no god save Allah. All glory be to Allah. All praise be to Allah
اَشْهَدُ اَنْ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ
وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ
While entering the sacred shrine, you may say the following words:
وَ اَشْهَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُوْلُهُ
In the Name of Allah (I begin), in Allah (I trust), and the course of Allah’s Messenger (I follow), peace be upon him and his Household. I bear witness that there is no god save Allah, One and Only God and having no partner. And I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger and ‘Ali is Allah’s most intimate servant.
وَ اَنَّهُ سَيِّدُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ وَ الْاٰخِرِيْنَ
وَ اَنَّهُ سَيِّدُ الْاَنْبِيَاۤءِ وَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ
عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُوْلِكَ وَ نَبِيِّكَ
وَ سَيِّدِ خَلْقِكَ اَجْمَعِيْنَ
صَلٰوةً لَا يَقْوٰى عَلٰۤى اِحْصَاۤئِهَا غَيْرُكَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰۤى اَمِيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَبِيْ طَالِبٍ
عَبْدِكَ وَ اَخِيْ رَسُوْلِكَ
الَّذِيْ انْتَجَبْتَهُ بِعِلْمِكَ
وَ جَعَلْتَهُ هَادِيًا لِمَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ
وَ الدَّلِيْلَ عَلٰى مَنْ بَعَثْتَهُ بِرِسَالَاتِكَ
وَ دَيَّانَ الدِّيْنِ بِعَدْلِكَ
وَ فَصْلَ قَضَاۤئِكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ
وَ الْمُهَيْمِنَ عَلٰى ذٰلِكَ كُلِّهِ
وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ۔
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ
وَ اُمِّ السِّبْطَيْنِ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ
سَيِّدَيْ شَبَابِ اَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ
الطُّهْرَةِ الطَّاهِرَةِ الْمُطَهَّرَةِ
التَّقِيَّةِ النَّقِيَّةِ الرَّضِيَّةِ الزَّكِيَّةِ
سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاۤءِ اَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ اَجْمَعِيْنَ
صَلٰوةً لَا يَقْوٰى عَلٰۤى اِحْصَاۤئِهَا غَيْرُكَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ
وَ سَيِّدَيْ شَبَابِ اَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ
الْقَاۤئِمَيْنِ فِيْ خَلْقِكَ
وَ الدَّلِيْلَيْنِ عَلٰى مَنْ بَعَثْتَ بِرِسَالَاتِكَ
وَ دَيَّانَيِ الدِّيْنِ بِعَدْلِكَ
وَ فَصْلَيْ قَضَاۤئِكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ۔
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ
عَبْدِكَ الْقَاۤئِمِ فِيْ خَلْقِكَ
وَ الدَّلِيْلِ عَلٰى مَنْ بَعَثْتَ بِرِسَالَاتِكَ
وَ دَيَّانِ الدِّيْنِ بِعَدْلِكَ
وَ فَصْلِ قَضَاۤئِكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ
عَبْدِكَ وَ خَلِيْفَتِكَ فِيْۤ اَرْضِكَ
بَاقِرِ عِلْمِ النَّبِيِّيْنَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ۟اِلصَّادِقِ
عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّ دِيْنِكَ
وَ حُجَّتِكَ عَلٰى خَلْقِكَ اَجْمَعِيْنَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُوْسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ
وَ لِسَانِكَ فِيْ خَلْقِكَ
وَ الْحُجَّةِ عَلٰى بَرِيَّتِكَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوْسَى
عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّ دِيْنِكَ
وَ الدَّاعِيْۤ اِلٰى دِيْنِكَ وَ دِيْنِ اٰبَاۤئِهِ الصَّادِقِيْنَ
صَلٰوةً لَا يَقْوٰى عَلٰۤى اِحْصَاۤئِهَا غَيْرُكَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ
وَ الدَّاعِيْۤ اِلٰى سَبِيْلِكَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ
عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّ دِيْنِكَ۔
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ
الْقَاۤئِمِ فِيْ خَلْقِكَ
وَ حُجَّتِكَ الْمُؤَدِّيْ عَنْ نَبِيِّكَ
وَ شَاهِدِكَ عَلٰى خَلْقِكَ
الْمَخْصُوْصِ بِكَرَامَتِكَ
الدَّاعِيْۤ اِلٰى طَاعَتِكَ وَ طَاعَةِ رَسُوْلِكَ
صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى حُجَّتِكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ
الْقَاۤئِمِ فِيْ خَلْقِكَ
صَلٰوةً تَآمَّةً نَامِيَةً بَاقِيَةً
وَ تَجْعَلُنَا مَعَهُ فِيْ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْاٰخِرَةِ
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْۤ اَتَقَرَّبُ اِلَيْكَ بِحُبِّهِمْ
وَ اُوَالِيْ وَلِيَّهُمْ وَ اُعَادِيْ عَدُوَّهُمْ
فَارْزُقْنِيْ بِهِمْ خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْاٰخِرَةِ
وَ اصْرِفْ عَنِّيْ بِهِمْ شَرَّ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْاٰخِرَةِ
وَ اَهْوَالَ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ۔
You may then walk towards the tomb to stop there, face it, and say the following words:
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَلِيَّ اللّٰهِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللّٰهِ
I bear witness that there is no god save Allah, One and Only God and having no partner. And I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, the chief of the past and the coming generations, and the chief of the Prophets and Messengers. O Allah, (please) bless Muhammad, Your servant, messenger, prophet, and the chief of all Your creatures, with such blessings that none can calculate save You. O Allah, (please) bless the Commander of the Faithful ‘Ali the son of Abi-Talib, Your servant and the brother of Your Messenger, whom You have selected on the basis of Your knowledge and thus made lead (to the truth) whomever You willed amongst Your creatures and made the guide to those whom You sent with Your messages, the establisher of the true religion owing to Your justice, the decisive judge among Your creatures, and the prevalent over all that. Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon him. O Allah, (please) send blessings on Fatimah the daughter of Your Prophet, the wife of Your friend, the mother of the two grandsons al-Hasan and al-Husayn the two chiefs of the youth of Paradise; (she is) the genuinely pure, the immaculate, the purified, the pious, the perfect, the pleased, the pristine, and the doyenne of all the women of Paradise, (bless her) with such blessings that none can count except You. O Allah, (please) send blessings upon al-Hasan and al-Husayn, the two grandsons of Your Prophet, the two chiefs of the youth of Paradise, the two who establish authority among Your creatures, who guide to those whom You sent with Your messages, who manage the religious affairs on the basis of Your justice, and who judge on the basis of Your decrees among Your creatures. O Allah, (please) send blessings upon 'Ali the son of al-Husayn, Your servant who undertakes Your mission among Your creatures, who guides to those whom You sent with Your messages, who manages the religious affairs on the basis of Your justice, who judges according to Your decrees among Your creatures, and who is the prime of all worshippers. O Allah, (please) send blessings on Muhammad the son of ‘Ali, Your servant and Your representative in Your lands, who split asunder the knowledge of the Prophets. O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Ja'far the son of Muhammad, Your servant, the authority of Your religion, Your argument against all of Your creatures, the veracious, and the dutiful. O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Musa the son of Ja'far, Your righteous servant, Your spokesman among Your creatures, who speaks with Your Judgement, and who is the argument against Your created beings. O Allah, (please) send blessings upon ‘Ali the son of Musa, the cordial, the well-pleased, the servant of You, the authority of Your religion, who undertakes the mission with Your justice, who calls to the religion of You and of his veracious fathers; (bless him) with such blessings that none can count except You. O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad the son of ‘Ali, Your servant, Your authority, who undertakes the mission by Your command and calls to Your path. O Allah, (please) send blessing upon ‘Ali the son of Muhammad, Your servant and the authority of Your religion. O Allah, (please) send blessings upon alii as an the son of ‘Ali who carries out Your commands, who undertakes the mission among Your creatures, Your argument who acts on behalf of Your Prophet, Your witness on Your creatures, the exclusively endued with Your honor, and the caller to the obedience to You and to Your Messenger. Your blessings be upon them all. O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Your argument and authority who undertakes the mission among Your creatures with such blessing that is perfect, ever-increasing, and everlasting due to which You may hasten his Relief, grant him victory, and include us with him in this world and the Hereafter. O Allah, I am seeking nearness to You through bearing love for them, and I am loyal to their loyalists and enemy of their enemies. So (please) provide me in their names the goodness of this world and the Hereafter and fend off from me the evils of this world and the Hereafter as well as the horrors of the Resurrection Day.
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نُوْرَ اللّٰهِ فِيْ ظُلُمَاتِ الْاَرْضِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا عَمُوْدَ الدِّيْنِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ اٰدَمَ صَفْوَةِ اللّٰهِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ نُوْحٍ نَبِيِّ اللّٰهِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ اِبْرَاهِيْمَ خَلِيْلِ اللّٰهِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ اِسْمَاعِيْلَ ذَبِيْحِ اللّٰهِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ مُوْسٰى كَلِيْمِ اللّٰهِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ عِيْسٰى رُوْحِ اللّٰهِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ اَمِيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
وَ وَصِيِّ رَسُوْلِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاۤءِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ
سَيِّدَيْ شَبَابِ اَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ زَيْنِ الْعَابِدِيْنَ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ
بَاقِرِ عِلْمِ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ وَ الْاٰخِرِيْنَ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ مُوْسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ اَيُّهَا الصِّدِّيْقُ الشَّهِيْدُ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ اَيُّهَا الْوَصِيُّ الْبَآرُّ التَّقِيُّ
اَشْهَدُ اَنَّكَ قَدْ اَقَمْتَ الصَّلَاةَ
وَ اَمَرْتَ بِالْمَعْرُوْفِ
وَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
وَ عَبَدْتَ اللّٰهَ مُخْلِصًا حَتّٰىۤ اَتَاكَ الْيَقِيْنُ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَاۤ اَبَا الْحَسَنِ
وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ۔
You may then sit to the side of the Imam’s head and say the following words:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِلَيْكَ صَمَدْتُ مِنْ اَرْضِيْ
وَ قَطَعْتُ الْبِلَادَ رَجَاۤءَ رَحْمَتِكَ
فَلَا تُخَيِّبْنِيْ وَ لَا تَرُدَّنِيْ بِغَيْرِ قَضَاۤءِ حَاجَتِيْ
وَ ارْحَمْ تَقَلُّبِيْ عَلٰى قَبْرِ ابْنِ اَخِيْ رَسُوْلِكَ
صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهِ
بِاَبِيْۤ اَنْتَ وَ اُمِّيْ يَا مَوْلَايَ
اَتَيْتُكَ زَاۤئِرًا وَافِدًا
عَاۤئِذًا مِمَّا جَنَيْتُ عَلٰى نَفْسِيْ
وَ احْتَطَبْتُ عَلٰى ظَهْرِيْ
فَكُنْ لِيْ شَافِعًا اِلَى اللّٰهِ
يَوْمَ فَقْرِيْ وَ فَاقَتِيْ
فَلَكَ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ مَقَامٌ مَحْمُوْدٌ
وَ اَنْتَ عِنْدَهُ وَجِيْهٌ۔
Peace be upon you, O Allah’s friend. Peace be upon you, O Allah’s argument. Peace be upon you, O Allah’s light in the darkness of the earth. Peace be upon you, O pillar of the religion. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Adam the choice of Allah. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Noah the prophet of Allah. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Abraham the intimate friend of Allah. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Ishmael the slain for the sake of Allah. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Moses the spoken by Allah. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Jesus the spirit of Allah. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Muhammad the messenger of Allah. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of the Commander of the Faithful ‘Ali the authority of Allah and the successor of the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Fatimah the luminous lady. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of al-Hasan and al-Husayn the two chiefs of the youth of Paradise. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of ‘Ali the son of al-Husayn the adornment of the worshippers. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Muhammad the son of ‘Ali the splitter of the knowledge of the past and the last generations. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Ja'far the son of Muhammad the veracious and dutiful. Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Musa the son of Ja'far. Peace be upon you, O ever-truthful and martyr. Peace be upon you, O dutiful and pious successor. I bear witness that you performed the prayers, defrayed the poor-rate (and alms), enjoined the right, forbade the wrong, and serve Allah sincerely until death came upon you. Peace be upon you, O Abu’l-Hasan. Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you.
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْۤ اَتَقَرَّبُ اِلَيْكَ بِحُبِّهِمْ وَ بِوِلَايَتِهِمْ
اَتَوَلّٰى اٰخِرَهُمْ بِمَا تَوَلَّيْتُ بِهِ اَوَّلَهُمْ
وَ اَبْرَاُ مِنْ كُلِّ وَلِيْجَةٍ دُوْنَهُمْ
اَللّٰهُمَّ الْعَنِ الَّذِيْنَ بَدَّلُوْا نِعْمَتَكَ
وَ حَمَلُوْا النَّاسَ عَلٰۤى اَكْتَافِ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيۤ اَتَقَرَّبُ اِلَيْكَ بِاللَّعْنَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ
وَ الْبَرَاۤءَةِ مِنْهُمْ فِيْ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْاٰخِرَةِ يَا رَحْمَانُ۔
You may then throw yourself on the tomb and say the following supplicatory prayer:
صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكَ يَاۤ اَبَا الْحَسَنِ
صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى رُوْحِكَ وَ بَدَنِكَ
صَبَرْتَ وَ اَنْتَ الصَّادِقُ الْمُصَدَّقُ
قَتَلَ اللّٰهُ مَنْ قَتَلَكَ بِالْاَيْدِيْ وَ الْاَلْسُنِ۔
O Allah, for Your sake alone have I set out from my homeland and covered many countries in the hope of winning Your mercy; so, (please) do not disappoint me and do not make me return without having my needs settled (by You), and have mercy upon my turning over on the tomb of the son of Your Prophet’ brother, Your blessings be upon him and his Household. May my father and mother be ransoms for you, O my master. I have come to you visiting and getting to you, seeking protection against all that which I have committed against myself and overburdened my back with. So, (please) be my intercessor with Allah on the day of my poverty and neediness, for you enjoy with Allah a praiseworthy position and you are worthy of regard with Him.
You may then raise your right hand towards the sky, stretch out your left hand on the tomb, and say the following supplicatory prayer:
O Allah, I do seek nearness to You through bearing love for them and being loyal to them; I am loyal to the last of them in the same way as I am loyal to the first and I repudiate any adherence to any one other than them. O Allah, pour curses on those who have altered Your bounty, suspected Your Prophet, denied Your signs, scoffed at Your Imam, and placed the burden of the people upon the shoulders of Muhammad’s Household. O Allah, I do seek nearness to You through invoking curse on these peoples (i.e. the enemies of the Holy Prophet’s Household) and disavowing them in this world and the Hereafter, O All-beneficent Lord.
You may turn to the side of the Imam’s feet and say the following words:
Allah’s blessings be upon you, O Abu’l-Hasan. Allah’s blessings be upon your soul and body. You did act patiently and you are veracious and believed. May Allah kill those who killed you with hands and tongues.
You may then earnestly invoke the curse of Allah on the slayers of the Commander of the Faithful (Imam ‘Ali), the slayers of Imams alHasan and alHusayn, and all the slayers of the family members of the Holy Prophet.
You may then return to the side of the Imam’s head and offer a twounit prayer in which you may recite Surah Yasin (No. 36) after Surah alFatihah in one unit and Surah alRahman (No. 55) after Surah alFatihah in the other.
You may also pray and implore Almighty Allah as earnestly as possible.
You may also pray for yourself, your parents, and your brothers and sistersinfaith as much as you can.
You may stay at the side of the Imam’s head as long as you wish, offering all your prayers there.
DIFFERENCE IN A STATEMENT
The aforesaid form of ziyarah is in fact the most excellent. One of its statements has read:
...and scoffed at Your Imam...
This statement has been quoted from the books of manlayahzuruhulfaqih, ‘Uyun Akhbar alRida, and the books of ‘Aliamah alMajlisi.
اَللّٰهُمَّ الْعَنْ قَتَلَةَ اَمِيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
وَ قَتَلَةَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ
The statement involved thus means that these persons mocked at the Imam whom You have appointed for them.
وَ قَتَلَةَ اَهْلِ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكَ
However, according to the book of Misbah alZa’ir, the statement is mentioned in this form:
اَللّٰهُمَّ الْعَنْ اَعْدَاۤءَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ قَتَلَتَهُمْ
...and scoffed at Your Days...
وَ زِدْهُمْ عَذَابًا فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ
This meaning is also accurate and may be more accurate than the earlier from various aspects.
وَ هَوَانًا فَوْقَ هَوَانٍ
The Days are the Holy Imams, peace be upon them, according to the report of Saqr ibn AbiDalaf, which has been previously cited in the book (pp. 184, Vol. 1).
وَ ذُلًّا فَوْقَ ذُلٍّ
INVOCATION OF CURSE UPON THE ENEMIES
وَ خِزْيًا فَوْقَ خِزْيٍ
It is worth mentioning that invocation of Almighty Allah’s curse on the enemies of the Holy Imams can be said in any language or form. However, the most appropriate form may be the following, which is quoted from some validly reported supplications:
اَللّٰهُمَّ دُعَّهُمْ اِلَى النَّارِ دَعًّا
O Allah, pour curses on the slayers of the Commander of the Faithful, the slayers of al-Hasan and al-Husayn, peace be upon them, and the slayers of the members of Your Prophet’s Household. O Allah, curse the enemies and slayers of Muhammad’s family members, add up chastisement to the chastisement that You decide for them, add up humility to the humility that You decide for them, add up disgrace to the disgrace that You decide for them, and add up ignominy to the ignominy that You decide for them. O Allah, thrust them into Hellfire with disdainful thrusting, cast them down in the painful torment of You with violent casting, and drive them and their followers to Hell in groups.
وَ اَرْكِسْهُمْ فِيْۤ اَلِيْمِ عَذَابِكَ رَكْسًا
وَ احْشُرْهُمْ وَ اَتْبَاعَهُمْ اِلٰى جَهَنَّمَ زُمَرًا۔