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SALAWAT UPON IMAM AL MAHDI (A)
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ
O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household and send blessings upon al-Hasan’s vicegerent, successor, and inheritor; the establisher of Your decrees, the absent among Your creatures, and the awaiting for Your permission. O Allah, (please) bless him, make imminent his remoteness, fulfill Your promise to him, keep Your pledge to him, reveal the screen of occultation against his power, manifest the pages of ordeal through his advent, bring the horror before him, make firm the heart through him, wage the war through him, aid him with marked troops from the heavens, give him full dominance over all the enemies of Your religion, and inspire him not to leave any corner of them but that he demolishes it, any head but that he splits it, any trick but that he frustrates it, any sinful one but that he exposes him to punishment, any tyrant but that he annihilates him, any screen but that he exposes it, any pennon but that he lowers it, any authority but that he seizes it, any lance but that he smashes it, any spear but that he shatters it, any troops but that he takes them apart, any pulpit but that he burns it, any sword but that he breaks it, any idol but that he bruises it, any blood but that he sheds it, any persecution but that he annihilates it, any fortress but that he destroys it, any door but that he fills it up, any castle but that he destroys it, any house but that he scans it, any plain but that he treads on it, any mountain but that he climbs it, and any treasure but that he extracts it; in the name of Your mercy, O most merciful of all those who show mercy!
وَ صَلِّ عَلٰى وَلِيِّ الْحَسَنِ
وَ وَصِيِّهِ وَ وَارِثِهِ
وَ الْغَاۤئِبِ فِي خَلْقِكَ
وَ الْمُنْتَظِرِ لِاِذْنِكَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ
وَ اكْشِفْ عَنْ بَأْسِهِ حِجَابَ الْغَيْبَةِ
وَ اَظْهِرْ بِظُهُوْرِهِ صَحَاۤئِفَ الْمِحْنَةِ
وَ قَدِّمْ اَمَامَهُ الرُّعْبَ
وَ ثَبِّتْ بِهِ الْقَلْبَ
وَ اَيِّدْهُ بِجُنْدٍ مِنَ الْمَلَاۤئِكَةِ مُسَوِّمِيْنَ
وَ سَلِّطْهُ عَلٰىۤ اَعْدَاۤءِ دِيْنِكَ اَجْمَعِيْنَ
وَ اَلْهِمْهُ اَنْ لَا يَدَعَ مِنْهُمْ رُكْنًا اِلَّا هَدَّهُ
وَ لَا هَامًا اِلَّا قَدَّهُ
وَ لَا كَيْدًا اِلَّا رَدَّهُ
وَ لَا فَاسِقًا اِلَّا حَدَّهُ
وَ لَا فِرْعَوْنَ اِلَّاۤ اَهْلَكَهُ
وَ لَا سِتْرًا اِلَّا هَتَكَهُ
وَ لَا عَلَمًا اِلَّا نَكَسَهُ
وَ لَا سُلْطَانًا اِلَّا كَسَبَهُ
وَ لَا رُمْحًا اِلَّا قَصَفَهُ
وَ لَا مِطْرَدًا اِلَّا خَرَقَهُ
وَ لَا جُنْدًا اِلَّا فَرَّقَهُ
وَ لَا مِنْبَرًا اِلَّاۤ اَحْرَقَهُ
وَ لَا سَيْفًا اِلَّا كَسَرَهُ
وَ لَا صَنَمًا اِلَّا رَضَّهُ
وَ لَا دَمًا اِلَّاۤ اَرَاقَهُ
وَ لَا جَوْرًا اِلَّاۤ اَبَادَهُ
وَ لَا حِصْنًا اِلَّا هَدَمَهُ
وَ لَا بَابًا اِلَّا رَدَمَهُ
وَ لَا قَصْرًا اِلَّا خَرَّبَهُ [اَخْرَبَهُ]
وَ لَا مَسْكَنًا اِلَّا فَتَّشَهُ
وَ لَا سَهْلًا اِلَّاۤ اَوْطَاَهُ
وَ لَا جَبَلًا اِلَّا صَعَدَهُ
وَ لَا كَنْزًا اِلَّاۤ اَخْرَجَهُ
بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَاۤ اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ۔
When Shaykh alMufid mentioned the aforesaid form of ziyarah that begins with the following words:
اَللهُ اَكْبَرُ اَللهُ اَكْبَرُ اَللهُ اَكْبَرُ
لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللهُ وَ اللهُ اَكْبَرُ...
Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most Great. There is no god save Allah...
he (i.e. Shaykh alMufid), commenting, said the following:
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ الْجَدِيْدِ
According to another way of narration, you may say the following words while descending to the holy vault:
Peace be upon the fresh truth and the knowledgeable whose knowledge never expires...
So, he referred to the previously mentioned form of ziyarah up to the end. He then said:
اَللّٰهُمَّ عَظُمَ الْبَلَاۤءُ
وَ اِلَيْكَ يَا رَبِّ الْمُشْتَكٰى
وَ عَلَيْكَ الْمُعَوَّلُ فِيْ الشِّدَّةِ وَ الرَّخَاۤءِ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِهِ
الَّذِيْنَ فَرَضْتَ عَلَيْنَا طَاعَتَهُمْ
فَعَرَّفْتَنَا بِذٰلِكَ مَنْزِلَتَهُمْ
فَرِّجْ عَنَّا بِحَقِّهِمْ
كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ اَوْ هُوَ اَقْرَبُ
يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا عَلِيٌّ
يَا عَلِيُّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ
انْصُرَانِيْ فَاِنَّكُمَا نَاصِرَايَ
وَ اكْفِيَانِيْ فَاِنَّكُمَا كَافِيَانِ
يَا مَوْلَايَ يَا صَاحِبَ الزَّمَانِ
اَلْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ
اَدْرِكْنِيۤ اَدْرِكْنِيۤ اَدْرِكْنِيْ.
You may now offer the twelveunit prayer of ziyarah, separating between each two units with a Taslim statement.
You may then say the following supplicatory prayer, which is reported from Imam alMahdi (‘a) himself:
O my God, ordeal has become immeasurable. The hidden has become exposed. The covered has been disclosed. The earth has become narrow (despite its vastness). The sky has been prevented (from giving its blessings). And to You, O my Lord, is the complaint. Upon You is the reliance in hardships and leisure. O Allah, (please do) send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household the obedience to whom has been made obligatory upon us by You, and whose (special) rank has been thus made known for us by You, (please do) relieve our ordeals in the name of them with a relief that is as immediate as the twinkling of an eye or even closer. O Muhammad! O ‘Ali! O ‘Ali! O Muhammad! (Please) support me, for you both do support me, and save me, for you both do save. O my master! O Patron of the Age! (I beseech you for) relief! (I beseech you for) relief! (I beseech you for) relief! (Please do) come to my aid! (Please do) come to my aid! (Please do) come to my aid!
سَلَامُ اللهِ الْكَامِلُ التَّآمُّ الشَّامِلُ
This supplicatory prayer is of a high esteem; it is therefore advisable to repeat it in the holy sanctuary of Imam alMahdi (‘a) as well as other places. I have previously mentioned it in the first section of the book, yet with little difference is statements.
Sayyid Ibn Tawus has instructed the following:
You may offer a twounit prayer and then say the following words:
Peace of Allah-perfect, complete, comprehensive, and thorough...
This form of ziyarah can be found in the first section of this book (pp. 458, Vol. 1) under the title: Seeking Aid From Imam alMahdi (AlIstighathah bi’lHujjah.) as quoted from the book of alKalim alTayyib.