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BIDDING FAREWELL TO THE IMAMS IN AL BAQI

Shaykh al-Tusi and Sayyid Ibn Tawus say that if you want to bid farewell to the four Imams, you may say the following:

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ اَئِمَّةَ الْهُدٰى وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ

اَسْتَوْدِعُكُمُ اللّٰهَ وَ اَقْرَاُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامَ

اٰمَنَّا بِاللّٰهِ وَ بِالرَّسُوْلِ

وَ بِمَا جِئْتُمْ بِهِ وَ دَلَلْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ

اَللّٰهُمَّ فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِيْنَ۔

Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you, O leaders to the true guidance. I entrust you with Allah and send salutations to you. We believe in Allah and in the Messenger and in that which you have conveyed and that to which you have guided. O Allah, then write us down among those who bear witness.

You may then supplicate Almighty Allah as earnestly as possible and pray Him to grant you another opportunity to visit these holy tombs.

It is worth mentioning that in Bihar al-Anwar, ‘Aliamah al-Majlisi has cited another lengthy form of ziyarah of these four Imams (‘a). Rather, I will mention no more than the foresaid forms. As a matter of fact, the most favorable form of ziyarah, in the words of ‘Aliamah al-Majlisi and other scholars, is the so-called al-Ziyarah al-Jami’ah (the comprehensive), which will be cited in this book.

In the first section of this book, I have cited other forms of ziyarah of Imam al-Hasan (‘a) on Mondays and the three Imams (‘a) altogether on Tuesdays. Therefore, ignore not these forms.

Although I usually mention a form of invocation of blessings along with the forms of ziyarah that are relegated to each Imam, I have not mentioned such a form for the Holy Imams (‘a) whom are buried at al-Baqi’ Cemetery. Rather, I will mention such a form at the end of this section of Ziyarahs. Therefore, refer to it there so that you will add to your good deeds and increase your rewards through invoking Almighty Allah’s blessings on these immaculate Imams (‘a).