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DEVOTIONAL ACTS AT IMAM AL-SADIQ’S BENCH
You may then walk to Imam alSadiq’s place (maqam alsadiq), which is near to the tomb of Muslim ibn ‘Aqil. You may offer there a twounit prayer; and when you finish and say the Tasbih statements, you may then say the following supplicatory prayer:
يَا صَانِعَ كُلِّ مَصْنُوْعٍ
وَ يَا جَابِرَ كُلِّ كَسِيْرٍ
وَ يَا حَاضِرَ كُلِّ مَلَإٍ
وَ يَا شَاهِدَ كُلِّ نَجْوٰى
وَ يَا عَالِمَ كُلِّ خَفِيَّةٍ
وَ يَا شَاهِدًا [شَاهِدُ] غَيْرَ غَاۤئِبٍ
وَ يَا غَالِبًا [غَالِبُ] غَيْرَ مَغْلُوْبٍ
وَ يَا قَرِيْبًا [قَرِيبُ] غَيْرَ بَعِيْدٍ
وَ يَا مُوْنِسَ كُلِّ وَحِيْدٍ
وَ يَا حَيًّا حِيْنَ لَا حَيَّ غَيْرُهُ
يَا مُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتٰى وَ مُمِيْتَ الْاَحْيَاۤءِ
الْقَاۤئِمَ عَلٰى كُلِّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ
لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ
صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ۔
O He Who Makes all things made! O He Who sets all things broken! O He Who is present in all sessions held! O He Who witnesses all confidential meetings! O He Who knows about all things hidden! O He Who is always nearby and is never absent! O He Who always overcomes and is never defeated! O He Who is always nigh and is never far off! O He Who entertains each and every lonely one! O He Who existed when there was no other being exists! O He Who restores lives to the dead and causes the alive to die! O He Who watches every soul as to what it earns! There is no god save You. (Please do) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and...
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It is worth mentioning to repeat what I have already mentioned about the order of the acts at Masjid alKufah:
Be it known to you that the order of doing the recommended acts in Masjid alKufah according to the opinion of the majority and according to the book of alMazar alQadim is that the acts to be done in the center of the mosque come directly after the acts at the fourth column. Hence, the acts of the seat of Judgement and the place of washtub should be the last of all, which means that they are done after the accomplishment of the acts at the seat of Imam alSadiq (‘a) (dakkat alsadiq).
In this book, I imitate the order followed by Sayyid Ibn Tawus, in his book of Misbah alZa’ir, ‘Aliamah alMajlisi, in his book of Bihar alAnwar, and Shaykh Khazir, in his book of alMazar.
In conclusion, one who desires to follow the opinion of the majority may do the acts at the seat of Judgements (dakkat alqaza’) and the place of washtub (bayt altast) after accomplishing all the other acts at Masjid alKufah.