English
ANOTHER FORM OF ZIYARAH OF IMAM AL-JAWAD
In manlayahzuruhu’lfaqih, Shaykh alSaduq has reported the following:
When you intend to visit Imam alJawad (‘a), you may bathe yourself and put on two clean (and ceremonially pure) pieces of clothes. You may then say the following words:
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ
اِلْاِمَامِ التَّقِيِّ النَّقِيِّ
وَ حُجَّتِكَ عَلٰى مَنْ فَوْقَ الْاَرْضِ
نَامِيَةً زَاكِيَةً مُبَارَكَةً
مُتَوَاصِلَةً مُتَرَادِفَةً مُتَوَاتِرَةً
كَاَفْضَلِ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلٰىۤ اَحَدٍ مِنْ اَوْلِيَاۤئِكَ
وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَلِيَّ اللّٰهِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نُوْرَ اللّٰهِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللّٰهِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا اِمَامَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
وَ وَارِثَ عِلْمِ النَّبِيِّيْنَ
وَ سُلَالَةَ الْوَصِيِّيْنَ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نُوْرَ اللّٰهِ فِيْ ظُلُمَاتِ الْاَرْضِ
مُعَادِيًا لِاَعْدَاۤئِكَ
مُوَالِيًا لِاَوْلِيَاۤئِكَ
فَاشْفَعْ لِيْ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ۔
O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad the son of 'Ali, the pious, bright, pleasing, and pleased Imam and Your argument against all those who are on the earth and those who are beneath the ground with such blessings that are plentiful, ever-increasing, pure, blessed, continuous, consecutive, and uninterrupted and with the most excellent blessings that You have ever conferred upon any of Your intimate servants. And peace be upon you, O Allah’s most intimate servant. Peace be upon you, O Allah’s brightness. Peace be upon you, O Allah’s argument. Peace be upon you, O leader of the believers, inheritor of the knowledge of the Prophets, and descendant of the Prophets’ successors. Peace be upon you, O Allah’s light in the darkness of the earth. I have come to you, visiting you, recognizing your right, incurring the animosity of your enemies, and showing loyalty to your loyalists. So,(please)intercede for me with your Lord.
You may then pray Almighty Allah to grant you your personal needs.
You may then offer two prayers with four units under the dome that is over the tomb of Imam alJawad (‘a) to the side of his head; a prayer for visiting Imam alKazim (‘a) and another prayer for visiting Imam alJawad (‘a).
Do not offer a prayer to the side of Imam alKazim’s head, because this side is facing the graves of the people of Quraysh, which is impermissible to be taken as direction of prayer (i.e. kiblah).
As understood from the words of Shaykh alSaduq, the tomb of Imam alKazim (‘a) was separated from the tomb of Imam alJawad (‘a) by an independent dome and gate. So, visitors used to leave this dome to come under the dome of Imam alJawad (‘a), which was thereby an independent building.