Volume 88
Part 2 out of 3
بحار الانوار الجامعة لدرر أخبار الائمة الاطهار
Bihar Al-Anwaar – The summary of the pearls of the Ahadeeth of the Pure Imams-asws
تأليف العلامة فخر الامة المولى الشيخ محمد باقر المجلسيى
Author – The Allama, the pride of the community, the Mullah, the Sheikh Muhammad Baqir Al Majlisi
أبواب الصلوات المنسوبة إلى المكرمين و ما يهدى إليهم و إلى سائر المؤمنين
CHAPTERS ON THE SALAT(S) ATTRIBUTED TO THE HONOURABLE ONES AND WHAT IS GIFTED TO THEM AND TO REST OF THE MOMINEEN
باب 110 صلاة النبي و الأئمة ع
CHAPTER 110 – SALAT OF THE PROPHET-as AND THE IMAMS-asws
صلاة النبي ص
SALAT OF THE PROPHET-saww
1- جَمَالُ الْأُسْبُوعِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرٍ ع فَقَالَ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ص- فَعَسَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَمْ يُصَلِّ صَلَاةَ جَعْفَرٍ وَ لَعَلَّ جَعْفَراً لَمْ يُصَلِّ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص قَطُّ
(The book) ‘Jamal Al Usbou’ – by his chain from Muhammad Bin Haroun, from his father Haroun Bin Musa, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, from Yunus, from Hisham,
‘From Al-Reza-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him-asws about Salat of Ja’far-asws (Bin Abu Talib-asws). He-asws said: ‘Where are you from Salat of the Prophet-saww? Perhaps Rasool-Allah‑saww did not pray (like) the Salat of Ja’far-as, and perhaps Ja’far-as did not pray Salat of Rasool-Allah-saww, at all!’
فَقُلْتُ عَلِّمْنِيهَا
I said, ‘Teach it to us!’
قَالَ تُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ تَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ تَرْكَعُ فَتَقْرَأُهَا خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً وَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً إِذَا اسْتَوَيْتَ قَائِماً وَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً إِذَا سَجَدْتَ وَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً إِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ مِنَ السُّجُودِ وَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً فِي السَّجْدَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ وَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْهَضَ إِلَى الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُخْرَى
He-asws said: ‘You should recite two Cycles reciting in each Cycle Surah Al Fatiha, and Surah Al Qadr fifteen times, then perform Ruk’u reciting in it fifteen times, and fifteen times when you stand straight, and fifteen times when you do sajdah, and fifteen times when you raise your head from the Sajdah, and fifteen times in the second Sajdah, and fifteen times before you get up to the next Cycle.
ثُمَّ تَقُومُ إِلَى الثَّانِيَةِ فَتَفْعَلُ كَمَا فَعَلْتَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى ثُمَّ تَنْصَرِفُ وَ لَيْسَ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ذَنْبٌ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ وَ تُعْطَى جَمِيعَ مَا سَأَلْتَ
Then you stand to the second (Cycle) and do just as you have done in the first Cycle. Then leave, and there wouldn’t be any sin between you and Allah-azwj the Exalted except and it would been Forgiven for you, and you will be Given entirety of what you had asked for.
وَ الدُّعَاءُ بَعْدَهَا- لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّنَا وَ رَبُّ آبَائِنَا الْأَوَّلِينَ- لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ إِلَهاً وَاحِداً وَ نَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ- لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَا نَعْبُدُ إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ-
And the supplication after it is, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj, our Lord-azwj and Lord-azwj of our fathers, the former ones! There is no god except Allah-azwj, One God-azwj, and we are submitters to Him-azwj! There is no god except Allah-azwj! We do not worship except Him-azwj, being sincere to Him-azwj in the religion, and even if the Kafirs are averse to it!
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ وَحْدَهُ وَحْدَهُ أَنْجَزَ وَعْدَهُ وَ نَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ وَ أَعَزَّ جُنْدَهُ وَ هَزَمَ الْأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ فَ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ- وَ هُوَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
There is no god except Allah-azwj Alone, Alone! He-azwj Fulfils His-azwj Promises and Helps His‑azwj servants, and Strengthens His-azwj army, and Defeated the confederates Alone! For Him-azwj is the Kingdom and for Him-azwj is the Praise, and He-azwj is Able upon all things!
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ مَنْ فِيهِنَّ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَ أَنْتَ قَيَّامُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ مَنْ فِيهِنَّ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَ أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ وَ وَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ وَ إِنْجَازُكَ حَقٌّ وَ الْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ وَ النَّارُ حَقٌّ
O Allah-azwj! You-azwj are Noor of the skies and the earth and the ones in these. For You-azwj is the Praise, and You-azwj are Established of the skies and the earth and the ones in these. For You-azwj is the Praise, and You-azwj are the truth, and Your-azwj Promise is the truth, and Your‑azwj Fulfilment (of Promise) is true, and the Paradise is true, and the Hellfire is true!
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَ بِكَ آمَنْتُ وَ عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ بِكَ خَاصَمْتُ وَ إِلَيْكَ حَاكَمْتُ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَ مَا أَخَّرْتُ وَ مَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَ أَعْلَنْتُ
O Allah-azwj! I have submitted to You-azwj, and have believed in You-azwj, and have relied upon You-azwj, and have contended for Your-azwj Sake, and come for Judgment to You-azwj! O Lord‑azwj! O Lord-azwj! O Lord-azwj! Forgive for me what I have sent ahead, and what I have delayed, and what I have kept secret and announced!
أَنْتَ إِلَهِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اغْفِرْ لِي وَ ارْحَمْنِي وَ تُبْ عَلَيَّ- إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ.
You-azwj are my God-azwj! There is no god except You-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Forgive (sins) for me, and Mercy me, and Turn to me, surely You-azwj are the Oft-Turning, the Merciful!’’[1]
صلاة أمير المؤمنين ع
SALAT OF AMIR AL-MOMINEEN -asws
2- مَجَالِسُ الصَّدُوقِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُثَنًّى الْحَنَّاطِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ بِمِائَتَيْ مَرَّةٍ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً لَمْ يَنْفَتِلْ وَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ذَنْبٌ إِلَّا غَفَرَ لَهُ.
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Al Sadouq – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Musanna Al Hannat, from Abu Baseer,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who prays four Cycles with reciting Surah Al Tawheed two hundred times, fifty times in every Cycle, will not finish and there will be any sin between him and Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, except He-azwj will Forgive for him’’.[2]
3- ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ بِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً لَمْ يَنْفَتِلْ وَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ذَنْبٌ إِلَّا غَفَرَ لَهُ.
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, from Al Abbas Bin Marouf, from Sa’dan Bin Muslim, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him-asws saying: ‘One who prays four Cycles, reciting in each Cycle Surah Al Tawheed fifty times, will not finish and there will be any sin between him and Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, except He-azwj would Forgive for him’’.[3]
4- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ كَانَتْ صَلَاةَ فَاطِمَةَ ع وَ هِيَ صَلَاةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ.
(The book) ‘Al Ayyashi’ – from Hisham Bin Salim,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who prays four Cycles, reciting in each Cycle Surah Al Tawheed fifty times, it would be Salat of (Syeda) Fatima-asws for him, and it is Salat of the penitent ones’’.[4]
5- الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، وَ الْجَمَالُ، رُوِيَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى مِنْكُمْ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ صَلَاةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع خَرَجَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَ قُضِيَتْ حَوَائِجُهُ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْحَمْدَ مَرَّةً وَ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْهَا دَعَا بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ وَ هُوَ تَسْبِيحُهُ ع-
(The books) ‘Al Mutahajjid’, and ‘Al Jamal’ –
‘It is reported from Al-Sadiq Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘One from you who prays four Cycles Salat of Amir Al-Momineen-asws will emerge from his sins like the day his mother had given him birth, and his needs will be fulfilled. He should recite in the first Cycle Surah Al Hamd once, and Surah Al Tawheed fifty times. When he is free from it, he should supplicate with this supplication, and it is his-asws glorification: –
سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا تَبِيدُ مَعَالِمُهُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا تَنْقُصُ خَزَائِنُهُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا اضْمِحْلَالَ لِفَخْرِهِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا يَنْفَدُ مَا عِنْدَهُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا انْقِطَاعَ لِمُدَّتِهِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا يُشَارِكُ أَحَداً فِي أَمْرِهِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ
‘Glory be to the One whose signs do not disappear! Glory be to the one Whose treasures do not reduce! Glory be to the One Who there is no diminishing to His-azwj Pride! Glory be to the One there is no depletion of what is with Him-azwj! Glory be to the One there is no termination to His-azwj period! Glory be to the One Who does not participate anyone in His-azwj Commands! Glory be to the One there is no god apart from Him-azwj!’
وَ يَدْعُو بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَيَقُولُ يَا مَنْ عَفَا عَنِ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ لَمْ يُجَازِ بِهَا ارْحَمْ عَبْدَكَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ نَفْسِي نَفْسِي أَنَا عَبْدُكَ يَا سَيِّدَاهْ أَنَا عَبْدُكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ يَا رَبَّاهْ بِكَ يَا إِلَهِي بِكَيْنُونَتِكَ يَا أَمَلَاهْ يَا رَحْمَانَاهْ يَا غِيَاثَاهْ يَا غَايَتَاهْ
And he should supplicate after that saying, ‘O One Who Pardons from the evil deeds and does not Recompense (Retaliate) with it! Mercy Your-azwj servant, O Allah-azwj! O Allah-azwj! My soul! My soul! I am Your-azwj servant O Chief! I am Your-azwj servant in front of You-azwj! O Lord-azwj by You-azwj! O my God-azwj, by Your-azwj Bringing into being! O his wishes! O his Beneficent! O his Helper! O his Peak!
عَبْدَكَ عَبْدَكَ لَا حِيلَةَ لَهُ يَا مُنْتَهَى رَغْبَتَاهْ يَا مُجْرِيَ الدَّمِ فِي عُرُوقِي عَبْدَكَ يَا سَيِّدَاهْ يَا مَالِكَاهْ أَيَا هُوَ أَيَا هُوَ أَيَا هُوَ يَا رَبَّاهْ عَبْدَكَ لَا حِيلَةَ لِي وَ لَا غِنَى بِي عَنْ نَفْسِي وَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ لَهَا ضَرّاً وَ لَا نَفْعاً وَ لَا أَجِدُ مَنْ أُصَانِعُهُ تَقَطَّعَتْ أَسْبَابُ الْخَدَائِعِ عَنِّي وَ اضْمَحَلَّ كُلُّ مَظْنُونٍ عَنِّي
Your-azwj servant! Your-azwj servant! There are no means for him. O Ultimate of his desires! O Flower of the blood in my veins! Your-azwj servant! O his Chief! O his Owner! Oh He-azwj! Oh He‑azwj! Oh He-azwj! O his Lord-azwj! Your-azwj servant, there are no means for him nor is there needlessness with me from myself, nor am I capable for it of harm nor benefit, nor can I find anyone who can make it. The causes of deception are severed from me, and every thought has diminished from me!
أَفْرَدَنِي الدَّهْرُ إِلَيْكَ فَقُمْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ هَذَا الْمَقَامَ يَا إِلَهِي بِعِلْمِكَ هَذَا كَانَ كُلُّهُ فَكَيْفَ أَنْتَ صَانِعٌ بِي وَ لَيْتَ شِعْرِي كَيْفَ تَقُولُ لِدُعَائِي أَ تَقُولُ نَعَمْ أَمْ تَقُولُ لَا
The times have singled me to You-azwj, so I stood in front of You-azwj in this position, O my God‑azwj. All this has happened with Your-azwj Knowledge. So how will You-azwj Deal with me and I don’t know how You-azwj will be Saying to my supplication. Will You-azwj Say, “Yes!”, or will You-azwj Say: “No!”
فَإِنْ قُلْتَ لَا فَيَا وَيْلِي يَا وَيْلِي يَا وَيْلِي يَا عَوْلِي يَا عَوْلِي يَا عَوْلِي يَا شِقْوَتِي يَا شِقْوَتِي يَا شِقْوَتِي يَا ذُلِّي يَا ذُلِّي يَا ذُلِّي إِلَى مَنْ وَ مِمَّنْ أَوْ عِنْدَ مَنْ أَوْ كَيْفَ أَوْ مَا ذَا أَوْ إِلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ أَلْجَأُ وَ مَنْ أَرْجُو وَ مَنْ يَجُودُ عَلَيَّ بِفَضْلِهِ حِينَ تَرْفِضُنِي يَا وَاسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ
If You-azwj were to Say: “No!”, O my doom! O my doom! O my doom! O my Support! O my Support! O my Support! O my yearning! O my yearning! O my Yearning! O my disgrace! O my disgrace! O my disgrace! To whom, and from who, or with whom, or how, or what, or to which thing should I shelter, and who shall I hope to, and who will be generous upon me with his grace when You-azwj Reject me, O Capacious of the Forgiveness!
وَ إِنْ قُلْتَ نَعَمْ كَمَا هُوَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ وَ الرَّجَاءُ لَكَ فَطُوبَى لِي أَنَا السَّعِيدُ وَ أَنَا الْمَسْعُودُ فَطُوبَى لِي وَ أَنَا الْمَرْحُومُ يَا مُتَرَحِّمُ يَا مُتَرَئِّفُ يَا مُتَعَطِّفُ يَا مُتَجَبِّرُ يَا مُتَمَلِّكُ يَا مُقْسِطُ- لَا عَمَلَ لِي مَعَ نَجَاحِ حَاجَتِي
And if You-azwj were to Say: “Yes!”, just as is my thought with You-azwj and the hope to You-azwj, so beatitude be to me! I am the fortunate, and I am the happy. Beatitude be to me, and I am the Mercied! O Mercier, O Kind, O Compassionate, O Forceful, O Sovereign, O Equitable! There is no deed for me with being successful with my needs!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ فِي مَكْنُونِ غَيْبِكَ وَ اسْتَقَرَّ عِنْدَكَ وَ لَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْكَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ سِوَاكَ
I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which You-azwj Made it to be in the hidden of your unseen matters, and Settled with You-azwj, and does not emerge from You-azwj to anything besides You‑azwj!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِهِ وَ بِكَ وَ بِهِ فَإِنَّهُ أَجَلُّ وَ أَشْرَفُ أَسْمَائِكَ- لَا شَيْءَ لِي غَيْرُ هَذَا وَ لَا أَحَدَ أَعْوَدُ عَلَيَّ مِنْكَ يَا كَيْنُونُ يَا مُكَوِّنُ يَا مَنْ عَرَّفَنِي نَفْسَهُ يَا مَنْ أَمَرَنِي بِطَاعَتِهِ يَا مَنْ نَهَانِي عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِهِ وَ يَا مَدْعُوُّ وَ يَا مَسْئُولُ
I ask You-azwj by it, and by You-azwj, and by it, for it is the most Majestic, and Noblest of Your‑azwj Names! There is nothing for me apart from this, nor can I find anyone more Affectionate upon me than You-azwj! O Being! O bringer into existence! O One Who Introduced me to Himself‑azwj! O One Who Commanded me with obeying Him-azwj! O One Who Prohibited me from disobeying Him-azwj, and O supplicated, and O asked!
يَا مَطْلُوباً إِلَيْهِ رَفَضْتُ وَصِيَّتَكَ الَّتِي أَوْصَيْتَنِي بِهَا وَ لَمْ أُطِعْكَ وَ لَوْ أَطَعْتُكَ فِيمَا أَمَرْتَنِي لَكَفَيْتَنِي مَا قُمْتُ إِلَيْكَ فِيهِ وَ أَنَا مَعَ مَعْصِيَتِي لَكَ رَاجٍ فَلَا تَحُلْ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ مَا رَجَوْتُ يَا مُتَرَحِّمُ لِي أَعِذْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَ مِنْ خَلْفِي وَ مِنْ فَوْقِي وَ مِنْ تَحْتِي وَ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَاتِ الْإِحَاطَةِ بِي
O One Sought to! I rejected Your-azwj Advice which You-azwj had Advised me with and did not obey You-azwj, and had I obeyed You-azwj regarding what You-azwj have Commanded me, You‑azwj would have Sufficed me for what I am standing for to You-azwj, and I, along with my disobedience to You-azwj, am to You-azwj. Do not Form a barrier between me and what I have hoped for, O One Merciful to me! Shelter me from my front, and from behind me, and from above me, and from under me, and from every direction I am surrounded with!
اللَّهُمَّ بِمُحَمَّدٍ سَيِّدِي وَ بِعَلِيٍّ وَلِيِّي وَ بِالْأَئِمَّةِ الرَّاشِدِينَ ع اجْعَلْ عَلَيْنَا صَلَوَاتِكَ وَ رَأْفَتَكَ وَ رَحْمَتَكَ وَ أَوْسِعْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ رِزْقِكَ وَ اقْضِ عَنَّا الدَّيْنَ وَ جَمِيعَ حَوَائِجِنَا يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ- إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ-
O Allah-azwj! By Muhammad-saww my chief, and by Ali-asws my guardian, and by the rightful guiding Imams-asws! Make Your-azwj Salawaat upon us, and Your-azwj Kindness, and Your-azwj Mercy, and Expand upon us from Your-azwj sustenance, and Fulfil the debts on our behalf and entirety of our needs! O Allah-azwj! O Allah-azwj! O Allah-azwj! You-azwj are Able upon all things!’
ثُمَّ قَالَ ع مَنْ صَلَّى هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ وَ دَعَا بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ انْفَتَلَ وَ لَمْ يَبْقَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ذَنْبٌ إِلَّا غَفَرَ لَهُ
Then he-asws said: ‘One who prays this Salat and supplicates with this supplication, (when he) finishes and there will not remain any sin between him and Allah-azwj the Exalted, except and He-azwj will Forgive it for him!’
دُعَاءٌ آخَرُ عَقِيبَهَا- الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ خَالِقِ الْخَلْقِ بِغَيْرِ مَنْصَبَةٍ الْمَوْصُوفِ بِغَيْرِ غَايَةِ الْمَعْرُوفِ بِغَيْرِ تَحْدِيدٍ
Another supplication as its follow-up – ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj, Creator of the creation without being fatigued, the described as being without a peak, the well-known as being without limitations!
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْحَيِّ بِغَيْرِ شَبِيهٍ وَ لَا ضِدَّ لَهُ وَ لَا نِدَّ لَهُ
The Praise is for Allah-azwj the Living without are resemblance, nor is there any opposite for Him‑azwj, nor is there a rival for Him-azwj!
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَا تُقْضَى خَزَائِنُهُ وَ لَا تَبِيدُ مَعَالِمُهُ
The Praise is for Allah-azwj Whose treasure will not be depleted, nor will His-azwj Signs perish!
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ مَعَهُ ذَلِكَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَبِسَ الْبَهْجَةَ وَ الْجَمَالَ وَ تَرَدَّى بِالنُّورِ وَ الْوَقَارِ ذَلِكَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي يَرَى أَثَرَ النَّمْلَةِ فِي الصَّفَا وَ يَسْمَعُ وَقْعَ الطَّيْرِ فِي الْهَوَاءِ ذَلِكَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي هُوَ هَكَذَا وَ لَا هَكَذَا غَيْرُهُ
The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who, there is no god with Him-azwj! That is Allah-azwj Who Wears the Glory and the Beauty, and Robes with the Noor and the dignity! That is Allah-azwj Who Sees tracks of the ants in the solid rock, and Hears the birds falling in the air! That is Allah-azwj Who is like this and no one else is like that!
سُبْحَانَهُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ قَيُّومٌ لَا يَنَامُ وَ مَلِكٌ لَا يُضَامُ وَ عَزِيزٌ لَا يُرَامُ وَ بَصِيرٌ لَا يَرْتَابُ وَ سَمِيعٌ لَا يَتَكَلَّفُ وَ مُحْتَجِبٌ لَا يُرَى وَ صَمَدٌ لَا يُطْعَمُ وَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ
Glorious! Glorious is the One who is Awake Who does not sleep, and a King who cannot be violated, and Mighty Who cannot be Cracked, and Insightful Who does not hesitate, and Hearing nor Encumbered, and Veiled Who cannot be seen, and Solid Who does not feed, and Living Who will not be dying!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي أَطْفَأْتَ بِهِ كُلَّ نُورٍ وَ هُوَ حَيٌّ خَلَقْتَهُ
O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name by which You-azwj Extinguish every light, and it is a living being You-azwj Created!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي خَلَقْتَ بِهِ عَرْشَكَ الَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name by which You-azwj Created Your-azwj Throne. No one known what it is except You-azwj!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الْعَظِيمِ
And I ask You-azwj by the Noor of Your-azwj Magnificent Face!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ اسْمِكَ الَّذِي خَلَقْتَ بِهِ نُورَ حِجَابِكَ النُّورَ
And I ask You-azwj by Noor of Your-azwj Name, ‘Al-Noor’ by which You-azwj Created Noor of Your‑azwj veils!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي تَضَعْضَعَ بِهِ سُكَّانُ سَمَاوَاتِكَ وَ أَرْضِكَ وَ اسْتَقَرَّ بِهِ عَرْشُكَ وَ تُطْوَى بِهِ سَمَاؤُكَ وَ تُبَدَّلُ بِهِ أَرْضُكَ وَ تُقِيمُ بِهِ الْقِيَامَةَ يَا اللَّهُ
And I ask You-azwj O Allah-azwj by Your-azwj Name by which You-azwj Humbled dwellers of Your‑azwj skies and Your-azwj earth, and by it You-azwj Settled Your-azwj Throne, and by You-azwj will be Folding Your-azwj skies, and by it You-azwj will Replace Your-azwj earth, and by it You-azwj will be Establishing the (Day of) Qiyamah, O Allah-azwj!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي تَقْضِي بِهِ مَا تَشَاءُ بِذَلِكَ الِاسْمِ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name by which You-azwj Decree whatever You-azwj Desire, with that Name!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي هُوَ نُورٌ مِنْ نُورٍ وَ نُورٌ مَعَ نُورٍ وَ نُورٌ فَوْقَ كُلِّ نُورٍ وَ نُورٌ يُضِيءُ بِهِ كُلُّ ظُلْمَةٍ وَ نُورٌ عَلَى كُلِّ نُورٍ وَ نُورٌ فِي نُورٍ يَا اللَّهُ يَذْهَبُ بِهِ الظُّلَمُ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الْمَكْتُوبِ عَلَى جَبْهَةِ إِسْرَافِيلَ وَ بِقُوَّةِ ذَلِكَ الِاسْمِ الَّذِي يَنْفُخُ إِسْرَافِيلُ فِي الصُّورِ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which it is Noor from Noor, and Noor with Noor, and Noor above all Noor, and Noor which all darkness is illuminated by it, and Noor upon all Noor, and Noor in Noor! O Allah-azwj! Remove the injustice by it, and by Your-azwj Name Inscribed upon forehead of Israfeel-as, and by Strength of that Name which Israfeel-as will be blowing into the Trumpet!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْمَكْتُوبِ عَلَى رَاحَةِ رِضْوَانَ خَازِنِ الْجِنَانِ
And I ask You-azwj by Your Name Inscribed upon the palm of Rizwaan, treasurer of the Gardens!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الزَّكِيِّ الطَّاهِرِ الْمَكْتُوبِ فِي كُنْهِ حُجُبِكَ الْمَخْزُونِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ عَلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name the Pure, the clean, the Inscribed in the essence of Your‑azwj veils, the treasured in knowledge of the unseen with You-azwj, at Sidrat Al-Muntaha (the ultimate point)!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِهِ يَا اللَّهُ
I ask You-azwj by it, O Allah-azwj!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ بِكَ
And I ask You-azwj, O Allah-azwj, by You-azwj!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْمَكْتُوبِ عَلَى سُرَادِقِ السَّرَائِرِ وَ أَدْعُوكَ بِهَذِهِ الْأَسْمَاءِ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ- لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ أَنْتَ النُّورُ التَّامُّ الْبَارُّ الرَّحِيمُ وَ الْمُعِيدُ الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَعَالِ بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ نُورُهُنَّ وَ قَوَّامُهُنَّ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name Inscribed upon beds of the pavilions, and I supplicate to You-azwj by these Names! For You-azwj is the Praise! There is no god except You-azwj! Glory be to You-azwj! Glory be to You-azwj, You-azwj are the complete Noor, the Fashioner, the Merciful, the Repeated, the Great, the Exalted, Initiator of the skies and the earth and their Noor and their Establisher!
يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ نُورَ النُّورِ دَائِمٌ قُدُّوسٌ اللَّهُ الْقُدُّوسُ الْقَيُّومُ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ مُدَبِّرُ الْأُمُورِ فَرْدٌ وَتْرٌ حَقٌّ قَدِيمٌ
O with the Majestic and the Benevolence, O Affectionate, O Benefactor, Light of the lights, Permanent, Holy! Allah-azwj is the Holy, the Eternally living nor dying, Manager of the affairs, Individual, Single, Right, Ancient!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الَّذِي تَجَلَّيْتَ بِهِ لِمُوسَى عَلَى الْجَبَلِ فَجَعَلْتَهُ دَكّاً وَ خَرَّ مُوسى صَعِقاً فَمَنَنْتَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَحْيَيْتَهُ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ بِذَلِكَ الِاسْمِ
And I ask You-azwj by Noor of Your-azwj Face which You-azwj Flashed to Musa-as with on the mountain, so He-azwj Made it as rubble, and Musa-as fell down unconscious. You-azwj Conferred with it upon him-as and Revived him-as after the death by that Name!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي كَتَبْتَهُ عَلَى عَرْشِكَ وَ اسْتَقَرَّ بِذَلِكَ الِاسْمِ
And I ask You-azwj, O Allah-azwj, by Your-azwj Name which You-azwj Inscribed upon Your-azwj Throne, and Settled with that Name!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا قُدُّوسُ يَا قُدُّوسُ يَا قُدُّوسُ
And I ask You-azwj, O Allah-azwj, O Holy, O Holy!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ قُدُّوسٌ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ
And I ask You-azwj by You-azwj, Holy, O Allah-azwj, O Allah-azwj, O Allah-azwj!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي يَمْشِي بِهِ عَلَى طَلَلِ الْمَاءِ كَمَا يَمْشِي بِهِ عَلَى جَدَدِ الْأَرْضِ يَا اللَّهُ
I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which one can walk with it upon surface of the water just as one walks with it upon pathways of the earth, O Allah-azwj!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِهِ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي أَجْرَيْتَ بِهِ الْفَلَكَ فَجَعَلْتَهُ مَعَالِمَ شَمْسِكَ وَ قَمَرِكَ وَ كَتَبْتَ اسْمَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ بِأَنَّكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ تُسْأَلُ فَتُجِيبُ فَأَنَا أَسْأَلُكَ بِهِ يَا اللَّهُ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي هُوَ نُورٌ:
And I ask You-azwj by it and by Your-azwj Name which You-azwj Flowed by it, so You-azwj Made it a landmark of Your-azwj sun and Your-azwj moon, and You-azwj Wrote Your-azwj Name upon it, and by that there is no god except You-azwj! You-azwj are asked, so You-azwj Respond, so I hereby ask You-azwj, O Allah-azwj, and by Your-azwj Name which it is Noor!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي أَقَمْتَ بِهِ عَرْشَكَ وَ كُرْسِيَّكَ فِي الْهَوَاءِ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي بِهِ سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ غَضَبَكَ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي خَلَقْتَ بِهِ الْفِرْدَوْسَ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name by which You-azwj Established Your-azwj Throne and Your‑azwj Chair in the air, and by Your-azwj Name by which Your-azwj Mercy precedes Your-azwj Wrath, and by Your-azwj Name by which You-azwj Created Al-Firdows!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ وَ بِأَنَّكَ السَّلَامُ وَ مِنْكَ السَّلَامُ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الْمَكْتُوبِ فِي دَارِ السَّلَامِ وَ بِاسْمِكَ يَا اللَّهُ الطَّاهِرِ الْمُطَهَّرِ الْمُقَدَّسِ النُّورِ الْمُصْطَفَى الَّذِي اصْطَفَيْتَهُ لِنَفْسِكَ بِهِ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name, and that You-azwj are the Granter of Peace, and the Peace is from You-azwj, and by Your-azwj Name Inscribed in the House of Peace, and by Your-azwj Name, O Allah-azwj, the Pure, the Purifier, the Holy, the Light, the Chosen which You-azwj Chose it for Yourself-azwj!
أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ وَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الْمُنِيرِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي يُمْشَى بِهِ فِي الظُّلَمِ وَ يُمْشَى بِهِ فِي أَبْرَاجِ السَّمَاءِ
I Ask You-azwj, O Allah-azwj, and by Noor of Your-azwj radiant Face, and I ask You-azwj, O Allah-azwj, by Your-azwj Name by which one walks with it in the darkness and walks with it in constellations of the sky!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي كَتَبْتَهُ عَلَى حِجَابِ عَرْشِكَ
And I ask You-azwj, O Allah-azwj Who, there isn’t anything like Him-azwj, by Your-azwj Name which You-azwj Inscribed upon veils of Your-azwj Throne!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْمَكْتُوبِ الْأَعَزِّ الْأَجَلِّ الْأَكْبَرِ الْأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي تُحِبُّهُ وَ تَرْضَى عَمَّنْ دَعَاكَ بِهِ وَ تُجِيبُ دَعْوَتَهُ وَ لَا تَحْرُمُ سَائِلَكَ بِهِ بِذَلِكَ الِاسْمِ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name the Inscribed, the Mightiest, the most Majestic, the Greatest, the most Magnificent which You-azwj Love and are Satisfied with, and Your-azwj are Satisfied with the one who supplicates by it, and You-azwj Answer his supplication and You-azwj do not Deprive Your-azwj beggar by it, due to that Name!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ طَيِّبٌ مُبَارَكٌ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ وَ الزَّبُورِ وَ الْفُرْقَانِ وَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ فِي اللَّوْحِ الْمَحْفُوظِ
And I ask You-azwj by every Name which it for You-azwj, Good, Blessed, in the Torah, and the Evangel, and the Psalms, and the Furqan, and by every Name which is for You-azwj in the Guarded Tablet!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي أَصْغَرُ حَرْفٍ مِنْهُ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ وَ الْجِبَالِ وَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْتَهُ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which is the smallest letter of it is mightier than the skies and the earths, and the mountains, and all things You-azwj have Created!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ اصْطَفَيْتَهُ مِنْ عِلْمِكَ لِنَفْسِكَ وَ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ
And I ask You-azwj by every Name You-azwj have Chosen for Yourself-azwj from Your-azwj Knowledge, and You-azwj Preferred it in the knowledge of the unseen in Your-azwj Possession!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي كَانَ دَعَاكَ بِهِ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ الْكِتابِ فَأَجَبْتَهُ بِذَلِكَ الِاسْمِ أَدْعُوكَ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which was supplicated with by the one with whom is knowledge of the Book, so You-azwj Answered him due to that Name!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِهِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي دَعَاكَ بِهِ حَمَلَةُ عَرْشِكَ فَاسْتَقَرَّتْ أَقْدَامُهُمْ وَ حَمَّلْتَهُمْ عَرْشَكَ بِذَلِكَ الِاسْمِ يَا اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُهُ مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ وَ لَا حَامِلُ عَرْشِكَ وَ لَا كُرْسِيِّكَ إِلَّا مَنْ عَلَّمْتَهُ ذَلِكَ
And I ask You-azwj by it, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which bearers of Your-azwj Throne supplicated with so their feet settled and You-azwj Loaded them Your-azwj Throne with that Name, O Allah-azwj which is neither known by an Angel of Proximity, nor a bearer of Your-azwj Throne, nor Your-azwj Chair except You-azwj Taught him that!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي دَعَاكَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ الطَّيِّبِينَ الْأَخْيَارِ وَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which was supplicated with by Muhammad-saww, may Your‑azwj Salawaat be upon him-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, the pure, the goodly, the best, and by the right of Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, may Your-azwj Salawaat upon them-asws all!
وَ اقْضِ حَاجَتِي وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِالْمَغْفِرَةِ وَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ الرِّزْقِ الْحَلَالِ الطَّيِّبِ الْوَاسِعِ وَ الصِّحَّةِ وَ الْعَافِيَةِ وَ السَّلَامَةِ فِي نَفْسِي وَ دِينِي وَ أَهْلِي وَ مَالِي وَ وُلْدِي وَ إِخْوَانِي وَ عَشِيرَتِي إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
And Fulfil my need, and Confer upon me with the Forgiveness, and the Mercy, and the Permissible sustenance, the goodly, the vast, and the health and the well-being, and the safety regarding myself, and my religion, and my family, and my wealth, and my children, and my brethren, and my clan, You-azwj are Able upon all things!
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى حِلْمِهِ بَعْدَ عِلْمِهِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى عَفْوِهِ بَعْدَ قُدْرَتِهِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْقَادِرِ بِقُدْرَتِهِ عَلَى كُلِّ قُدْرَةٍ وَ لَا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ قُدْرَتَهُ
The Praise is for Allah-azwj upon His-azwj Forbearance after His-azwj Knowledge! The Praise is for Allah-azwj upon His-azwj Pardon after His-azwj Power! The Praise is for Allah-azwj the Able by His‑azwj Ability upon every ability, and no one is able with His-azwj Ability!
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَاسِطِ الْيَدَيْنِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ- الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ- وَ هُوَ عَلِيمٌ بِذاتِ الصُّدُورِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ خَالِقِ الْخَلْقِ وَ قَاسِمِ الرِّزْقِ
The Praise is for Allah-azwj Extending His-azwj Hands with the Mercy! The Praise is for Allah-azwj Knower of the unseen and the seen, and He-azwj is Knower of contents of the chests! And the Praise is for Allah-azwj Creator of the creation and Distributor of the sustenance!
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْخَالِقِ لِمَا يُرَى الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَّامِ الْغُيُوبِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بِجَمِيعِ مَحَامِدِهِ كُلِّهَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ نَعْمَائِهِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ بَلَائِهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ بِقُدْرَتِهِ-
The Praise is for Allah-azwj the Creator of what is seen! The Praise is for Allah-azwj Knower of the unseen! The Praise is for Allah-azwj with entirety of His-azwj Praises, all of them! The Praise is for Allah-azwj upon entirety of His-azwj bounties! The Praise is for Allah-azwj upon entirety of His-azwj afflictions upon His-azwj creatures with His-azwj Power!
لا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصارُ وَ هُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصارَ وَ هُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ الْأَوَّلِ كَانَ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَ عَلِمَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِعِلْمِهِ وَ أَنْفَذَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بَصَراً وَ عَلِمَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِغَيْرِ تَعْلِيمٍ
Visions cannot comprehend Him, and He Comprehends the visions; and He is the Knower of the subtleties, the Aware [6:103]. The First Who was before all things, and He-azwj Knows all things by His-azwj Knowledge, and Implements all things by Sight, and Knows all things without being taught!
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْإِلَهِ الْقُدُّوسِ- يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ طَائِعِينَ غَيْرَ مَكْرُوهَيْنِ وَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَ لَكِنْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْ
The Praise is for Allah-azwj, the God-azwj, the Holy! There glorify to Him-azwj whatever is in the skies and the earth, willingly of unwillingly, and all things glorify with His-azwj Praise, but their glorification is not being understood!
إِلَهِي عَلِمْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَ قَدَّرْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَ هَدَيْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَ دَعَوْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ إِلَى جَلَالِكَ وَ جَلَالِ وَجْهِكَ وَ عَظِيمِ مُلْكِكَ وَ تَعْظِيمِ سُلْطَانِكَ وَ قَدِيمِ أَزَلِيَّتِكَ وَ رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ
My God-azwj! You have Known all things, and Determined all things, and Guided all things, and Called all things to Your-azwj Majesty and Majesty of Your-azwj Face, and Magnificent of Your‑azwj Kingdom, and reverence of Your-azwj Authority, and ancientness of Your-azwj eternality and Your-azwj Lordship!
لَكَ الثَّنَاءُ بِجَمِيعِ مَا يَنْبَغِي لَكَ أَنْ يُثْنَى بِهِ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الْمَحَامِدِ وَ الثَّنَاءِ وَ التَّقْدِيسِ وَ التَّهْلِيلِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ دَائِمٌ لَا يَلْهُو سُبْحَانَكَ مَنْ هُوَ قَائِمٌ لَا يَسْهُو نُورُ كُلِّ نُورٍ وَ هَادِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
For You-azwj is the Praise with entirety of what is befitting for You-azwj to be praised with upon You-azwj, from the praising, and the extolling, and the Holiness, and the Oneness! Glorious is the One who is Permanently not distracted! Glorious is the One Who is eternally not omitting! Light of all lights, and Guide of all things!
سُبْحَانَ أَهْلِ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَ أَهْلِ التَّعْظِيمِ وَ الثَّنَاءِ الْحَسَنِ تَبَارَكْتَ إِلَهِي فَاسْتَوَيْتَ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ الْعِزِّ وَ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا تَحْتَ الثَّرَى وَ مَا فَوْقَهُ وَ مَا عَلَيْهِ وَ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ وَ مَا يَخْرُجُ شَيْءٌ مِنْ عِلْمِكَ
Glorious, rightful of the Greatness, and rightful of the reverence and the excellent praise! Blessed is my God-azwj! He-azwj Evened upon the Chair of Honour and Knows what is beneath the soil, and what is above it, and what is upon it, and what emerges from it, and nothing comes out from Your-azwj Knowledge!
سُبْحَانَكَ مَا أَحْسَنَ بَلَاءَكَ وَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مَا أَظْهَرَ نَعْمَاءَكَ وَ لَكَ الشُّكْرُ مَا أَكْبَرَ عَظَمَتَكَ
Glory be to You-azwj! How excellent are Your-azwj afflictions; and for You-azwj is the Praise, how apparent are Your-azwj bounties; and for You-azwj is the thanks, how Great is Your-azwj Magnificence!
إِلَهِي اغْفِرْ لِلْمُذْنِبِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَ تَجَاوَزْ عَنِ الْخَاطِئِينَ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَصُرُوا وَ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا وَ ضَمِنُوا لَكَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ لَمْ يَفُوا وَ اتَّكَلُوا عَلَى أَنَّكَ أَكْرَمُ الْأَكْرَمِينَ فَتَّاحُ الْخَيْرَاتِ إِلَهُ مَنْ فِي الْأَرَضِينَ وَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ أَنَّكَ دَيَّانُ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ
My God-azwj! Forgive (sins) for the sinners from the believing men and the believing women, and Overlook from the wrongdoers, for they are deficient and do not know, and they guaranteed upon themselves and were not loyal, and they relied upon You-azwj being most Benevolent of the benevolent ones, Opener of the goodness, God-azwj of the ones in the earths and the skies, and You-azwj are Judge on the Day of religion (Qiyamah)!
وَ اغْفِرْ لِي وَ لِوَالِدَيَّ وَ أَهْلِي وَ إِخْوَانِي وَ ارْزُقْنِي رِزْقاً وَاسِعاً طَيِّباً هَنِيئاً مَرِيئاً سَرِيعاً حَلَالًا إِنَّكَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ.
And Forgive for me and for my parents, and my family and my brethren, and Grace me sustenance which is vast, good, welcoming, pleasant, quick, Permissible, You-azwj are best of the sustainers!’’[5]
6- الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، وَ الْجَمَالُ، صَلَاةٌ أُخْرَى لِعَلِيٍّ ع تُصَلِّي يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَأَوَّلُ مَا تَبْدَأُ بِهِ أَنْ تَقُولَ عِنْدَ وُضُوئِكَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَيْرِ الْأَسْمَاءِ وَ أَكْرَمِ الْأَسْمَاءِ وَ أَشْرَفِ الْأَسْمَاءِ
(The books) ‘Al Mutahajjid’, and ‘Al Jamaal’ –
‘Another Salat of Ali-asws to be prayed on the day of Friday. The first of what you should begin with is you should say during your Wud’u, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj! In the Name of Allah-azwj! In the Name of Allah-azwj, best of the Names, and most honourable of the Names, and noblest of the Names!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الْقَاهِرِ لِمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ السَّمَاءِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَا قَلْبِي بِالْإِيمَانِ وَ رَزَقَنِي الْإِسْلَامَ
In the Name of Allah-azwj the Subduer of the ones in the earth and the sky! The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who Made all living beings from the water! The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who Revived my heart with the Eman, and Graced me Al-Islam!
اللَّهُمَّ تُبْ عَلَيَّ وَ طَهِّرْنِي وَ اقْضِ لِي بِالْحُسْنَى فِي عَافِيَةٍ وَ فِي عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي وَ جَمِيعِهِ وَ أَرِنِي كُلَّ الَّذِي أُحِبُّ فِي الْعَاجِلَةِ وَ الْآجِلَةِ وَ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ الْخَيْرَاتِ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ يَا سَمِيعَ الدُّعَاءِ-
O Allah-azwj! Turn to me and Purify me, and Decree for me with the excellence in well-being, and in end-result of my affairs, and its entirety, and Show all which I love in the current and the future, and Open for me the doors of goodness from You-azwj, O Hearer of the supplication!’
ثُمَّ امْضِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَ قُلْ حِينَ تَدْخُلُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَسْتَفْتِحَ الصَّلَاةَ- يَسْئَلُهُ مَنْ فِي السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ-
Then go to the Masjid and say when you enter it before you begin the Salat, ‘Everyone in the skies and the earth asks Him. Every day He is in Splendour [55:29].
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ مِنْ شَأْنَكِ شَأْنَ حَاجَتِي وَ اقْضِ فِي شَأْنِكَ لِي حَاجَتِي وَ حَاجَتِي إِلَيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعِتْقُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ أَنْ تُقْبِلَ عَلَيَّ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ-
O Allah-azwj! Make from Your-azwj Splendour, splendour of my needs, and Decree in Your-azwj Splendour regarding my needs for me, and my neediness to You-azwj, O Allah-azwj, for the liberation from the Hellfire, and Face to me with Your-azwj Benevolent Face!’
ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ رَاحَتَيْكَ مِمَّا يَلِي السَّمَاءَ وَ قُلِ- اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ مُقَدَّساً مُعَظَّماً مُوَقَّراً الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ وَ كَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيراً
Then make your palms from what follows the sky and say, ‘Allah-azwj is Greatest! Allah-azwj is Greatest! Allah-azwj is Greatest! Holy, Revered, Dignified! ‘The Praise is for Allah, Who did not Take a son, and there does not happen to be an associate for Him in the Kingdom, and there does not happen to be a Guardian for Him from the disgrace, and exclaim His Greatness with exclamations’ [17:111].
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ أَهْلَ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَ الْحَمْدِ وَ الثَّنَاءِ وَ التَّقْدِيسِ وَ الْمَجْدِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ- لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ
Allah-azwj is Greatest, rightful of the Greatness and the Praise, and the extolling, and the Holiness, and the Glory, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest, He does not beget and is not begotten [112:3] And there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him’ [112:4].
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ فِي تَكْبِيرِي بَلْ مُخْلِصاً أَقُولُ وَ بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ أَعُوذُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ-
Allah-azwj is Greatest! There is no associate for Him-azwj in my exclamation of Takbeer, but I am saying sincerely, and by Allah-azwj the Exalted, the Magnificent, I seek Refuge from the Pelted Satan-la!’
وَ أَمْكِنْ قَدَمَيْكَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَلْصِقْ إِحْدَاهُمَا بِالْأُخْرَى وَ إِيَّاكَ وَ الِالْتِفَاتَ وَ حَدِيثَ النَّفْسِ وَ اقْرَأْ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ الم تَنْزِيلُ السَّجْدَةَ وَ إِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مِمَّا تَيَسَّرَ
And stabilise your feet on the ground and adhere one of these with the other, and beware of turning around and discussing with yourself, and recite in the first Cycle, Surahs Al Fatiha, and Al Tawheed, and Al Sajdah, and if you like with other than that from the Quran from what is easy.
وَ اقْرَأْ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ سُورَةَ يس وَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ حم دُخَانٍ وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ تَبارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ- وَ إِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَمَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ فَإِذَا قَضَيْتَ الْقِرَاءَةَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأَوْلَى فَقُلْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَرْكَعَ وَ أَنْتَ قَائِمٌ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً-
And recite in the second (Cycle) Surah Yaseen, and in the third Surah Dukhan, and in the four Surah Al Mulk, and if you like with other than that from the Quran what is easier than it. When you have finished the recitation in the first Cycle, then say before you perform Ruk’u while you are standing, fifteen times: –
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ وَ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ وَ تَعَالَى اللَّهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ وَ لَا مَلْجَأَ وَ لَا مَنْجَى مِنَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا إِلَيْهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَدَدَ الشَّفْعِ وَ الْوَتْرِ وَ الرَّمْلِ وَ الْقَطْرِ وَ عَدَدَ كَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي الطَّيِّبَاتِ التَّامَّاتِ الْمُبَارَكَاتِ-
‘There is no god except Allah-azwj and Allah-azwj is Greatest, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and Glory be to Allah-azwj and with His-azwj Praise, and Blessed is Allah-azwj and Exalted is Allah-azwj! Whatever Allah-azwj so Desires, and there is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj, nor any shelter nor rescue from Allah-azwj except to Him-azwj! Glory be to Allah-azwj, and Allah‑azwj is Greatest, and there is no god except Allah-azwj the number of the even and the odd, and the grains of sand, and the drops of rain, and number of Words of my Lord-azwj, the goodly, the complete, the Blessed!’
ثُمَّ ارْفَعْ يَدَيْكَ حِيَالَ مَنْكِبَيْكَ ثُمَّ كَبِّرْ وَ ارْكَعْ وَ قُلْ وَ أَنْتَ رَاكِعٌ عَشْراً ثُمَّ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ مِنْ رُكُوعِكَ فَقُلْهُ وَ أَنْتَ قَائِمٌ عَشْراً ثُمَّ كَبِّرْ وَ اسْجُدْ وَ قُلْ هَذَا الْكَلَامَ وَ أَنْتَ سَاجِدٌ عَشْراً ثُمَّ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ مِنْ سُجُودِكَ فَقُلْهُ وَ أَنْتَ جَالِسٌ عَشْراً ثُمَّ اسْجُدِ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقُلْ فِي سُجُودِكَ عَشْراً ثُمَّ انْهَضْ إِلَى الثَّانِيَةِ فَقُلْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ عَشْراً ثُمَّ تَفْعَلُ كَمَا صَنَعْتَ فِي الْأَوَّلَةِ تَقُولُ-
Then raise your hands parallel to your shoulders, then exclaim Takbeer and perform Ruk’u, and say ten times while you are in Ruk’u, then raise your head from your Ruk’u and say it while you are standing, ten times. Then exclaim Takbeer and do Sajdah and say this speech ten times while you are in Sajdah, the raise your head from your Sajdah and say it ten times while you are seated. Then do the second Sajdah and say it ten times in your Sajdah, then get up to the second (Cycle) and say it ten times before you recite, then to just as you had done in the first (Cycle) saying: –
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ مِثْلَ الْكَلَامِ الْأَوَّلِ وَ لْيَكُنْ تَشَهُّدُكَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ وَ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَ تَقُولُ
‘Allah-azwj is Greatest! Allah-azwj is Greatest! Allah-azwj is Greatest!’, like the first speech, and let your Tashahhud be in the first two Cycles and the last two, and you should say: –
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي وَجَّهْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِصَلَاتِي مُخْلِصاً لَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ وَ بِحَمْدِكَ كَذَبَ الْعَادِلُونَ بِكَ التَّحِيَّاتُ وَ الصَّلَاةُ لِلَّهِ
‘In the Name of Allah-azwj! O Allah-azwj! I divert to You-azwj with my Salat being sincere to You‑azwj! There is no associate for You-azwj! Glory be to You-azwj and with Your-azwj! The ones equating with You-azwj are lying! The Salutations and the Salat are for Allah-azwj!
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا صَلَاةً طَاهِرَةً مِنَ الرِّيَاءِ وَ اجْعَلْهَا زَاكِيَةً لِي عِنْدَكَ وَ تَقَبَّلْهَا مِنِّي يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
O Allah-azwj! Make it a Salat pure from the showing off, and Make it purified for me in Your-azwj Presence, and Accept it from me, O Guardian of the Momineen!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَنْبِيَائِكَ وَ اخْصُصْ مُحَمَّداً وَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنْ صَلَوَاتِكَ بِأَفْضَلِهَا وَ سَلِّمْ عَلَى مَلَائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ اخْصُصْ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ وَ إِسْرَافِيلَ مِنْ سَلَامِكَ بِأَنْمَاهُ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and upon entirety of Your-azwj Prophets-as, and Specialise Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww from Your-azwj Salawaat(s), with their best! And Greet unto Your-azwj Angels of Proximity, and Specialise Jibraeel-as, and Mikaeel-as, and Israfeel-as, from Your-azwj Greetings, with its most developed!
ثُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ وَ اخْصُصْ أَوْلِيَاءَكَ الْمُخْلَصِينَ مِنْ سَلَامِكَ بِأَدْوَمِهِ وَ بَارِكْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ عَلَيَّ وَ عَلَى وَالِدَيَّ مَعَهُمْ وَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ-
Then Send Salawaat upon You-azwj righteous servants, and Specialise Your-azwj sincere friends from Your-azwj Greeting, its constant, and Bless upon them and upon me, and upon my parents along with them, and upon the Momineen!’
ثُمَّ سَلِّمْ وَ قُلْ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ وَ كَفَى بِكَ شَهِيداً وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي وَ أَنَّ رَسُولَكَ مُحَمَّداً ص نَبِيِّي وَ أَنَّ الدِّينَ الَّذِي شَرَعْتَ لَهُ دِينِي وَ أَنَ الْكِتَابَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ إِمَامِي
Then perform Salaam and say after the Salaam, ‘O Allah-azwj! I keep You-azwj as Witness and suffice with You-azwj as Witness, and I testify that You-asws, Allah-azwj, are my Lord-azwj, and Your-azwj Rasool-saww Muhammad-saww is my Prophet-saww, and the religion which You-azwj had Legislated for him-saww is my religion, and the Book which Revealed upon him-saww is my Imam!
وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ قَوْلَكَ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّ قَضَاءَكَ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّ عَطَاءَكَ عَدْلٌ وَ أَنَّ جَنَّتَكَ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّ نَارَكَ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّكَ تُمِيتُ الْأَحْيَاءَ وَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى وَ أَنَّكَ تَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ وَ أَنَّكَ جامِعُ النَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ- لَا تُغَادِرُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَداً وَ أَنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ
And I testify that Your-azwj Words are true, and Your-azwj Decrees are true, and Your-asws Awards are just, and Your-azwj Paradise is true, and Your-azwj Hellfire is true, and You-azwj will Cause the living beings to die, and You-azwj will Revive the death, and You-azwj will Resurrect ones in the graves, and You-azwj will Gather the people for a Day, there is no doubt in it, not leaving out anyone of them, and surely You-azwj do not Break the Promises!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ وَ كَفَى بِكَ شَهِيداً فَاشْهَدْ لِي يَا رَبِّ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمُنْعِمُ عَلَيَّ لَا غَيْرُكَ وَ أَنْتَ مَوْلَايَ
O Allah-azwj! I keep You-azwj as Witness and suffice with You-azwj as Witness, therefore be Witness for me, O Lord-azwj, surely You-azwj are the Bestower upon me not anyone else, and You-azwj are my Master!
اللَّهُمَّ بِأَنْعُمِكَ تَتِمُّ الصَّالِحَاتُ
O Allah-azwj! By Your-azwj bounties the righteous things are completed!
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً عَزْماً لَا تُغَادِرُ لِي ذَنْباً وَ لَا أَرْتَكِبُ بِعَوْنِكَ لِي بَعْدَهَا مُحَرَّماً وَ عَافِنِي مُعَافَاةً لَا بَلْوَى بَعْدَهَا أَبَداً
O Allah-azwj! Forgive for me such a determined Forgiveness, not leaving out any sin for me, nor will I indulge in any Prohibition after it with Your-azwj Assistance, and Pardon me with such a Pardon, there will not be any calamity after it, ever!
اللَّهُمَّ وَ اهْدِنِي هُدًى لَا أَضِلُّ بَعْدَهُ أَبَداً وَ انْفَعْنِي بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي وَ اجْعَلْهُ حُجَّةً لِي وَ لَا تَجْعَلْهُ حُجَّةً عَلَيَّ وَ ارْزُقْنِي حَلَالًا مُبَلَّغاً وَ رَضِّنِي بِهِ وَ تُبْ عَلَيَّ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ
O Allah-azwj, and Guide me with such a Guidance, I will not stray after it, ever, and Benefit me with what You-azwj Taught me, and Make it an argument for me and do not Make it an argument against me, and Grace me Permissible, extensive, and Turn to me! O Allah-azwj! O Allah-azwj! O Allah-azwj!
يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ اهْدِنِي وَ ارْحَمْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَ اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ إِنَّكَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ وَ اعْصِمْنِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ وَ أَبْلِغْ مُحَمَّداً ص عَنِّي تَحِيَّةً كَثِيرَةً طَيِّبَةً مُبَارَكَةً وَ سَلَاماً آمِينَ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ.
O Beneficent! O Merciful! Guide me and Mercy me from the Hellfire, and Guide me to what I am differing in from the truth by Your-azwj Permission. Surely, You-azwj Guide the one You-azwj so Desire, to a straight path, and Fortify me from the Pelted Satan-la, and Deliver to Muhammad-azwj on my behalf, a lot of salutations, good, Blessed, and Greetings! Ameen! Ameen! Lord-azwj of the worlds!’’[6]
صلاة فاطمة ع
SALAT OF (SYEDA) FATIMA-asws
7- الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، صَلَاةُ الطَّاهِرَةِ فَاطِمَةَ ع هُمَا رَكْعَتَانِ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى الْحَمْدَ وَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ فَإِذَا سَلَّمْتَ سَبَّحْتَ تَسْبِيحَ الزَّهْرَاءِ ع-
(The book) ‘Al Mutahajjid’ –
‘Salat of the pure (Syeda) Fatima-asws, these are two Cycles, reciting in the first Surah(s) Al Hamd, and Surah Al Qadr one hundred times, and in the second Surah(s) Al Hamd, and Al Tawheed one hundred times. When you have performed Salaam, glorify with the glorification (Tasbeeh) of Al-Zahra-asws.
ثُمَّ تَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْعِزِّ الشَّامِخِ الْمُنِيفِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ الْبَاذِخِ الْعَظِيمِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْمُلْكِ الْفَاخِرِ الْقَدِيمِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَبِسَ الْبَهْجَةَ وَ الْجَمَالَ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ تَرَدَّى بِالنُّورِ وَ الْوَقَارِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ يَرَى أَثَرَ النَّمْلِ فِي الصَّفَا سُبْحَانَ مَنْ يَرَى وَقْعَ الطَّيْرِ فِي الْهَوَاءِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ هَكَذَا لَا هَكَذَا غَيْرُهُ-
Then say, ‘Glorious is the one with the Might, the Exalted, the Sublime! Glorious s the One with the Splendid Majesty, the Magnificent! Glorious is the One with the pride-worthy Kingdom, the ancient! Glorious is the One Who Wears the Glory and the Beauty! Glorious is the One Who Robes with the Noor and the Dignity! Glorious is the One Who Sees tracks of the ant in the solid rock! Glorious is the One Who Sees falling of the bird in the air! Glorious is the One Who is like that and there is no one else like this!’
وَ يَنْبَغِي لِمَنْ صَلَّى هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ وَ فَرَغَ مِنَ التَّسْبِيحِ أَنْ يَكْشِفَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَ يُبَاشِرَ بِجَمِيعِ مَسَاجِدِهِ الْأَرْضَ بِغَيْرِ حَاجِزٍ يَحْجُزُ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَهَا وَ يَدْعُوَ وَ يَسْأَلَ حَاجَتَهُ وَ مَا شَاءَ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ وَ يَقُولَ وَ هُوَ سَاجِدٌ
And it is befitting for the one prays this Salat and is free from the glorification, the he uncovers his knees and his forearms and bare entirety of his prostration limbs to the ground without there being any barrier veiling between him and its, and he should supplicate and ask his need(s), and whatever he desires from the supplication, and he should say while he is in Sajdah,
يَا مَنْ لَيْسَ غَيْرَهُ رَبٌّ يُدْعَى يَا مَنْ لَيْسَ فَوْقَهُ إِلَهٌ يُخْشَى يَا مَنْ لَيْسَ دُونَهُ مَلِكٌ يُتَّقَى يَا مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ وَزِيرٌ يُؤْتَى يَا مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ حَاجِبٌ يُرْشَى
‘O One Who there isn’t any lord other than Him-azwj to be supplicating to! O One Who there isn’t any god above Him-azwj to be feared! O One-azwj Who there isn’t any king besides Him-azwj to fear! O One Who there isn’t any minister for Him-azwj for access! O One Who there isn’t any guard for Him-azwj to bribe!
يَا مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ بَوَّابٌ يُغْشَى يَا مَنْ لَا يَزْدَادُ عَلَى كَثْرَةِ السُّؤَالِ إِلَّا كَرَماً وَ جُوداً وَ عَلَى كَثْرَةِ الذُّنُوبِ إِلَّا عَفْواً وَ صَفْحاً صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ افْعَلْ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا.
O One Who there isn’t any doorman for him to overcome! O One Who is not increased upon the frequency of the asking except in Benevolence and Generosity, and upon frequency of the sins except in Pardoning and Excusing! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny‑asws of Muhammad-saww, and Do such and such for me!’’[7]
8- جَمَالُ الْأُسْبُوعِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَبَشِيٍّ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَتْ لِأُمِّي فَاطِمَةَ ع رَكْعَتَانِ تُصَلِّيهِمَا عَلَّمَهَا جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَإِذَا سَلَّمَتْ سَبَّحَتِ التَّسْبِيحَ وَ هُوَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْعِزِّ الشَّامِخِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ لَا هَكَذَا غَيْرُهُ
(The book) ‘Jamaal Al Usbou’ – by his chain from Muhammad Bin Haroun, from Muhammad Bin Bashir, from Ali Bin Habashy, from Al Ayyash Bin Muhammad, from his father Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al Mufazzal Bin Umar,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘For my-asws mother-asws (Syeda) Fatima-asws there were two Cycles of Salat she-asws was praying these. Jibraeel-as had taught her-asws. When she-asws had performed Salaam, she-asws did glorified the glorification, and it is: ‘‘Glorious is the one with the Might, the Exalted, the Sublime!’ – up to her-asws words: ‘There is no one like that apart from Him-azwj’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ السَّيِّدُ وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ تَسْبِيحَهَا الْمَنْقُولَ بِعَقِبِ كُلِّ فَرِيضَةٍ ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ ص مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ.
Then the Seyyid said, ‘And it has been reported that he-asws said: ‘Her-asws glorification is transmitted as a follow-up (act of worship) of every obligatory Salat. Then send Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws one hundred times’’.[8]
بيان: أقول روى السيد علي بن الحسين بن باقي ره في مصباحه بعد ذكر فاطمة ع وجدت في بعض كتب أصحابنا رحمهم الله مَا هَذَا صُورَتُهُ بِإِسْنَادٍ مُتَّصِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أُمِّهِ فَاطِمَةَ ع
Explanation – I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘It is reported by the Seyyid Ali Bin Al-Husayn Bin Baqy in his ‘Misbah’ after mention of (Syeda) Fatima-asws, ‘I found in one of the books of our companions, may Allah-azwj Mercy them, what this is its outline, by a chain connected from Abdullah Bin Al-Hassan, from his father, from his grandfather Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws, from his-asws mother-asws (Syeda) Fatima-asws.
قَالَتْ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا فَاطِمَةُ أَ لَا أُعَلِّمُكِ دُعَاءً لَا يَدْعُو بِهِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا اسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ وَ لَا يَعْمَلُ فِي صَاحِبِهِ سِحْرٌ وَ لَا شَيْءٌ وَ لَا يَعْرِضُ لَهُ شَيْطَانٌ وَ لَا تُرَدُّ لَهُ دَعْوَةٌ وَ تُقْضَى حَوَائِجُهُ كُلُّهَا الَّتِي يَرْغَبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ فِيهَا عَاجِلُهَا وَ آجِلُهَا
She-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah-azwj said to me-asws: ‘O Fatima-asws! Shall I-saww teach you-asws a supplication, no one will supplicate with it except it will be Answered for him, and neither will sorcery will work in its supplicater, nor will Satan-la present to him, nor will a supplication of his will be Returned (unanswered), and all of his need will be Fulfilled which he has desired to Allah-azwj in it, its current and its future’.
قُلْتُ أَجَلْ يَا أَبَتِ لَهَذَا وَ اللَّهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا فِيهَا
I-asws said: ‘Yes, O father-saww! By Allah-azwj, for this is more beloved to me-asws than the world and whatever is in it!’
ذَكَرَهُ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الزَّهْرَاءِ ع مُصَنِّفُ الْكِتَابِ الَّذِي وَجَدْتُهُ فِيهِ قَالَ تَقُولِينَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا أَعَزَّ مَذْكُورٍ وَ أَقْدَمَهُ قِدَماً فِي الْعِزِّ وَ الْجَبَرُوتِ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحِيمَ كُلِّ مُتَرَحِّمٍ وَ مَفْزَعَ كُلِّ مَلْهُوفٍ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَاحِمَ كُلِّ حَزِينٍ يَشْكُو بَثَّهُ وَ حُزْنَهُ إِلَيْهِ
The author of the book mentioned after Salat of Al-Zahra-asws which he had found in it. He-saww said: ‘You-asws should say: ‘O Allah-azwj! O Mightiest of the mentioned, and Oldest of the old in the Honour and the Force! O Allah-azwj! O Merciful of every mercied one, and shelter of every distressed! O Allah-azwj! O Mercier of every grieving one complaining of his sadness and his grief to Him-azwj!
يَا اللَّهُ يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ طُلِبَ الْمَعْرُوفُ مِنْهُ وَ أَسْرَعَهُ إِعْطَاءً يَا اللَّهُ يَا مَنْ تَخَافُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ الْمُتَوَقِّدَةُ بِالنُّورِ مِنْهُ أَسْأَلُكَ بِالْأَسْمَاءِ الَّتِي يَدْعُوكَ بِهَا حَمَلَةُ عَرْشِكَ وَ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِهَا شَفَقَةً مِنْ خَوْفِ عَذَابِكَ وَ بِالْأَسْمَاءِ الَّتِي يَدْعُوكَ بِهَا جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ مِيكَائِيلُ وَ إِسْرَافِيلُ إِلَّا أَجَبْتَنِي وَ كَشَفْتَ كُرْبَتِي
O Allah-azwj! O Best of the one the act of kindness is sought from, and Swiftest of the givers! O Allah-azwj! O One feared by Angels Ignited by the Noor from Him-azwj! I ask You-azwj by the Names which bearers of Your-azwj Throne supplicate to You-azwj with and they are glorifying with it, fearing from fear of Your-azwj Punishment, and by the Names which was supplicated with by Jibraeel-as, and Mikaeel-as, and Israfeel-as, only Answer me and Remove my distress!
يَا إِلَهِي وَ سَتَرْتَ ذُنُوبِي يَا مَنْ يَأْمُرُ بِالصَّيْحَةِ فِي خَلْقِهِ فَإِذا هُمْ بِالسَّاهِرَةِ أَسْأَلُكَ بِذَلِكَ الِاسْمِ الَّذِي تُحْيِي بِهِ الْعِظَامَ وَ هِيَ رَمِيمٌ أَنْ تُحْيِيَ قَلْبِي وَ تَشْرَحَ صَدْرِي وَ تُصْلِحَ شَأْنِي
O my God-azwj! You-azwj Concealed my sins, O One Who Commanded with glorification among His-azwj creatures, So, then they would be at Al-Sahira [79:14]! I ask You-azwj by that Name which You-azwj Revive the bones with and these have decayed, to Revive my heart and Expand my chest and Rectify my affairs!
يَا مَنْ خَصَّ نَفْسَهُ بِالْبَقَاءِ وَ خَلَقَ لِبَرِيَّتِهِ الْمَوْتَ وَ الْحَيَاةَ يَا مَنْ فِعْلُهُ قَوْلٌ وَ قَوْلُهُ أَمْرٌ وَ أَمْرُهُ مَاضٍ عَلَى مَا يَشَاءُ
O One Who Specialised Himself with the remaining and Created the death and the life for His‑azwj Created beings! O One Whose Actions are His-azwj Words, and His-azwj Word is a Command, and His-azwj Command is Implemented upon whatever He-azwj so Desires!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي دَعَاكَ بِهَا خَلِيلُكَ حِينَ أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ فَاسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُ وَ قُلْتَ- يا نارُ كُونِي بَرْداً وَ سَلاماً عَلى إِبْراهِيمَ وَ بِالاسْمِ الَّذِي دَعَا بِهِ مُوسَى مِنْ جَانِبِ الطُّورِ الْأَيْمَنِ فَاسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُ دُعَاءَهُ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which Your-azwj friend has supplicated to You-azwj with when he-as was cast into the fire, so You-azwj Responded to him-as and Said: We said: “O fire! Become cool and safe upon Ibrahim!” [21:69], and by the Name which was supplicated with by Musa‑as from the right side of (mount) Al-Tour, so You-azwj Responded to his-as supplication!
وَ بِالاسْمِ الَّذِي كَشَفْتَ بِهِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ الضُّرَّ وَ تُبْتَ عَلَى دَاوُدَ وَ سَخَّرْتَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ الرِّيحَ تَجْرِي بِأَمْرِهِ وَ الشَّيَاطِينَ وَ عَلَّمْتَهُ مَنْطِقَ الطَّيْرِ وَ بِالاسْمِ الَّذِي وَهَبْتَ لِزَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى وَ خَلَقْتَ بِهِ عِيسَى مِنْ رُوحِ الْقُدُسِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَبٍ
And by the Name by which You-azwj Removed the harm from Ayoub-as, and Turned to Dawood‑as, and Subdued for Suleyman-as the wind flowing by his-as orders and the Satan(s), and You-azwj Taught him-as the speech of birds; and by the Name which You-azwj Gifted Yahya-as to Zakariya, and You-azwj Created by it Isa-as from the Holy Spirit, from without a father!
وَ بِالاسْمِ الَّذِي خَلَقْتَ بِهِ الْعَرْشَ وَ الْكُرْسِيَّ وَ بِالاسْمِ الَّذِي خَلَقْتَ بِهِ الرُّوحَانِيِّينَ وَ بِالاسْمِ الَّذِي خَلَقْتَ بِهِ الْجِنَّ وَ الْإِنْسَ وَ بِالاسْمِ الَّذِي خَلَقْتَ بِهِ جَمِيعَ الْخَلْقِ وَ جَمِيعَ مَا أَرَدْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَ بِالاسْمِ الَّذِي قَدَرْتَ بِهِ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
And by the Name by which You-azwj Created the Throne and the Chair, and by the Name by which You-azwj Created the spiritual beings; and by the Name by which You-azwj Created the Jinn and the humans, and by the Name by which You-azwj Created entirety of the creation and entirety of the things You-azwj Want, and by the Name by which You-azwj Determined upon all things!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِهَذِهِ الْأَسْمَاءِ لَمَّا أَعْطَيْتَنِي وَ قَضَيْتَ بِهَا حَوَائِجِي فَإِنَّهُ يُقَالُ لَكِ يَا فَاطِمَةُ نَعَمْ نَعَمْ.
I ask You-azwj by these Names for what You-azwj have Granted me and Decreed my needs by it!’ – for it will be said to you-asws, O Fatima-asws: “Yes! Yes!”’
9- الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، وَ غَيْرُهُ، صَلَاةٌ أُخْرَى لَهَا صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا تُصَلَّى لِلْأَمْرِ الْمَخُوفِ رَوَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لِلْأَمْرِ الْمَخُوفِ الْعَظِيمِ تُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ هِيَ الَّتِي كَانَتِ الزَّهْرَاءُ ع تُصَلِّيهَا تَقْرَأُ فِي الْأَوَّلَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَإِذَا سَلَّمْتَ صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ يَدَيْكَ وَ تَقُولُ-
(The book) ‘Al-Mutahajjid’ and others, there is another Salat for her-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon her-asws, to be prayed for the distressing matters. It is reported by Ibrahim Bin Umar Al-San’any, from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘For the mighty scary matter you should pray two Cycles Salat, these are which Al-Zahra-as had done. She-asws prayed these reciting in the first Surah Al Hamd, and fifty times Surah Al Tawheed, and like that in the second. When she-asws had done Salaam, she-asws sent Salawaat upon the Prophet-as, then raised her-asws hand and said: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِهِمْ وَ أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِحَقِّهِمُ الَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُ كُنْهَهُ سِوَاكَ وَ بِحَقِّ مَنْ حَقُّهُ عِنْدَكَ عَظِيمٌ وَ بِأَسْمَائِكَ الْحُسْنَى وَ كَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي أَمَرْتَنِي أَنْ أَدْعُوَكَ بِهَا
‘O Allah-azwj! I divert to You-azwj by them-asws, and seek means to You-azwj by their-asws rights which no one knows its essence apart from You-azwj, and by the right of the one whose right is mighty in Your-azwj Presence, and by Your-azwj excellent Name and Your-azwj complete Phrases which You-azwj had Commanded me to supplicate to You-azwj with it!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي أَمَرْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِهِ الطَّيْرَ فَأَجَابَتْهُ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي قُلْتَ لِلنَّارِ- كُونِي بَرْداً وَ سَلاماً عَلى إِبْراهِيمَ فَكَانَتْ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Mighty Name which You-azwj had Commanded Ibrahim-as to call the birds by it, so You-azwj Responded to him-saww; and by Your-azwj Mighty Name which You-azwj Said to the fire: “O fire! Become cool and safe upon Ibrahim!” [21:69], so it became such.
وَ بِأَحَبِّ أَسْمَائِكَ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَشْرَفِهَا عِنْدَكَ وَ أَعْظَمِهَا لَدَيْكَ وَ أَسْرَعِهَا إِجَابَةً وَ أَنْجَحِهَا طَلِبَةً وَ بِمَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَ مُسْتَحِقُّهُ وَ مُسْتَوْجِبُهُ وَ أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَرْغَبُ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَتَصَدَّقُ مِنْكَ
And by the Name most beloved to You-azwj, and its noblest in Your-azwj Presence, and its Mightiest with You-azwj, and its swiftest in Response, and its most successful of seeking, and; and with what You-azwj are its rightful, and its deserving, and its obliging; and I seek means to You-azwj, and desire to You-azwj, and asking for charity from You-azwj!
وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَ أَسْتَمْنِحُكَ وَ أَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَخْضَعُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَ أَخْشَعُ لَكَ وَ أُقِرُّ لَكَ بِسُوءِ صَنِيعَتِي وَ أَتَمَلَّقُ وَ أُلِحُّ عَلَيْكَ
And I seek Your-azwj Forgiveness, and beg You-azwj, and beseech to You-azwj, and humble in front of You-azwj, and am fearful to You-azwj, and acknowledge to You-azwj with my evil dealings, and I flatter and insist upon You-azwj!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُتُبِكَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلْتَهَا عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِكَ وَ رُسُلِكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْعَظِيمِ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا فَإِنَّ فِيهَا اسْمَكَ الْأَعْظَمَ وَ بِمَا فِيهَا مِنْ أَسْمَائِكَ الْعُظْمَى أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Books which You-azwj had Revealed unto Your-azwj Prophets-as and Your-azwj Messengers-as, may Your-azwj Salawaat upon them all, from the Torah, and the Evangel, and the Mighty Quran, from their first to their last, for therein is Your-azwj most Magnificent Name, and with what is therein from Your-azwj Magnificent Name I can draw closer to You-azwj!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنْ تُفَرِّجَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ- وَ تَجْعَلَ فَرَجِي مَقْرُوناً بِفَرَجِهِمْ وَ تُقَدِّمَهُمْ فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَ تَبْدَأَ بِهِمْ فِيهِ وَ تُفَتِّحَ أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ لِدُعَائِي فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ وَ تَأْذَنَ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ وَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ بِفَرَجِي وَ إِعْطَائِي سُؤْلِي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ
And I ask You-azwj to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and to Relieve from Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Make my relief paired with their‑asws relief, and Advance them in every goodness and Begin with them-asws regarding it, and Open doors of the sky for my supplication in this day, and Permit me in this day and this night by my relief, and Grant me my request in the world and the Hereafter!
فَقَدْ مَسَّنِي الْفَقْرُ وَ نَالَنِي الضُّرُّ وَ سَلَّمَتْنِي الْخَصَاصَةُ وَ أَلْجَأَتْنِي الْحَاجَةُ وَ تَوَسَّمْتُ بِالذِّلَّةِ وَ غَلَبَتْنِي الْمَسْكَنَةُ وَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيَّ الْكَلِمَةُ وَ أَحَاطَتْ بِيَ الْخَطِيئَةُ-
The poverty has touched me, and the harm has attained me, and wretchedness has yielded me, and the need has come to me, and I have been expanded with the humiliation, and the neediness has overwhelmed me, and the Words has been proven true upon me, and the mistakes have surrounded me!
وَ هَذَا الْوَقْتُ الَّذِي وَعَدْتَ أَوْلِيَاءَكَ فِيهِ الْإِجَابَةَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ امْسَحْ مَا بِي بِيَمِينِكَ الشَّافِيَةِ وَ انْظُرْ إِلَيَّ بِعَيْنِكَ الرَّاحِمَةِ وَ أَدْخِلْنِي فِي رَحْمَتِكَ الْوَاسِعَةِ
And this is the time in which You-azwj have Promised the Response to Your-azwj friends, so Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Wipe away what is with me with Your-azwj Healing right Hand, and Look at me with Your-azwj Eye of Mercy, and Enter me into Your-azwj vast Mercy!
وَ أَقْبِلْ إِلَيَّ بِوَجْهِكَ الَّذِي إِذَا أَقْبَلْتَ بِهِ عَلَى أَسِيرٍ فَكَكْتَهُ وَ عَلَى ضَالٍّ هَدَيْتَهُ وَ عَلَى حَائِرٍ أَدَّيْتَهُ وَ عَلَى مُقْتِرٍ أَغْنَيْتَهُ وَ عَلَى ضَعِيفٍ قَوَّيْتَهُ وَ عَلَى خَائِفٍ أَمِنْتَهُ وَ لَا تُخَلِّنِي لِقَاءَ عَدُوِّكَ وَ عَدُوِّي
And Turn to me with Your-azwj Face which whenever You-azwj Turn with it to a captive, You-azwj Release him, and upon a straying one, You-azwj Guide him, and upon the straying, You-azwj Lead him, and upon a poor, You-azwj Enrich him, and upon a weak, You-azwj Strengthen him, and upon a fearful, You-azwj Secure him, and do not Leave me to face Your-azwj enemy and my enemy alone!
يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ يَا مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ هُوَ وَ حَيْثُ هُوَ وَ قُدْرَتَهُ إِلَّا هُوَ يَا مَنْ سَدَّ الْهَوَاءَ بِالسَّمَاءِ وَ كَبَسَ الْأَرْضَ عَلَى الْمَاءِ وَ اخْتَارَ لِنَفْسِهِ أَحْسَنَ الْأَسْمَاءِ
O with the Majesty and the Benevolence! O One who is not known how He-azwj is, and where He-azwj is, and His-azwj Power except He-azwj! O One who Blocks the air with the sky, and Pressed the earth upon the water, and Chose for Himself-azwj the most excellent Names!
يَا مَنْ سَمَّى نَفْسَهُ بِالاسْمِ الَّذِي بِهِ يَقْضِي حَاجَةَ كُلِّ طَالِبٍ يَدْعُوهُ بِهِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِذَلِكَ الِاسْمِ فَلَا شَفِيعَ أَقْوَى لِي مِنْهُ وَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O One Who Named Himself-azwj with the Name by Which He-azwj Fulfils the needs of every seeker supplicating with it, and I ask You-azwj by that Name, so there is no Interceder stronger for me than You-azwj, and by the right of Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww!
أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَقْضِيَ لِي حَوَائِجِي وَ تُسْمِعَ مُحَمَّداً وَ عَلِيّاً وَ فَاطِمَةَ وَ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَيْنَ وَ عَلِيّاً وَ مُحَمَّداً وَ جَعْفَراً وَ مُوسَى وَ عَلِيّاً وَ مُحَمَّداً وَ عَلِيّاً وَ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُجَّةَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ بَرَكَاتُكَ وَ رَحْمَتُكَ
I ask You-azwj to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww, and to Fulfil my needs for me, and (name) Muhammad-saww, and Ali-asws, and (Syeda) Fatima-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws, and Ali-asws, and Muhammad-asws, and Ja’far-asws, and Musa-asws, and Ali-asws, and Muhammad-asws, and Ali-asws, and Al-Hujjat-ajfj, may Your-azwj Salawaat be upon them-asws, and Your-azwj Blessings, and Your-azwj Mercy!
صَوْتِي فَيَشْفَعُوا لِي إِلَيْكَ وَ تُشَفِّعَهُمْ فِيَّ وَ لَا تَرُدَّنِي خَائِباً بِحَقِّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ افْعَلْ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا يَا كَرِيمُ.
(Mercy) my voice, so they-asws would intercede to You-azwj for me, and You-azwj let them-asws intercede regarding me, and do not Return me disappointed by the right of ‘There is no god except You-azwj’, and by the right of Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Do such and such with/for me, O Benevolent!’’[9]
10- جَمَالُ الْأُسْبُوعِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَهْبَانَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ الْغَزَّالِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مِثْلَهُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ فَإِذَا سَلَّمْتَ صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ.
(The book) ‘Jamal Al Usbou’ – By his chain from Muhammad Bin Wahban, from Umar Bin Al Mufazzal, from Is’haq Bin Muhammad Bin Marwan Al Gazzal, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Ibrahim Bin Umar Al San’any,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, similar to it up to his-asws words: ‘When (Syeda) she-asws performed Salaam, she-asws sent Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww one hundred times’’.[10]
ثُمَّ قَالَ السَّيِّدُ ره صَلَاةٌ أُخْرَى لَهَا صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا حَدَّثَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَلَوِيُّ الرَّازِيُّ وَ أَبُو الْفَرَجِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْقَزْوِينِيُّ وَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعاً عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سِنَانٍ الزَّاهِرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ
Then the Seyyid said, ‘There is another Salat of hers-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj upon her-asws, narrated by Ali Bin Muhammad Al-Alawy Al-Razi, and Abu Al-Faraj Muhammad Bin Musa Al-Qazwiny, and Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Ubeydullah, altogether from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Sinan Al-Zahiry, from his father, from his grandfather Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al-Mufazzal Bin Umar,
عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ لِأُمِّي فَاطِمَةَ ع صَلَاةٌ تُصَلِّيهَا عَلَّمَهَا جَبْرَئِيلُ ع رَكْعَتَانِ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى الْحَمْدَ مَرَّةً وَ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدَ مَرَّةً وَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ
‘For Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘There was another Salat for my-asws mother-asws Fatima-asws she-asws used to pray it, Jibraeel-as had taught her-asws, of two Cycles. She-asws recited in the first (Cycle) once, and Surah Al Qadr one hundred times, and in the second Surah Al Hamd once, and Surah Al Tawheed one hundred times.
فَإِذَا سَلَّمْتَ سَبَّحْتَ تَسْبِيحَ الطَّاهِرَةِ ع وَ هُوَ التَّسْبِيحُ الَّذِي تَقَدَّمَ وَ تَكْشِفُ عَنْ رُكْبَتَيْكَ وَ ذِرَاعَيْكَ عَلَى الْمُصَلَّى وَ تَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ وَ تَسْأَلُ حَاجَتَكَ تُعْطَهَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ الدُّعَاءُ
When she-asws had performed Salaam, she-asws glorified with glorification (Tasbeeh) of Al‑Tahira-asws, and it is the Tasbeeh which you should go ahead and uncover from your knees and your forearms upon the prayer mat, and supplicate with this supplication, and ask your need, you will be Granted it, if Allah-azwj so Desires.
تَرْفَعُ يَدَيْكَ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص- وَ تَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِهِمْ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُ كُنْهَهُ سِوَاكَ- إِلَى آخِرِ الدُّعَاءِ.
You should raise your hands after the Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww and say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I divert to You-azwj through them-asws, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Mighty right which no one knows its essence apart from You-azwj’ – up to end of the supplication’’.[11]
11- جَمَالُ الْأُسْبُوعِ، ذَكَرَ صَلَاةَ مَوْلَانَا الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَوْلَانَا عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ وَ هِيَ أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ مِثْلُ صَلَاةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع- صَلَاةٌ أُخْرَى لِلْحَسَنِ ع يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَ هِيَ أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ كُلُّ رَكْعَةٍ بِالْحَمْدِ مَرَّةً وَ الْإِخْلَاصُ خَمْسٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ مَرَّةً
(The book) ‘Jamal Al Usbou’ –
‘He mentioned a Salat of our Master Al-Hassan-asws son-asws of our Master Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib‑asws during the day of Friday, and it is of four Cycles similar to the Salat of Amir Al-Momineen-asws, there is another Salat of Al-Hassan-asws on the day of Friday, and it is of four Cycles, each Cycle with Surah Al Hamd once and Surah Al Ikhlas fifteen times.
دُعَاءُ الْحَسَنِ ع- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِجُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ وَ أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ وَ أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِمَلَائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أَنْبِيَائِكَ وَ رُسُلِكَ
Supplication of Al-Hassan-asws: ‘O Allah-azwj! I draw closer to You-azwj by Your-azwj Generosity, and Your-azwj Benevolence, and I draw closer to You-azwj through Muhammad-saww Your-azwj servant and Your-azwj Rasool-saww, and I draw closer to You-azwj through Your-azwj Angels of Proximity and Your-azwj Prophets-as and Your-azwj Messengers-as!
أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ وَ عَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تُقِيلَنِي عَثْرَتِي وَ تَسْتُرَ عَلَيَّ ذُنُوبِي وَ تَغْفِرَهَا لِي وَ تَقْضِيَ لِي حَوَائِجِي وَ لَا تُعَذِّبَنِي بِقَبِيحٍ كَانَ مِنِّي فَإِنَّ عَفْوَكَ وَ جُودَكَ يَسَعُنِي إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ-.
Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww Your-azwj servant and Your-azwj Rasool-saww, and upon Progeny-asws of Muhammad-asws, and to Uproot my stumbles, and Cover my sins upon me, and Forgive these for me, and Fulfil my needs for me, and do not Punish me for the ugliness what has happened from me, for Your-azwj Pardon, and Your-azwj Generosity is capacious for me. You-azwj are Able upon all things!’’[12]
صَلَاةُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْفَاتِحَةَ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً وَ الْإِخْلَاصَ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً وَ إِذَا رَكَعْتَ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ تَقْرَأُ الْفَاتِحَةَ عَشْراً وَ الْإِخْلَاصَ عَشْراً وَ كَذَلِكَ إِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَ كَذَلِكَ فِي كُلِّ سَجْدَةٍ وَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ سَجْدَتَيْنِ
Salat of Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon them-asws both, is of four Cycles, reciting in each Cycle Surah Al Fatiha fifty times, and Surah Al Ikhlaas fifty times; and when you perform Ruk’u in each Cycle, you should recite Surah Al Fatiha ten times, and Surah Al Ikhlas ten times, and like that when you raise your head from the Ruk’u, and like that in each Sajdah, and between every two Sajdah(s).
فَإِذَا سَلَّمْتَ فَادْعُ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ- اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الَّذِي اسْتَجَبْتَ لِآدَمَ وَ حَوَّاءَ إِذْ قالا رَبَّنا ظَلَمْنا أَنْفُسَنا وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنا وَ تَرْحَمْنا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ
When you have performed, supplicate with this supplication – ‘O Allah-azwj! You-azwj are the One Who Responded to Adam-as and Hawwa-as when They said: ‘Our Lord! We wronged ourselves, and if You do not Forgive us and have Mercy on us, we would become from the losers’ [7:23]!
وَ نَادَاكَ نُوحٌ فَاسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُ وَ نَجَّيْتَهُ وَ أَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ وَ أَطْفَأْتَ نَارَ نُمْرُودَ عَنْ خَلِيلِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَجَعَلْتَهَا بَرْداً وَ سَلَاماً
And Noah-as called out to You-azwj so You-azwj Responded to Him-azwj and Rescued him-as and his‑as people, from the mighty distress, and You-azwj Extinguished the fire of Nimrod-la from Your-azwj friend Ibrahim, so You-azwj Made it cool and safe!
وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي اسْتَجَبْتَ لِأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَى رَبِ مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ فَكَشَفْتَ مَا بِهِ مِنْ ضُرٍّ وَ آتَيْتَهُ أَهْلَهُ وَ مِثْلَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدَكَ وَ ذِكْرى لِأُولِي الْأَلْبابِ
And You-azwj are the One Who Responded to Ayoub-as when he-as called out to his-as Lord-azwj: ‘I am touched by the harm and You are the most Merciful of the merciful ones’ [21:83], so You-azwj Removed whatever harm which was with him-as and Gave him (back) his family and the like of them along with them, [21:84], being a Mercy from You-azwj, and a reminder for the ones of understanding!
وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي اسْتَجَبْتَ لِذِي النُّونِ حِينَ نَادَاكَ فِي الظُّلُماتِ أَنْ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ فَنَجَّيْتَهُ مِنَ الْغَمِّ
And You-azwj are the One who Responded to one with the whale (Yunus-as) when, and he called out in the darkness that: ‘There is no god except Allah! Glorious are You, I was of the unjust ones!’ [21:87], so You-azwj Rescued him-as from the sorrow!
وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي اسْتَجَبْتَ لِمُوسَى وَ هَارُونَ دَعْوَتَهُمَا حِينَ قُلْتَ قَدْ أُجِيبَتْ دَعْوَتُكُما فَاسْتَقِيما وَ غَرَّقْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَ قَوْمَهُ وَ غَفَرْتَ لِدَاوُدَ ذَنْبَهُ وَ تُبْتَ عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةً مِنْكَ وَ ذِكْرَى
And You-azwj are the One Who Responded to Musa-as and Haroun-as of their-as supplications whereby You-azwj Said: “I have Accepted the supplication of both of you, therefore be steadfast” [10:89], and You-azwj Drowned Pharaoh-la and his-la people, and Forgave for Dawood-as his-as sin (mistake), and Turned to him-as with Mercy from You-azwj and Remembrance!
وَ فَدَيْتَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ بَعْدَ مَا أَسْلَمَ وَ تَلَّهُ لِلْجَبِينِ فَنَادَيْتَهُ بِالْفَرَجِ وَ الرُّوحِ
And You-azwj Ransomed Ismail-as with a mighty sacrifice after he-as had submitted and he laid him down of the forehead [37:103], and he-as called out to You-azwj for the relief and the comfort!
وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي نَادَاكَ زَكَرِيَّا نِدَاءً خَفِيّاً فَ قالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَ اشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْباً وَ لَمْ أَكُنْ بِدُعائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا وَ قُلْتَ يَدْعُونَنا رَغَباً وَ رَهَباً وَ كانُوا لَنا خاشِعِينَ
And You-azwj are the One Who Zakariya-as had called out to fearing, so He said: ‘My Lord! Surely the bones have weakened from me, and the head shines with grey hair, and I have not been unfortunate in my supplication You, Lord!’ [19:4], and You-azwj Said: They and supplicating to Us, hoping and fearing, and they were humble to Us [21:90]!
وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي اسْتَجَبْتَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لِتَزِيدَهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ فَلَا تَجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَهْوَنِ الدَّاعِينَ لَكَ وَ الرَّاغِبِينَ إِلَيْكَ وَ اسْتَجِبْ لِي كَمَا اسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُمْ بِحَقِّهِمْ عَلَيْكَ
And You-azwj are the One Who Responded to those who believed and had done righteous deeds to Increase them from Your-azwj Grace, so do not Make me from lesser supplicaters to You-azwj, and ones desiring to You-azwj, and Respond to me just as You-azwj had Responded to them due to their rights upon You-azwj!
فَطَهِّرْنِي بِتَطْهِيرِكَ وَ تَقَبَّلْ صَلَاتِي وَ دُعَائِي بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٍ وَ طَيِّبْ بَقِيَّةَ حَيَاتِي وَ طَيِّبْ وَفَاتِي وَ اخْلُفْنِي فِيمَنْ أَخْلُفُ وَ احْفَظْنِي يَا رَبِّ بِدُعَائِي وَ اجْعَلْ ذُرِّيَّتِي ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً تَحُوطُهَا بِحِيَاطَتِكَ بِكُلِّ مَا حُطْتَ بِهِ ذُرِّيَّةَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ أَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Purify me with Your-azwj Purification, and Accept my Salat and my supplication with excellent Acceptance, and Make good remainder of my life, and Make good my expiry, and Choose for me among the one I leave behind, and Make my offspring to be good offspring Surrounding them with Your-azwj Surrounding with all what You-azwj had Surrounded the offspring of anyone of Your-azwj friend and people obeying You-azwj, by Your-azwj Mercy, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!
يَا مَنْ هُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ رَقِيبٌ وَ لِكُلِّ دَاعٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ مُجِيبٌ وَ مِنْ كُلِّ سَائِلٍ قَرِيبٌ
O One Who is a Watcher over all things, and a Responder to every supplicater from Your-azwj creatures, and near to every beggar!
أَسْأَلُكَ يَا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ- وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ وَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ رَفَعْتَ بِهِ سَمَاءَكَ وَ فَرَشْتَ بِهِ أَرْضَكَ وَ أَرْسَيْتَ بِهِ الْجِبَالَ وَ أَجْرَيْتَ بِهِ الْمَاءَ وَ سَخَّرْتَ بِهِ السَّحَابَ وَ الشَّمْسَ وَ الْقَمَرَ وَ النُّجُومَ وَ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهَارَ وَ خَلَقْتَ الْخَلَائِقَ كُلَّهَا
I ask you-azwj, O there is no god except You-azwj, the Living, the Eternal, the First, the Solid Who does not beget and is not begotten [112:3] And there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him’ [112:4], and with every Name You-azwj Raised Your-azwj sky with, and Spread Your-azwj earth with, and Set up the mountains with, and Flowed the water with, and Subdued by it the clouds, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the night and the day, and Created the creatures, all of them!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِعَظَمَةِ وَجْهِكَ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ لَهُ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرْضُ فَأَضَاءَتْ بِهِ الظُّلُمَاتُ إِلَّا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ كَفَيْتَنِي أَمْرَ مَعَاشِي وَ مَعَادِي وَ أَصْلَحْتَ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ وَ لَمْ تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَ أَصْلَحْتَ أَمْرِي وَ أَمْرَ عِيَالِي وَ كَفَيْتَنِي هَمَّهُمْ وَ أَغْنَيْتَنِي وَ إِيَّاهُمْ مِنْ كَنْزِكَ وَ خَزَائِنِكَ
I ask You-azwj by Magnificence of Your-azwj Face, the Magnificence which skies and the earth shone for, and the darkness(es) were illuminated by it! Please Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Suffice me the matters of my life and my Hereafter, and Rectify for me the affairs, all of them, and do not Allocate me to myself for the blink of an eye, and Rectify my affairs and affairs of my dependants, and Suffice me of their worries, and Enrich me and them from Your-azwj Hoards and Your-azwj Treasures!
وَ سَعَةِ فَضْلِكَ الَّذِي لَا يَنْفَدُ أَبَداً وَ أَثْبَتَّ فِي قَلْبِي يَنَابِيعَ الْحِكْمَةِ الَّتِي تَنْفَعُنِي بِهَا وَ تَنْفَعُ بِهَا مَنِ ارْتَضَيْتَ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ وَ اجْعَلْ لِي مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ إِمَاماً كَمَا جَعَلْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْخَلِيلَ إِمَاماً
And Expand Your-azwj Grace which will not deplete, ever, and Affirm in my heart the springs of wisdom which You-azwj can Benefit me with, and You-azwj had benefitted the ones You-azwj were Satisfied with from Your-azwj servants, and Make for me an Imam-ajfj from the pious ones in the end of times just as You-azwj had Made Ibrahim-as the friend as an Imam-as!
فَإِنَّ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ يَفُوزُ الْفَائِزُونَ وَ يَتُوبُ التَّائِبُونَ وَ يَعْبُدُكَ الْعَابِدُونَ وَ بِتَسْدِيدِكَ يَصْلُحُ الصَّالِحُونَ الْمُحْسِنُونَ الْمُخْبِتُونَ الْعَابِدُونَ لَكَ الْخَائِفُونَ مِنْكَ وَ بِإِرْشَادِكَ نَجَا النَّاجُونَ مِنْ نَارِكَ وَ أَشْفَقَ مِنْهَا الْمُشْفِقُونَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ بِخِذْلَانِكَ خَسِرَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ وَ هَلَكَ الظَّالِمُونَ وَ غَفَلَ الْغَافِلُونَ
Surely it is by Your-azwj Inclination the successful ones succeed, and the penitent ones repent, and the worshippers worship You-azwj, and by Your-azwj Correction are rectified, the righteous ones, and the good doers, and the obedient ones, the ones worshipping You-azwj, the ones fearful from You-azwj, and it is by Your-azwj Guidance the rescued ones attains salvation from the Hellfire, and the fearful ones from Your-azwj creatures fear from, and by Your-azwj Abandonment the falsifiers incur loss, and the oppressors are destroyed, and the heedless ones are heedless!
اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا فَأَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَ مَوْلَاهَا وَ أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
O Allah-azwj! Give my soul its piety for You-azwj are its Guardian and its Master, and You are best of the ones to Purify it!
اللَّهُمَّ بَيِّنْ لَهَا هُدَاهَا وَ أَلْهِمْهَا تَقْوَاهَا وَ بَشِّرْهَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ حِينَ تَتَوَفَّاهَا وَ نَزَلَهَا مِنَ الْجِنَانِ عُلْيَاهَا وَ طَيِّبْ وَفَاتَهَا وَ مَحْيَاهَا وَ أَكْرِمْ مُنْقَلَبَهَا وَ مَثْوَاهَا وَ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَ مَأْوَاهَا فَأَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَ مَوْلَاهَا-.
O Allah-azwj! Explains its guidance to it, and Inspire it its piety, and Give it its glad tidings by Your-azwj Mercy when You-azwj Cause it to die, and Descend it in the Gardens, from its lofty ones, Make good its death and its life, and Make honourable its transfer, and its abode, and its settlement, and its Hereafter, for You-azwj are its Guardian and its Master!’[13]
صَلَاةُ الْإِمَامِ زَيْنِ الْعَابِدِينَ ع أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ كُلُّ رَكْعَةٍ بِالْفَاتِحَةِ مَرَّةً وَ الْإِخْلَاصِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
Salat of the Imam-asws Zain Al-Abideen-asws – Four Cycles, each Cycles with Surah Al Fatiha once, and Al Ikhlas one hundred times.
دُعَاءُ سَيِّدِنَا زَيْنِ الْعَابِدِينَ ع- يَا مَنْ أَظْهَرَ الْجَمِيلَ وَ سَتَرَ الْقَبِيحَ يَا مَنْ لَمْ يُؤَاخِذْ بِالْجَرِيرَةِ وَ لَمْ يَهْتِكِ السِّتْرَ يَا عَظِيمَ الْعَفْوِ يَا حَسَنَ التَّجَاوُزِ يَا وَاسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ يَا بَاسِطَ الْيَدَيْنِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ يَا صَاحِبَ كُلِّ نَجْوَى يَا مُنْتَهَى كُلِّ شَكْوَى يَا كَرِيمَ الصَّفْحِ يَا عَظِيمَ الرَّجَاءِ يَا مُبْتَدِئاً بِالنِّعَمِ قَبْلَ اسْتِحْقَاقِهَا يَا رَبَّنَا وَ سَيِّدَنَا وَ مَوْلَانَا يَا غَايَةَ رَغْبَتِنَا أَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ-.
A supplication of our Chief Zayn Al-Abideen-asws – ‘O One Who Reveals the beautiful and Covers the ugliness! O One Who does not Seize for the offence and does not Tear the veil! O Mighty of the Pardon! O Excellent of the Overlooking! O vast of the Forgiveness! O Extender of the Hands with the Mercy! O Companion of every whisper! O Ultimate of every complaint! O Benevolent of the Forgiveness! O Mighty of the hopes! O Initiator with the bounties before they are deserved! O our Lord-azwj and our Chief and our Master! O Peak of our desires! I ask You-azwj, O Allah-azwj, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad‑saww!’’[14]
صَلَاةُ الْبَاقِرِ ع رَكْعَتَانِ كُلُّ رَكْعَةٍ بِالْحَمْدِ مَرَّةً وَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
Salat of Al-Baqir-asws – Two Cycles, each Cycle with Surah Al Hamd once, and ‘Glory be to Allah‑azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest!’, one hundred times.
دُعَاءُ الْبَاقِرِ ع- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ يَا حَلِيمُ ذُو أَنَاةٍ غَفُورٌ وَدُودٌ أَنْ تَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِي وَ مَا عِنْدِي بِحُسْنِ مَا عِنْدَكَ وَ أَنْ تُعْطِيَنِي مِنْ عَطَائِكَ مَا يَسَعُنِي وَ تُلْهِمَنِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَنِي الْعَمَلَ فِيهِ بِطَاعَتِكَ وَ طَاعَةِ رَسُولِكَ وَ أَنْ تُعْطِيَنِي عَنْ عَفْوِكَ مَا أَسْتَوْجِبُ بِهِ كَرَامَتَكَ
Supplication of Al-Baqir-asws – ‘O Allah-azwj! I ask you-azwj O Lenient with Patience, Forgiver, Affectionate! Overlook my evil deeds and whatever is with me with Excellence with what is with You-azwj, and Grant me from Your-azwj Awards what would suffice me, and Inspire me regarding what You-azwj Grant me, to be working in it in Your-azwj obedience and obedience of Your-azwj Rasool-saww, and to Grant me from Your-azwj Pardon what I would be obligated Your‑azwj Benevolence by it!
اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَ لَا تَفْعَلْ بِي مَا أَنَا أَهْلُهُ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بِكَ وَ لَمْ أُصِبْ خَيْراً قَطُّ إِلَّا مِنْكَ يَا أَبْصَرَ الْأَبْصَرِينَ وَ يَا أَسْمَعَ السَّامِعِينَ وَ يَا أَحْكَمَ الْحَاكِمِينَ وَ يَا جَارَ الْمُسْتَجِيرِينَ وَ يَا مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ-.
O Allah-azwj! Give me what You-azwj are rightful of and do not Deal with me what I am rightful of, for rather I am with You-azwj and did not achieve any goodness at all except from You-azwj, O most insightful of the insightful ones, and O most Hearing of the hearing ones, and O Wisest of the wise ones, and O Shelter of the shelter-seekers, and O Responder to supplications of the desperate! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww!’’[15]
صَلَاةُ الصَّادِقِ ع رَكْعَتَيْنِ كُلَّ رَكْعَةٍ بِالْفَاتِحَةِ مَرَّةً وَ شَهِدَ اللَّهُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
Salat of Al-Sadiq-asws – Two Cycles, each Cycle with Surah Al Fatiha once, and Allah Testifies that there is no god except Him, and (so testify) the Angels and the ones with the knowledge, maintaining His creation with justice; there is no god except Him, the Mighty, the Wise [3:18], one hundred times.
دُعَاءُ الصَّادِقِ ع- يَا صَانِعَ كُلِّ مَصْنُوعٍ وَ يَا جَابِرَ كُلِّ كَسِيرٍ وَ يَا حَاضِرَ كُلِّ مَلَإٍ وَ يَا شَاهِدَ كُلِّ نَجْوَى وَ يَا عَالِمَ كُلِّ خَفِيَّةٍ وَ يَا شَاهِدُ غَيْرَ غَائِبٍ وَ غَالِبُ غَيْرَ مَغْلُوبٍ وَ يَا قَرِيبُ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ وَ يَا مُونِسَ كُلِّ وَحِيدٍ وَ يَا حَيُّ مُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَى وَ مُمِيتَ الْأَحْيَاءِ الْقَائِمُ عَلى كُلِّ نَفْسٍ بِما كَسَبَتْ وَ يَا حَيُّ حِينَ لَا حَيَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ-.
Supplication of Al-Sadiq-asws – ‘O Maker of every made, and O Mender of every broken, and O Present in all assemblies, and O Witness of every whisper, and O Knower of every hidden matter, and O Present not absent, and Overcomer not overcome, and O near not far, and O Comforter of every lonely, and O Living Reviver of the death and Causer of death to the living, the Standing upon every soul with what it has earned, and O Living when there was nothing living! There is no god except You-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww!’’[16]
صَلَاةُ الْكَاظِمِ ع رَكْعَتَيْنِ كُلَّ رَكْعَةٍ بِالْفَاتِحَةِ مَرَّةً وَ الْإِخْلَاصِ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً
Salat of Al-Kazim-asws – Two Cycles, each Cycle with Surah Al Fatiha, and Surah Al Ikhlas twelve times.
دُعَاءُ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع- إِلَهِي خَشَعَتِ الْأَصْوَاتُ لَكَ وَ ضَلَّتِ الْأَحْلَامُ فِيكَ وَ وَجِلَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِنْكَ وَ هَرَبَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِلَيْكَ وَ ضَاقَتِ الْأَشْيَاءُ دُونَكَ وَ مَلَأَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ نُورُكَ
Supplication of Al-Kazim-asws – ‘My God-azwj! The voices are fearful to You-azwj, and the imaginations regarding You-azwj have strayed, and all things tremble from You-azwj, and all things flee to You-azwj, and the things are constricted below You-azwj, and Your-azwj Noor fills all things!
فَأَنْتَ الرَّفِيعُ فِي جَلَالِكَ وَ أَنْتَ الْبَهِيُّ فِي جَمَالِكَ وَ أَنْتَ الْعَظِيمُ فِي قُدْرَتِكَ وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي لَا يَئُودُكَ شَيْءٌ يَا مُنْزِلَ نِعْمَتِي يَا مُفَرِّجَ كُرْبَتِي وَ يَا قَاضِيَ حَاجَتِي أَعْطِنِي مَسْأَلَتِي بِلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
You-azwj are Lofty in Your-azwj Majesty, and You-azwj are the Splendid in Your-azwj Beauty, and You-azwj are the Mighty in Your-azwj Power, and Your-azwj are the One Who nothing resembles You-azwj! O Descender of my bounties! O Reliever of my distress, and O Fulfiller of my needs! Grant me my request with, ‘There is no god except You-azwj!’
آمَنْتُ بِكَ مُخْلِصاً لَكَ دِينِي أَصْبَحْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَ وَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِالنِّعْمَةِ وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ الَّتِي لَا يَغْفِرُهَا غَيْرُكَ يَا مَنْ هُوَ فِي عُلُوِّهِ دَانٍ وَ فِي دُنُوِّهِ عَالٍ وَ فِي إِشْرَاقِهِ مُنِيرٌ وَ فِي سُلْطَانِهِ قَوِيٌّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ-.
I have believed in You-azwj sincerely! For You-azwj is my religion. I have come to a morning being upon Your-azwj Covenant and Your-azwj Promise whatever I am capable of, acknowledging to You-azwj the bounties, and I seek Your-azwj Forgiveness from the sins which no one other than You-azwj can Forgive! O One Who is near in His-azwj Exaltedness and is Exalted in His-azwj nearness, and Radiant in His-azwj Nobility, and Strong in His-azwj Authority! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww!’’[17]
صَلَاةُ الرِّضَا ع سِتُّ رَكَعَاتٍ كُلُّ رَكْعَةٍ بِالْفَاتِحَةِ مَرَّةً وَ هَلْ أَتى عَلَى الْإِنْسانِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ
Salat of Al-Reza-asws – Six Cycles, each Cycle with Surah Al Fatiha once, and Surah Al Dahr ten times.
دُعَاءُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى ع- يَا صَاحِبِي فِي شِدَّتِي وَ يَا وَلِيِّي فِي نِعْمَتِي وَ يَا إِلَهِي وَ إِلَهَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ إِسْحَاقَ وَ يَعْقُوبَ يَا رَبَ كهيعص وَ يس وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ
Supplication of Ali-asws Bin Musa-asws – ‘O my Companion in my adversity, and O my Guardian in my bounties, and O my God-azwj and God-azwj of Ibrahim-as, and Is’haq-as, and Yaqoub-as! O Lord-azwj of Kaf Ha Ya Ayn Suad [19:1] and Ya Seen [36:1] By the Wise Quran [36:2]!
أَسْأَلُكَ يَا أَحْسَنَ مَنْ سُئِلَ وَ يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ دُعِيَ وَ يَا أَجْوَدَ مَنْ أَعْطَى وَ يَا خَيْرَ مرتجًى أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ-.
I ask You-azwj, O most Excellent of the ones asked, and O Best of the ones supplicated to, and O most Generous of the ones giving, and O Best of the ones hoped to! I ask You-azwj to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww!’’[18]
صَلَاةُ الْجَوَادِ ع رَكْعَتَيْنِ كُلُّ رَكْعَةٍ بِالْفَاتِحَةِ مَرَّةً وَ الْإِخْلَاصِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً
Salat of Al-Jawad-asws – Two Cycles, each Cycles with Surah Al Fatiha once, and Surah Al Ikhlas seventy times.
دُعَاءُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع- اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ الْأَرْوَاحِ الْفَانِيَةِ وَ الْأَجْسَادِ الْبَالِيَةِ أَسْأَلُكَ بِطَاعَةِ الْأَرْوَاحِ الرَّاجِعَةِ إِلَى أَحِبَّائِهَا وَ بِطَاعَةِ الْأَجْسَادِ الْمُلْتَئِمَةِ بِعُرُوقِهَا وَ بِكَلِمَتِكَ النَّافِذَةِ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ أَخْذِكَ الْحَقَّ مِنْهُمْ وَ الْخَلَائِقُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ يَنْتَظِرُونَ فَصْلَ قَضَائِكَ وَ يَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَكَ وَ يَخَافُونَ عِقَابَكَ
Supplication of Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws – ‘O Allah-azwj! Lord-azwj of the perishable souls and the decaying souls! I ask You-azwj by the obedience of the souls returning to their beloved ones, and by obedience of the bodies healed by their veins, and by Your-azwj Words Implemented between them, and Your-azwj Seizing the truth from them, and the creatures in front of You‑azwj awaiting connection of Your-azwj Decrees, and hoping for Your-azwj Mercy, and fearing Your-azwj Punishment!
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اجْعَلِ النُّورَ فِي بَصَرِي وَ الْيَقِينَ فِي قَلْبِي وَ ذِكْرَكَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ عَلَى لِسَانِي وَ عَمَلًا صَالِحاً فَارْزُقْنِي-.
Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Make the Noor in my sight, and the certainty in my heart, and Your-azwj Zikr at night and the day to be upon my tongues, and righteous deeds, so Grace me!’’[19]
صَلَاةُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع رَكْعَتَيْنِ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى الْفَاتِحَةَ وَ يس وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ الرَّحْمَنَ
Salat of Ali-asws Bin Muhammad-asws – Two Cycles, reciting in the first Surah Al Fatiha and Surah Yaseen, and in the second Surah Al Hamd and Surah Al Rahman.
دُعَاءُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَادِي ع- يَا بَارُّ يَا وَصُولُ يَا شَاهِدَ كُلِّ غَائِبٍ وَ يَا قَرِيبُ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ وَ يَا غَالِبُ غَيْرَ مَغْلُوبٍ وَ يَا مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ هُوَ إِلَّا هُوَ يَا مَنْ لَا تُبْلَغُ قُدْرَتُهُ
Supplication of Ali-asws Bin Muhammad Al-Hadi-asws – ‘O Ultimate Source, O Witness of every absent one, O Near One not far, O Prevailer not overpowered, O One who Knows how He-azwj is but He-azwj Alone, O One Whose Power cannot be reached!
أَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ الْمَكْنُونِ الْمَخْزُونِ الْمَكْتُومِ عَمَّنْ شِئْتَ الطَّاهِرِ الْمُطَهَّرِ الْمُقَدَّسِ النُّورِ التَّامِّ الْحَيِّ الْقَيُّومِ الْعَظِيمِ نُورِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ نُورِ الْأَرَضِينَ عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ الْكَبِيرِ الْمُتَعَالِ الْعَظِيمِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ-.
I ask You-azwj, O Allah-azwj by Your-azwj Name, the hidden, the treasured, the concealed, beyond whom You-azwj Desire, the Pure, the Purifier, the Holy, the Complete Light, the Living, the Sustainer, the Mighty. The Light of the skies and the light of the earth, the Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Supreme, the Magnificent. Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww!’’[20]
صَلَاةُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِالْحَمْدِ مَرَّةً وَ إِذا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً وَ فِي الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ بِالْحَمْدِ مَرَّةً وَ الْإِخْلَاصِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً
Salat of Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws – Four Cycles, the first two Cycles with Surah Al Hamd once, and Surah Al Zilzal fifteen times; and in the last two Cycles, each Cycle with Surah Al Hamd once, and Surah Al Ikhlas fifteen times.
دُعَاءُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْبَدِيءُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَ أَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الَّذِي لَا يُذِلُّكَ شَيْءٌ وَ أَنْتَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي شَأْنٍ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَالِقُ مَا يُرَى وَ مَا لَا يُرَى الْعَالِمُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بِغَيْرِ تَعْلِيمٍ
Supplication of Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws – ‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by, for You-azwj is the Praise! There is no god except You-azwj, the Beginning before all things, and You-azwj are the Living, the Eternal, and there is no god except You-azwj Whom nothing humiliates, and You-azwj are in Splendour every day! There is no god except You-azwj, Creator of what is seen and what is not seen, the Knower of all things without being taught!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِآلَائِكَ وَ نَعْمَائِكَ بِأَنَّكَ اللَّهُ الرَّبُّ الْوَاحِدُ- لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ
I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Favours and Your-azwj bounties, that You-azwj are Allah-azwj, the Lord‑azwj, the One! There is no god except You-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْوَتْرُ الْفَرْدُ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ- وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ
And I ask You-azwj by, You-azwj are the Single, the Individual, the First, the Solid Who does not beget and is not begotten [112:3] And there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him’ [112:4].
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ الْقَائِمُ عَلى كُلِّ نَفْسٍ بِما كَسَبَتْ الرَّقِيبُ الْحَفِيظُ
And I ask You-azwj by, You-azwj are Allah-azwj! There is no god except You-azwj the Subtle, the Informed, the Standing upon every soul with what is has earned, the Watcher, the Protector!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ اللَّهُ الْأَوَّلُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَ الْآخِرُ بَعْدَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَ الْبَاطِنُ دُونَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ الضَّارُّ النَّافِعُ الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ
And I ask You-azwj by, You-azwj are Allah-azwj, the First before all things, and the Laster after all things, and the Hidden besides all things, the Harmer, the Benefiter, the Wise, the All-Knowing!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ الْبَاعِثُ الْوَارِثُ الْحَنَّانُ الْمَنَّانُ- بَدِيعُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ ذُو الْجَلالِ وَ الْإِكْرامِ وَ ذُو الطَّوْلِ وَ ذُو الْعِزَّةِ وَ ذُو السُّلْطَانِ-
And I ask You-azwj by surely You-azwj are Allah-azwj! There is no god except You-azwj the Living, the Eternal, the Resurrector, the Inheritor, the Affectionate, the Bestower, Initiator of the skies and the earth, with the Majesty and the Benevolence, and with the Leniency, and with the Might, and with the Authority!
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَحَطْتَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْماً وَ أَحْصَيْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَدَداً صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ-.
There is no god except You-azwj! You-azwj Encompass all things in Knowledge, and Enumerate all things in number! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad‑saww!’’[21]
صَلَاةُ الْحُجَّةِ الْقَائِمِ ع رَكْعَتَيْنِ تَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ إِلَى إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ثُمَّ تَقُولُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ثُمَّ تُتِمُّ قِرَاءَةَ الْفَاتِحَةِ وَ تَقْرَأُ بَعْدَهَا الْإِخْلَاصَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَ تَدْعُو عَقِيبَهَا فَتَقُولُ-
Salat of Al-Hujjat-ajfj Al-Qaim-ajfj – Two cycles, reciting in each Cycle (Surah Al Hamd) up to: (It is) You we worship [1:5] And You do we seek Assistance (from) [1:5], then say one hundred times: (It is) You we worship [1:5] And You do we seek Assistance (from) [1:5], then complete reciting Surah Al Fatiha, and recite Surah Al Ikhlas after it once, and supplicate as its follow-up saying: –
اللَّهُمَّ عَظُمَ الْبَلَاءُ وَ بَرِحَ الْخَفَاءُ وَ انْكَشَفَ الْغِطَاءُ وَ ضَاقَتِ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا وَسِعَتِ السَّمَاءُ وَ إِلَيْكَ يَا رَبِّ الْمُشْتَكَى وَ عَلَيْكَ الْمُعَوَّلُ فِي الشِّدَّةِ وَ الرَّخَاءِ
‘O Allah-azwj! Mighty is the calamity, and the concealment has prolonged, and the covering is removed, and the earth is constricted with what the sky is vast with, and to You-azwj O Lord‑azwj is the complaint, and upon You-azwj is the reliance during the adversity and the prosperity!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الَّذِينَ أَمَرْتَنَا بِطَاعَتِهِمْ وَ عَجِّلِ اللَّهُمَّ فَرَجَهُمْ بِقَائِمِهِمْ وَ أَظْهِرْ إِعْزَازَهُ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, those You-azwj have Commanded us with obeying them, and O Allah-azwj, Hasten their-asws relief by their-asws Qaim-ajfj, and Reveal his-ajfj might!
يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اكْفِيَانِي فَإِنَّكُمَا كَافِيَايَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ انْصُرَانِي فَإِنَّكُمَا نَاصِرَايَ
O Muhammad-saww, O Ali-asws, Of Ali-asws, O Muhammad-saww! Suffice me for you-azwj are both sufficient for me! O Muhammad-saww, O Ali-asws, O Ali-asws, O Muhammad-saww! Help me for you‑asws are both my helpers!
يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ احْفَظَانِي فَإِنَّكُمَا حَافِظَايَ يَا مَوْلَايَ يَا صَاحِبَ الزَّمَانِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ الْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ أَدْرِكْنِي أَدْرِكْنِي أَدْرِكْنِي الْأَمَانَ الْأَمَانَ الْأَمَانَ.
O Muhammad-saww, O Ali-asws, O Ali-asws, O Muhammad-saww! Protect me, for you-asws are both my protectors! O my Master-ajfj, O Master of the Time! (three times). The help, the help the help! Rescue me, rescue me, rescue me! The safety, the safety, the safety!’’[22]
12- دَعَوَاتُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، ذَكَرَ صَلَاةَ النَّبِيِّ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا مَرَّ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ ع رَكْعَتَانِ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْفَاتِحَةَ مَرَّةً وَ الْإِخْلَاصَ خَمْساً وَ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً
(The book) ‘Dawaat’ of Al Rawandy –
‘He mentioned Salat of the Prophet-saww and the Imams-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon them-asws just as has already passed, except that he said, ‘Salat of Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws is of two Cycle, reciting in each Cycle Surah Al Fatiha once, and Surah Al Ikhlas twenty-five times’.
وَ قَالَ صَلَاةُ زَيْنِ الْعَابِدِينَ ع رَكْعَتَانِ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْحَمْدَ مَرَّةً وَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
And he said, ‘Salat of Zayn Al Abideen-asws is of two Cycles, reciting in each Cycle Surah Al Hamd once, and Ayat Al Kursy one hundred times’.
وَ نَسَبَ صَلَاةَ الصَّادِقِ إِلَى الْبَاقِرِ ع وَ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الصَّادِقِ أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْحَمْدُ مَرَّةً وَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ التَّسْبِيحَاتُ الْأَرْبَعُ
And he attributed Salat of Al Sadiq-asws to Al Baqir-asws and said: ‘Salat of Al Sadiq-asws is of four Cycles, in each Cycle is Surah Al Hamd once, and one hundred the four glorifications (Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest!)’.
وَ قَالَ صَلَاةُ النَّقِيِّ ع رَكَعَاتٌ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْحَمْدُ مَرَّةً وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ
And he said, ‘Salat of Al-Naqi-asws is of two Cycles, in each Cycle is Surah Al Hamd once, and Al Tawheed four times’.
وَ نَسَبَ صَلَاةَ الْجَوَادِ إِلَى الْهَادِي ع وَ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ رَكْعَتَانِ فِي كُلٍّ مِنْهُمَا الْحَمْدُ مَرَّةً وَ الْإِخْلَاصُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
And he attributed Salat of Al-Jawad-asws to Al-Hadi-asws and said, ‘Salat of Al-Askari-asws is of two Cycles, in each Cycle of these is Surah Al Hamd once, and Surah Al Ikhlas one hundred times’.
وَ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْمَهْدِيِّ ع رَكْعَتَانِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْحَمْدُ مَرَّةً وَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
And he said, ‘Salat of Al Mahdi-ajfj is of two Cycles, in each Cycle is Surah Al Hamd once, and (It is) You we worship [1:5] And You do we seek Assistance (from) [1:5]’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ بَعْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّلَوَاتِ ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ حَاجَتَهُ.
Then he said, ‘And he should send Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww one hundred times after every Salat from these Salat(s), then ask Allah-azwj for his need’’.[23]
باب 111 فضل صلاة جعفر بن أبي طالب ع و صفتها و أحكامها
CHAPTER 111 – MERIT OF SALAT OF JA’FAR BIN ABU TALIB-as, AND ITS DESCRIPTION AND ITS RULINGS
1- جَمَالُ الْأُسْبُوعِ، رَوَيْنَا بِإِسْنَادِنَا عَنْ عِدَّةِ طُرُقٍ إِلَى أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الرِّضَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ أَبَاهُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ع عَنْ صَلَاةِ التَّسْبِيحِ فَقَالَ تِلْكَ الْحَبْوَةُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَالَ
(The book) ‘Jamal al Usbou’ – We are reporting by our chains from a number of ways to Abu Al Mufazzal Muhammad Bin Abdullah, from Abdullah Bin Al Husayn Bin Ibrahim, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Hamza Al Alawy, from his father and Abu Hashim Al Ja’fary who said,
‘It is narrated to us by Al-Reza Ali Bin Musa-asws, from his-asws father-asws Musa Bin Ja’far-asws, a man had asked his-asws father Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws about Salat of the glorification (Al-Tasbeeh). He-asws said: ‘That is the favourite! My-asws father-asws narrated to me-asws by my-asws father-asws, from my-asws grandfather Ali-asws Bin Al Husayn-asws who said:
لَمَّا قَدِمَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ تَلَقَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى غَلْوَةٍ مِنْ مغرسه [مُعَرَّسِهِ] بِخَيْبَرَ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ جَعْفَرٌ أَسْرَعَ إِلَيْهِ هَرْوَلَةً فَاعْتَنَقَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ حَادَثَهُ شَيْئاً ثُمَّ رَكِبَ الْعَضْبَاءَ وَ أَرْدَفَهُ
‘When Ja’far-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws arrived from the land of Ethiopia, Rasool-Allah-saww welcomed him-as at a stone’s throw from his-saww base camp at Khyber. When Ja’far-asws saw him-saww, he-asws quickened to him-saww sprinting. Rasool-Allah-saww hugged him-as and narrated something to him-asws, then he-saww rode Al-Asba’a (the mule) and made him-as sit behind.
فَلَمَّا انْبَعَثَتْ بِهِمَا الرَّاحِلَةُ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا جَعْفَرُ يَا أَخِي أَ لَا أَحْبُوكَ أَ لَا أُعْطِيكَ أَ لَا أَصْطَفِيكَ
When the riding animal went with them, he-saww faced to him-as. He-saww said: ‘O Ja’far-as, O my-saww brother-as! Did I-saww not gift to you-as? Did I-saww not give to you-as? Did I not choose you-as?’’
قَالَ فَظَنَّ النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ يُعْطِي جَعْفَراً عَظِيماً مِنَ الْمَالِ
He-asws said: ‘The people thought that he-saww had given Ja’far-as immense amount of wealth’.
قَالَ وَ ذَلِكَ لَمَّا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ خَيْبَرَ وَ غَنَّمَهُ أَرْضَهَا وَ أَمْوَالَهَا وَ أَهْلَهَا
He-asws said: ‘And what was when Allah-azwj had Granted victory to His-azwj Prophet-saww at Khyber and he-saww acquired its land, and its wealth, and its people.
فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ بَلَى فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَ أُمِّي فَعَلَّمَهُ صَلَاةَ التَّسْبِيحِ
Ja’far-as said, ‘Yes, may my-as father-as and my-as mother-as be sacrificed for you-saww!’ He-saww taught him-as Salat Al-Tasbeeh (glorification)’.
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع وَ صِفَتُهَا أَنَّهَا أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ بِتَشَهُّدَيْنِ وَ تَسْلِيمَتَيْنِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ امْرُؤٌ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَهَا فَلْيَتَوَجَّهْ فَلْيَقْرَأْ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى- سُورَةَ الْحَمْدِ وَ إِذا زُلْزِلَتِ وَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ سُورَةَ الْحَمْدِ وَ وَ الْعادِياتِ وَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ- الْحَمْدَ وَ إِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَ الْفَتْحُ- وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Abu Abdullah-asws Al-Sadiq-asws said: ‘And its description, it is of four Cycle with two Tashahhud(s), and two Salaam(s). When a person intends to pray it, let him concentrate, and let him recite in the first Cycle Surah Al Hamd and Surah Al Zilzaal, and in the second Cycle Surah Al Hamd and Surah Al Adiyaat, and recite in the third Cycle Surah Al Hamd and Surah Al Fat’h, and in the fourth Surah Al Hamd and Surah Al Tawheed.
فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ فَلْيَقُلْ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً- سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ يقل [يَقُولُ] ذَلِكَ فِي رُكُوعِهِ عَشْراً وَ إِذَا اسْتَوَى مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ قَائِماً قَالَهَا عَشْراً
When he is free from the recitation in every Cycle, let him say fifteen times before the Ruk’u, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest’, and he should say that in his Ruk’u ten times, and then stand upright from the Ruk’u, saying it ten times.
فَإِذَا سَجَدَ قَالَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا جَلَسَ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ قَالَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا سَجَدَ الثَّانِيَةَ قَالَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا جَلَسَ لِيَقُومَ قَالَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُومَ عَشْراً يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي الْأَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ يَكُونُ ثَلَاثَمِائَةِ دَفْعَةٍ تَكُونُ أَلْفاً وَ مِائَتَيْ تَسْبِيحَةٍ.
When he performs Sajdah, she should say it ten time. When he is seated between the two Sajdah(s), he should say it ten times. When he does the second Sajdah, he should say it ten times. When he sits in order to stand, she should say it ten times before he stands. He should do that in the four Cycles so it would be three hundred times, making is a total of one thousand two hundred repetitions’’.[24]
2- الْجَمَالُ، الْقَوْلُ فِي آخِرِ سَجْدَةٍ مِنْهَا حَدَّثَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ هَارُونُ بْنُ مُوسَى التَّلَّعُكْبَرِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ بَابَوَيْهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأَهْوَازِيِّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَشْيَمَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ
(The book) ‘Al Jamal’ – The word in the last Sajdah from it is narrated by Abu Muhammad Haroun Bin Musa Al Tal’akbury, may Allah-azwj be Satisfied with him, from Ali Bin Al Husayn Bin Babuwayh, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Attar, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Imran, from Ahmad Bin Al Husayn Bin Saeed Al Ahwazy, from Malik Bin Asheym, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Aban,
عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: يَقُولُ فِي آخِرِ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع- سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْأَحَدِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْأَحَدِ الصَّمَدِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ- وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘He should recite in last Cycle of the Salat of Ja’far-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj the One, the First! Glory be to Allah-azwj the First, the non-hollow! Glory be to Allah-azwj Who does not beget and is not begotten [112:3] And there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him’ [112:4].
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ صَاحِبَةً وَ لَا وَلَداً سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَبِسَ الْعِزَّ وَ الْوَقَارَ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ تَعَظَّمَ بِالْمَجْدِ وَ تَكَرَّمَ بِهِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ أَحْصَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمُهُ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْفَضْلِ وَ الطَّوْلِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْمَنِّ وَ النِّعَمِ
Glory be to Allah-azwj Who neither Took a female companion nor a son! Glory be to the One Wears the Honour and the Dignity! Glory be to the One who is revered by the Glory and is Honoured by it! Glory be to the One Who Enumerates all things in His-azwj Knowledge! Glorious is the One with the Grace and the Leniency! Glorious be to the One with the Conferment and the bounties!
سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْقُدْرَةِ وَ الْأَمْرِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْمُلْكِ وَ الْمَلَكُوتِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْعِزِّ وَ الْجَبَرُوتِ سُبْحَانَ الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ سَبَّحَتْ لَهُ السَّمَاءُ بِأَكْنَافِهَا سُبْحَانَ مَنْ سَبَّحَ لَهُ الْأَرَضُونَ وَ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا سُبْحَانَ مَنْ سَبَّحَتْ لَهُ الطَّيْرُ فِي أَوْكَارِهَا
Glory be to the One with the Power and the Command! Glory be to the One with the Kingdom and the Domains! Glory be to the One with the Might and the Force! Glory be to the One Who does not die! Glory be to the One the sky glorifies by its covering! Glory be to the One glorified to by the earths and the ones upon it! Glory be to the One Glorified to by the birds in their nests!
سُبْحَانَ مَنْ سَبَّحَتْ لَهُ السِّبَاعُ فِي آجَامِهَا سُبْحَانَ مَنْ سَبَّحَتْ لَهُ حِيتَانُ الْبَحْرِ وَ هَوَامُّهُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا يَنْبَغِي التَّسْبِيحُ إِلَّا لَهُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ أَحْصَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمُهُ يَا ذَا النِّعْمَةِ وَ الطَّوْلِ يَا ذَا الْمَنِّ وَ الْفَضْلِ يَا ذَا الْقُوَّةِ وَ الْكَرَمِ
Glory be to the One glorified to by the wild animals in their languages! Glory be to the One glorified to by the fishes in the ocean and its creatures! Glory be to the One the glorification is not appropriate except for Him-azwj! Glory be to the One Who Enumerates all things in His‑azwj Knowledge! O with the bounties and the Leniency! O with the Conferment and the Grace! O with the Strength and the Benevolence!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَعَاقِدِ الْعِزِّ مِنْ عَرْشِكَ وَ مُنْتَهَى الرَّحْمَةِ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الْأَعْظَمِ الْأَعْلَى وَ كَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّاتِ كُلِّهَا أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا.
I ask You-azwj by the seat of honour from Your-azwj Throne, and the ultimate Mercy from Your‑azwj Book, and by Your-azwj Name, the most Magnificent, the most Exalted, and Your-azwj complete Words, all of them, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and to Do such and such with me!’’[25]
3- الْجَمَالُ، الدُّعَاءُ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرٍ ع وَ يُعْرَفُ بِصَلَاةِ التَّسْبِيحِ حَدَّثَ أَبُو الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْعَبَّاسِيِّ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع- وَ هُوَ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ جَعْفَرٍ ع عِنْدَ ارْتِفَاعِ النَّهَارِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَلَمْ أُصَلِّ خَلْفَهُ حَتَّى فَرَغَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ-
(The book) ‘The supplication after Salat of Ja’far-as, and it is known as ‘Salat Al Tasbeeh’, narrated by Abu Al Mufazzal, from Hamza Bin Al Qasim Al Alawy, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Jamhour, from his father, from Al-Hassan Bin Al Qasim Al Abbasy who said,
‘I entered to see Abu Al-Hassan Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws and he-asws was pray Salat of Ja’far-asws at rising of the day on the day of Friday. I did not pray behind him-asws until he-asws raised his hands towards the sky, then said: –
يَا مَنْ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ اللُّغَاتُ وَ لَا تَتَشَابَهُ عَلَيْهِ الْأَصْوَاتُ وَ يَا مَنْ هُوَ كُلُّ يَوْمٍ فِي شَأْنٍ يَا مَنْ لَا يَشْغَلُهُ شَأْنٌ عَنْ شَأْنٍ يَا مُدَبِّرَ الْأُمُورِ يَا بَاعِثَ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ يَا مُحْيِيَ الْعِظَامِ وَ هِيَ رَمِيمٍ يَا بَطَّاشُ يَا ذَا الْبَطْشِ الشَّدِيدِ يَا فَعَّالًا لِمَا يُرِيدُ يَا رَازِقَ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
‘O One the languages are not hidden (unknown) unto Him-azwj nor are the voices confusing to Him-azwj, and O One Who is in a state of Glory every day! O One Whom a matter does not pre-occupy Him-azwj from a (another) matter! O Manager of the affairs! O Resurrector of ones in the graves! O Reviver of the bone and these have decayed! O with the Severe Prowess! O Does of whatever He-azwj Wants! O One Who Graces ones He-azwj so Desires without measure!
يَا رَزَّاقَ الْجَنِينِ وَ الطِّفْلِ الصَّغِيرِ وَ يَا رَاحِمَ الشَّيْخِ الْكَبِيرِ وَ يَا جَابِرَ الْعَظْمِ الْكَسِيرِ يَا مُدْرِكَ الْهَارِبِينَ وَ يَا غَايَةَ الطَّالِبِينَ يَا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الضَّمِيرِ وَ مَا تُكِنُّ الصُّدُورُ يَا رَبَّ الْأَرْبَابِ وَ سَيِّدَ السَّادَاتِ وَ إِلَهَ الْآلِهَةِ وَ جَبَّارَ الْجَبَابِرَةِ وَ مَلِكَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ يَا مُجْرِيَ الْمَاءِ فِي النَّبَاتِ وَ يَا مُكَوِّنَ طَعْمِ الثِّمَارِ
O Sustainer of the foetus and the small child, and O Mercier of the elderly, and O Mender of the broken bones! O Catcher of the fleers, and O peak of the seekers! O One Who Knows what is in the consciences, and what the chests conceal! O Lord-azwj of the lords, and Chief of the chiefs, and God-azwj of the (false) gods, and Compeller of the tyrants, and King of the world and the Hereafter, and O Flower of the water in the plants, and O Creator of the taste of the fruits!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي اشْتَقَقْتَهُ مِنْ عَظَمَتِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِعَظَمَتِكَ الَّتِي اشْتَقَقْتَهَا مِنْ كِبْرِيَائِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكِبْرِيَائِكَ الَّتِي اشْتَقَقْتَهَا مِنْ كَيْنُونِيَّتِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكَيْنُونِيَّتِكَ الَّتِي اشْتَقَقْتَهَا مِنْ جُودِكَ
I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which You-azwj Derived from Your-azwj Magnificence, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Magnificence which You-azwj Derived from Your-azwj Greatness, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Greatness which You-azwj Derived from Your-azwj Being, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Being which You-azwj Derived from Your-azwj Generosity!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِجُودِكَ الَّذِي اشْتَقَقْتَهُ مِنْ عِزِّكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِعِزِّكَ الَّذِي اشْتَقَقْتَهُ مِنْ كَرَمِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكَرَمِكَ الَّذِي اشْتَقَقْتَهُ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي اشْتَقَقْتَهَا مِنْ رَأْفَتِكَ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj generosity which You-azwj Derived from Your Might, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Might which You-azwj Derived from Your-azwj Benevolence, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Benevolence which You-azwj Derived from Your-azwj Mercy, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Mercy which You-azwj Derived from Your-azwj Kindness!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِرَأْفَتِكَ الَّتِي اشْتَقَقْتَهَا مِنْ حِلْمِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِحِلْمِكَ الَّذِي اشْتَقَقْتَهُ مِنْ لُطْفِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِلُطْفِكَ الَّذِي اشْتَقَقْتَهُ مِنْ قُدْرَتِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَسْمَائِكَ كُلِّهَا وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْمُهَيْمِنِ الْعَزِيزِ الْقَدِيرِ عَلَى مَا تَشَاءُ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Kindness which You-azwj Derived from Your-azwj Leniency, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Leniency which You-azwj Derived from Your-azwj Compassion, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Compassion which You-azwj Derived from Your-azwj Power, and I ask You-azwj by Your Names, all of them, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name, ‘The Preserver of Safety’, ‘the Mighty, the Able upon whatever You-azwj Desire from Your-azwj matters!
يَا مَنْ سَمَكَ السَّمَاءَ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ وَ أَقَامَ الْأَرْضَ بِغَيْرِ سَنَدٍ وَ خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَاجَةٍ بِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا إِفَاضَةً لِإِحْسَانِهِ وَ نِعَمِهِ وَ إِبَانَةً لِحِكْمَتِهِ وَ إِظْهَاراً لِقُدْرَتِهِ
O One Who Roofed the sky without pillars, and Established the earth without support, and Created the creatures without there being a need with Him-azwj to them, except as bestowment of His-azwj Favours and His-azwj bounties, and manifestation of His-azwj Wisdom, and Demonstration of His-azwj Power!
أَشْهَدُ يَا سَيِّدِي أَنَّكَ لَمْ تَأْنَسْ بِابْتِدَاعِهِمْ لِأَجْلِ وَحْشَةٍ بِتَفَرُّدِكَ وَ لَمْ تَسْتَعِنْ بِغَيْرِكَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ
I testify, O my Chief, You-azwj were not comforted by Initiating them for the reason of loneliness due to Your-azwj being Individual, and did not seek assistance with others upon anything of Your-azwj matters!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِغِنَاكَ عَنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ بِحَاجَتِهِمْ إِلَيْكَ وَ بِفَقْرِهِمْ وَ فَاقَتِهِمْ إِلَيْكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ خِيَرَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الْأَئِمَّةِ الرَّاشِدِينَ وَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِعَبْدِكَ الذَّلِيلِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ فَرَجاً وَ مَخْرَجاً
I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj needlessness from Your-azwj creatures and of their being needy to You-azwj, and with their poverty and their destitution to You-azwj, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww, Your-azwj Choice from Your-azwj creatures, and People-asws of his-saww Household, the goodly, the rightly guiding Imams-asws, and to Make the evidence for Your-azwj servant in front of You-azwj, a relief from his affairs and an outlet!
يَا سَيِّدِي صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ ارْزُقْنِي الْخَوْفَ مِنْكَ وَ الْخَشْيَةَ لَكَ أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِي سَيِّدِي ارْحَمْ عَبْدَكَ الْأَسِيرَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ سَيِّدِي ارْحَمْ عَبْدَكَ الْمُرْتَهَنَ بِعَمَلِهِ
O my Chief! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Grace me the fearing from You-azwj, and fearfulness to You-azwj in the days of my lifetime! Mercy Your-azwj servant, the captive in front of You-azwj! Mercy Your-azwj servant the pledged with his actions!
يَا سَيِّدِي أَنْقِذْ عَبْدَكَ الْغَرِيقَ فِي بَحْرِ الْخَطَايَا يَا سَيِّدِي ارْحَمْ عَبْدَكَ الْمُقِرَّ بِذَنْبِهِ وَ جُرْأَتِهِ عَلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدِي الْوَيْلُ قَدْ حَلَّ بِي إِنْ لَمْ تَرْحَمْنِي
O my Chief, Save Your-azwj servant from drowning in the ocean of sins! O my Chief, Mercy Your‑azwj servant acknowledging with his sins and his crimes to You-azwj! O my Chief, the woe will be released with me if You-azwj don’t Mercy me!
يَا سَيِّدِي هَذَا مَقَامُ الْمُسْتَجِيرِ بِعَفْوِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ هَذَا مَقَامُ الْمِسْكِينِ الْمُسْتَكِينِ هَذَا مَقَامُ الْفَقِيرِ الْبَائِسِ الْحَقِيرِ الْمُحْتَاجِ إِلَى مَلِكٍ كَرِيمٍ رَحِيمٍ يَا وَيْلَتَا مَا أَغْفَلَنِي عَمَّا يُرَادُ مِنِّي
O my Chief, this is the position of the shelter with Your-azwj Pardon from Your-azwj Punishment! This is the position of the needy, seeking dependence! This is the position of the poor, the destitute, the insignificant, the needy to a Benevolent Merciful King! O woe! How heedless I am from what He-azwj Wants from me!
يَا سَيِّدِي هَذَا مَقَامُ الْمُذْنِبِ الْمُسْتَجِيرِ بِعَفْوِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ هَذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ انْقَطَعَتْ حِيلَتُهُ وَ خَابَ رَجَاؤُهُ إِلَّا مِنْكَ هَذَا مَقَامُ الْعَانِي الْأَسِيرِ هَذَا مَقَامُ الطَّرِيدِ الشَّرِيدِ يَا سَيِّدِي أَقِلْنِي عَثَرَاتِي يَا مُقِيلَ الْعَثَرَاتِ
O my Chief, this is the position of the sinner, the shelter-seeker with Your-azwj Pardon from Your-azwj Punishment! This is the position of the one whose means are cut off and his hopes are disappointed except from You-azwj! This is the position of the suffering captive! This is the position of the displaced, the exiled! O my Chief, Uproot my stumbles, O Uprooter of the stumbles!
يَا سَيِّدِي أَعْطِنِي سُؤْلِي سَيِّدِي ارْحَمْ بَدَنِيَ الضَّعِيفَ وَ جِلْدِيَ الرَّقِيقَ الَّذِي لَا قُوَّةَ لَهُ عَلَى حَرِّ النَّارِ يَا سَيِّدِي ارْحَمْنِي فَإِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ وَ ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ- لَا طَاقَةَ لِي بِالْخُرُوجِ مِنْ سُلْطَانِكَ
O my Chief, Grant me my request! My Chief, Mercy my body the weak, and my skin the delicate which there is no strength for it upon heat of the Hellfire! O my Chief, Mercy me for I am Your-azwj servant and son of Your-azwj servant and son of Your-azwj maid (standing) in from of You-azwj and in Your-azwj Grip! There is no endurance for me for exiting from Your-azwj Authority!
سَيِّدِي وَ كَيْفَ لِي بِالنَّجَاةِ وَ لَا تُصَابُ إِلَّا لَدَيْكَ وَ كَيْفَ لِي بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَ لَا تُصَابُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ يَا إِلَهَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ وَلِيَّ الْأَتْقِيَاءِ وَ بَدِيعَ مَزِيدِ الْكَرَامَةِ
My Chief, and how can there be salvation for me and it cannot be achieved except from You‑azwj and how can there be Mercy for me and it cannot be achieved except from You-azwj! O God-azwj of the Prophets-as and Guardian of the pious, and Initiator of the additional Benevolence!
إِلَيْكَ قَصَدْتُ وَ بِكَ أَنْزَلْتُ حَاجَتِي وَ إِلَيْكَ شَكَوْتُ إِسْرَافِي عَلَى نَفْسِي وَ بِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ فَأَغِثْنِي وَ أَنْقِذْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِمَّا اجْتَرَأْتُ عَلَيْكَ
To You-azwj I have aimed, and with You-azwj I have descended my need, and to You-azwj I have complained of my extravagance upon my own self, and with You-azwj I seek Help, so Help me, and Save me by Your-azwj Mercy, from what I have been audacious upon You-azwj!
يَا سَيِّدِي يَا وَيْلَتَا أَيْنَ أَهْرُبُ مِمَّنِ الْخَلَائِقُ كُلُّهُمْ فِي قَبْضَتِهِ وَ النَّوَاصِي كُلُّهَا بِيَدِهِ يَا سَيِّدِي مِنْكَ هَرَبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَ وَقَفْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مُتَضَرِّعاً إِلَيْكَ رَاجِياً لِمَا لَدَيْكَ
O my Chief! O woe, where can I flee from the One, all of the creatures are in His-azwj Grip, and all the forelocks are in His-azwj Hand! O my Chief! I have fled from You-azwj to You-azwj, and have stood in front of You-azwj beseeching to You-azwj, hopeful of what is with You-azwj!
يَا إِلَهِي وَ سَيِّدِي حَاجَتِي حَاجَتِي الَّتِي إِنْ أَعْطَيْتَنِيهَا لَمْ يَضُرَّنِي مَا مَنَعْتَنِي وَ إِنْ مَنَعْتَنِيهَا لَمْ يَنْفَعْنِي مَا أَعْطَيْتَنِي أَسْأَلُكَ فَكَاكَ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ
O my God-azwj, and my Chief! My needs, my needs are which if You-azwj were to Grant these, it will not harm me what You-azwj Prevent me, and if You-azwj were to Prevent these, it is not benefit me what You-azwj Give me! I ask You-azwj to Liberate my neck from the Hellfire!
سَيِّدِي قَدْ عَلِمْتُ وَ أَيْقَنْتُ بِأَنَّكَ إِلَهُ الْخَلْقِ الَّذِي لَا سَمِيَّ لَهُ وَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ يَا سَيِّدِي وَ أَنَا عَبْدُكَ مُقِرٌّ لَكَ بِوَحْدَانِيَّتِكَ وَ بِوُجُودِ رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقْتَ خَلْقَكَ بِلَا مِثَالٍ وَ لَا تَعَبٍ وَ لَا نَصَبٍ أَنْتَ الْمَعْبُودُ وَ بَاطِلٌ كُلُّ مَعْبُودٍ غَيْرُكَ
My Chief! I have known and am certain that You-azwj are God-azwj of the creation Who there is neither an equal for Him-azwj nor an associate for Him-azwj! O my Chief, and I am Your-azwj servant acknowledging to You-azwj with Your-azwj Oneness, and with existence of Your-azwj Lordship! You-azwj are Allah-azwj Who You-azwj Created Your-azwj creation without any (prior) example, nor fatigue, nor toil! You-azwj are the Deity and all deities are false apart from You‑azwj!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي تَحْشُرُ بِهِ الْمَوْتَى إِلَى الْمَحْشَرِ يَا مَنْ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُهُ
I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name Which You-azwj will be Gathering the dead by it to the plains of gathering! O One no one is able upon that apart from Him-azwj!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي تُحْيِي بِهِ الْعِظَامَ وَ هِيَ رَمِيمٌ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي وَ تَرْحَمَنِي وَ تُعَافِيَنِي وَ تُعْطِيَنِي وَ تَكْفِيَنِي مَا أَهَمَّنِي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُكَ
I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which You-azwj Revive the bones by it and these are decayed, to Forgive (sins) for me, and Mercy me, and Pardon me, and Grant me, and Suffice me of what is worrying me! I testify that no one is able upon that apart from You-azwj!
أَيَا مَنْ أَمْرُهُ إِذا أَرادَ شَيْئاً أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ أَيَا مَنْ أَحاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْماً وَ أَحْصى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَدَداً
O One Whose Command is, whenever He Intends a thing, Says to it: “Be!”, so it comes into being [36:82]! O One Who Encompasses all things in Knowledge, and He Counts the number of all things [72:28].
أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ وَ نَبِيِّكَ وَ خَاصَّتِكَ وَ خَالِصَتِكَ وَ صَفِيِّكَ وَ خِيَرَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ أَمِينِكَ عَلَى وَحْيِكَ وَ مَوْضِعِ سِرِّكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَهُ إِلَى عِبَادِكَ وَ جَعَلْتَهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ وَ نُوراً اسْتَضَاءَ بِهِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ فَبَشَّرَ بِالْجَزِيلِ مِنْ ثَوَابِكَ وَ أَنْذَرَ بِالْأَلِيمِ مِنْ عِقَابِكَ
I ask You-azwj to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww, Your-azwj servant, and Your-azwj Rasool‑saww, and Your-azwj Prophet-as, and Your-azwj Special, and Your-azwj Pure, and Your-azwj Elite, and Your-azwj Choice from Your-azwj creatures, and Your-azwj Trustee upon Your-azwj Revelation, and place of Your-azwj Secrets, and Your-azwj Messenger whom You-azwj Send to Your‑azwj servants and Made him-saww are mercy for the worlds, and light the Momineen can be illuminated with. He-saww gave glad tiding of the plentifulness of Your-azwj Rewards and warned of the pain of Your-azwj Punishment!
اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ بِكُلِّ فَضِيلَةٍ مِنْ فَضَائِلِهِ وَ بِكُلِّ مَنْقَبَةٍ مِنْ مَنَاقِبِهِ وَ بِكُلِّ حَالٍ مِنْ حَالاتِهِ وَ بِكُلِّ مَوْقِفٍ مِنْ مَوَاقِفِهِ صَلَاةً تُكْرِمُ بِهَا وَجْهَهُ وَ أَعْطِهِ الدَّرَجَةَ وَ الْوَسِيلَةَ وَ الرِّفْعَةَ وَ الْفَضِيلَةَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon him-saww with every merit from his-saww merits, and with every virtue from his-saww virtues, and with every situation from his-saww situations, and with every pausing from his-saww pausing(s), a Salawaat honouring his-saww face by it, and Give him-saww the rank, and the means, and the loftiness, and the merit!
اللَّهُمَّ شَرِّفْ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ مَقَامَهُ وَ عَظِّمْ بُنْيَانَهُ وَ أَعْلِ دَرَجَتَهُ وَ تَقَبَّلْ شَفَاعَتَهُ فِي أُمَّتِهِ وَ أَعْطِهِ سُؤْلَهُ وَ ارْفَعْهُ فِي الْفَضِيلَةِ إِلَى غَايَتِهَا
O Allah-azwj! Ennoble his-saww position in (the Day of) Qiyamah, and Magnify his-saww foundation, and Exalt his-saww rank, and Accept his-saww intercession regarding his-saww community, and Grant him-saww his-saww request, and Raise him-saww in the merit to its peak!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ أَئِمَّةِ الْهُدَى وَ مَصَابِيحِ الدُّجَى وَ أُمَنَائِكَ فِي خَلْقِكَ وَ أَصْفِيَائِكَ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ وَ حُجَجِكَ فِي أَرْضِكَ وَ مَنَارِكَ فِي بِلَادِكَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon People-asws of his-saww Household, the Imams-asws of guidance, and lamps for the darkness, and Your-azwj Trustees among Your-azwj creatures, and Your-azwj Elites from Your-azwj servants, and Your-azwj Divine Authorities in Your-azwj earth, and Your-azwj Minarets in Your-azwj cities!
الصَّابِرِينَ عَلَى بَلَائِكَ الطَّالِبِينَ رِضَاكَ الْمُوفِينَ بِوَعْدِكَ غَيْرِ شَاكِّينَ فِيكَ وَ لَا جَاحِدِينَ عِبَادَتَكَ وَ أَوْلِيَاءَكَ وَ سَلَائِلِ أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ خُزَّانِ عِلْمِكَ الَّذِينَ جَعَلْتَهُمْ مَفَاتِيحَ الْهُدَى وَ نُورَ مَصَابِيحِ الدُّجَى صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ رَحْمَتُكَ وَ رِضْوَانُكَ
The ones patient upon Your-azwj afflictions, the seekers of Your-azwj Satisfaction, the loyal with Your-azwj Promise, not doubting in You-azwj, nor rejecting worshipping You-azwj, and Your-azwj Saints and descendants of Your-azwj Saints, and treasurers of Your-azwj Knowledge, those whom You-azwj have Made them-asws as the keys of guidance, and light of lamps in the darkness! May Your-azwj Salawaat be upon them-asws, and Your-azwj Mercy and Your-azwj Satisfaction!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَى مَنَارِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ الدَّاعِي إِلَيْكَ بِإِذْنِكَ الْقَائِمِ بِأَمْرِكَ الْمُؤَدِّي عَنْ رَسُولِكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and upon You-azwj Minarets among Your-azwj servants, the callers to You-azwj with Your-azwj Permission, the ones standing with Your-azwj Commands, the performers on behalf of Your-azwj Rasool-saww, may the greetings be upon him-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws!
اللَّهُمَّ إِذَا أَظْهَرْتَهُ فَأَنْجِزْ لَهُ مَا وَعَدْتَهُ وَ سُقْ إِلَيْهِ أَصْحَابَهُ وَ انْصُرْهُ وَ قَوِّ نَاصِرِيهِ وَ بَلِّغْهُ أَفْضَلَ أَمَلِهِ وَ أَعْطِهِ سُؤْلَهُ
O Allah-azwj! When You-azwj have Revealed him-ajfj, then Fulfil for him-ajfj what You-azwj Promised him-ajfj, and Usher to him-ajfj his-ajfj companions and his-ajfj helpers, and Strengthen his-ajfj helpers, and Make him-ajfj reach the best of his-ajfj aspirations, and Grant him-ajfj his-ajfj request!
وَ جَدِّدْ بِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَ الذُّلِّ الَّذِي قَدْ نَزَلَ بِهِمْ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّكَ فَصَارُوا مَقْتُولِينَ مَطْرُودِينَ مُشَرَّدِينَ خَائِفِينَ غَيْرَ آمِنِينَ لَقُوا فِي جَنْبِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَ طَاعَتِكَ الْأَذَى وَ التَّكْذِيبَ فَصَبَرُوا عَلَى مَا أَصَابَهُمْ فِيكَ رَاضِينَ بِذَلِكَ مُسْلِمِينَ لَكَ فِي جَمِيعِ مَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ مَا يَرِدُ إِلَيْهِمْ
And Renew through him-ajfj on behalf of Muhammad-saww and People-asws of his-saww Household, after the humiliation which had befallen with them-asws after Your-azwj Prophet‑saww, so they-asws became killed, exiled, displaced, insecurity they faced regarding Your-azwj Side seeking Your-azwj Satisfaction and obedience to You-azwj, the harm and the belying. They-asws were patient upon what had afflicted them-asws regarding You-azwj, satisfied with that, submitting to You-azwj in entirety of what had arrived to them-asws and what had been referred to them-asws!
اللَّهُمَّ عَجِّلْ فَرَجَ قَائِمِهِمْ بِأَمْرِكَ وَ انْصُرْهُ وَ انْصُرْ بِهِ دِينَكَ الَّذِي غُيِّرَ وَ بُدِّلَ وَ جَدِّدْ بِهِ مَا امْتَحَى مِنْهُ وَ بُدِّلَ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّكَ ص-
O Allah-azwj! Hasten relief of their-asws Qaim-ajfj (rising one) with Your-azwj Command, and Help him-ajfj and Help Your-azwj religion by him-ajfj which has been changed, and replaced, and Renew by him-ajfj what has been erased from it and replaced, after Your-azwj Prophet-saww!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى جَمِيعِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ الَّذِينَ بَلَغُوا عَنْكَ الْهُدَى وَ اعْتَقَدُوا لَكَ الْمَوَاثِيقَ بِالطَّاعَةِ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawat upon entirety of the Prophets-as and the Messengers-as, those who delivered the guidance on Your-azwj Guidance, and they believing in the Covenants with the obedience!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ عَلَى أَرْوَاحِهِمْ وَ أَجْسَادِهِمْ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon them-asws, and upon their-asws souls and their-asws bodies, and the Greetings upon them-asws, and Mercy of Allah-azwj and His-azwj Blessings!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَى مَلَائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أُولِي الْعَزْمِ مِنْ أَنْبِيَائِكَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ أَعْطِنِي سُؤْلِي فِي دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and upon the Angels of Proximity, and the Determined ones from Your-azwj Prophets-as, the Messengers-as, and Your-azwj righteous servants in their entirety, and Grant me my requests in my world and my Hereafter, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!
اللَّهُمَّ كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي لِعَاجِلِ الدُّنْيَا وَ آجِلِ الْآخِرَةِ فَأَعْطِهِ جَمِيعَ أَهْلِي وَ إِخْوَانِي فِيكَ وَ جَمِيعَ شِيعَةِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِي أَرْضِكَ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ الْخَائِفِينَ مِنْكَ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا عَلَى الْأَذَى وَ التَّكْذِيبِ فِيكَ وَ فِي رَسُولِكَ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ع أَفْضَلَ مَا يَأْمُلُونَ وَ اكْفِهِمْ مَا أَهَمَّهُمْ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
O Allah-azwj! All what I am supplicating to You-azwj for myself for the current world and the future Hereafter, Give it to my entire family members, and my brethren for Your-azwj Sake, and entirety of Shias of Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and the ones weakened in Your-azwj earth between Your-azwj servants, the ones fearing from You-azwj, those who were patient upon the harm and the belying for Your-azwj Sake and for the sake of Your-azwj Rasool-saww and People‑asws of his-saww Household, the best of what they-asws were wishing for, and Suffice them-asws of what worries them-asws, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!
اللَّهُمَّ اجْزِهِمْ عَنَّا جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ وَ اجْمَعْ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ:
O Allah-azwj! Reward them-asws on our behalf the Gardens of bliss, and Gather between us and them-asws by Your-azwj Mercy, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!’
دُعَاءٌ آخَرُ زِيَادَةً فِي هَذَا الدُّعَاءِ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ تَوْفِيقَ أَهْلِ الْهُدَى وَ أَعْمَالَ أَهْلِ التَّقْوَى وَ مُنَاصَحَةَ أَهْلِ التَّوْبَةِ وَ عَزْمَ أَهْلِ الصَّبْرِ وَ حَذَرَ أَهْلِ الْخَشْيَةِ وَ طَلَبَ أَهْلِ الرَّغْبَةِ وَ عِرْفَانَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَ فِقْهَ أَهْلِ الْوَرَعِ
Another supplication, there is addition in this supplication – ‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj inclination of the guided people, and deeds of the pious people, and advice of the repentant people, and determination of the patient people, and cautious of the fearful people, and seeking by the desirous people, and gnosis of the knowledgeable people, and understanding of the devout people –
حَتَّى أَخَافَكَ اللَّهُمَّ مَخَافَةً تَحْجُزُنِي عَنْ مَعَاصِيكَ وَ حَتَّى أَعْمَلَ بِطَاعَتِكَ عَمَلًا أَسْتَحِقُّ بِهِ كَرِيمَ كَرَامَتِكَ وَ حَتَّى أُنَاصِحَكَ فِي التَّوْبَةِ خَوْفاً لَكَ وَ حَتَّى أُخْلِصَ لَكَ فِي النَّصِيحَةِ حُبّاً لَكَ وَ حَتَّى أَتَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْكَ فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا بِحُسْنِ ظَنِّي بِكَ
Until I fear You-azwj, O Allah-azwj, fear keeping me aside from disobeying You-azwj, and until I act in Your-azwj obedience, deeds deserving by it the benevolence of Your-azwj Benevolence, and until I take Your-azwj advice regarding the repentance, fearing You-azwj, and until I am sincere to You-azwj in the advice in love for You-azwj, and until I rely upon You-azwj in the matters, all of them, with my good thoughts with You-azwj!
سُبْحَانَ خَالِقِ النُّورِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ تَفَضَّلْ عَلَيَّ فِي أُمُورِي كُلِّهَا بِمَا لَا يَمْلِكُهُ غَيْرُكَ وَ لَا يَقِفُ عَلَيْهِ سِوَاكَ وَ اسْمَعْ نِدَائِي وَ أَجِبْ دُعَائِي وَ اجْعَلْهُ مِنْ شَأْنِكَ فَإِنَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَسِيرٌ وَ هُوَ عِنْدِي عَظِيمٌ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
Glorious is Creator of the Noor! Glorious is Allah-azwj and with His-azwj Praise! O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Grace upon me in my affairs, all of them, with what no one apart from You-azwj controls, nor stand upon it besides You-azwj; and hear my supplication, and Respond to my supplication, and Make it from Your-azwj Glory for it is easy upon You, and in my view it is mighty, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!’’[26]
الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ عَقَّبْتَ بَعْدَهَا فَسَبَّحْتَ تَسْبِيحَ الزَّهْرَاءِ ع ثُمَّ تَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ- يَا مَنْ لَا تَخْفَى إِلَى آخِرِ الدُّعَاءَيْنِ.
(The book) ‘Al-Mutahajjid’ – ‘When you are free from the Salat, you should follow-up after it by glorifying the glorification (Tasbeeh) of Al-Zahra-asws, then supplicate with this supplication, O One, there is nothing hidden’ – up to end of the two supplications’’.[27]
4- الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، وَ الْجَمَالُ، وَ الْبَلَدُ، وَ الْجُنَّةُ، جُنَّةُ الْأَمَانِ رَوَى الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ جَعْفَرٍ وَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَ دَعَا بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ-
(The books) ‘Al Mutahajjid’, and ‘Al Jamal’, and ‘Al Balad’, and ‘Junnat Al Amaan’ – It is reported by Al Mufazzal Bin Umar who said,
‘I saw Abu Abdullah-asws praying the Salat of Ja’far-as, and he-asws raised his-asws hands, and he‑asws supplicated with this supplication: –
يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ حَتَّى انْقَطَعَ النَّفَسُ يَا رَبَّاهْ يَا رَبَّاهْ حَتَّى انْقَطَعَ النَّفَسُ رَبِّ رَبِّ حَتَّى انْقَطَعَ النَّفَسُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ حَتَّى انْقَطَعَ النَّفَسُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا رَحِيمُ حَتَّى انْقَطَعَ النَّفَسُ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحْمَانُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ
‘O Lord-azwj! O Lord-azwj!’ – until the breath was cut – ‘O Lord-azwj! O Lord-azwj! – until the breath was cut – ‘Lord-azwj! Lord-azwj!’ – until the breath was cut – ‘O Allah-azwj! O Allah-azwj’ – until the breath was cut – ‘O Merciful! O Merciful!’ – until the breath was cut – ‘O Beneficent! O Beneficent!’ – seven times – ‘O most Merciful of the merciful ones! O most Merciful of the merciful ones! – seven times.
ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَفْتَتِحُ الْقَوْلَ بِحَمْدِكَ وَ أَنْطِقُ بِالثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْكَ وَ أُمَجِّدُكَ وَ لَا غَايَةَ لِمَدْحِكَ وَ أُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ وَ مَنْ يَبْلُغُ غَايَةَ ثَنَائِكَ وَ أَمَدَ مَجْدِكَ وَ أَنَّى لِخَلِيقَتِكَ كُنْهُ مَعْرِفَةِ مَجْدِكَ وَ أَيُّ زَمَنٍ لَمْ تَكُنْ مَمْدُوحاً بِفَضْلِكَ مَوْصُوفاً بِمَجْدِكَ عَوَّاداً عَلَى الْمُذْنِبِينَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِحِلْمِكَ
Then he-asws said: ‘O Allah-azwj! I begin the word with Your-azwj Praise, and speak with the praising upon You-azwj, and I Glorify You-azwj and there is no peak to Your-azwj Praise, and I extol upon You-azwj, and who can reach the peak of Your-azwj Praise? And I glorify You-azwj and how can it be for Your-azwj creatures to recognise essence of Your-azwj Glory? And in which time are You-azwj not being praised for Your-azwj Grace, described with Your-azwj Glory, Turning to the sinners, the Momineen, with Your-azwj Leniency?
تَخَلَّفَ سُكَّانُ أَرْضِكَ عَنْ طَاعَتِكَ فَكُنْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَطُوفاً بِجُودِكَ جَوَاداً بِفَضْلِكَ عَوَّاداً بِكَرَمِكَ يَا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ-
The dwellers of Your-azwj earth had turned back from obeying You-azwj and You-azwj were Compassionate upon them due to Your-azwj Generous, Generous with Your-azwj Grace, Turning with Your-azwj Benevolence! O there is no god except You-azwj, the Affectionate with the Majesty and the Benevolence!’
وَ قَالَ لِي يَا مُفَضَّلُ إِذَا كَانَتْ لَكَ حَاجَةٌ مُهِمَّةٌ فَصَلِّ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ وَ ادْعُ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ وَ سَلْ حَوَائِجَكَ يَقْضِ اللَّهُ حَاجَتَكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ بِهِ الثِّقَةُ.
And He-asws said to me: ‘O Mufazzal! When there happens to be an important need for you, then pray this Salat and supplicate with this supplication, and ask your needs. Allah-azwj will Fulfil your need if Allah-azwj so Desires, and with Him-azwj is the trust!’’[28]
5- الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، وَ الْجَمَالُ، دُعَاءٌ آخَرُ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَبِسَ الْعِزَّ وَ تَرَدَّى بِهِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ تَعَطَّفَ بِالْمَجْدِ وَ تَكَرَّمَ بِهِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا يَنْبَغِي التَّسْبِيحُ إِلَّا لَهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ أَحْصَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِعِلْمِهِ وَ خَلَقَهُ بِقُدْرَتِهِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْمَنِّ وَ النِّعَمِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْقُدْرَةِ وَ الْكَرَمِ
(The book) ‘Al Mutahajjid’, and ‘Al Jamal’ –
‘Another supplication after this Salat – ‘Glorious is the One Who Wears the Might and is Robed by it! Glorious is the One Compassionate with the Glory and is Honoured by it! Glorious is the One, the Glorification is not appropriate except for Him-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty! Glorious is the One Who Enumerates all things with His-azwj Knowledge, and His-azwj creation with His-azwj Power! Glorious is the One with the Conferment and the bounties! Glorious is the One with the Power and the Benevolence!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَعَاقِدِ الْعِزِّ مِنْ عَرْشِكَ وَ مُنْتَهَى الرَّحْمَةِ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الْأَعْظَمِ وَ كَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي تَمَّتْ صِدْقاً وَ عَدْلًا أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَ أَنْ تَجْمَعَ لِي خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ بَعْدَ عُمُرٍ طَوِيلٍ
O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj for the seat of honour from Your-azwj Throne, and the ultimate Mercy from Your-azwj Book, and by Your-azwj most Magnificent Name, and Your-azwj complete Word which is completely true and just, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, the goodly, the pure, and to Gather for me good of the world and the Hereafter after a long life!
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ الْخَالِقُ الرَّازِقُ الْمُحْيِي الْمُمِيتُ الْبَدِيءُ الْبَدِيعُ لَكَ الْكَرَمُ وَ لَكَ الْمَجْدُ وَ لَكَ الْمَنُّ وَ لَكَ الْجُودُ وَ لَكَ الْأَمْرُ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ
O Allah-azwj! You-azwj are the Living, the Eternal, the Exalted, the Magnificent, the Creator, the Sustainer, the Causer of life, the Cause of death, the Initiator, the Repeater! For You-azwj is the Benevolence, and for You-azwj is the Praise, and for You-azwj is the Conferment, and for You-azwj is the Generosity, and for You-azwj is the Command Alone, there is no associate for You-azwj!
يَا وَاحِدُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ يَا مَنْ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ- وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ يَا أَهْلَ التَّقْوَى وَ أَهْلَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ يَا عَفُوُّ يَا غَفُورُ يَا وَدُودُ يَا شَكُورُ أَنْتَ أَبَرُّ بِي مِنْ أَبِي وَ أُمِّي وَ أَرْحَمُ بِي مِنْ نَفْسِي وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا جَوَادُ
O One, O First, O Solid, O One Who does not beget and is not begotten [112:3] And there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him’ [112:4]. O rightful to be feared and rightful of Forgiving! O most Merciful of the merciful ones! O Pardoner, O Forgiver, O Cordial, O Appreciative! You-azwj are Kinder with me than my father and my mother, and more Merciful with me than myself, and the entirety people, O Benevolent, O Generous!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَ طَلَبَ نَائِلِكَ وَ مَعْرُوفِكَ وَ رَجَاءَ رِفْدِكَ وَ جَائِزَتِكَ وَ عَظِيمِ عَفْوِكَ وَ قَدِيمِ غُفْرَانِكَ
O Allah-azwj! I have prayed this Salat seeking Your-azwj Satisfaction, and seeking Your-azwj Gifts, and Your-azwj Kindness, and hoping for Your-azwj Gifts and Your-azwj Rewards, and Your-azwj Mighty Pardon, and Your-azwj Ancient Forgiveness!
اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ارْفَعْهَا لِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَ تَقَبَّلْهَا مِنِّي وَ اجْعَلْ نَائِلَكَ وَ مَعْرُوفَكَ وَ رَجَاءَ مَا أَرْجُو مِنْكَ فَكَاكَ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَ الْفَوْزَ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَ مَا جَمَعَتْ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ النَّعِيمِ وَ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and Raise it for me in the Illiyeen, and Accept it from me, and Make Your-azwj Gifts and Your-azwj Kindness, and Hope of what I am hoping from You-azwj Liberation of my neck from the Hellfire, and success with the Paradise, and what You-azwj have Gathered from variety of bounties, and from beautiful Maiden Houries!
وَ اجْعَلْ جَائِزَتِي مِنْكَ الْعِتْقَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ غُفْرَانَ ذُنُوبِي وَ ذُنُوبَ وَالِدَيَّ وَ مَا وَلَدَا وَ جَمِيعِ إِخْوَانِي وَ أَخَوَاتِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ الْأَحْيَاءِ مِنْهُمْ وَ الْأَمْوَاتِ وَ أَنْ تَسْتَجِيبَ دُعَائِي وَ ارْحَمْ صَرْخَتِي وَ نِدَائِي وَ لَا تَرُدَّنِي خَائِباً خَاسِراً وَ اقْلِبْنِي مُنْجِحاً مُفْلِحاً مَرْحُوماً مُسْتَجَاباً دُعَائِي مَغْفُوراً لِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
And Make my Rewards from You-azwj be the liberation from the Hellfire, and Forgiveness of my sins and sins of my parents, and what they beget, and entirety of my brother and my sisters, the believing men and the believing women, and the Muslim men and the Muslim women, the living ones from them and the dead, and to Respond to my supplication and Mercy my cry and my call, and do not Return me disappointed, in loss, and Turn me as profitable, successful, Mercied, my supplication Answered, (sins) Forgiven for me, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!
يَا عَظِيمُ يَا عَظِيمُ يَا عَظِيمُ قَدْ عَظُمَ الذَّنْبُ مِنْ عَبْدِكَ فَلْيَحْسُنِ الْعَفْوُ مِنْكَ يَا حَسَنَ التَّجَاوُزِ يَا وَاسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ يَا بَاسِطَ الْيَدَيْنِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ يَا نَفَّاحاً بِالْخَيْرَاتِ يَا مُعْطِيَ الْمَسْئُولَاتِ يَا فَكَّاكَ الرِّقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ
O Mighty! O Mighty! O Mighty! The sins from Your-azwj servant are mighty, so Make excellent the Pardon from You-azwj, O Excellent of the Overlooking, O Capacious of the Mercy, O Extender of the Hands with the Mercy, O Bestower of the good things, O Granter of the requests, O Liberator of the necks from the Hellfire!
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ فُكَّ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَ أَعْطِنِي سُؤْلِي وَ اسْتَجِبْ دُعَائِي وَ ارْحَمْ صَرْخَتِي وَ تَضَرُّعِي وَ نِدَائِي وَ اقْضِ لِي حَوَائِجِي كُلَّهَا لِدُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي وَ دِينِي مَا ذَكَرْتُ مِنْهَا وَ مَا لَمْ أَذْكُرْ وَ اجْعَلْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْخِيَرَةَ وَ لَا تَرُدَّنِي خَائِباً خَاسِراً وَ اقْلِبْنِي مُفْلِحاً مُنْجِحاً مُسْتَجَاباً لِي دُعَائِي مَغْفُوراً لِي مَرْحُوماً يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Liberate my neck from the Hellfire, and Grant me my request, and Answer my supplication, and Mercy my cry and my call, and Fulfil my needs for me, all of them, for my world and my Hereafter and my religion, whatever I remember from these and whatever I don’t remember, and Make the goodness be in that, and do not Return me disappointed, in loss, and Turn me successful, profitable, my supplication Answered for me, my sins Forgiven for me, Mercied, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!
يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَا عَبْدُكُمَا وَ مَوْلَاكُمَا غَيْرُ مُسْتَنْكِفٍ وَ لَا مُسْتَكْبِرٍ بَلْ خَاضِعٌ ذَلِيلٌ عَبْدٌ مُقِرٌّ مُتَمَسِّكٌ بِحَبْلِكُمَا مُعْتَصِمٌ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي بِوَلَايَتِكُمَا
O Muhammad-saww, O Abul Qasim-saww, O Rasool-Allah-saww, O Ali-asws, O Amir Al-Momineen‑asws! I am a servant of you-asws both! I am a slave of you-asws both, neither disdainful nor arrogant, but humble, disgraced, a servant acknowledging, adhering with both your-asws ropes, protected from my sins by both your-asws Wilayah!
أَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى بِكُمَا وَ أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَى اللَّهِ بِكُمَا وَ أُقَدِّمُكُمَا بَيْنَ حَوَائِجِي إِلَى اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ فَاشْفَعَا لِي فِي فَكَاكِ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَ غُفْرَانِ ذُنُوبِي وَ إِجَابَةِ دُعَائِي
I beseech to Allah-azwj the Exalted through you-asws both, and I seek means to Allah-azwj through you-asws both, and I forward both of you-asws between my needs to Allah-azwj Majestic and Mighty. Intercede for me in liberation of my neck from the Hellfire, and Forgiveness of my sins, and Answering my supplication!
اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ تَقَبَّلْ دُعَائِي وَ اغْفِرْ لِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Accept my supplication, and Forgive (sins) for me, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!’
دُعَاءٌ آخَرُ عَقِيبَهَا يَا نُورِي فِي كُلِّ ظُلْمَةٍ وَ يَا أُنْسِي فِي كُلِّ وَحْشَةٍ وَ يَا ثِقَتِي فِي كُلِّ شِدَّةٍ وَ يَا رَجَائِي فِي كُلِّ كُرْبَةٍ وَ يَا دَلِيلِي فِي الضَّلَالَةِ إِذَا انْقَطَعَتْ دَلَالَةُ الْأَدِلَّاءِ فَإِنَّ دَلَالَتَكَ لَا تَنْقَطِعُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَ لَا يَضِلُّ مَنْ هَدَيْتَ
Another supplication as its follow-up – ‘O Light in every darkness, and O Comforter in every loneliness, and O my trust in every adversity, and O my hope in every distress, and O my Pointer in every straying when the pointers of the pointing ones are cut off, for Your-azwj Pointing does not cut off during every good, nor does he stray the one You-azwj Guided!
أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ فَأَسْبَغْتَ وَ رَزَقْتَنِي فَوَفَّرْتَ وَ عَوَّدْتَنِي فَأَحْسَبْتَ وَ أَعْطَيْتَنِي فَأَجْزَلْتَ بِلَا اسْتِحْقَاقٍ مِنِّي لِذَلِكَ بِفِعْلٍ وَ لَكِنِ ابْتِدَاءً مِنْكَ بِكَرَمِكَ وَ جُودِكَ وَ أَنْفَقْتُ رِزْقَكَ فِي مَعَاصِيكَ وَ تَقَوَّيْتُ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَى سَخَطِكَ وَ أَفْنَيْتُ عُمُرِي فِيمَا لَا تُحِبُّ
You-azwj Bestowed upon me so I was poured upon, and You-azwj Graced me so I was in abundance, and You-azwj Turned to me so I anticipated, and You-azwj Granted me so I was in plentifulness without deserving of that due to any deed from me, but as Initiation from You‑azwj by Your-azwj Benevolence, and Your-azwj Generous, and I spent Your-azwj sustenance in disobedience to You-azwj, and I was strengthened by Your-azwj bounties upon incurrence of Your-azwj Wrath, and I finished my life in what You-azwj don’t Love!
وَ لَمْ يَمْنَعْكَ جُرْأَتِي عَلَيْكَ وَ رُكُوبِي مَا نَهَيْتَنِي عَنْهُ وَ دُخُولِي فِيمَا حَرَّمْتَ عَلَيَّ أَنْ عُدْتَ عَلَيَّ بِفَضْلِكَ وَ أَظْهَرْتَ مِنِّي الْجَمِيلَ وَ سَتَرْتَ عَلَيَّ الْقَبِيحَ وَ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي عَوْدُكَ عَلَيَّ بِفَضْلِكَ أَنْ عُدْتُ فِي مَعَاصِيكَ
And my audacity upon You-azwj, and my indulgence in what You-azwj have Prohibited me from, and my entering into what You-azwj have Forbidden unto me did not Prevent You-azwj to Repeat unto me with Your-azwj Grace, and You-azwj Revealed the beautiful from me and Covered the ugliness upon me, and Your-azwj Repeating upon me with Your-azwj Grace did not prevent me from returning into disobeying You-azwj!
فَأَنْتَ الْعَوَّادُ بِالْفَضْلِ وَ أَنَا الْعَوَّادُ بِالْمَعَاصِي فَيَا أَكْرَمَ مَنْ أُقِرَّ لَهُ بِذَنْبٍ وَ أَعَزَّ مَنْ خُضِعَ لَهُ بِذُلٍّ لِكَرَمِكَ
You-azwj are the Repeater with the Grace and I am the repeater with the acts of disobedience! O most Benevolent of the one I can acknowledge to with a sin, and Mightiest of the ones I can humble to with humiliation for Your-azwj Benevolence!
أَقْرَرْتُ بِذَنْبِي وَ لِعِزِّكَ خَضَعْتُ بِذُلِّي فَمَا أَنْتَ صَانِعٌ بِي فِي كَرْمِكَ بِإِقْرَارِي بِذَنْبِي وَ عِزِّكَ وَ خُضُوعِي بِذُلِّي صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ افْعَلْ بِي مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
I acknowledge with my sins and I humble to Your-azwj Might with my humiliation! So, what will You-azwj Do with me in Your-azwj Benevolence due to my acknowledgment with my sins, and Your-azwj Might and my humbleness with humility! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Do with me what You-azwj are rightful of, O most Merciful of the Merciful ones!’’[29]
6- نَوَادِرُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع قَدِمَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع- فَتَلَقَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَبَّلَ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ فَلَمَّا جَلَسَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَهُ أَ لَا أُعْطِيكَ أَ لَا أَمْنَحُكَ أَ لَا أَحْبُوكَ
(The book) ‘Nawadir’ of Al Rawandy – by his chain,
‘From Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Ali-asws said: ‘Ja’far-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws arrived. Rasool-Allah-saww met him-as and kissed between his-as eyes. When he-as was seated, Rasool-Allah-saww said to him-as: ‘Did I-saww not grant you-as? Did I-saww not give you-as? Do I not love you-as?’
قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
He-as said, ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah-saww!’
فَقَالَ تُصَلِّي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ سُورَةَ الْحَمْدِ وَ سُورَةً ثُمَّ تَقُولُ- سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ- خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً
He-saww said: ‘You-as should pray four Cycles Salat, in each Cycle with Surah Al Hamd and a (another) Surah. Then you should say, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj and Allah-azwj is Greatest!’, fifteen times.
ثُمَّ تَرْكَعُ فَتَقُولُ هَذَا التَّسْبِيحَ عَشْراً ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ فَتَقُولُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ تَسْجُدُ فَتَقُولُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ فَتَقُولُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ تَقُومُ إِلَى الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَتَفْعَلُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَذَلِكَ خَمْسٌ وَ سَبْعُونَ مَرَّةً فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ
Then do Ruk’u saying this glorification ten times, the raise your head, say ten times, then do Sajdah, say ten times, then raise your head, say ten times. Then stand to the second Cycle and do like that, so that would be seventy-five times in each Cycle.
فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَهَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فَافْعَلْ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَفِي كُلِّ جُمْعَةٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَفِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَفِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ فَفِي عُمُرِكَ مَرَّةً فَإِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ ذَنْبَكَ صَغِيرَهُ وَ كَبِيرَهُ قَدِيمَهُ وَ حَدِيثَهُ خَطَاهُ وَ عَمْدَهُ.
If you are capable of praying it every day, do so, and if you are not capable, then during every Friday. If you are not capable, then during every month. If you are not capable, then during every year. If you are not capable, then once in your lifetime. When you do that, Allah-azwj will Forgive your sins, their small and their bid, their old and their new, its erroneous and its deliberate’’.[30]
قَالَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْأَشْعَثِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ الْمَدَنِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِجَعْفَرٍ ع مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ.
He said, ‘Muhammad Bin Al Ash’as said, ‘It is narrated to us by Abu Imran, from Aasim Bin Ali Bin Aasim, from Abu Ma’shar Al Madany, from Muhammad Bin Ka’ab who said, – ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said to Ja’far-asws’ – similar to that’’.[31]
وَ قَالَ ابْنُ عِمْرَانَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ لِلْعَبَّاسِ مِثْلَهُ.
And Ibn Imran said, ‘It is narrated to us by Is’haq Bin Israeel, from Musa Bin Abdul Aziz, from Al-Hakam Bin Aban, from Ibn Abbas, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said to Al-Abbas’, similar to it’’.[32]
7- ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَبِي الْبِلَادِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع أَيُّ شَيْءٍ لِمَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ جَعْفَرٍ
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from Ali Bin Asbat, from Ibrahim Bin Abu Al Bilad who said,
‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan-asws, ‘Which thing (Reward) is there for the one who prays the Salat of Ja’far-asws?’
قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلُ رَمْلِ عَالِجٍ وَ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ ذُنُوباً لَغَفَرَهَا اللَّهُ
He-asws said: ‘Even if there were to be upon sins him like grains of sand of a desert, and foam of the sea, Allah-azwj would Forgive these!’
قُلْتُ هَذِهِ لَنَا
I said, ‘This is for us (Shias)?’
قَالَ فَلِمَنْ هِيَ إِلَّا لَكُمْ خَاصَّةً
He-asws said: ‘For whom is it except for you (Shias) in particular?’’
قَالَ قُلْتُ فَأَيَّ شَيْءٍ يَقْرَأُ فِيهَا أَعْتَرِضُ الْقُرْآنَ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘So which thing should he recite in it, objection of the Quran?’
قَالَ لَا اقْرَأْ فِيهَا إِذا زُلْزِلَتِ وَ إِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ- وَ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ.
He-asws said: ‘He should not recite in it Surah(s) Al Zilzaal, and Al Nasr, and Al Qadr, and Al Tawheed’’.[33]
8- الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، إِذَا كَانَ فِي آخِرِ سَجْدَةٍ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ يَعْنِي فِي صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ بَعْدَ التَّسْبِيحِ- سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَبِسَ الْعِزَّ وَ الْوَقَارَ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ تَعَطَّفَ بِالْمَجْدِ وَ تَكَرَّمَ بِهِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا يَنْبَغِي التَّسْبِيحُ إِلَّا لَهُ
(The book) ‘Al Mutahajjid’ –
‘When he was in the last Sajdah of the fourth Cycle, meaning in Salat of Ja’far-asws, he said after the glorification, ‘Glorious is the One Who Wears the Might and the Dignity! Glorious is the One Who is Compassionate with the Glory and is Honoured by it! Glorious is the One the Glorification is not appropriate except for Him-azwj!
سُبْحَانَ مَنْ أَحْصَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمُهُ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْمَنِّ وَ النِّعَمِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْقُدْرَةِ وَ الْكَرَمِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْعِزَّةِ وَ الْفَضْلِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْقُوَّةِ وَ الطَّوْلِ
Glorious is the One Who Enumerates all things in His-azwj Knowledge! Glorious is the One with the Conferment and the bounties! Glorious is the One with the Power and the Benevolence! Glorious is the One with the Might and the Grace! Glorious is the One with the Strength and the Leniency!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَعَاقِدِ الْعِزِّ مِنْ عَرْشِكَ وَ مُنْتَهَى الرَّحْمَةِ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الْأَعْظَمِ وَ كَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّةِ الَّتِي تَمَّتْ صِدْقاً وَ عَدْلًا أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ- وَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا.
O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj for the seat of honour from Your-azwj Throne, and the ultimate Mercy from Your-azwj Book, and by Your-azwj most Magnificent Name, and Your-azwj complete Words which are completely true and just, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and People-asws of his-saww Household, and to Do such and such with me!’’[34]
9- الْكَافِي، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ ذَكَرَهُ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَدَائِنِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- أَ لَا أُعَلِّمُكَ شَيْئاً تَقُولُهُ فِي صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرٍ ع
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim, mentioning it from the one who narrated it, from Abu Saeed Al Madainy who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said to me: ‘Shall I teach you something you can recite in Salat of Ja’far-as?’
فَقُلْتُ بَلَى
I said, ‘Yes’.
فَقَالَ إِذَا كُنْتَ فِي آخِرِ سَجْدَةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ فَقُلْ إِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنْ تَسْبِيحِكَ- سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَبِسَ الْعِزَّ وَ الْوَقَارَ- إِلَى قَوْلِهِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْقُدْرَةِ وَ الْأَمْرِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِلَى آخِرِ الدُّعَاءِ.
He-asws said: ‘When you were to be in the last Sajdah of the four Cycles, then say when you are free from your glorification, ‘Glorious is the One Wearing the Might and the Dignity’ – up to his-asws words – ‘Glorious is the One with the Power and the Command! O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj’ – up to end of the supplication’’.[35]
10- الْإِحْتِجَاجُ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى الْحُجَّةِ الْقَائِمِ ع- يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ- فِي أَيِّ أَوْقَاتِهَا أَفْضَلُ أَنْ تُصَلَّى فِيهِ وَ هَلْ فِيهَا قُنُوتٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَ فَفِي أَيِّ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْهَا
(The book) ‘Al Ihtijaj’ –
By his chain to Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al-Himeyri. He wrote to Al-Hujjah-ajfj Al-Qaim-ajfj, asking him-ajfj about Salat of Ja’far-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, ‘Which of its timing is superior to be praying in, and is there a Qunout in it, and if it was then in which Cycle from it?’
فَأَجَابَ ع أَفْضَلُ أَوْقَاتِهَا صَدْرُ النَّهَارِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ ثُمَّ فِي أَيِّ الْأَيَّامِ شِئْتَ وَ أَيِّ وَقْتٍ صَلَّيْتَهَا مِنْ لَيْلٍ أَوْ نَهَارٍ فَهُوَ جَائِزٌ وَ الْقُنُوتُ فِيهَا مَرَّتَانِ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ بَعْدَ الرُّكُوعِ
He-ajfj answered: ‘The best of its timings is middle of the day of the day of Friday, then in whichever of the days you so desire, and in whichever time you pray it, from night or day, it is allowed, and the Qunout in it is twice, in the second Cycle before the Ruk’u and in the fourth after the Ruk’u!’
وَ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْجَعْفَرِ إِذَا سَهَا عَنِ التَّسْبِيحِ فِي قِيَامٍ أَوْ قُعُودٍ أَوْ رُكُوعٍ أَوْ سُجُودٍ وَ ذَكَرَهُ فِي حَالَةٍ أُخْرَى قَدْ صَارَ فِيهَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ هَلْ يُعِيدُ مَا فَاتَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ التَّسْبِيحِ فِي الْحَالَةِ الَّتِي ذَكَرَهَا أَمْ يَتَجَاوَزُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ
And he asked him-ajfj about Salat of Ja’far-as when he makes an omission from the glorification during standing, or sitting, or bowing, or prostrating, and he remembers it while being in another state he had come to be from this Salat. Should he repeat what he had missed out from that glorification in the state which he remembered it, or should be overlook in his Salat?’
فَأَجَابَ ع إِذَا سَهَا فِي حَالَةٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ فِي حَالَةٍ أُخْرَى قَضَى مَا فَاتَهُ فِي الْحَالَةِ الَّتِي ذَكَرَ
He-ajfj: ‘When he omits during a state from that, then he remembers while being in another state, he should fulfil what he had missed out during the state in which he remembers!’
وَ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرٍ فِي السَّفَرِ هَلْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ تُصَلَّى أَمْ لَا
And he asked him-ajfj about Salat of Ja’far-as during the journey, ‘It is allowed to pray (Salat of Ja’far-as) or not?’
فَأَجَابَ ع يَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ.
He-ajfj answered: ‘That is allowed’’.[36]
بيان: رَوَى الشَّيْخُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ الصَّالِحِ ع- مَا تَقُولُ فِي صَلَاةِ التَّسْبِيحِ فِي الْمَحْمِلِ فَكَتَبَ إِذَا كُنْتَ مُسَافِراً فَصَلِّ.
Explanation (Hadeeth only) – It is reported by the Sheykh in the correct from Ali Bin Suleyman who said, ‘I wrote to the righteous man (Imam-asws), ‘What are you-asws saying regarding Salat Al-Tasbeeh in the carriage?’ He-asws wrote: ‘When you were to be travelling, pray!’’
11- الْهِدَايَةُ، قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع لَمَّا قَدِمَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص قَدْ فَتَحَ خَيْبَرَ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ إِلَيْهِ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ وَ اسْتَقْبَلَهُ وَ قَبَّلَ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهِمَا أَنَا أَشَدُّ فَرَحاً- بِفَتْحِ خَيْبَرَ أَمْ بِقُدُومِ جَعْفَرٍ
(The book) ‘Al Hidaya’ –
‘Al-Sadiq-asws said: ‘When Ja’far-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws arrived from Ethiopia, the Prophet-saww had already conquered Khyber. When he-as entered to see him-saww, he-saww stood up to him‑as and welcomed him-as and kissed between his-as eyes, then said: ‘I-saww don’t know with which of the two I-saww are more intensely joyful with, the conquest of Khyber or arrival of Ja’far-as!’
ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا جَعْفَرُ أَ لَا أَحْبُوكَ أَ لَا أُعْطِيكَ أَ لَا أَمْنَحُكَ
Then he-saww said: ‘O Ja’far-as! Shall I-saww gift to You-as! Shall I-saww give you-as? Shall I grant you-as?’
قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
He-as said: ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah-saww!
قَالَ صَلِّ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ فَفِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ فَفِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ فَفِي كُلِّ عُمُرِكَ مَرَّةً فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ صَلَّيْتَهَا مَحَا اللَّهُ ذُنُوبَكَ وَ لَوْ كَانَتْ مِثْلَ رَمْلِ عَالِجٍ وَ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ
He-saww said: ‘Pray four cycles (Salat) during every day. If you-as cannot endure, then during every month. If you-as cannot endure, then during every year. If you-as cannot endure, then once during your-as whole life, for if you-as were to pray it, Allah-azwj will delete your-as sins and even if there were to be like grains of sand in a desert, and foam of the sea!’
فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَمَنْ صَلَّى هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ لَهُ مِنَ الثَّوَابِ مَا لِجَعْفَرٍ
It was said to him-saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! The one who prays this Salat, would there be for him from the Rewards what there are for Ja’far-as?’
قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ صِفَتُهَا أَنْ تُسَبِّحَ فِي قِيَامِكَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً بَعْدَ الْقِرَاءَةِ تَقُولُ- سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ إِذَا رَكَعْتَ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا سَجَدْتَ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ مِنَ السُّجُودِ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا سَجَدْتَ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً
He-saww said: ‘Yes, and its description is that you should glorify during your standing fifteen times after the recitation, saying, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest!’, and when you do Ruk’u say it ten times. When you raise your head from the Ruk’u, say it ten times. When you do Sajdah, say it ten times. When you raise your head from the Sajdah, say it ten times. When you raise your head from the Sajdah say it ten times. When you do (second) Sajdah say it ten times. When you raise your head from the Sajdah say it ten times.
ثُمَّ نَهَضْتَ إِلَى الثَّانِيَةِ بِغَيْرِ تَكْبِيرٍ فَصَلَّيْتَهَا مِثْلَ مَا وَصَفْتُ وَ تَقْنُتُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ وَ بَعْدَ التَّسْبِيحِ وَ تَتَشَهَّدُ وَ تُسَلِّمُ ثُمَّ تَقُومُ فَتُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِثْلَهُمَا
Then get up to the second (Cycle) without exclaiming Takbeer. Pray it like what I-saww have described and perform Qunout in the second (Cycle) before the Ruk’u and after the glorification and Tashahhud and Salaam. Then stand to pray the (other) two Cycles like these’.
وَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع- إِنْ كُنْتَ مُسْتَعْجِلًا فَصَلِّهَا مُجَرَّدَةً ثُمَّ اقْضِ التَّسْبِيحَ
And Al-Sadiq-asws: ‘If you are in a hurry, then pray it in abstracts, then fulfil the glorification’.
وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ حَسَبْتَهَا مِنْ نَوَافِلِ اللَّيْلِ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ حَسَبْتَهَا مِنْ نَوَافِلِ النَّهَارِ يُحْسَبُ لَكَ فِي نَوَافِلِكَ وَ تُحْسَبُ لَكَ فِي صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرٍ ع وَ جُمْلَةُ التَّسْبِيحِ فِيهَا أَلْفٌ وَ مِائَتَا تَسْبِيحَةٍ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ ثَلَاثُمِائَةِ تَسْبِيحَةٍ
And it is reported that he-asws said: ‘If you like you can reckon it as being from the optional Salat of the night, and if you like you can reckon it as being from optional Salat of the day, it will be counted for you among your optional Salat(s), and counted for you in Salat of Ja’far-as, and the total of the glorifications in it is one thousand and two hundred glorifications, three hundred glorifications in each Cycle.
وَ تَقُولُ فِي آخِرِ كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرٍ ع- يَا مَنْ لَبِسَ الْعِزَّ وَ الْوَقَارَ يَا مَنْ تَعَطَّفَ بِالْمَجْدِ وَ تَكَرَّمَ بِهِ يَا مَنْ لَا يَنْبَغِي التَّسْبِيحُ إِلَّا لَهُ يَا مَنْ أَحْصَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمُهُ يَا ذَا النِّعْمَةِ وَ الطَّوْلِ يَا ذَا الْمَنِّ وَ الْفَضْلِ يَا ذَا الْقُدْرَةِ وَ الْكَرَمِ
And you should say in end of each Cycle from Salat of Ja’far-as, ‘O One Wearing the Might and the Dignity! O One Compassionate with the Glory and is Honoured by it! O One the glorification is not appropriate except for Him-azwj! O One Who Enumerates all things in His‑azwj Knowledge! O with the bounties and the Leniency! O One with the Conferment and the Grace! O One with the Power and the Benevolence!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَعَاقِدِ الْعِزِّ مِنْ عَرْشِكَ وَ مُنْتَهَى الرَّحْمَةِ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الْأَعْظَمِ الْأَعْلَى وَ كَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّاتِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا-
I ask You-azwj for the seat of honour from Your-azwj Throne, and the ultimate Mercy from Your‑azwj Book, and by Your-azwj most Magnificent Name, the most Exalted, and Your-azwj Complete Words, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad‑saww, and to Do such and such with me!’
وَ تَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرٍ فِي أَوَّلِ الرَّكْعَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ وَ الْعَادِيَاتِ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ إِذا زُلْزِلَتِ وَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ إِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ- وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ صَلَّيْتَهَا كُلَّهَا بِالْحَمْدِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ.
And you should recite in Salat of Ja’far in the first Cycle, Surah(s) Al Hamd and Al Aadiyaat, and in the second Al Hamd and Al Zilzaal, and in the third Al Hamd and Al Nasr, and in the fourth Al Hamd and Al Tawheed; and if you like you can pray all of it with Al Hamd and Al Tawheed’’.[37]
الْكَافِي، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ: تَقُولُ فِي آخِرِ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرٍ- يَا مَنْ لَبِسَ الْعِزَّ وَ الْوَقَارَ إِلَى آخِرِ الدُّعَاءِ.
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – from Ali Bin Muhammad, from one of our companions, from Ibn Mahboub raising it, said,
‘He-asws said: ‘You should say in the last Cycle from the Salat of Ja’far-as: ‘O One Wearing the Might and the Dignity’ – up to end of the supplication’’.[38]
12- أَرْبَعِينُ الشَّهِيدِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ السَّيِّدِ الْمُرْتَضَى عَنِ الشَّيْخِ الْمُفِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بُطَّةَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ بِسْطَامَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقِ ع فَأَتَى رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَبَلِ وَ رُبَّمَا لَقِيتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ إِخْوَانِي فَالْتَزَمْتُهُ فَيَعِيبُ عَلَيَّ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ وَ يَقُولُونَ هَذِهِ مِنْ فِعْلِ الْأَعَاجِمِ وَ أَهْلِ الشِّرْكِ
(The book) ‘Arbaeen Al Shaheed’ – by his chain from Seyyid Al Murtaza, from the Sheykh Al Mufeed, from Abu Al Mufazzal Al Shaybani, from Muhammad Bin Ja’far Bin Buttah, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from Fazala, from Al Husayn Bin Usman, from Ibn Bistam who said,
‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq-asws. A man came and said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! I am a man from the mountain people and sometimes I meet a man from my brethren so I hug him. Some of the people fault upon me and they say, ‘This is from the deeds of the Persians and the Polytheist people!’
فَقَالَ ع وَ لِمَ ذَاكَ فَقَدِ الْتَزَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص جَعْفَراً وَ قَبَّلَ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ
He-asws said: ‘And why is that so? Rasool-Allah-saww had hugged Ja’far-as and kissed between his eyes!’
فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ كَيْفَ هَذَا
The man said to him-asws, ‘How was this?’
فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ يَوْمَ افْتَتَحَ خَيْبَرَ أَتَاهُ بَشِيرٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا جَعْفَرٌ قَدْ جَاءَ
He-asws said: ‘It was on the day of the conquest of Khyber. A giver of glad tidings came to him‑saww. He said: ‘This is Ja’far-asws coming!’
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِأَيِّهِمَا أَنَا أَشَدُّ فَرَحاً بِقُدُومِ جَعْفَرٍ أَوْ بِفَتْحِ خَيْبَرَ
Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘With which of the two am I-saww more intensely joyful, with arrival of Ja’far-as or conquest of Khyber!’
فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ قَدِمَ جَعْفَرٌ فَالْتَزَمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَبَّلَ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَ جَلَسَ النَّاسِ كَأَنَّمَا عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ابْتِدَاءً مِنْهُ يَا جَعْفَرُ
It was not long before Ja’far-as arrived. Rasool-Allah-saww hugged him-as and kissed what is between his-as eyes, and the people sat down as if the birds were upon their heads. Rasool-Allah-saww said initiating from him-saww: ‘O Ja’far-as!’
قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
He-as said, ‘At your-saww service, O Rasool-Allah-saww!’
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَ لَا أَمْنَحُكَ أَ لَا أَحْبُوكَ أَ لَا أُعْطِيكَ
Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Shall I-saww grant you-as? Shall I-saww gift you-as? Shall I-saww give you-as?’
فَقَالَ لَهُ جَعْفَرٌ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَظَنَّ النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ سَيُعْطِيهِ ذَهَباً أَوْ فِضَّةً
Ja’far-as said to him-saww, ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah-saww!’ The people thought he-saww would be giving him-as gold or silver.
فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُعْطِيكَ شَيْئاً إِنْ أَنْتَ صَنَعْتَهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ كَانَ خَيْراً لَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا فِيهَا وَ إِنْ أَنْتَ صَنَعْتَهُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ يَوْمَيْنِ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا أَوْ كُلَّ جُمْعَةٍ أَوْ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ أَوْ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا
He-saww said: ‘I-saww am giving you-as something, if you-as were to do it every day, it would be better for you-as than the world and whatever is in it, and if you-as were to do it between every two days, it will be Forgiven for you-as whatever is between the two, or every Friday, or every month, or every year, it would be Forgiven for you-saww whatever is between the two’’.
قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ صَلِّ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ تُكَبِّرُ ثُمَّ تَقْرَأُ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ قُلْتَ- سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً
He-asws said: ‘Then he-saww said: ‘Pray two Cycles exclaiming Takbeer, then recite when you-as are free, saying, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest!’, fifteen times.
فَإِذَا رَكَعْتَ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا سَجَدْتَ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً وَ إِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً وَ إِذَا سَجَدْتَ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً وَ إِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً وَ أَنْتَ قَاعِدٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقُومَ فَذَلِكَ خَمْسٌ وَ سَبْعُونَ تَسْبِيحَةً فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ فَذَلِكَ ثَلَاثُمِائَةِ تَسْبِيحَةٍ فِي أَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ
When you-as perform Ruk’u, say it ten times. When you-as raise your-as head, say it ten times. When you-as glorify, say it ten times, and when you-as raise your-as head, say it ten times, and when you-as do Sajdah, say it ten times, and when you-as raise your-as head say it ten times while you-as are seated before you-as stand! That is seventy-five glorifications in each Cycle, so that would be three hundred glorifications in four Cycles’.
فَقَالَ لَهُ أَ بِاللَّيْلِ أُصَلِّيهَا أَمْ بِالنَّهَارِ
He-as said to him-asws, ‘Should I-as pray it at night or at daytime?’
فَقَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنْ تُصَلِّيهَا مِنْ صَلَاتِكَ الَّتِي كُنْتَ تُصَلِّي قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ.
He-saww said: ‘No, but you-as should pray it from your-as Salat which you-as had prayed before that’’.[39]
13- فِقْهُ الرِّضَا، قَالَ ع عَلَيْكَ بِصَلَاةِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَإِنَّ فِيهَا فَضْلًا كَثِيراً
(The book) ‘Fiqh Al-Reza-asws’ – He-asws said: ‘Upon you all is with (praying) the Salat of Ja’far Bin Abu Talib-as, for therein are a lot of merits!’
وَ قَدْ رَوَى أَبُو بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ جَعْفَرٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ لَا يُكْتَبُ عَلَيْهِ السَّيِّئَاتُ وَ يُكْتَبُ لَهُ بِكُلِّ تَسْبِيحَةٍ فِيهَا حَسَنَةٌ وَ يُرْفَعُ لَهُ دَرَجَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُطِقْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فَفِي كُلِّ جُمْعَةٍ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُطِقْ فَفِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُطِقْ فَفِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ
And it has been reported by Abu Baseer, from Abu Abdullah-asws: ‘The one who prays Salat of Ja’far-as every day, the evil deeds will not be written upon him, and a good deed will be written for him with every glorification in it, and a rank will be raised for him in the Paradise! If he cannot endure every day, then during every Friday, and if he cannot endure, then during every month, and if he cannot endure, then during every year.
فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ صَلَّيْتَهَا مُحِيَ عَنْكَ ذُنُوبُكَ وَ لَوْ كَانَ مِثْلَ رَمْلِ عَالِجٍ أَوْ مِثْلَ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ وَ صَلِّ أَيَّ وَقْتٍ شِئْتَ مِنْ لَيْلٍ أَوْ نَهَارٍ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي وَقْتِ فَرِيضَةٍ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ حَسَبْتَهَا مِنْ نَوَافِلِكَ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ مُسْتَعْجِلًا صَلَّيْتَ مُجَرَّدَةً ثُمَّ قَضَيْتَ التَّسْبِيحَ
You, if you were to pray it, your sins will be deleted from you, and even if these were to be like grains of sand in a dessert, or like foam of the sea, and it can be prayed whichever time you so desire to, from a night or day, for as long as it does not happen to be during time of obligatory (Salat), and if you like you can reckon it as being from your optional Salat(s), and if you were in a hurry, you can pray it bare (without glorifications), then you can fulfil the glorifications!
فَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ فَافْتَتِحِ الصَّلَاةَ بِتَكْبِيرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ تَقْرَأُ فِي أَوَّلِهَا فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَ الْعَادِيَاتِ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ إِذا زُلْزِلَتِ وَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ إِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ إِنْ نَسِيتَ التَّسْبِيحَ فِي رُكُوعِكَ أَوْ فِي سُجُودِكَ أَوْ فِي قِيَامِكَ فَاقْضِ حَيْثُ ذَكَرْتَ عَلَى أَيِّ حَالَةٍ تَكُونُ تَقُولُ بَعْدَ الْقِرَاءَةِ-
When you want to pray, then begin the Salat with one Takbeer, then recite in its first |Cycle Surah(s) Al Fatiha and Al Adiyaat, and in the second Al Zilzaal, and in the third Al Nasr, and in the fourth Al Tawheed, and if you were to forget the glorification in your Ruk’u, or in your Sajdah, or in your standing, then fulfil whenever you remember, upon whichever state you happen to be, saying after the recitation: –
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً وَ تَقُولُ فِي رُكُوعِكَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ إِذَا اسْتَوَيْتَ قَائِماً عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ فِي سُجُودِكَ وَ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ عَشْراً وَ إِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ تَقُولُ عَشْراً قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْهَضَ فَذَلِكَ خَمْسٌ وَ سَبْعُونَ مَرَّةً
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj and Allah-azwj is Greatest’, fifteen times, and say in your Ruk’u ten times, and when you are standing upright, ten times, and in your Sajdah, and between the two Sajdah(s) ten times, and when you raise your head saying ten times before you get up. So that is seventy-five times.
ثُمَّ تَقُومُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَ تَصْنَعُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ تَتَشَهَّدُ وَ تُسَلِّمُ فَقَدْ مَضَى لَكَ رَكْعَتَانِ ثُمَّ تَقُومُ تُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ آخِرَتَيْنِ عَلَى مَا وَصَفْتُ لَكَ فَيَكُونُ التَّسْبِيحُ وَ التَّهْلِيلُ وَ التَّحْمِيدُ وَ التَّكْبِيرُ فِي أَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مِائَتَيْ مَرَّةٍ
Then stand in the second (Cycle) and do like that, then perform Tashahhud and Salaam, for two Cycles have passed for you. Then stand to pray the next two Cycles based upon what I‑asws have described to you. So, the Glorification, and the exclamation of Oneness, and the Praise and the exclamation of Takbeer in the four Cycles would be one thousand two hundred times.
تُصَلِّي بِهَا مَتَى مَا شِئْتَ وَ مَتَى مَا خَفَّ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ فَضْلًا كَثِيراً فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ تَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ-
You can pray it whenever you desire, and whenever there is fear upon you, for there are a lot of merits in that. When you are free, you should supplicate with this supplication: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا سَأَلَكَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ آلُهُ- وَ أَسْتَعِيذُ بِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا اسْتَعَاذَ مِنْهُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ آلُهُ
‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj from all what was asked with by Muhammad-saww his-saww Progeny‑asws, and I seek Refuge with You-azwj from all what was sought Refuge with by Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws!
اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ خَيْراً وَ اصْرِفْ عَنِّي كُلَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ مِنْ شَرٍّ أَوْ فِتْنَةٍ وَ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا تَعْلَمُ مِنِّي وَ مَا قَدْ أَحْصَيْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي وَ اقْضِ حَوَائِجِي مَا لَكَ فِيهِ رِضًا وَ لِيَ فِيهِ صَلَاحٌ
O Allah-azwj! Grant me good from every good, and Turn away from me all what You-azwj have Decreed from evil, or Fitna, and Forgive for me what You-azwj Know from me, and what You‑azwj have Enumerated upon me of my sins, and Fulfil my needs what there is Satisfaction for You‑azwj in it, and there is corrections for me in it!
يَا ذَا الْمَنِّ وَ الْفَضْلِ وَسِّعْ عَلَيَّ فِي الرِّزْقِ وَ الْأَجَلِ وَ اكْفِنِي مَا أَهَمَّنِي مِنْ أَمْرِ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي- إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.
O with the Affection and the Grace! Expand upon me in the sustenance, and the lifespan, and Suffice me of what worries me from matters of my world and my Hereafter, surely, You-azwj are Able upon all things!’’[40]
14- الْمُقْنِعُ، اعْلَمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا افْتَتَحَ خَيْبَرَ أَتَاهُ الْبَشِيرُ بِقُدُومِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع- فَقَالَ مَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهِمَا أَنَا أَشَدُّ فَرَحاً أَ بِقُدُومِ جَعْفَرٍ أَمْ بِفَتْحِ خَيْبَرَ
(The book) ‘Al Muqnie’ –
‘Know that when Rasool-Allah-saww conquered Khyber, the glad tidings came to him-saww of the arrival of Ja’far-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws. He-saww said: ‘I-saww don’t know with which of the two I‑saww are more intensely joyful, is it with the arrival of Ja’far-asws or with the conquest of Khyber?’
فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ دَخَلَ جَعْفَرٌ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ الْتَزَمَهُ وَ قَبَّلَ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَ جَلَسَ النَّاسُ حَوْلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ ابْتِدَاءً مِنْهُ يَا جَعْفَرُ
It was not long before Ja’far-asws entered. Rasool-Allah-saww stood up to him-as and hugged him-asws and kissed what is between his-asws eyes, and the people sat around him-saww. Then he-saww said initiating from him-saww: ‘O Ja’far-as!’
قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص
He-as said: ‘Here I-as am, O Rasool-Allah-saww!’
قَالَ أَ لَا أَمْنَحُكَ أَ لَا أَحْبُوكَ أَ لَا أُعْطِيكَ
He-saww said: ‘Shall I-saww grant you-as! Shall I-saww gift you-as! Shall I-saww give you-as?’
فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
Ja’far-as said: ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah-saww!’
فَظَنَّ النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ يُعْطِيهِ ذَهَباً أَوْ وَرِقاً فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُعْطِيكَ شَيْئاً إِنْ صَنَعْتَهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ كَانَ خَيْراً لَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا فِيهَا وَ إِنْ صَنَعْتَهُ بَيْنَ يَوْمَيْنِ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا أَوْ كُلَّ جُمْعَةٍ أَوْ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ أَوْ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ مِثْلُ عَدَدِ النُّجُومِ وَ مِثْلُ وَرَقِ الشَّجَرِ وَ مِثْلُ عَدَدِ الرَّمْلِ لَغَفَرَهَا اللَّهُ لَكَ وَ لَوْ كُنْتَ فَارّاً مِنَ الزَّحْفِ
The people thought that he-saww will give him-as gold or silver. He-saww said: ‘I-saww am giving you-as something, if you were to do it every day it would be better for you-as than the world and whatever is in it, and if you do it in between two days, it would be Forgiven for you-as whatever is between the two, or every Friday, or every month, or every year, it would be Forgiven for you-saww whatever is between the two, and even if there were to be sins upon you like the number of stars, and like leaves of the tree, and like number of grains of sand, Allah-azwj will Forgive these for you, and even if you had fled from the battle march!
صَلِّ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ تَبْدَأُ فَتُكَبِّرُ ثُمَّ تَقْرَأُ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ فَقُلْ- سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً
Pray four Cycles beginning with an exclamation of Takbeer, then recite. When you are free from the recitation, say, ‘Glory be for Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest!’, fifteen times.
فَإِذَا رَكَعْتَ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا سَجَدْتَ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ مِنَ السُّجُودِ قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا سَجَدْتَ ثَانِياً قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ مِنَ السُّجُودِ الثَّانِي قُلْتَهَا عَشْراً وَ أَنْتَ جَالِسٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقُومَ فَذَلِكَ خَمْسٌ وَ سَبْعُونَ تَسْبِيحَةً وَ تَحْمِيدَةً وَ تَكْبِيرَةً وَ تَهْلِيلَةً فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ فِي أَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ فَذَلِكَ أَلْفٌ وَ مِائَتَانِ وَ تَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
When you do Ruk’u, say it ten times. When you raise your head from the Ruk’u say it ten times. When you do Sajdah, say it ten times. When you raise your head from the Sajdah, say it ten times. When you do the second Sajdah, say it ten times. When you raise your head from the Sajdah, say it ten times while you are seated before you stand. So that is seventy-five glorifications, and praises, and Takbeer(s), and extollations of Oneness, being three hundred in four Cycles, so that is one thousand and two hundred, and recite in these two (Cycles) Surah Al Tawheed’.
وَ رُوِيَ اقْرَأْ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مِنْ صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرٍ- بِالْحَمْدِ وَ إِذا زُلْزِلَتِ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ وَ الْعادِياتِ ضَبْحاً وَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ إِذا جاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ- وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ مُسْتَعْجِلًا فَصَلِّهَا مُجَرَّدَةً أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ اقْضِ التَّسْبِيحَ.
And it is reported, ‘Recite in the first Cycle of the Salat of Ja’far-as with (Surah) Al Hamd and Al Zilzaal, and in the second Al Hamd and Al Adiyaat, and in the third Al Hamd and Al Nasr, and in the fourth Al Hamd and Al Tawheed; and if you were in a hurry, pray it bare (without Tasbeeh), four Cycles, then fulfil the Tasbeeh’’.[41]
فوائد وَ رَوَى الصَّدُوقُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَيَّانَ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى الْمَاضِي الْأَخِيرِ ع- أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ صَلَّى مِنْ صَلَاةِ جَعْفَرٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ تُعَجِّلُهُ عَنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ حَاجَةٌ أَوْ يَقْطَعُ ذَلِكَ لِحَادِثٍ يَحْدُثُ أَ يَجُوزُ لَهُ أَنْ يُتِمَّهَا إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ وَ إِنْ قَامَ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ أَمْ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ بِذَلِكَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَسْتَأْنِفَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ يُصَلِّيَ الْأَرْبَعَ الرَّكَعَاتِ كُلَّهَا فِي مَقَامٍ وَاحِدٍ
Benefit (Hadeeth only) -And it is reported by Al Sadouq in the correct (Hadeeth), from Ali Bin Rayyan who said, ‘I wrote to Al Maazy the last (7th Imam-asws), asking him-asws about a man who prayed two Cycles from the Salat of Ja’far-as, then a need made him hasty from the other two Cycles, or he cut that due to an event breaking Wud’u, ‘Is it allowed for him to complete it when he is free from his need and to stand from his seat, or not count with that except if he renews the Salat and prays the four Cycles in one place?’
فَكَتَبَ ع بَلْ إِنْ قَطَعَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَمْرٌ لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ فَلْيَقْطَعْ ثُمَّ لْيَرْجِعْ فَلْيَبْنِ عَلَى مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.
He-asws wrote: ‘But, if he has to cut it from that matter, there being no escape from it, let him cut, then return and build upon what had remained from it, if Allah-azwj so Desires’’.[42]
باب 112 الصلوات التي تهدى إلى النبي و الأئمة صلوات الله عليهم أجمعين و سائر أموات المؤمنين
CHAPTER 112 – THE SALAT(S) WHICH ARE GIFTED TO THE PROPHET-saww AND THE IMAMS-asws, MAY THE SALAWAAT OF ALLAH-azwj BE UPON THEM-asws ALL, AND REST OF THE DECEASED OF THE MOMINEEN
1- جَمَالُ الْأُسْبُوعِ، حَدَّثَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّيْمَرِيُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَجَلِيِّ بِإِسْنَادٍ رَفَعَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ: مَنْ جَعَلَ ثَوَابَ صَلَاتِهِ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ- وَ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ سَلَّمَ أَضْعَفَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ثَوَابَ صَلَاتِهِ أَضْعَافاً مُضَاعَفَةً حَتَّى يَنْقَطِعَ النَّفَسُ
(The book) ‘Jamal Al Usbou’ – It is narrated by Abu Muhammad Al Saymari, from Ahmad Bin Abdullah Al Bajaly,
‘By a chain raising to them-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj upon them-asws having said: ‘One who makes Rewards of his Salat to be for Rasool-Allah-saww and Amir Al-Momineen-asws and the successors-asws from after him-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon them-asws and Greetings, Allah-azwj will Multiply Rewards of his Salat for him, many multiple until his soul is cut (at death).
وَ يُقَالُ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ رُوحُهُ عَنْ جَسَدِهِ يَا فُلَانُ هَدِيَّتُكَ إِلَيْنَا وَ أَلْطَافُكَ لَنَا هَذَا يَوْمُ مُجَازَاتِكَ وَ مُكَافَاتِكَ فَطِبْ نَفْساً وَ قَرَّ عَيْناً بِمَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَ هَنِيئاً لَكَ بِمَا صِرْتَ إِلَيْهِ
And it will be said to him before the exit of his souls from his body, ‘O so and so! You had gifted to us-asws and your compassion to us-asws! This is the day of your Rewards and your reciprocation, so make your soul feel good and delight your eye with what Allah-azwj has Prepared for You-azwj, and welcome to you with what you have come to’.
قَالَ كَيْفَ يُهْدِي صَلَاتَهُ وَ يَقُولُ
He said, ‘How can he gift his Salat and say?’
قَالَ يَنْوِي ثَوَابَ صَلَاتِهِ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص- وَ إِنْ أَمْكَنَهُ أَنْ يَزِيدَ عَلَى صَلَاةِ الْخَمْسِينَ شَيْئاً وَ لَوْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَ يُهْدِيهَا إِلَى وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ
He-asws said: ‘He should intend his Salat for Rasool-Allah-saww, and he is able to increase something upon the fifty Salat(s), and even if two Cycle during every day, and gift it to one of them-asws.
يَفْتَتِحُ الصَّلَاةَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مِثْلَ افْتِتَاحِ صَلَاةِ الْفَرِيضَةِ بِسَبْعِ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ أَوْ ثَلَاثِ مَرَّاتٍ أَوْ مَرَّةٍ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ وَ يَقُولُ بَعْدَ تَسْبِيحِ الرُّكُوعِ وَ السُّجُودِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ
He should begin the Salat in the first Salat like beginning the obligatory Salat with seven exclamations of Takbeer(s), or three times, or once in each Cycle, and he should say after glorification of the Ruk’u and the Sajdah three times, ‘May Allah-azwj Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, the goodly, the pure’, in each Cycle.
فَإِذَا شَهِدَ وَ سَلَّمَ قَالَ- اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَ مِنْكَ السَّلَامُ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ الْأَخْيَارِ أَبْلِغْهُمْ مِنِّي أَفْضَلَ التَّحِيَّةِ وَ السَّلَامِ
When he performs Tashahhud and Salaam, he should say, ‘O Allah-azwj! You-azwj are the ‘Salaam’ (Granter of peace), and from You-azwj is the Salaam (peace), O with the Majesty and the Benevolence! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-azwj, the goodly, the pure, the best! Deliver to them-asws from me, best of the salutations and the greetings!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّكَعَاتِ هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَى عَبْدِكَ وَ نَبِيِّكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ- مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
O Allah-azwj! These Cycles of Salat are a gift to Your-azwj servant, and Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and Your-azwj Rasool-saww, Muhammad-saww Bin Abdullah-asws, last of the Prophets-as, and Chief of the Messengers-as!
اللَّهُمَّ فَتَقَبَّلْهَا مِنِّي وَ أَبْلِغْهُ إِيَّاهُ عَنِّي وَ أَثِبْنِي عَلَيْهَا أَفْضَلَ أَمَلِي وَ رَجَائِي فِيكَ وَ فِي نَبِيِّكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- وَ وَصِيِّ نَبِيِّكَ وَ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ ابْنَةِ نَبِيِّكَ- وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ سِبْطَيْ نَبِيِّكَ وَ أَوْلِيَائِكَ مِنْ وُلْدِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ-
O Allah-azwj! Accept it from me and Deliver to him-saww on my behalf, and Affirm me upon it the best of my aspirations and my hopes in You-azwj and in Your-azwj Prophets-as, may Your-azwj Salawaat be upon him-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and successor-asws of Your-azwj Prophet‑saww and (Syeda) Fatima Al-Zahra-asws, daughter-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws two grandsons-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and Your-azwj Guardians-asws from the sons-asws of Al-Husayn-asws! O Guardian of the Momineen! O Guardian of the Momineen! O Guardian of the Momineen!’
مَا يُهْدِيهِ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيٍّ ع يُدْعَى بِالدُّعَاءِ إِلَى قَوْلِكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَى عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ ابْنِ عَمِّ نَبِيِّكَ وَ وَصِيِّهِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع-
What he should gift to Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws – He should supplicate with the supplication up to his words, ‘O Allah-azwj! These two Cycles of Salat are a gift from me to Your-azwj servant, and Your-azwj Guardian-asws, and cousin of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and his-saww successor-asws Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws.
اللَّهُمَّ فَتَقَبَّلْهُمَا مِنِّي وَ أَبْلِغْهُ إِيَّاهُمَا عَنِّي وَ أَثِبْنِي عَلَيْهِمَا أَفْضَلَ أَمَلِي وَ رَجَائِي فِيكَ وَ فِي نَبِيِّكَ وَ وَصِيِّ نَبِيِّكَ وَ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ ابْنَةِ نَبِيِّكَ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ سِبْطَيْ نَبِيِّكَ وَ أَوْلِيَائِكَ مِنْ وُلْدِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ-
O Allah-azwj! Accept these two (Cycles of Salat) from me and Deliver it to them-asws both on my behalf, and Affirm me upon them-asws best of my aspiration and my hopes in You-azwj and in Your-azwj Prophet-saww and successor-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and (Syeda) Fatima Al-Zahra‑asws daughter-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws grandsons of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and Your-azwj Guardians-asws from the sons-asws of Al-Husayn-asws! O Guardian of the Momineen! O Guardian of the Momineen! O Guardian of the Momineen!’
مَا تهديه [يُهْدِيهِ] إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ ع يَقُولُ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَى الطَّاهِرَةِ الْمُطَهَّرَةِ الطَّيِّبَةِ الزَّكِيَّةِ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ-
What he should gift to (Syeda) Fatima-asws. He should say, ‘O Allah-azwj! These two Cycles of Salat are a gift from me to the Pure, the Purified, the Good, the Virtuous daughter-asws of Your‑azwj Prophet-saww!
اللَّهُمَّ فَتَقَبَّلْهَا مِنِّي وَ أَبْلِغْهُمَا إِيَّاهَا عَنِّي وَ أَثِبْنِي عَلَيْهِمَا أَفْضَلَ أَمَلِي وَ رَجَائِي فِيكَ وَ فِي نَبِيِّكَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ وَصِيِّ نَبِيِّكَ- وَ الطَّيِّبَةِ الطَّاهِرَةِ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ- وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ سِبْطَيْ نَبِيِّكَ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ-
O Allah-azwj! Accept it from me and Deliver these two (Cycles of Salat) to her-asws on my behalf, and Affirm me upon these best of my aspirations and my hopes in You-azwj and in Your-azwj Prophet-saww, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj upon him-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and successor-asws Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and the goodly, the Pure Fatima-asws daughter-asws of Your‑azwj Prophet-saww, and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws two grandsons-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww! O Guardian of the Momineen! O Guardian of the Momineen! O Guardian of the Momineen!’
مَا يُهْدِيهِ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ ع- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَى عَبْدِكَ وَ ابْنِ عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ ابْنِ وَلِيِّكَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الرضا ع
What he should gift to Al-Hassan-asws – ‘O Allah-azwj! These two Cycles of Salat are a gift from me to Your-azwj servant, and son-asws of Your-azwj servant, and Your-azwj Guardian-asws, and son‑asws of Your-azwj Guardian Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali Al-Reza-asws.
اللَّهُمَّ فَتَقَبَّلْهُمَا مِنِّي وَ أَبْلِغْهُ إِيَّاهُمَا وَ أَثِبْنِي عَلَيْهِمَا أَفْضَلَ أَمَلِي وَ رَجَائِي فِيكَ وَ فِي نَبِيِّكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ ابْنِ وَلِيِّكَ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثَلَاثاً
O Allah-azwj! Accept these two (Cycles of Salat) from me and deliver these to him-asws, and Affirm me upon these the best of my aspiration and my hopes in You-azwj and in Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and Your-azwj Guardian-asws and son-asws of Your-azwj Guardian-asws! O Guardian of the Momineen! O Guardian of the Momineen! O Guardian of the Momineen!’
مَا يُهْدِيهِ إِلَى الْحُسَيْنِ ع- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَى عَبْدِكَ وَ ابْنِ عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ ابْنِ وَلِيِّكَ سِبْطِ نَبِيِّكَ الطَّيِّبِ الطَّاهِرِ الزَّكِيِّ الرَّضِيِّ- الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ المجتبى- وَ تَأْتِي بِالدُّعَاءِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثَلَاثاً
What he should gift to Al-Husayn-asws – ‘O Allah-azwj! These two Cycles of Salat are a gift from me to Your-azwj servant, and son-asws of Your-azwj servant, and Your-azwj Guardian-asws and son‑asws of Your-azwj Guardian-asws, grandson of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, the goodly, the Pure, the Virtuous, the satisfied, Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws, the Selected’, and he should recite the supplication to its end, ‘O Guardian of the Momineen!’ – thrice.
مَا يُهْدِيهِ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَى عَبْدِكَ وَ ابْنِ عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ ابْنِ وَلِيِّكَ سِبْطِ نَبِيِّكَ زَيْنِ الْعَابِدِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ- وَ يَأْتِي بِالدُّعَاءِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثَلَاثاً
What he should gift to Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws – ‘O Allah-azwj! These two Cycles of Salat are a gift from me to Your-azwj servant, and son-asws Your-azwj servant, and Your-azwj Guardian-asws and son-asws of Your-azwj Guardian-asws grandson-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, Zayn Al-Abideen Ali‑asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws, may the greetings be upon them-asws both’, and he should come with the supplication up to its end, O Guardian of the Momineen!’ – thrice.
مَا يُهْدِيهِ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَى عَبْدِكَ وَ ابْنِ عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ ابْنِ وَلِيِّكَ سِبْطِ نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرِ عَلَمِكَ- وَ تَأْتِي بِالدُّعَاءِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثَلَاثاً
What he should gift to Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws – ‘O Allah-azwj! These two Cycles are a gift from me to Your-azwj servant and son-asws of Your-azwj servant, and Your-azwj Guardian-asws and son-asws of Your-azwj Guardian-asws grandson-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws, the expounder of Your-azwj Knowledge!’, and he should come with the supplication up to its end, ‘O Guardian of the Momineen!’ – thrice.
مَا يُهْدِيهِ إِلَى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَى عَبْدِكَ وَ ابْنِ عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ ابْنِ وَلِيِّكَ سِبْطِ نَبِيِّكَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقِ ع وَ يَقُولُ الدُّعَاءَ إِلَى آخِرِهِ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثَلَاثاً
What he should gift to Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws – ‘O Allah-azwj! These two Cycles of Salat are a gift from me to Your-azwj servant, and Your-azwj Guardian-asws and son-asws of Your-azwj Guardian-asws grandson-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq-asws’, and he should say the supplication up to its end, ‘O Guardian of the Momineen!’ – thrice.
مَا يُهْدِيهِ إِلَى مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَى عَبْدِكَ وَ ابْنِ عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ ابْنِ وَلِيِّكَ سِبْطِ نَبِيِّكَ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع وَارِثِ عِلْمِ النَّبِيِّينَ- وَ الدُّعَاءَ إِلَى آخِرِهِ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثَلَاثاً
What he should gift to Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws – ‘O Allah-azwj! These two Cycles are a gift from me to Your-azwj servant and son-asws of Your-azwj servant, and Your-azwj Guardian-asws and son-asws of Your-azwj Guardian-asws grandson-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws, inheritor of knowledge of the Prophets-as’, and the supplication up to its end, ‘O Guardian of the Momineen!’ – thrice.
مَا يُهْدِيهِ إِلَى الرِّضَا عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى ع- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَى عَبْدِكَ وَ ابْنِ عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ ابْنِ وَلِيِّكَ سِبْطِ نَبِيِّكَ- عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضَا ابْنِ الْمَرْضِيِّينَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ- وَ الدُّعَاءَ إِلَى آخِرِهِ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثَلَاثاً
What he should gift to Al-Reza Ali-asws Bin Musa-asws – ‘O Allah-azwj! These two Cycles are a gift from me to Your-azwj servant and son-asws of Your-azwj servant, and Your-azwj Guardian-asws and son-asws of Your-azwj Guardian-asws grandson-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, Ali-asws Bin Musa Al-Reza-asws son-asws of the two satisfied ones, may the greetings be upon them-asws’ – and the supplication up to its end, ‘O Guardian of the Momineen!’ – thrice.
مَا يُهْدِيهِ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع- وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع- مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَصِلَ إِلَى صَاحِبِ الزَّمَانِ ع- فَادْعُ بِالدُّعَاءِ إِلَى قَوْلِكَ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَى عَبْدِكَ وَ ابْنِ عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ ابْنِ وَلِيِّكَ سِبْطِ نَبِيِّكَ فِي أَرْضِكَ وَ حُجَّتِكَ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ يَا وَلِيَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثَلَاثاً.
What he should gift to Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws, and Ali-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws, similar to that until he connects to Master of the Time-ajfj. He should supplicate the supplication up to his words, ‘O Allah-azwj! These two Cycles are a gift from me to Your-azwj servant and son-asws of Your-azwj servant, and Your-azwj Guardian-asws and son-asws of Your-azwj Guardian-asws grandson-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww in Your-azwj earth, and Your-azwj Divine Authority upon Your-azwj creatures, O Guardian of the Momineen! (thrice)’’.[43]
قَالَ السَّيِّدُ قُدِّسَ سِرُّهُ وَ أَخْبَرَنِي الشَّيْخُ حُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ السُّورَاوِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ الطَّبَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ ابْنِ شَيْخِ الطَّائِفَةِ عَنْ وَالِدِهِ وَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحَنَّاطُ عَنْ عَرَبِيِّ بْنِ مُسَافِرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ عَنْ وَالِدِهِ فِي مِصْبَاحِهِ الْكَبِيرِ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ
The Seyyid, may his soul be sanctified, said, ‘And it is informed to me by the Sheykh Husayn Bin Ahmad Al Sowrawy, from Muhammad Bin Abu Al Qasim Al Tabari, from Abu Ali Ibn Shekh Al Taifa, from his father, and it is informed to me by Ali Bin Yahya Al Hannat, from Araby Bin Musafir, from Muhammad Bin Abu Al Qasim, from Abu Ali, from his father in his ‘Misbah Al Kabeer’, these are its wordings: –
صَلَاةُ الْهَدِيَّةِ ثَمَانِي رَكَعَاتٍ رُوِيَ عَنْهُمْ ع أَنَّهُ يُصَلِّي الْعَبْدُ فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ أَرْبَعاً يُهْدِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَرْبَعاً يُهْدِي إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ ع- وَ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ يُهْدِي إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع ثُمَّ كَذَلِكَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ إِلَى وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْخَمِيسِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ يُهْدِي إِلَى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقِ ع-
‘Salat Al-Hadiya’ is of eight Cycles reported from them-asws: ‘The servant should pray eight Cycles during the day of Friday. He should gift four to Rasool-Allah-saww and gift four to (Syeda) Fatima-asws, and four Cycles on the day of Saturday gifting to Amir Al-Momineen-asws. Then like that every day to one of the Imams-asws, may the greetings be upon them-asws, up to the day of Thursday four Cycle gifting to Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq-asws.
ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَيْضاً ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ أَرْبَعاً يُهْدِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص- وَ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ يُهْدِي إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ ثُمَّ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ يُهْدِي إِلَى مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع- ثُمَّ كَذَلِكَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْخَمِيسِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ يُهْدِي إِلَى صَاحِبِ الزَّمَانِ ع-
Then eight Cycles on the day of Friday as well, for gifting to Rasool-Allah-saww and four Cycles gifting to (Syeda) Fatima-asws, may the greetings be upon her-asws. Then four Cycles on the day of Saturday to Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws, then like that up to the day of Thursday four Cycles gifting to Master of the Time-ajfj.
الدُّعَاءَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ- اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَ مِنْكَ السَّلَامُ وَ إِلَيْكَ يَعُودُ السَّلَامُ حَيِّنَا رَبَّنَا مِنْكَ بِالسَّلَامِ
The supplication between every two Cycles – ‘O Allah-azwj! You-azwj are the Salaam (Granter of peace), and from You-azwj is the Salaam (peace), and the Salaam (peace) returns to You-azwj, so our Lord-azwj, Bestow us the peace from You-azwj!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الرَّكَعَاتِ هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَى فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ بَلِّغْهُ إِيَّاهَا وَ أَعْطِنِي أَفْضَلَ أَمَلِي وَ رَجَائِي فِيكَ وَ فِي رَسُولِكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ فِيهِ وَ تَدْعُو بِمَا أَحْبَبْتَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.
O Allah-azwj! These two Cycles (of Salat) are a gift from me to so and so, son of so and so. Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Deliver these to him and Grant me best of my aspirations and my hopes in You-azwj and in Your-azwj Rasool-saww, may Your-azwj Salawaat be upon him-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws!’ – and supplicate with whatever you like, if Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desires!’’[44]
2- دَعَوَاتُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، قَالُوا عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ إِنَّهُ يُصَلِّي الْعَبْدُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ.
(The book) ‘Dawaat’ of Al Rawandy –
‘They-asws, may the greeting be upon them-asws, said: ‘The servant should pray eight Cycles (of Salat of gift) on the day of Friday’’.[45]
3- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، رُوِيَ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا دَفَنْتُمْ مَيِّتَكُمْ وَ فَرَغْتُمْ مِنْ دَفْنِهِ فَلْيَقُمْ وَارِثُهُ أَوْ قَرَابَتُهُ أَوْ صَدِيقُهُ مِنْ جَانِبِ الْقَبْرِ وَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ مَرَّةً وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ مَرَّةً
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ –
‘It is reported from Amir Al-Momineen-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘When you have dealt with your deceased and are free from burying him, let his inheritor, or his relative, or his friend stand by a side of the grace and pray two Cycles (Salat) reciting in the first Cycle Surah Al Fatiha once, and Al Mawazateyn once’.
سَقَطَ مِنَ الْأَصْلِ وَصْفُ الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَيَقْرَأُهَا بِالْحَمْدِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ إِنْ شَاءَ فَإِنَّهُمَا مِنْ مُهِمَّاتِ مَا يَقْرَأُ فِي النَّوَافِلِ وَ يَرْكَعُ وَ يَسْجُدُ وَ يَقُولُ فِي سُجُودِهِ- سُبْحَانَ مَنْ تَعَزَّزَ بِالْقُدْرَةِ وَ قَهَرَ عِبَادَهُ بِالْمَوْتِ-
The description of the second Cycle has been dropped from the original – ‘He should recite it with Surah Al Hamd and Al Tawheed and Al Zilzaal if he so desires, for these two are from the important ones what is to be recited in the optional (Salat), and he should perform Ruk’u and Sajdah, and he should say in his Sajdah, ‘Glorious is the One Mighty with the Power, and He-azwj Subdues His-azwj servants with the death!’
ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ وَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى الْقَبْرِ وَ يَقُولُ يَا فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانَةَ هَذِهِ لَكَ وَ لِأَصْحَابِكَ
Then he should perform Salaat and return to the grace and say, ‘O son and so, son of so and so! These are for you and for your companions!’
فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْفَعُ عَنْهُ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ وَ ضِيقَهُ وَ لَوْ سَأَلَ رَبَّهُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ حَيِّهِمْ وَ مَيِّتِهِمُ اسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ دُعَاءَهُ فِيهِمْ
Allah-azwj will Raise from him punishment of the grave and its compression, and if he were to ask his Lord-azwj to Forgive the believing men and the believing women, and the Muslim men and the Muslim women, their living ones and their dead, Allah-azwj will Answer his supplication regarding them!
وَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِصَاحِبِهِ يَا فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ كُنْ قَرِيرَ الْعَيْنِ قَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَكَ وَ يُعْطِي الْمُصَلِّيَ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ وَ تُمْحَى عَنْهُ أَلْفُ سَيِّئَةٍ
And Allah-azwj the Exalted Says to its companion (supplicater): “O so and so, son of son and so! Be delighted of the eyes for Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Forgiven for you!”, and the praying one will be Given a thousand good deeds for every letter, and a thousand evil deeds will be deleted from him!
فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى صَفّاً مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ يُشَيِّعُونَهُ إِلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ اسْتَقْبَلَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ مَلَكٍ مَعَ كُلِّ مَلَكٍ طَبَقٌ مِنْ نُورٍ مُغَطًّى بِمِنْدِيلٍ مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ وَ فِي يَدِ كُلِّ مَلَكٍ كُوزٌ مِنْ نُورٍ فِيهِ مَاءُ السَّلْسَبِيلِ فَيَأْكُلُ مِنَ الطَّبَقِ وَ يَشْرَبُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ.
When it will be the Day of Qiyamah, Allah-azwj the Exalted will Send a row of Angels to escort him to the door of Paradise. When he enters the Paradise, seventy million Angels will welcome him, with every Angel will be a tray of light covered by a towel of brocade, and in the hand of every Angel will be a pitcher of light wherein would be water of Al Salsabeel. He will east from the tray and drink from the water, and Satisfaction of Allah-azwj is greater!’’[46]
4- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَا يَأْتِي عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ سَاعَةٌ أَشَدُّ مِنْ أَوَّلِ لَيْلَةٍ فَارْحَمُوا مَوْتَاكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا فَلْيُصَلِّ أَحَدُكُمْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ –
‘From Huzeyfa Bin Al-Yaman-ra who said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘There will not come upon the decease a time severer than the first night, so send mercy upon your deceased with donating the charity. If you cannot find (money), then let one of you pray two Cycles (Salat).
يَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ مَرَّةً وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ مَرَّةً وَ أَلْهاكُمُ التَّكاثُرُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ يُسَلِّمُ وَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ابْعَثْ ثَوَابَهُمَا إِلَى قَبْرِ ذَلِكَ الْمَيِّتِ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ-
He should recite the first (Cycle) with Surah Al Fatiha once, and Al Tawheed twice, and in the second with Surah Al Fatiha once and Al Takasur ten times, and he should perform Salaam and say, ‘O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Send its Rewards to the grave of that deceased, so and so, son of so and so!’
فَيَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ مِنْ سَاعَتِهِ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ إِلَى قَبْرِهِ مَعَ كُلِّ مَلَكٍ ثَوْبٌ وَ حُلَّةٌ وَ يُوَسَّعُ فِي قَبْرِهِ مِنَ الضِّيقِ إِلَى يَوْمِ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ وَ يُعْطَى الْمُصَلِّي بِعَدَدِ مَا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ حَسَنَاتٍ وَ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ أَرْبَعُونَ دَرَجَةً.
Allah-azwj Will immediately Send a thousand Angels to his grave, with every Angel will be a garment and ornament, and there will be an expansion in his grace from the constriction up to the day it shall be blown into the Trumpet, and the praying one will be Given good deed of the number of what the sun had emerged upon, and forty ranks will be raised for him’’.[47]
5- وَ مِنْهُمَا صَلَاةُ هَدِيَّةِ الْمَيِّتِ رَكْعَتَانِ فِي الْأُولَى الْحَمْدُ وَ آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدُ وَ الْقَدْرُ عَشْراً فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ابْعَثْ ثَوَابَهُمَا إِلَى قَبْرِ فُلَانٍ.
And from them both – ‘Salat Hadiya Al-Mayyit’ is of two Cycles. In the first is Surah Al Hamd and Ayat Al Kursy, and in the second is Surah Al Hamd, and Al Qadr ten times. When he performs Salat he should say, ‘O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny‑asws of Muhammad-saww, and Send its Rewards to the grave of so and so!’’[48]
6- الْبَلَدُ، وَ رَأَيْتُ فِي بَعْضِ كُتُبِ أَصْحَابِنَا أَنَّهُ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى بَعْدَ الْفَاتِحَةِ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ مَرَّةً وَ التَّوْحِيدَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ بَعْدَ الْحَمْدِ التَّكَاثُرَ عَشْراً وَ نَقَلْتُهَا عَنْ وَالِدِي قُدِّسَ سِرُّهُ.
(The book) ‘Al Balad’ –
‘And I saw in one of the books of our companions, he should recite in the first (Cycle) after Surah Al Fatiha, Ayat Al Kursy once, and Al Tawheed twice, and in the second (Cycle) after Surah Al Hamd, Al Takasur ten times, and I am transmitting it from my father, may his soul be sanctified’’.[49]
وَ رَوَى الشَّيْخُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ: كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يُصَلِّي عَنْ وَلَدِهِ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ عَنْ وَالِدَيْهِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَيْفَ صَارَ لِلْوَلَدِ اللَّيْلُ
And it is reported by the Sheykh in the correct (Hadeeth in ‘Al Tahzeeb), from Umar Bin Yazeed who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws was praying one behalf of his-asws son two Cycles Salat during every night, and two Cycles on behalf of his-asws parents-asws during every day. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! How come the night came to be for the son?’
قَالَ لِأَنَّ الْفِرَاشَ لِلْوَلَدِ
He-asws said: ‘Because the bed is for the child’.
قَالَ وَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَ إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ- وَ رَوَاهُ الرَّاوَنْدِيُّ فِي دَعَوَاتِهِ مُرْسَلًا عَنْهُ ع.
He (the narrator) said, ‘And he-asws was reciting in these (Surah(s)) Al Zilzaal and Al Kawser. And Al Rawandy has reported it in his ‘Dawaat’ with an unbroken chain from him-asws’’.[50]
7- الْمَكَارِمُ، صَلَاةُ الْوَالِدِ لِوَلَدِهِ أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى الْحَمْدَ مَرَّةً وَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ رَبَّنا وَ اجْعَلْنا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِنا أُمَّةً مُسْلِمَةً لَكَ وَ أَرِنا مَناسِكَنا وَ تُبْ عَلَيْنا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
(The book) ‘Al Makarim’ –
‘Salat of the parent for his child is of four Cycle, reciting in the first Surah Al Hamd once and ten times: Our Lord! And Make us both submissive to You, and from our offspring a community submitting to You, and Show us our rituals and Turn to us, surely You are the Oft-turning, the Merciful [2:128].
وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدَ مَرَّةً وَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلاةِ وَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي رَبَّنا وَ تَقَبَّلْ دُعاءِ- رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَ لِوالِدَيَّ وَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسابُ
And in the second (Cycle), Surah Al Hamd once, and ten times: Lord! Make me the establisher of the Salat and from my offspring (too). Our Lord, and Accept my supplication [14:40] Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and the Momineen on the Day the Reckoning would be established would be when the reckoning would be established [14:41].
وَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ الْحَمْدَ مَرَّةً وَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ رَبَّنا هَبْ لَنا مِنْ أَزْواجِنا وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِنا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَ اجْعَلْنا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِماماً
And in the third Cycle, Surah Al Hamd once, and ten times: ‘Our Lord! Grant to us from our wives and our offspring, delight of our eyes, and Make us Imams for the pious [25:74].
وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ الْحَمْدَ مَرَّةً وَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَ عَلى والِدَيَّ وَ أَنْ أَعْمَلَ صالِحاً تَرْضاهُ وَ أَصْلِحْ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِي إِنِّي تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَ إِنِّي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
And in the fourth (Cycle) Surah Al Hamd once, and ten time: ‘Lord! Strengthen me that I thank for Your Favours which You Favoured upon me and upon my parents, and that I act righteously You are Pleased with, and Rectify for me regarding my offspring. I repent to You and I am from the submitters’ [46:15].
فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ عَشْراً رَبَّنا هَبْ لَنا الْآيَةَ
When he performs Salaam, he should say ten times, ‘‘Our Lord! Grant to us from our wives and our offspring, delight of our eyes, and Make us Imams for the pious [25:74]’.
صَلَاةُ الْوَلَدِ لِوَالِدَيْهِ رَكْعَتَانِ الْأُولَى بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ- وَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَ لِوالِدَيَّ وَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسابُ
Salat of the son for his parents – Recite the first (Cycle) with Surah Al Fatiha, and ten times: Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and the Momineen on the Day the Reckoning would be established would be when the reckoning would be established [14:41].
وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْفَاتِحَةَ وَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَ لِوالِدَيَّ وَ لِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِناً وَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِناتِ
And in the second (Cycle) Surah Al Fatiha, and ten times: My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and one who entered into my house being a Momin, and (forgive) the Momineen and the Mominaat, [71:28].
فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ يَقُولُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُما كَما رَبَّيانِي صَغِيراً
When he performs Salaam he should say ten times: ‘Lord! Mercy them just as they nourished me (when I was) little’ [17:24]’’.
صَلَاةٌ أُخْرَى رَكْعَتَانِ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ مَرَّةً وَ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُما كَما رَبَّيانِي صَغِيراً فَإِذَا فَرَغَ سَجَدَ وَ يَقُولُهَا عَشَرَةً أُخْرَى.
Another Salat – ‘Two Cycles, reciting in each Cycle Surah Al Fatiha once, and twenty times: ‘Lord! Mercy them just as they nourished me (when I was) little’ [17:24]!’ When he is free, he should do Sajdah and say it ten times again’’.[51]
أبواب الاستخارات و فضلها و كيفياتها و صلواتها و دعواتها
CHAPTERS ON ISTIKHARA (SEEKING ALLAH-azwj’S CHOICE)
AND ITS MERITS, AND ITS METHOD, AND ITS SALAT, AND ITS SUPPLICATION
باب 113 ما ورد في الحث على الاستخارة و الترغيب فيها و الرضا و التسليم بعدها
CHAPTER 113 – WHAT HAS BEEN REFERRED REGARDING THE ENCOURAGEMENT UPON THE ISTIKHARA, AND THE INCITEMENT IN IT, AND THE SATISFACTION AND THE SUBMISSION AFTER IT
1- فَتْحُ الْأَبْوَابِ، لِلسَّيِّدِ الْجَلِيلِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ طَاوُسٍ وَ الْمُقْنِعَةُ، عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ شَقَاءِ عَبْدِي أَنْ يَعْمَلَ الْأَعْمَالَ وَ لَا يَسْتَخِيرَ بِي.
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ of the majestic Seyyid Ali Bin Tawous, and ‘Al Muqnie’,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: “From wretchedness of My-azwj servant is that he does the works and does not seek My-azwj Choice (Istikhara)!”’[52]
2- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مِثْلَهُ.
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – from the one who mentioned it, from Abu Abdullah-asws – similar to it.[53]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُضَارِبٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَنْ دَخَلَ فِي أَمْرٍ بِغَيْرِ اسْتِخَارَةٍ ثُمَّ ابْتُلِيَ لَمْ يُؤْجَرْ.
And from him, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Ri’ab, from Ibn Muskan, from Muhammad Bin Muzarib who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘One who enters into a matter without Istikhara then is afflicted, will not be Rewarded’’.[54]
الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْيَقْطِينِيِّ وَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَنْ أَكْرَمُ الْخَلْقِ عَلَى اللَّهِ
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – from Muhammad Bin Isa Al Yaqteeny and Usman Bin Isa, from the one who mentioned it, from one of his companions who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘Who is the most prestigious of people to Allah-azwj?’
قَالَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ ذِكْراً لِلَّهِ وَ أَعْمَلُهُمْ بِطَاعَتِهِ
He-asws said: ‘Their most frequenting Zikr of Allah-azwj and their most (hard) working in obedience to Him-azwj’.
قُلْتُ فَمَنْ أَبْغَضُ الْخَلْقِ إِلَى اللَّهِ
I said, ‘Who is the most hateful of the creatures to Allah-azwj?’
قَالَ مَنْ يَتَّهِمُ اللَّهَ
He-asws said: ‘One who accuses Allah-azwj!’
قُلْتُ وَ أَحَدٌ يَتَّهِمُ اللَّهَ
I said, ‘And does anyone accuse Allah-azwj?’
قَالَ نَعَمْ مَنِ اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ فَجَاءَتْهُ الْخِيَرَةُ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ فَسَخِطَ فَذَلِكَ يَتَّهِمُ اللَّهَ.
He-asws said: ‘Yes, one who seeks Choice of Allah-azwj, so it comes as good with what he dislikes, so he is angered. That is the one accusing Allah-azwj’’.[55]
كِتَابُ الْغَايَاتِ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَنْ أَكْرَمُ الْخَلْقِ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ ذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ.
(The book) ‘Kitab Al Gayaat’ – from Al Qasim Bin Al Waleed who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘Who is the most prestigious of the people to Allah-azwj?’ – and mentioned similar to it’’.[56]
الْمَكَارِمُ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى مِثْلَهُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ فَسَخِطَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ الْمُتَّهِمُ لِلَّهِ.
(The book) ‘Al-Makarim’ – from Usman Bin Isa, similar to it up to his-asws words: ‘So he gets angered. That one, he is the accuser of Allah-azwj’’.[57]
3- الفتح، فتح الأبواب عَنْ شَيْخِهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَمَا وَ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْقَاهِرِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ عَنْ وَالِدِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ شَيْخِ الطَّائِفَةِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنِ الصَّدُوقِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ وَ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَنْ دَخَلَ فِي أَمْرٍ بِغَيْرِ اسْتِخَارَةٍ ثُمَّ ابْتُلِيَ لَمْ يُؤْجَرْ.
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab – from his elder Muhammad Bin Nama and As’ad Bin Abdul Qahir, from Ali Bin Saeed Al Rawandy, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Ali Al Halby, from Sheykh Al Taifa who said, ‘A group informed me from Al Sadouq, from his father, from Sa’ad, from Ibrahim Bin Hashim, and Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, and Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Abu Al Khattab, altogether from Ibn Abu Umeys, from Safwan, from Ibn Muskan who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘One who enters into a matter without Istikhara, then is afflicted, will not be Rewarded’’.[58]
وَ بِالْإِسْنَادِ الْمُتَقَدِّمِ عَنْ شَيْخِ الطَّائِفَةِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي جِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا أُبَالِي إِذَا اسْتَخَرْتُ اللَّهَ عَلَى أَيِّ طَرَفِي وَقَعْتُ وَ كَانَ أَبِي يُعَلِّمُنِي الِاسْتِخَارَةَ كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنِي السُّوَرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ.
And by the previous chain from Sheykh Al Taaifa, from Ibn Abu Jiyid, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Saffar, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazzal, from Abdullah Bin Maymoun Al Qaddah,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘I-asws don’t care when I-asws have sought the Choice of Allah-azwj, upon which of the two ends it falls (yes or no), and my-asws father-asws taught me-asws the Istikhara just as he-asws taught me the Chapters of the Quran’’.[59]
4- الفتح، فتح الأبواب قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي أَصْلِ الْعَبْدِ الصَّالِحِ الْمُتَّفَقِ عَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ مَا اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَبْدٌ مُؤْمِنٌ إِلَّا خَارَ لَهُ وَ إِنْ وَقَعَ مَا يَكْرَهُ.
(The book) ‘Al Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – He said, ‘I found in the original of the righteous servant, there is a concurrence upon it by Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr, may Allah-azwj be Satisfied with him, from Rabie, from Al Mufazzal who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘No Momin servant will seek the Choice of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic except He-azwj will Choose for him, and even if falls on what he dislikes’’.[60]
وَ مِنْهُ نَقْلًا عَنِ الْحُمَيْدِيِّ فِي كِتَابِ الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يُعَلِّمُنَا الِاسْتِخَارَةَ فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّوَرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ.
And from him, transmitting from Al Humeydi in the book ‘Al Jam’a Bayn Al Sahiheyn’ (Bukhari and Muslim), from Jabir Bin Abdullah who said,
‘The Prophet-as had taught us the Istikhara in all the affairs, just as he-saww taught us Chapters of the Quran’’.[61] (Non-Shia source)
وَ مِنْهُ مَا رَوَاهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى جَدِّهِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيِّ فِيمَا رَوَاهُ إِلَى أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُقْدَةَ فِي كِتَابِ تَسْمِيَةِ الْمَشَايِخِ عَنْ شِهَابِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْلَى عَنْ إِدْرِيسَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِدْرِيسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ: كُنَّا نَتَعَلَّمُ الِاسْتِخَارَةَ كَمَا نَتَعَلَّمُ السُّورَةَ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.
And from him, what is reported by his chain to his grandfather Abu Ja’far Al Tusi, among what he reported to Abu Al Abbas Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed Bin Uqdah in the book ‘Tasmiyat Al Mashayekh’, from Shihab Bin Muhammad Bin Ali, from Jaf’ar Bin Muhammad Bin Ya’la, from Idrees Bin Muhammad Bin Yahya Bin Abdullah Bin Al Hassan, from his father, from Idrees Bin Abdullah Bin Al Hassan,
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father-asws having said: ‘We-asws used to learn the Istikhara just as we-asws learned the Chapters from the Book of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic’’.[62]
وَ مِنْهُ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ الْمَذْكُورِ لِابْنِ عُقْدَةَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كُنَّا نَتَعَلَّمُ الِاسْتِخَارَةَ كَمَا نَتَعَلَّمُ السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ
And from him, from the mentioned book of Ibn Uqdah, by his chain,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘We-asws used to learn the Istikhara just as we-asws learned the Chapters of the Quran’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا أُبَالِي إِذَا اسْتَخَرْتُ اللَّهَ عَلَى أَيِّ جَنْبِي وَقَعْتُ.
Then he-asws said: ‘I-asws don’t care, when I-asws seek the Choice of Allah-azwj, which of the two sides it occurs (yes or no)’’.[63]
وَ مِنْهُ نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ الدُّعَاءِ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ مَنْ لَمْ يَرْضَ بِقَضَائِي وَ يَشْكُرْ نَعْمَائِي وَ يَصْبِرْ عَلَى بَلَائِي فَلْيَطْلُبْ رَبّاً سِوَايَ غَيْرِي وَ مَنْ رَضِيَ بِقَضَائِي وَ شَكَرَ نَعْمَائِي وَ صَبَرَ عَلَى بَلَائِي كَتَبْتُهُ فِي الصِّدِّيقِينَ عِنْدِي
And from him, transmitting from ‘Kitab Al Du’a’ of Saeed Bin Abdullah,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he-asws had said: ‘Allah-azwj Said: “One who is not satisfied with My-azwj Decree, and thanking for My-azwj bounties, and being patient upon My-azwj afflictions, let him seek a lord other than Me-azwj; and one who is satisfied with My-azwj Decree, and thanks for My-azwj bounties, and is patient upon My-azwj afflictions, I-azwj will Write him among the truthful ones in My-azwj Presence!”
وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ ع مَنِ اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ فِي أَمْرِهِ فَعَمِلَ أَحَدَ الْأَمْرَيْنِ فَعَرَضَ فِي قَلْبِهِ شَيْءٌ فَقَدِ اتَّهَمَ اللَّهَ فِي قَضَائِهِ.
And he-asws had said: ‘One who seeks the Choice of Allah-azwj in his affairs so he works one of the two matters, but there is an objection of something in his heart, so he has accused Allah‑azwj regarding His-azwj Decree’’.[64]
وَ مِنْهُ نَقْلًا مِنَ الْكِتَابِ الْمَذْكُورِ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ أَنَّ مِنْ شَقَاءِ عَبْدِي أَنْ يَعْمَلَ الْأَعْمَالَ وَ لَا يَسْتَخِيرَنِي.
And from him, transmitting from the mentioned book of Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Usman Bin Isa, from one of his companions,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Allah-azwj Revealed: “It is from wretchedness of My-azwj servants if he does the works and does not seek My-azwj Choice!”’[65]
5- مَجَالِسُ الشَّيْخِ، عَنِ الْمُفِيدِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْمَرَاغِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَيْضِ الْعِجْلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَسَنِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ: بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ لِي وَ هُوَ يُوصِينِي يَا عَلِيُّ مَا حَارَ مَنِ اسْتَخَارَ وَ لَا نَدِمَ مَنِ اسْتَشَارَ الْحَدِيثَ.
(The book) ‘Majalis’ of the Sheykh, from Al Mufeed, from Ali Bin Khalid Al Maraghy, from Muhammad Bin Al Fayz Al Ijaly, from his father, from Abdul Azeem Al Hasany, from Muhammad Bin,
‘Ali-asws Bin Musa-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws, from Amir Al-Momineen-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww sent me-asws to Al-Yemen. He-saww said to me-asws while he-saww was advising me-asws: ‘O Ali-asws! He will not be confused, the one who does Istikhara, nor will he regret, the one who consults’ – the Hadeeth’’.[66]
باب 114 الاستخارة بالرقاع
CHAPTER 114 – THE ISTIKHARA WITH THE NOTES
1- مَكَارِمُ الْأَخْلَاقِ، قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَيَابَةَ خَرَجْتُ سَنَةً إِلَى مَكَّةَ وَ مَتَاعِي بَزٌّ قَدْ كَسَدَ عَلَيَّ
(The book) ‘Makarim Al Akhlaq’ –
‘Abdul Rahman Bin Siyabah said, ‘One year I went out to Makkah and my merchandise of linen had stagnated upon me (not sold)’.
قَالَ فَأَشَارَ عَلَيَّ أَصْحَابُنَا أَنْ أَبْعَثَهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ وَ لَا أَرُدَّهُ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ أَوْ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَاخْتَلَفَ عَلَيَّ آرَاؤُهُمْ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى الْعَبْدِ الصَّالِحِ بَعْدَ النَّفْرِ بِيَوْمٍ وَ نَحْنُ بِمَكَّةَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا أَشَارَ بِهِ أَصْحَابُنَا وَ قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَمَا تَرَى حَتَّى أَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى مَا تَأْمُرُنِي
He said, ‘Our companions consulted to me that I should dispatch it to Egypt and not return it to Al-Kufa or to Al-Yemen. Their opinions differed upon me, so I entered to see Al-Abd Al-Salih (7th Imam-asws) one day after the going, and we were at Makkah. I informed him-asws with what our companions had consulted with and I said to him-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! What is your-asws view, until I end up to what you-asws are instructing me with?’
فَقَالَ لِي سَاهِمْ بَيْنَ مِصْرَ وَ الْيَمَنِ ثُمَّ فَوِّضْ فِي ذَلِكَ أَمْرَكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ فَأَيُّ بَلَدٍ خَرَجَ سَهْمُهَا عَنِ الْأَسْهُمِ فَابْعَثْ مَتَاعَكَ إِلَيْهَا
He-asws said to me: ‘Cast of a lot between Egypt and Al-Yemen, then delegate regarding that matter of yours to Allah-azwj, so whichever city its lot comes out from the lots, dispatch your merchandise to it!’
قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَيْفَ أُسَاهِمُ
I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! How shall I cast lots?’
قَالَ اكْتُبْ فِي رُقْعَةٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ- عالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ أَنْتَ الْعَالِمُ وَ أَنَا الْمُتَعَلِّمُ فَانْظُرْ لِي فِي أَيِّ الْأَمْرَيْنِ خَيْرٌ لِي حَتَّى أَتَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْكَ فِيهِ وَ أَعْمَلَ بِهِ ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ مِصْراً إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
He-asws said: ‘Write in a notepaper, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! O Allah-azwj! You-azwj are Allah-azwj. There is no god except You-azwj, Knower of the unseen and the seen! You-azwj are the Knower and I am (from) the learners, so Consider for me into whichever of the two matters is better for me until I rely upon You-azwj regarding it and I act work with it’. Then write ‘Egypt’, if Allah-azwj so Desires’.
ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ رُقْعَةً أُخْرَى مِثْلَ مَا فِي الرُّقْعَةِ الْأُولَى شَيْئاً شَيْئاً ثُمَّ اكْتُبِ الْيَمَنَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ رُقْعَةً أُخْرَى مِثْلَ مَا فِي الرُّقْعَتَيْنِ شَيْئاً شَيْئاً ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ بِحَبْسِ الْمَتَاعِ وَ لَا يُبْعَثُ إِلَى بَلَدٍ مِنْهُمَا
Then write another note similar to what is in the first notepaper, thing by thing. Then write, ‘Al-Yemen’, if Allah-azwj so Desires. Then write another note similar to what is in the two notes, thing by thing. Then write, ‘Withhold the merchandise and not to dispatch to any city from the two.
ثُمَّ اجْمَعِ الرِّقَاعَ وَ ادْفَعْهُنَّ إِلَى بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِكَ فَلْيَسْتُرْهَا عَنْكَ ثُمَّ أَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فَخُذْ رُقْعَةً مِنَ الثَّلَاثِ رِقَاعٍ فَأَيُّهَا وَقَعَتْ فِي يَدِكَ فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ اعْمَلْ بِهَا بِمَا فِيهَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.
Then gather the notes and give them to one of our companions. Let him conceal these from you. Then insert your hand and take a note from the three notes, so whichever of these falls in your hand, rely upon Allah-azwj and work with it with whatever is in it, if Allah-azwj so Desires’’.[67]
2- الْإِحْتِجَاجُ، قَالَ: كَتَبَ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ إِلَى الْقَائِمِ ع يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ تَعْرِضُ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ مِمَّا لَا يَدْرِي أَنْ يَفْعَلَهَا أَمْ لَا فَيَأْخُذُ خَاتَمَيْنِ فَيَكْتُبُ فِي أَحَدِهِمَا نَعَمِ افْعَلْ وَ فِي الْآخَرِ لَا تَفْعَلْ
(The book) ‘Al Ihtijaj’ –
He said, ‘Al-Himeyri wrote to Al-Qaim-ajfj asking him-ajfj about the man, there presents to him a need from what he does not know whether he should do it or not, so he takes two rings. He writes in one of them, ‘Yes, do it’, and in the other, ‘Do not do it’.
فَيَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ مِرَاراً ثُمَّ يَرَى فِيهِمَا فَيُخْرِجُ أَحَدَهُمَا فَيَعْمَلُ بِمَا يَخْرُجُ فَهَلْ يَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ أَمْ لَا وَ الْعَامِلُ بِهِ وَ التَّارِكُ لَهُ هُوَ مِثْلُ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ أَمْ هُوَ سِوَى ذَلِكَ
He consults Allah-azwj repeatedly then looks into them. He extracts one of them and works with what has emerged. Is that allowed or nor, and the working with it, and the neglecter of it is like the Istikhara or is he besides that?’
فَأَجَابَ ع الَّذِي سَنَّهُ الْعَالِمُ ع فِي هَذِهِ الِاسْتِخَارَةُ بِالرِّقَاعِ وَ الصَّلَاةِ.
He-ajfj answered: ‘That which the Scholar-asws had done regarding this is the Istikhara with the notes and the Salat’’.[68]
3- الفتح، فتح الأبواب قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْجُمْهُورِ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ- بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ- عَنْ قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي الِاسْتِخَارَةِ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ –
He said, ‘I saw from the ways of the general Muslims what its wording it this – ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! It is narrated to us by Abdul Razzaq, from Ma’mar, from Qatadah that Ibn Masoud had said regarding the Istikhara, ‘O Allah-azwj! You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ عِلْمَكَ بِمَا يَكُونُ كَعِلْمِكَ بِمَا كَانَ
O Allah-azwj! You-azwj Knowledge with what is to happen is like Your-azwj Knowledge with what has happened!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي قَدْ عَزَمْتُ عَلَى كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَإِنْ كَانَ لِي فِيهِ خِيَرَةٌ لِلدِّينِ وَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْعَاجِلِ وَ الْآجِلِ فَيَسِّرْهُ وَ سَهِّلْهُ وَ وَفِّقْنِي لَهُ وَ وَفِّقْهُ لِي وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَامْنَعْنِي مِنْهُ كَيْفَ شِئْتَ-
O Allah-azwj! I have determined upon such and such. If there was goodness in it for me for the religion and the world, and the current and the future, Facilitate it and Make it easy and Harmonise me to it and Harmonise it to me, and if it were to be other than that, Prevent me from it however You-azwj so Desire!’
ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ وَ يَقُولُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةٍ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ خِيَرَةً فِي عَافِيَةٍ-
Then do Sajdah and say one hundred and one times, ‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice by Your-azwj Mercy, goodness in well-being!’
وَ يَكْتُبُ سِتَّ رِقَاعٍ فِي ثَلَاثٍ مِنْهَا خِيَرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ لِفُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ افْعَلْ عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ عَوْنِهِ وَ فِي ثَلَاثٍ مِنْهَا خِيَرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ لِفُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ لَا تَفْعَلْ
And write six notes. In three of these, ‘Choice from Allah-azwj the Mighty, the Wise for so and so, son of so and so, do it upon the Name of Allah-azwj and His-azwj Assistance’; and in three of these, ‘Choice from Allah-azwj the Mighty, the Wise for so and so, son of so and so, ‘Do not do it’.
وَ الْخِيَرَةُ فِيمَا يَقْضِي اللَّهُ وَ يَكُونُ تَحْتَ السَّجَّادَةِ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ وَ الدُّعَاءِ مَدَدْتَ يَدَكَ إِلَى الرِّقَاعِ فَأَخَذْتَ وَاحِدَةً مِنْهَا فَمَا خَرَجَ فِيهِ فَاعْمَلْ عَلَى الْأَكْثَرِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ هُوَ حَسْبِي.
And the goodness is in what Allah-azwj Decrees, and keep it beneath the prayer mat. When you are free from the Salat and the supplication, extend your hand to the notes and take one of these. Whatever emerges in it, act upon the most, if Allah-azwj so Desires, and He-azwj Suffices me’’.[69] (Not a Hadeeth)
4- الفتح، فتح الأبواب وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ بَعْضِ الْمُخَالِفِينَ اسْمُهُ مَحْمُودُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ طَاهِرٍ السِّجْزِيُّ عَنِ الصَّدْرِ الْإِمَامِ رُكْنِ الدِّينِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَوَّلِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُظَفَّرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَمَّوَيْهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْبُخَارِيِّ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمَوَالِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – I found in the book of one of the adversaries, his name is Madmoud Bin Abu Saeed Bi Tahir Al Sajzy, from Al Sadr, the Imam Rukn Al Deen, from Abdul Awwal Bin Isa Bin Shueyn, from Abdul Rahman Bin Muhammad Bin Al Muzaffar, from Abdullah Bin Ahmad Bin Hamawiya, from Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Yusuf, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Al Bukhari, from Quteyba Bin Saeed, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Al Mawaly, from Muhammad Bin Al Munkadir,
عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُعَلِّمُنَا الِاسْتِخَارَةَ فِي الْأُمُورِ كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ يَقُولُ إِذَا هَمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالْأَمْرِ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ ثُمَّ لْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ أَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ فَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ
‘From Jabir Bin Abdullah-ra, May Allah-azwj be Satisfied with him-ra, said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww had taught us the Istikhara in matters just as he-saww taught us the Chapters of the Quran. He-saww said: ‘Whenever one of you is worried with the matter, let him pray two Cycles of Salat other than the obligatory, then let him say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice with Your-azwj Knowledge, and I seek Your-azwj Determination by Your-azwj Powers, and I ask You-azwj from Your-azwj Mighty Grace, for You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj Know and I don’t know, for You-azwj are Knower of the unseen!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ مَعَاشِي وَ عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي أَوْ قَالَ فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَ آجِلِهِ فَاقْدِرْهُ لِي وَ يَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ مَعَاشِي وَ عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي أَوْ قَالَ فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَ آجِلِهِ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَ اصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَ اقْدِرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ رَضِّنِي بِهِ
O Allah-azwj! If You-azwj Know that this matter is good for me in my religion and my life and end-result of my affairs’ (or said) ‘In current of my affairs and its future, then Determine it for me and Facilitate is for me, then Bless for me in it; and if You-azwj Know that this matter is evil for me in my religion and my life and end-result of my affairs’ (or said) ‘In current of my affairs and its future, Turn it away from me and Turn me away from it, and Determine the goodness for me wherever it may be, then Make be to be satisfied with it!’’
وَ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْمَشَايِخِ رَحِمَهُمُ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ لَمَّا صَلَّى هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ وَ دَعَا بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ يَقْطَعُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ كَاغَذَةً سِتَّ رِقَاعٍ يَكْتُبُ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ مِنْهَا افْعَلْ وَ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ مِنْهَا لَا تَفْعَلْ ثُمَّ يَخْلِطُ بَعْضَهَا بِبَعْضٍ وَ يَجْعَلُهَا فِي كُمِّهِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ ثَلَاثَةً مِنْهَا وَاحِدَةً بَعْدَ أُخْرَى
And one of the elders, may Allah-azwj Mercy them, said, ‘When he has prayed this Salat and has supplicated with this supplication, after that he should cut paper of six notes, writing in three of these, ‘Do it’, and in three of these, ‘Don’t do it’. Then he should mix these with each other and make these to be in his sleeve. Then he should extract three from these, one after another.
فَإِنْ وَجَدَ فِيهَا كُلِّهَا افْعَلْ أَقْدَمَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْأَمْرِ طَيِّبَ الْقَلْبِ وَ إِنْ وَجَدَ فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ مِنْهَا افْعَلْ وَ فِي وَاحِدَةٍ لَا تَفْعَلْ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِالْإِقْدَامِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْأَمْرِ لَكِنَّهُ دُونَ الْأَوَّلِ وَ إِنْ وَجَدَ فِي كُلِّهَا لَا تَفْعَلْ فَلْيَحْذَرْ عَنِ الْإِقْدَامِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْأَمْرِ وَ إِنْ وَجَدَ فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ مِنْهَا لَا تَفْعَلْ فَالْحَذَرُ أَوْلَى فَلِلْأَكْثَرِ حُكْمُ الْكُلِّ.
If he finds in all of these, ‘Do it’, he should go ahead upon that matter with a good heart; and if he find in two of these, ‘Do it’, and in one of these, ‘Don’t do it’, there is no problem with going ahead upon that matter, but it is below the first (situation); and if he finds in all of these, ‘Don’t do it’, let him be cautious from going ahead upon that matter; and if he find in two of these, ‘Don’t do it’, let him be cautious firstly. For the most is ruling of the whole’’.[70]
قَالَ وَ مِنَ الدَّعَوَاتِ الَّتِي وَرَدَتْ فِي الِاسْتِخَارَةِ قَوْلُهُ ص اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي وَ اخْتَرْ لِي.
He said, ‘And from supplications which have been referred regarding the Istikhara are his-saww words: ‘O Allah-azwj! Choose for me and Select for me!’’[71]
وَ بَلَغَنِي عَنْ بَعْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ فِي كَيْفِيَّةِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَكْتُبُ ثَلَاثَ رِقَاعٍ فِي كُلِّ رُقْعَةٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ خِيَرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ افْعَلْ وَ فِي ثَلَاثٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ خِيَرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ لَا تَفْعَلْ وَ تَضَعُ الرِّقَاعَ تَحْتَ السَّجَّادَةِ
And it has reached me from one of the scholars regarding the method of Istikhara, he said, ‘Write three notes, in each note, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! A choice from Allah-azwj the Mighty and Wise, do it!’ And in (other) three, ‘In the Name of Allah‑azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! Choice of Allah-azwj the Mighty, the Wise, don’t do it!’, and place the notes beneath the prayer mat.
ثُمَّ تُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَ سُورَةَ الْإِخْلَاصِ ثَلَاثاً ثُمَّ تُسَلِّمُ وَ تَقُولُ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ إِلَى آخِرِهِ ثُمَّ تَسْجُدُ وَ تَقُولُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ-
Then pray two Cycles, in each Cycle with Surah Al Fatiha, and Surah Al Ikhlaas three times, then perform Salaam and say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice with Your-azwj Choice with Your-azwj Knowledge’ – up to its end, and say one hundred times, ‘I seek the Choice of Allah‑azwj the Exalted, the Magnificent!’
ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ وَ تُخْرِجُ الرِّقَاعَ خَمْسَةً وَ تَتْرُكُ وَاحِدَةً فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ افْعَلْ فَاقْصِدْهُ فَالصَّلَاحُ فِيهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ لَا تَفْعَلْ فَأَمْسِكْ فَإِنَّ الْخِيَرَةَ فِيهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.
Then raise your head and extract five notes and leave one. It in three were to be, ‘Do it’, then aim for it, for the betterment is in it, and if it were to be ‘Don’t do it’, in three, then withhold, for the goodness is in it, if Allah-azwj so Desires’’.[72]
وَ مِنْهُ ذَكَرَ شَيْخُنَا الْمُفِيدُ فِي الرِّسَالَةِ الْغَرِيَّةِ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ بَابُ صَلَاةِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ وَ إِذَا عَرَضَ لِلْعَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَمْرَانِ فِيمَا يَخْطُرُ بِبَالِهِ مِنْ مَصَالِحِهِ فِي أَمْرِ دُنْيَاهُ كَسَفَرِهِ وَ إِقَامَتِهِ وَ مَعِيشَتِهِ فِي صُنُوفٍ يَعْرِضُ لَهُ الْفِكْرُ فِيهَا أَوْ عِنْدَ نِكَاحٍ وَ تَرْكِهِ وَ ابْتِيَاعِ أَمَةٍ أَوْ عَبْدٍ وَ نَحْوِ ذَلِكَ فَمِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَنْ لَا يَهْجُمَ عَلَى أَحَدِ الْأَمْرَيْنِ وَ لْيَتَوَقَّ حَتَّى يَسْتَخِيرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ
And from him –
‘Our Sheykh Al-Mufeed mentioned in ‘Al-Risalah Al-Ghariyya’ what this is its wording in chapter of Salat of Al-Istikhara, ‘And when two matters present to the Momin servant regarding what occurs in his mid of his betterment regarding a matter of his world, like his journey and his stay, and his livelihood among a variety of the thoughts presenting to him regarding it, and at getting married or leaving it, and following a maid or a slave and approximate to that, it is from the Sunnah that he should not storm upon any one of the two maters, and let him anticipate until he seeks the Choice of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic.
فَإِذَا اسْتَخَارَهُ عَزَمَ عَلَى مَا خَطَرَ بِبَالِهِ عَلَى الْأَقْوَى فِي نَفْسِهِ فَإِنْ سَاوَتْ ظُنُونُهُ فِيهِ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ فَعَلَ مَا يَتَّفِقُ لَهُ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقْضِي لَهُ بِالْخَيْرِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى
When he seeks His-azwj Choice, he should determine upon what occurs in his mind upon the strongest within himself. If his thoughts are the same regarding it, he should rely upon Allah‑azwj the Exalted, and he should do what there is consensus for it from him, for Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic will Decree for him with the good, if Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desires.
وَ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِلْإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يَسْتَخِيرَ اللَّهَ فِي فِعْلِ شَيْءٍ نَهَاهُ عَنْهُ وَ لَا حَاجَةَ بِهِ فِي اسْتِخَارَةٍ لِأَدَاءِ فَرْضٍ وَ إِنَّمَا الِاسْتِخَارَةُ فِي الْمُبَاحِ وَ تَرْكِ نَفْلٍ إِلَى نَفْلٍ لَا يُمْكِنُهُ الْجَمْعُ بَيْنَهُمَا كَالْجِهَادِ وَ الْحَجِّ تَطَوُّعاً أَوِ السَّفَرِ لِزِيَارَةِ مَشْهَدٍ دُونَ مَشْهَدٍ أَوْ صِلَةِ أَخٍ مُؤْمِنٍ وَ صِلَةِ غَيْرِهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا يُرِيدُ صِلَةَ الْآخَرِ بِهِ وَ نَحْوِ ذَلِكَ
And it is not befitting for the person if he seeks the Choice of Allah-azwj in doing something he has been Prohibited from and there is no need for him in doing Istikhara to fulfil an obligation, and rather the Istikhara is regarding the legalised and leaving an optional to an (another) optional he is not able to gather between the two, like the Jihad and the voluntary Hajj, or the journey to visit a Shrine besides (another) Shrine, or helping a Momin brother and helping someone else with similar to what he intends to help another with it, and approximate to that.
وَ لِلِاسْتِخَارَةِ صَلَاةٌ مُوَظَّفَةٌ مَسْنُونَةٌ وَ هِيَ رَكْعَتَانِ يَقْرَأُ الْإِنْسَانُ فِي إِحْدَاهُمَا فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَ سُورَةً مَعَهَا وَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْفَاتِحَةَ وَ سُورَةً مَعَهَا وَ يَقْنُتُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ فَإِذَا تَشَهَّدَ وَ سَلَّمَ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَ صَلَّى عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص
And for the Istikhara there is a specific and recommended Salat, and it is of two Cycles, the person should recite in one of these with Surah Al Fatiha and (another) Surah with it, and recite in the second Surah Al Fatiha and (another) Surah with it, and he should perform Qunout in the second before the Ruk’u. When he has performed Tashahhud and Salaam, he should praise Allah-azwj and extol upon Him-azwj, and send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww!
وَ قَالَ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ قُدْرَتِكَ وَ أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِزَّتِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ
And he should say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice with Your-azwj Knowledge and Your-azwj Determination, and I seek Your-azwj Choice with Your-azwj Might, and I ask You-azwj from Your‑azwj Grace for You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ الَّذِي عَرَضَ لِي خَيْراً فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ وَ أَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَرّاً لِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَ اقْضِ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ وَ رَضِّنِي بِهِ حَتَّى لَا أُحِبَّ تَعْجِيلَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ وَ لَا تَأْخِيرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ-
O Allah-azwj! If this matter which has presented to me were to be good regarding my religion and my world and my Hereafter, then Facilitate it for me and Bless for me in it and Assist me upon it; and if it was evil for me, then Turn it away from me and Decree the good for me wherever it may be, and Make me to be satisfied with it until I do not love the hastening of what You-azwj have Delayed, nor delaying of what You-azwj have Hastened!’
وَ إِنْ شَاءَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي فِي مَا عَرَضَ لِي مِنْ أَمْرِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ اقْضِ لِي بِالْخِيَرَةِ فِيمَا وَفَّقْتَنِي لَهُ مِنْهُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
And if he desires he says, ‘O Allah-azwj! Choose for me regarding what has presented to me from such and such matter, and Decree for me with the goodness in what You-azwj Harmonise me to from it, by Your-azwj Mercy, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!’’[73]
5- الفتح، فتح الأبواب عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَمَا وَ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْقَاهِرِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ عَنْ وَالِدِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحْسِنٍ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنِ الشَّيْخِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيِّ عَنِ الْمُفِيدِ عَنِ ابْنِ قُولَوَيْهِ عَنِ الْكُلَيْنِيِّ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَمْراً فَخُذْ سِتَّ رِقَاعٍ فَاكْتُبْ فِي ثَلَاثٍ مِنْهَا بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ خِيَرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ لِفُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانَةَ افْعَلْ وَ فِي ثَلَاثٍ مِنْهَا بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ خِيَرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ لِفُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانَةَ لَا تَفْعَلْ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab – from Muhammad Bin Nama and As’ad Bin Abdul Qahir, from Ali Bin Saeed Al Rawandy, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Muhsin Al Haly, from the Sheykh Abu Ja’far Al Tusi, from Al Mufeed, from Ibn Qawlawiya, from Al Kulayni, from someone else, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al Basry, from Al Qasim Bin Abdul Rahman Al Hashimy, from Haroun Bin Kharjah,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Whenever you intend a matter, take six notes, write in three of these, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! A Choice from Allah-azwj the Mighty, the Wise, for so and so, son of so and so, do it!’ And in (the other) three of these, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! A Choice from Allah-azwj the Mighty, the Wise, for so and so, son of so and so, don’t do it!’
ثُمَّ ضَعْهَا تَحْتَ مُصَلَّاكَ ثُمَّ صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَاسْجُدْ سَجْدَةً وَ قُلْ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ خِيَرَةً فِي عَافِيَةٍ
Then place these under your prayer mat, then pray two Cycle. When you are free, do a Sajdah and say one hundred times, ‘I seek Choice of Allah-azwj by His-azwj Mercy, goodness in well-being!’
ثُمَّ اسْتَوِ جَالِساً وَ قُلِ- اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي وَ اخْتَرْ لِي فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِي فِي يُسْرٍ مِنْكَ وَ عَافِيَةٍ-
Then sit upright and say, ‘O Allah-azwj! Choose for me and Select for me in entirety of my affairs in Ease from You-azwj and well-being’.
ثُمَّ اضْرِبْ بِيَدِكَ إِلَى الرِّقَاعِ فَشَوِّشْهَا وَ أَخْرِجْ وَاحِدَةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِنْ خَرَجَ ثَلَاثٌ مُتَوَالِيَاتٌ افْعَلْ فَافْعَلِ الْأَمْرَ الَّذِي تُرِيدُهُ وَ إِنْ خَرَجَ ثَلَاثٌ مُتَوَالِيَاتٌ لَا تَفْعَلْ فَلَا تَفْعَلْهُ وَ إِنْ خَرَجَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ افْعَلْ وَ الْأُخْرَى لَا تَفْعَلْ فَأَخْرِجْ مِنَ الرِّقَاعِ إِلَى خَمْسٍ فَانْظُرْ أَكْثَرَهَا فَاعْمَلْ بِهِ وَ دَعِ السَّادِسَةَ لَا يُحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهَا.
Then strike your hand towards the notes and mingle these and extract one by one. If three come out consecutively, ‘Do it’, then do the matter which you intended; and if three come out consecutively, ‘Don’t do it’, then do not do it; and if one emerges as ‘Do it’, and the other, ‘Don’t do it’, then extract up to five from the notes, look at their majority and work with it, and leave the sixth, there is no need for it’’.[74]
6- الفتح، فتح الأبواب قَالَ وَجَدْتُ رِوَايَةً أُخْرَى بِالرِّقَاعِ ذَكَرَ مَنْ نَقَلْتُهَا مِنْ كِتَابِهِ أَنَّهَا مَنْقُولَةٌ عَنِ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ وَ هَذَا لَفْظُ مَا وَقَفْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْهَا هَارُونُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَمْراً فَخُذْ سِتَّ رِقَاعٍ فَاكْتُبْ فِي ثَلَاثٍ مِنْهَا- بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ خِيَرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ وَ يُرْوَى الْعَلِيِّ الْكَرِيمِ لِفُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ افْعَلْ كَذَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ اذْكُرِ اسْمَكَ وَ مَا تُرِيدُ فِعْلَهُ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – He said, ‘I found another report with the notes mentioned by the one who transmitted it from his book, it is transmitted from Al Karajaky, and this wording is what was paused upon from it by Haroun Bin Hammad,
‘From Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Whenever you intend a matter, take six notes. Write in three of these, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! Choice of Allah‑azwj the Mighty, the Wise, (and it is reported ‘The Exalted the Benevolent’) for so and so, son of so and so, do such and such, if Allah-azwj so Desires’, and mention your name and what you want to do.
وَ فِي ثَلَاثٍ مِنْهُنَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ خِيَرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ لِفُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ- لَا تَفْعَلْ كَذَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
And in three of these, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! Choice of Allah‑azwj the Mighty, the Wise, for so and so, son of so and so, don’t do such and such, if Allah‑azwj so Desires!’
وَ تُصَلِّي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ تَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَ تَدَعُ الرِّقَاعَ تَحْتَ سَجَّادَتِكَ وَ تَقُولُ- بِقُدْرَتِكَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ
And you should pray four Cycles Salat reciting in each Cycle Surah Al Tawheed fifty times, and Surah Al Qadr three times, and leave the notes beneath your prostration tablet and say, ‘By Your-azwj Power You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen!
اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ فَلَا شَيْءَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْكَ صَلِّ عَلَى آدَمَ صَفْوَتِكَ وَ مُحَمَّدٍ خِيَرَتِكَ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَ مَنْ بَيْنَهُمْ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ وَ صِدِّيقٍ وَ شَهِيدٍ وَ عَبْدٍ صَالِحٍ وَ وَلِيٍّ مُخْلَصٍ وَ مَلَائِكَتِكَ أَجْمَعِينَ
O Allah-azwj! by You-azwj, there is nothing more knowing than You-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Adam-as Your-azwj Elite, and Muhammad-saww Your-azwj Choice, and People-asws of his-saww Household, the pure, and from between them-asws, from a Prophet-as, and a truthful, and a martyr, and a righteous servant, and a sincere friend, and all Your-azwj Angels!
إِنْ كَانَ مَا عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الدُّخُولِ فِي سَفَرِي إِلَى بَلَدِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا خِيَرَةً لِي فِي الْبَدْوِ وَ الْعَاقِبَةِ وَ رِزْقٍ تُيَسِّرُ لِي مِنْهُ فَسَهِّلْهُ وَ لَا تُعَسِّرْهُ وَ خِرْ لِي فِيهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَهُ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَ بَدِّلْنِي مِنْهُ بِمَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ-
If what I have Determined upon from my entering into my journey to such and such city is good for me regarding the outcome and the well-being and sustenance, Facilitate it for me from it, and Ease it and do not Make it difficult, and Choose for me regarding it; and if it was other, then Turn it away from me and Replace me from it with what it better than it, by Your‑azwj Mercy, o most Merciful of the merciful ones!’
ثُمَّ تَقُولُ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً خِيَرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْكَرِيمِ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ عَفَّرْتَ خَدَّكَ وَ دَعَوْتَ اللَّهَ وَ سَأَلْتَهُ مَا تُرِيدُ
Then say seventy times, ‘Choice from Allah-azwj the Exalted, the Benevolent!’ When you are free from that, rub your cheek (in the ground) and supplicate to Allah-azwj and ask Him-azwj for what you want’.
قَالَ وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ فِي أَخْذِ الرِّقَاعِ نَحْوَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ فِي الرِّوَايَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ.
He said, ‘And in another report, then he mentioned in taking the notes approximately to what has preceded in the first two reports’’.[75]
7- الفتح، فتح الأبواب قَالَ: وَ مِمَّا وَجَدْتُ مِنْ طَرَائِفِ الِاسْتِخَارَاتِ أَنَّنِي طَلَبَنِي بَعْضُ أَبْنَاءِ الدُّنْيَا وَ أَنَا بِالْجَانِبِ الْغَرْبِيِّ مِنْ بَغْدَادَ فَبَقِيتُ اثْنَيْنِ وَ عِشْرِينَ يَوْماً أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي أَنْ أَلْقَاهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ فَتَأْتِيَ الِاسْتِخَارَةُ لَا تَفْعَلْ فِي أَرْبَعِ رِقَاعٍ أَوْ فِي ثَلَاثٍ مُتَوَالِيَاتٍ مَا اخْتُلِفَتْ فِي الْمَنْعِ مُدَّةُ اثْنَيْنِ وَ عِشْرِينَ يَوْماً وَ ظَهَرَ لِي حَقِيقَةُ سَعَادَتِي بِتِلْكَ الِاسْتِخَارَاتِ فَهَلْ هَذَا مِنْ غَيْرِ عَالِمِ الْخَفِيَّاتِ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ –
‘He said, ‘And from what I found from oddities of the Istikhara(s), one of the sons of the world sought me and I was in the western side of Baghdad. I remained for twelve days seeking the Choice of Allah-azwj Majestic is His-azwj Majesty every day to meet him during that day. The Istikhara came not to do so in four notes, (or in three consecutive (notes), for as long as it differed regarding the prevention for a period of twenty-two days, and the reality of my happiness was apparent to me with these Istikhara(s). So, is this from other than the knowledge of the hidden matters?
وَ مِمَّا وَجَدْتُ مِنْ عَجَائِبِ الِاسْتِخَارَاتِ أَنَّنِي أَذْكُرُ أَنَّنِي وَصَلْتُ الْحِلَّةَ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَوْقَاتِ الَّتِي كُنْتُ مُقِيماً بِدَارِ السَّلَامِ فَأَشَارَ بَعْضُ الْأَقْوَامِ بِلِقَاءِ بَعْضِ أَبْنَاءِ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ وُلَاةِ الْبِلَادِ الْحِلِّيَّةِ فَأَقَمْتُ بِالْحِلَّةِ لِشُغُلٍ كَانَ لِي شَهْراً فَكُنْتُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ أَسْتَصْلِحُهُ لِلِقَائِهِ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ وَ آخِرَهُ فِي لِقَائِهِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ فَتَأْتِي الِاسْتِخَارَةُ لَا تَفْعَلْ
And from what I found from the marvels of Istikhara(s), I remember I arrived at Al-Hilla in one of the timings which I was staying at the house of peace. I consulted with one of the people with meeting one of the sons of the world from governors of the city of Al-Hilla. I stayed at Al-Hilla for a month for an occupation which was for me. Every day I used seek betterment to meet him. I sought the Choice of Allah-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty at beginning of the day and its end regarding meeting him during that time. The Istikhara came, not to do so.
فَتَكَمَّلْتُ نَحْوَ خَمْسِينَ اسْتِخَارَةً فِي مُدَّةِ إِقَامَتِي كُلِّهَا لَا تَفْعَلْ فَهَلْ يَبْقَى مَعَ هَذَا عِنْدِي رَيْبٌ لَوْ كُنْتُ لَا أَعْلَمُ حَالَ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ أَنَّ هَذَا صَادِرٌ عَنِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ الْعَالِمِ بِمَصْلَحَتِي هَذَا مَعَ مَا ظَهَرَ بِذَلِكَ مِنْ سَعَادَتِي وَ هَلْ يَقْبَلُ الْعَقْلُ أَنْ يَسْتَخِيرَ الْإِنْسَانُ خَمْسِينَ اسْتِخَارَةً تَطْلُعُ كُلُّهَا اتِّفَاقاً لَا تَفْعَلْ
I completed approximately fifty Istikhara(s) in the period of my stay, all of it, ‘Don’t do it. With this, does there remain any doubt in my view, if I had not known the state of the Istikhara, that this has emanated from Allah-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty, the Knower of my betterment? This, with what is apparent with that of my happiness, and can the intellect accept that if the person seeks the Choice (of Allah-azwj), fifty Istikhara(s), all of these emerge co-incidentally, ‘Don’t do it’.
وَ مِمَّا وَجَدْتُ مِنْ عَجَائِبِ الِاسْتِخَارَاتِ أَنَّنِي قَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْعُمُرِ نَحْوَ ثَلَاثٍ وَ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً وَ لَمْ أَزَلْ أَسْتَخِيرُ مُذْ عَرَفْتُ حَقِيقَةَ الِاسْتِخَارَاتِ وَ مَا وَقَعَ أَبَداً فِيهَا خَلَلٌ وَ لَا مَا أَكْرَهُ وَ لَا مَا يُخَالِفُ السَّعَادَاتِ وَ الْعِنَايَاتِ فَأَنَا فِيهَا كَمَا قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ-
And from what I found from the marvels of the Istikhara(s) which I have reached from the age of about fifty-years and I have not ceased to do Istikhara since I recognised the reality of the Istikhara(s), and there have not occurred any interference in it, ever, nor what I dislike, nor what opposes the happiness and cares. Thus, regarding it, I am just as one of them said (in a poem): –
| قُلْتُ لِلْعَاذِلِ لَمَّا جَاءَنِي- | مِنْ طَرِيقِ النُّصْحِ يُبْدِي وَ يُعِيدُ- | |
| أَيُّهَا النَّاصِحُ لِي فِي زَعْمِهِ- | لَا تُرِدْ نُصْحاً لِمَنْ لَيْسَ يُرِيدُ- | |
| فَالَّذِي أَنْتَ لَهُ مُسْتَقْبِحٌ- | مَا عَلَى اسْتِحْسَانِهِ عِنْدِي مَزِيدٌ- | |
| وَ إِذَا نَحْنُ تَبَايَنَّا كَذَا- | فَاسْتِمَاعُ الْعَذْلِ شَيْءٌ لَا يُفِيدُ. |
‘I said to the adviser when he came to me from the way of good advice, ‘Begin and repeat, O you adviser to me in his assumptions. Do not offer advice to the one doesn’t want it, for he is the one you are ugly to him, there is no increase in his favours with me, and when we disagree like this, then listening intently to the censure is something that does not benefit’’.[76]
وَ مِنْهُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي شَيْخِي الْفَقِيهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَمَا وَ الشَّيْخُ أَسْعَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْقَاهِرِ الْأَصْفَهَانِيُّ بِإِسْنَادِهِمَا عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ إِلَى مَكَّةَ وَ مَعِي مَتَاعٌ كَثِيرٌ فَكَسَدَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا ابْعَثْ بِهِ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ وَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا ابْعَثْ بِهِ إِلَى مِصْرَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع
And from him, he said, ‘My two elders, the jurist Muhammad Bin Nama and the Sheykh As’ad Bin Abdul Qahir Al Asfahany informed me by their chains, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Ali Bin Riab, from Abdul Rahman Bin Sayaba who said,
‘I went out to Makkah and there was a lot of merchandise with me. It stagnated upon us (could not sell). One of our companions said, ‘Send it to Al-Yemen!’, and one of companions said, ‘Send it to Egypt!’ I mentioned that to Abu Abdullah-asws.
فَقَالَ لِي سَاهِمْ بَيْنَ مِصْرَ وَ الْيَمَنِ ثُمَّ فَوِّضْ أَمْرَكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ فَأَيُّ الْبَلَدَيْنِ خَرَجَ اسْمُهُ فِي السَّهْمِ فَابْعَثْ إِلَيْهِ مَتَاعَكَ
He-asws said: ‘Cast lots between Egypt and Al-Yamen, then delegate your affair to Allah-azwj! Whichever name of the two cities emerges, send your merchandise to it’.
فَقُلْتُ كَيْفَ أُسَاهِمُ
I said, ‘How shall I cast lots?’
قَالَ اكْتُبْ فِي رُقْعَةٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ عالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ أَنْتَ الْعَالِمُ وَ أَنَا الْمُتَعَلِّمُ فَانْظُرْ فِي أَيِّ الْأَمْرَيْنِ خَيْرٌ لِي حَتَّى أَتَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْكَ فِيهِ فَأَعْمَلَ بِهِ
He-asws said: ‘Write in a notepaper, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! Surely there is no god except You-azwj, Knower of the unseen and the seen! You-azwj are the Knower and I am the learner, so Look into whichever of the two matters is better for me until I rely upon You-azwj regarding it, so I can work with it’.
ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ مِصْراً إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ فِي رُقْعَةٍ أُخْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ اكْتُبِ الْيَمَنَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ فِي رُقْعَةٍ أُخْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ يُحْبَسُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ لَا يُبْعَثُ بِهِ إِلَى بَلْدَةٍ مِنْهَا-
Then write, ‘Egypt, if Allah-azwj so Desires!’ Then write in another notepaper similar to that, then write ‘Al Yemen if Allah-azwj so Desires!’ Then write in another notepaper similar to that, then write, ‘Withhold, if Allah-azwj so Desires and do not send it to any city from these’.
ثُمَّ اجْمَعِ الرِّقَاعَ فَادْفَعْهَا إِلَى مَنْ يَسْتُرُهَا عَنْكَ ثُمَّ أَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فَخُذْ رُقْعَةً مِنَ الثَّلَاثِ رِقَاعٍ فَأَيُّهَا وَقَعَتْ فِي يَدِكَ فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَاعْمَلْ بِمَا فِيهَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.
Then gather the notes and hand it to the one who can conceal these from you. Then insert your hand and take one note from the three notes. Whichever falls in your hand, rely upon Allah-azwj and work with whatever is in it, if Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desires’’.[77]
8- الفتح، فتح الأبواب قَالَ وَجَدْتُ رِوَايَةً عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا ع فِي الْمُسَاهَمَةِ تَكْتُبُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ- اللَّهُمَّ فاطِرَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ عالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ- أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ فِي ما كانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – ‘He said, ‘I found a report from Amro Bin Abu Al Muqaddam,
‘From one of the two (5th or 6th Imam-asws) regarding casting of the lots: ‘Write, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! ‘O Allah! Originator of the skies and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen! [39:46]. The Beneficent, the Merciful! You will Judge between Your servants regarding what they were differing in’ [39:46]!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تُخْرِجَ لِي خِيَرَةً فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي وَ آجِلِهِ إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
I ask You-azwj by the right of Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and to Extract for me goodness in my religion and my world, and end-result of my affairs and its immediate, You‑azwj are Able upon all things! Whatever Allah-azwj Desires, happens. There is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj! May Allah-azwj Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his‑saww Progeny-asws!’
ثُمَّ تَكْتُبُ مَا تُرِيدُ فِي رُقْعَتَيْنِ وَ يَكُونُ الثَّالِثُ غُفْلًا ثُمَّ تُجِيلُ السِّهَامَ فَأَيُّهُمَا خَرَجَ عَمِلْتَ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا تُخَالِفُ فَمَنْ خَالَفَ لَمْ يُصْنَعْ لَهُ وَ إِنْ خَرَجَ الْغُفْلُ رَمَيْتَ بِهِ.
Then write whatever you want in the two notes, and the third should be left blank. Then cast the lots. Whichever emerges, work upon it and do not oppose. The one who opposes, it will not be done for him (will not succeed), and if the blank emerges, throw it (do as you wish)’’.[78]
باب 3 الاستخارة بالبنادق
CHAPTER 115 – THE ISTIKHARA WITH THE SHELLS
1- مَجْمُوعُ الدَّعَوَاتِ، وَ الْفَتْحُ، فَتْحُ الْأَبْوَابِ رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى قَالَ: أَرَادَ بَعْضُ أَوْلِيَائِنَا الْخُرُوجَ لِلتِّجَارَةِ فَقَالَ- لَا أَخْرُجُ حَتَّى آتِيَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ع فَأُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَسْتَشِيرَهُ فِي أَمْرِي هَذَا وَ أَسْأَلَهُ الدُّعَاءَ لِي
(The book) ‘Majmou Al Dawaat’, and ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ –
‘It is reported by Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Yahya who said, ‘One of our friends intended to go out for the trading. He said, ‘I will not go out until I go to Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws and greet unto him-asws and consult him-asws regarding this matter of mine, and asking him-asws to supplicate for me!’
قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ- إِنِّي عَزَمْتُ عَلَى الْخُرُوجِ لِلتِّجَارَةِ وَ إِنِّي آلَيْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي أَنْ لَا أَخْرُجَ حَتَّى أَلْقَاكَ وَ أَسْتَشِيرَكَ وَ أَسْأَلَكَ الدُّعَاءَ لِي
He (the narrator) said, ‘He went to him-asws. He said, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! I have determined upon going out for the trading, and I have sworn upon myself that I will not go out until I meet you-asws and consult you-asws, and ask you-asws to supplicate for me!’
قَالَ فَدَعَا لَهُ وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ بِصِدْقِ اللِّسَانِ فِي حَدِيثِكَ وَ لَا تَكْتُمْ عَيْباً يَكُونُ فِي تِجَارَتِكَ وَ لَا تَغْبِنِ الْمُسْتَرْسِلَ فَإِنَّ غَبْنَهُ رِبًا وَ لَا تَرْضَ لِلنَّاسِ إِلَّا مَا تَرْضَاهُ لِنَفْسِكَ وَ أَعْطِ الْحَقَّ وَ خُذْهُ وَ لَا تَخَفْ وَ لَا تَحْزَنْ
He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws supplicated for him and he-asws, may the Salawaat and the greetings be upon him-asws, said: ‘Upon you is to be with the truthful tongue in your narration and do not conceal any defect being in your trade, and do not embezzle the sender for embezzling him is usury, and do not be satisfied with the people except what you are satisfied for yourself, and give the right and take it, and neither fear nor grieve!
فَإِنَّ التَّاجِرَ الصَّدُوقَ مَعَ السَّفَرَةِ الْكِرَامِ الْبَرَرَةِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ اجْتَنِبِ الْحَلْفَ فَإِنَّ الْيَمِينَ الْفَاجِرَ تُورِثُ صَاحِبَهَا النَّارَ وَ التَّاجِرُ فَاجِرٌ إِلَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى الْحَقَّ وَ أَخَذَهُ
Surely, the truthful trader will be at the dining table of the honourable, the righteous on the Day of Qiyamah, and shun the oath for the immoral swearing inherits its committer the Hellfire, and the trader is immoral except the one who gives the right and takes it.
وَ إِذَا عَزَمْتَ عَلَى السَّفَرِ أَوْ حَاجَةٍ مُهِمَّةٍ فَأَكْثِرِ الدُّعَاءَ وَ الِاسْتِخَارَةَ فَإِنَّ أَبِي حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ- أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ يُعَلِّمُ أَصْحَابَهُ الِاسْتِخَارَةَ كَمَا يُعَلِّمُهُمُ السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَ إِنَّا لَنَعْمَلُ ذَلِكَ مَتَى هَمَمْنَا بِأَمْرٍ وَ نَتَّخِذُ رِقَاعاً لِلِاسْتِخَارَةِ فَمَا خَرَجَ لَنَا عَمِلْنَا عَلَيْهِ أَحْبَبْنَا ذَلِكَ أَمْ كَرِهْنَا
And when you determine upon the journey or an important need, then frequent the supplication and the Istikhara, for my-asws father-asws narrated to me-asws from his-asws father‑asws from his-asws grandfather-asws that Rasool-Allah-saww had taught his-saww companions the Istikhara just as he-saww had taught them the Chapters of the Quran, and we-asws utilise that whenever we-asws are worried with a matter, and we-asws take notes for the Istikhara. Whatever emerges for us-asws, we-asws work upon it, whether we-asws like that or dislike!’
فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ يَا مَوْلَايَ فَعَلِّمْنِي كَيْفَ أَعْمَلُ
The man said, ‘O my Master-asws! Teach me how I should be doing it’.
فَقَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ ذَلِكَ فَأَسْبِغِ الْوُضُوءَ وَ صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ تَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ فَإِذَا سَلَّمْتَ فَارْفَعْ يَدَيْكَ بِالدُّعَاءِ وَ قُلْ فِي دُعَائِكَ-
He-asws said: ‘When you intend that, perfect the Wud’u and pray two Cycles Salat, reciting in each Cycle Surah Al Hamd, and Surah Al Tawheed one hundred times. When you have performed Salaam, raise your hands in the supplication and say in your supplication: –
يَا كَاشِفَ الْكَرْبِ وَ مُفَرِّجَ الْهَمِّ وَ مُذْهِبَ الْغَمِّ وَ مُبْتَدِئاً بِالنِّعَمِ قَبْلَ اسْتِحْقَاقِهَا يَا مَنْ يَفْزَعُ الْخَلْقُ إِلَيْهِ فِي حَوَائِجِهِمْ وَ مُهِمَّاتِهِمْ وَ أُمُورِهِمْ وَ يَتَّكِلُونَ عَلَيْهِ أَمَرْتَ بِالدُّعَاءِ وَ ضَمِنْتَ الْإِجَابَةَ
‘O Remover of the distress and Reliever of the worries and Remover of the sadness, and Initiator of the bounties before they are deserved! O One Whom the creatures panic to regarding their needs and their worries and their matters, and they are relying upon Him-azwj! You-saww have Commanded with the supplication and have Guaranteed the Response!
اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ابْدَأْ بِهِمْ فِي كُلِّ أَمْرِي وَ أَفْرِجْ هَمِّي وَ نَفِّسْ كَرْبِي وَ أَذْهِبْ غَمِّي وَ اكْشِفْ لِي عَنِ الْأَمْرِ الَّذِي قَدِ الْتَبَسَ عَلَيَّ وَ خِرْ لِي فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِي خِيَرَةً فِي عَافِيَةٍ فَإِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ اللَّهُمَّ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ أَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and Begin with them-asws in all of my affairs, and Relieve my worries, and Remove my distress, and Remove my sadness and Uncover for me from the matter which is confusing upon me, and Choose for me in entirety of my affairs goodness in well-being, for I seek Your-azwj Choice, O Allah-azwj with Your-azwj Knowledge, and I seek Your-azwj Determination by Your-azwj Determination!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ وَ أَلْجَأُ إِلَيْكَ فِي كُلِّ أُمُورِي وَ أَبْرَأُ مِنَ الْحَوْلِ وَ الْقُوَّةِ إِلَّا بِكَ وَ أَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ وَ أَنْتَ حَسْبِي وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ
And I ask You-azwj from Your-azwj Grace and shelter to You-azwj regarding all of my affairs and I disavow from the might and the strength except with You-azwj, and I rely upon You-azwj, and You-azwj are sufficient for me and are the best Protector!
اللَّهُمَّ فَافْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رِزْقِكَ وَ سَهِّلْهَا لِي وَ يَسِّرْ لِي جَمِيعَ أُمُورِي فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ
O Allah-azwj! Open for me doors of Your-azwj sustenance and Facilitate to me and Ease for me entirety of my affairs, for You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ وَ تُسَمِّي مَا عَزَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَرَدْتَهُ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ مَعَاشِي وَ مَعَادِي وَ عَاقِبَةِ أُمُورِي فَقَدِّرْهُ لِي وَ عَجِّلْهُ عَلَيَّ وَ سَهِّلْهُ وَ يَسِّرْهُ وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ
O Allah-azwj! If You-azwj Know that this matter (and specify what you are determining upon and intending) is good for me regarding my religion and my world, and my life and my Hereafter and end-result of my affairs, Determine it for me and Hasten it upon me, and Facilitate it and Ease it, and Bless for me in it!
وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ نَافِعٍ لِي فِي الْعَاجِلِ وَ الْآجِلِ بَلْ هُوَ شَرٌّ عَلَيَّ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَ اصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ كَيْفَ شِئْتَ وَ أَنَّى شِئْتَ وَ قَدِّرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ وَ أَيْنَ كَانَ وَ رَضِّنِي يَا رَبِّ بِقَضَائِكَ وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِي قَدَرِكَ حَتَّى لَا أُحِبَّ تَعْجِيلَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ وَ لَا تَأْخِيرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ- إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَ هُوَ عَلَيْكَ يَسِيرٌ-
And if You-azwj Know that it is non-beneficial for me in the current and the future, but it is evil upon me, Turn it away from me and Turn me away from it however You-azwj Desire to and whenever You-azwj Desire, and Determine the good for me whenever it may be and wherever it may be, and Make me be satisfied, O Lord-azwj, with Your-azwj Decree, and Bless for me in Your-azwj Determination until I don’t love hastening of what You-azwj have Delayed nor delaying of what You-azwj have Hastened, You-azwj are Able upon all things and it is Easy upon You-azwj!’
ثُمَّ أَكْثِرِ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ يَكُونُ مَعَكَ ثَلَاثُ رِقَاعٍ قَدِ اتَّخَذْتَهَا فِي قَدْرٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ هَيْئَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَ اكْتُبْ فِي رُقْعَتَيْنِ مِنْهَا اللَّهُمَّ فاطِرَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ عالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهادَةِ أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ فِي ما كانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ-
Then frequent the Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww the Prophet-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon them-asws all, and there should be three notepapers with you for you to be taking in one measurement, and one appearance, and write in two notepapers from these: ‘O Allah! Originator of the skies and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen! You will Judge between Your servants regarding what they were differing in’ [39:46]!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ تَمْضِي وَ لَا أُمْضِي وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَخْرِجْ لِي أَحَبَّ السَّهْمَيْنِ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَخْيَرَهُما لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي- إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَ هُوَ عَلَيْكَ سَهْلٌ يَسِيرٌ-
O Allah-azwj! You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You‑azwj Accomplish and I do not accomplish, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen matters! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Extract for me the most Beloved to You-azwj of the two lots, and Choose it for me regarding my religion, and my world, and end-result of my affairs, You-azwj are Able upon all things, and it is very easy upon You-azwj!’
وَ تَكْتُبُ فِي ظَهْرِ إِحْدَى الرُّقْعَتَيْنِ افْعَلْ وَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأُخْرَى لَا تَفْعَلْ وَ تَكْتُبُ عَلَى الرُّقْعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ- لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ اسْتَعَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ حَسْبِي وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ تَوَكَّلْتُ فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِي عَلَى اللَّهِ الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَ اعْتَصَمْتُ بِذِي الْعِزَّةِ وَ الْجَبَرُوتِ وَ تَحَصَّنْتُ بِذِي الْحَوْلِ وَ الطَّوْلِ وَ الْمَلَكُوتِ-
And write in the surface of one of the two notepapers, ‘Do it’, and upon the surface of another, ‘Don’t do it’. And write upon the third note, ‘There is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj the Exalted, the Magnificent! I seek Assistance with Allah-azwj and rely upon Him-azwj, and He-azwj Sufficient for me and is the best Protector! In entirety of my affairs I have relied upon Allah-azwj the Living Who does not die, and I hold on to the One with the Might and the Force, and I fortify with the One with the Might, and the Leniency, and the Domains!
وَ سَلامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ-
And greetings be upon the Messengers-as, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj Lord-azwj of the worlds, and may Allah-azwj Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, the Pure!’
ثُمَّ تَتْرُكُ ظَهْرَ هَذِهِ الرُّقْعَةِ أَبْيَضَ وَ لَا تَكْتُبُ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئاً وَ تَطْوِي الثَّلَاثَ رِقَاعٍ طَيّاً شَدِيداً عَلَى صُورَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَ تَجْعَلُ فِي ثَلَاثِ بَنَادِقِ شَمْعٍ أَوْ طِينٍ عَلَى هَيْئَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ بِوَزْنِ وَاحِدٍ وَ ادْفَعْهَا إِلَى مَنْ تَثِقُ بِهِ وَ تَأْمُرُهُ أَنْ يَذْكُرَ اللَّهَ وَ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ يَطْرَحَهَا إِلَى كُمِّهِ وَ يُدْخِلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى فَيُجِيلَهَا فِي كُمِّهِ وَ يَأْخُذَ مِنْهَا وَاحِدَةً مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْبَنَادِقِ وَ لَا يَتَعَمَّدَ وَاحِدَةً بِعَيْنِهَا وَ لَكِنْ أَيُّ وَاحِدَةٍ وَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهَا يَدُهُ مِنَ الثَّلَاثِ أَخْرَجَهَا
Then leave the surface of this notepaper white and do not write anything upon it, and fold the three notepapers with tight folding upon one image, and make wax or clay to be in three shells upon one appearance, with one weight and hand these to the one you trust with, and instruct him to do Zikr of Allah-azwj and send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and to drop these in his sleeve, and he should insert his right hand and make it to be inside his sleeve and take one from it, from without looking into anything from the shells, nor deliberating to one exactly, but whichever from the three his hand falls upon, he should extract it.
فَإِذَا أَخْرَجَهَا أَخَذْتَهَا مِنْهُ وَ أَنْتَ تَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لِلَّهِ الْخِيَرَةُ فِيمَا خَرَجَ لَكَ ثُمَّ فُضَّهَا وَ اقْرَأْهَا وَ اعْمَلْ بِمَا يَخْرُجُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا
When he extracts it, you should take it from him while you are doing Zikr of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and for Allah-azwj is the Choice in whatever emerges to you. Then open it and read it and work with whatever has come out upon its back.
وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَحْضُرْكَ مَنْ تَثِقُ بِهِ طَرَحْتَهَا أَنْتَ إِلَى كُمِّكَ وَ أَجَلْتَهَا بِيَدِكَ وَ فَعَلْتَ كَمَا وَصَفْتُ لَكَ فَإِنْ كَانَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا افْعَلْ فَافْعَلْ وَ امْضِ لِمَا أَرَدْتَ فَإِنَّهُ يَكُونُ لَكَ فِيهِ إِذَا فَعَلْتَهُ الْخِيَرَةُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى
And if someone you trust is not present with you, you drop it into your own sleeve and make it to be in your hand, and do just as I-asws have described to you. It upon its surface were to be, ‘Do it’, then do so and accomplish what you want, for when you do it, it would be the goodness for you, if Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desires!
وَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا لَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَهُ أَوْ تُخَالِفَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ خَالَفْتَ لَقِيتَ عَنَتاً وَ إِنْ تَمَّ لَمْ تَكُنْ لَكَ فِيهِ الْخِيَرَةُ
And if upon its surface were to be, ‘Don’t do it’, then beware of doing it or opposing, for if you oppose, you will face a flaw, and even if it completes there will not be good for you in it.
وَ إِنْ خَرَجَتِ الرُّقْعَةُ الَّتِي لَمْ يُكْتَبْ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا شَيْءٌ فَتَوَقَّفْ إِلَى أَنْ تَحْضُرَ صَلَاةٌ مَفْرُوضَةٌ ثُمَّ قُمْ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ كَمَا وَصَفْتُ لَكَ ثُمَّ صَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَفْرُوضَةَ أَوْ صَلِّهِمَا بَعْدَ الْفَرْضِ مَا لَمْ تَكُنِ الْفَجْرَ وَ الْعَصْرَ فَأَمَّا الْفَجْرُ فَعَلَيْكَ بَعْدَهَا بِالدُّعَاءِ إِلَى أَنْ تَبْسُطَ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ صَلِّهِمَا وَ أَمَّا الْعَصْرُ فَصَلِّهِمَا قَبْلَهَا
And if the notepaper which nothing had been written upon its surface were to emerge, then pause until the obligatory Salat presents, then stand and pray two Cycles Salat just as I-asws have described to you, then pray the obligatory Salat, or pray it after the obligatory for as long as it does not happen to be Al-Fajr and Al-Asr. As for Al-Fajr, upon you is with the supplication after it up to spreading of the sun, then pray it, and as for Al-Asr, pray these two (Salat(s)) before it.
ثُمَّ ادْعُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِالْخِيَرَةِ كَمَا ذَكَرْتُ لَكَ وَ أَعِدَّ الرِّقَاعَ وَ اعْمَلْ بِحَسَبِ مَا يَخْرُجُ لَكَ وَ كُلَّمَا خَرَجَتِ الرُّقْعَةُ الَّتِي لَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا فَتَوَقَّفْ إِلَى صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ كَمَا أَمَرْتُكَ إِلَى أَنْ يَخْرُجَ لَكَ مَا تَعْمَلُ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.
Then supplicate to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic with the goodness just as I-asws have mentioned to you, and prepare the notepapers and work in accordance with what emerges for you, and every time the note which doesn’t have anything written upon its surface emerges, pause up to the Prescribed Salat just as I-asws have instructed you until there emerges to you that you can work upon, if Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desires!’’[79]
2- الفتح، فتح الأبواب عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَمَا وَ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْقَاهِرِ بِإِسْنَادِهِمَا إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْكُلَيْنِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ رَفَعَهُ عَنْهُمْ ع قَالَ لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ وَ قَدْ سَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْأَمْرِ يَكُونُ يَمْضِي فِيهِ وَ لَا يَجِدُ أَحَداً يُشَاوِرُهُ فَكَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – from Muhammad Bin Nama and As’ad Bin Abdul Qahir by both their chains to Muhammad Bin Yaqoub Al Kulayni, from Ali Bin Muhammad raising it,
‘From them-asws, he-asws said to one of his-asws companions, and he had asked him-asws about the matter he happens to continue in it and he cannot find anyone he can consult, ‘How should he deal with it?’
قَالَ شَاوِرْ رَبَّكَ
He-asws said: ‘Consult your Lord-azwj!’
قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ كَيْفَ
He (the narrator) said, ‘He said to him-asws, ‘How?’
قَالَ انْوِ الْحَاجَةَ فِي نَفْسِكَ وَ اكْتُبْ رُقْعَتَيْنِ فِي وَاحِدَةٍ لَا وَ فِي وَاحِدَةٍ نَعَمْ وَ اجْعَلْهُمَا فِي بُنْدُقَتَيْنِ مِنْ طِينٍ ثُمَّ صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ اجْعَلْهُمَا تَحْتَ ذَيْلِكَ وَ قُلْ يَا اللَّهُ إِنِّي أُشَاوِرُكَ فِي أَمْرِي هَذَا وَ أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مُسْتَشَارٍ وَ مُشِيرٍ فَأَشِرْ عَلَيَّ بِمَا فِيهِ صَلَاحٌ وَ حُسْنُ عَاقِبَةٍ-
He-asws said: ‘Intend the need within yourself, and write to notes, in one, ‘No’, and in one, ‘Yes’, and make these to be in two shells of clay. Then pray two Cycles Salat and make these to be beneath you and say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I consult You-azwj regarding this matter of mine and You-azwj are the Best Consultant and Indicator, so Indicate to me with what is betterment in it and good end-result!’
ثُمَّ أَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهَا نَعَمْ فَافْعَلْ وَ إِنْ كَانَ فِيهَا لَا لَا تَفْعَلْ هَكَذَا تُشَاوِرُ رَبَّكَ.
Then insert your hand. If there were to be, ‘Yes’ in it, do it, and if there were to be ‘No’ in it, do not do it. That is how you consult your Lord-azwj!’’[80]
3- الفتح، فتح الأبواب قَالَ: وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابٍ عَتِيقٍ فِيهِ دَعَوَاتٌ وَ رِوَايَاتٌ مِنْ طَرِيقِ أَصْحَابِنَا تَغَمَّدَهُمُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ بِالرَّحَمَاتِ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ –
‘He said, ‘I found in an ancient book having supplications in it and reports from ways of our companions, may Allah-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty, Shield them with the Mercies, what this is its wording: –
تَكْتُبُ فِي رُقْعَتَيْنِ فِي كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ- بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ خِيَرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ لِعَبْدِهِ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ وَ تَذْكُرُ حَاجَتَكَ وَ تَقُولُ فِي آخِرِهَا أَفْعَلُ يَا مَوْلَايَ وَ فِي الْأُخْرَى أَتَوَقَّفُ يَا مَوْلَايَ
‘You should write in in two notepapers, in each one, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! Choice from Allah-azwj the Mighty, the Wise to His-azwj servant so and so!’ – and mention your need and say in it’s end, ‘I shall do so, O my Master-azwj’, and in another, ‘I shall pause, O my Master-azwj!’
وَ اجْعَلْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنَ الرِّقَاعِ فِي بُنْدُقَةٍ مِنْ طِينٍ وَ تَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهَا الْحَمْدَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ سُورَةَ الضُّحَى سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ تَطْرَحُ الْبُنْدُقَتَيْنِ فِي إِنَاءٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ فَأَيُّهُمَا انْبَعَثَ [انْبَثَقَتْ] قَبْلَ الْأُخْرَى فَخُذْهَا وَ اعْمَلْ بِهَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.
And make each one of the two notes in a shell of clay and recite upon it Surah Al Hamd seven times, and Surah Al Falaq seven times, and Surah Al Zoha seven times, and drop the two shells in a container having water in it, in front of you. Whichever of the two splits before the other, take it and work with it, if Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desires!’’[81]
4- الفتح، فتح الأبواب قَالَ: وَجَدْتُ بِخَطِّ الشَّيْخِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْحَنَّاطِ- وَ لَنَا مِنْهُ إِجَازَةٌ بِكُلِّ مَا يَرْوِيهِ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ –
‘He said, ‘I found in handwriting of the Sheykh Ali Bin Yahya Al-Hannaat, and there is permission for us for all what he has reported, what this is its wording: –
اسْتِخَارَةُ مَوْلَانَا أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ هِيَ أَنْ تُضْمِرَ مَا شِئْتَ وَ تَكْتُبَ هَذِهِ الِاسْتِخَارَةَ وَ تَجْعَلَهَا فِي رُقْعَتَيْنِ وَ تَجْعَلَهُمَا فِي مِثْلِ الْبُنْدُقِ وَ يَكُونُ بِالْمِيزَانِ وَ تَضَعَهُمَا فِي إِنَاءٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ وَ يَكُونُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ إِحْدَاهُمَا افْعَلْ وَ الْأُخْرَى لَا تَفْعَلْ وَ هَذِهِ كِتَابَتُهَا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ كَانَ-
‘Istikhara of our Master-asws Amir Al-Momineen-asws, and it is, ‘You should think about what you desire and write this Istikhara and make it to be in two notepapers and make these to be in like the shell, and be with the scale and place them in a container having water in it, and it would be (written) upon the surface of one of them, ‘Do it’, and the other, ‘Don’t do it’, and this is its writing. Whatever Allah-azwj Desires, happens!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ خِيَارَ مَنْ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْكَ أَمْرَهُ وَ أَسْلَمَ إِلَيْكَ نَفْسَهُ وَ اسْتَسْلَمَ إِلَيْكَ فِي أَمْرِهِ وَ خَلَا لَكَ وَجْهُهُ وَ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْكَ فِيمَا نَزَلَ بِهِ
O Allah-azwj! I am seeking Your-azwj Choice, choice of the one delegating his affairs to You-azwj and submits himself to You-azwj, and yields to You-azwj regarding his affairs, and faces to You-azwj Alone, and relies upon You-azwj regarding what has befallen with him!
اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي وَ لَا تَخِرْ عَلَيَّ وَ كُنْ لِي وَ لَا تَكُنْ عَلَيَّ وَ انْصُرْنِي وَ لَا تَنْصُرْ عَلَيَّ وَ أَعِنِّي وَ لَا تُعِنْ عَلَيَّ وَ أَمْكِنِّي وَ لَا تُمْكِنْ مِنِّي وَ اهْدِنِي إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَ لَا تُضِلَّنِي وَ أَرْضِنِي بِقَضَائِكَ وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِي قَدَرِكَ إِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تَشَاءُ وَ تَحْكُمُ مَا تُرِيدُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
O Allah-azwj! Choose for me and do not Choose against me, and Be for me and do not Be against me, and Help me and do not Help against me, and Assist me and do not Assist against me, and Enable me and do not let (anyone be) enabled from me, and Guide me to the good and do not stray me, and Make me to be satisfied with Your-azwj Decree, and Bless for me in Your‑azwj Determination. Surely, You-azwj Do whatever You-azwj Desire and Judge whatever You‑azwj Want, and You-azwj are Able upon all things!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْخِيَرَةُ فِي أَمْرِي هَذَا فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَسَهِّلْهُ لِي وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ- إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ-
O Allah-azwj! If the goodness regarding this matter of mine were to be in my religion and my world and end-result of my affairs, Facilitate it for me; and if it were to be other than that, Turn it away from me, O most Merciful of the merciful ones, You-azwj are Able upon all things!’
فَأَيُّهُمَا طَلَعَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْمَاءِ فَافْعَلْ بِهِ وَ لَا تُخَالِفْهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ.
Whichever of the two floats upon the water (first) work with it and do not oppose it, if Allah‑azwj so Desires, and Allah-azwj is Sufficient for us and is the Best Protector!’’[82]
5- الفتح، فتح الأبواب قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ بِخَطِّي عَلَى الْمِصْبَاحِ وَ مَا أَذْكُرُ الْآنَ مَنْ رَوَاهُ لِي وَ لَا مِنْ أَيْنَ نَقَلْتُهُ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ –
‘He said, ‘I saw in my handwriting (kept) upon the lamp, and I don’t remember now who had reported it to me nor from what I had copied it, what its wording is this: –
الِاسْتِخَارَةُ الْمِصْرِيَّةُ عَنْ مَوْلَانَا الْحُجَّةِ صَاحِبِ الزَّمَانِ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَ السَّلَامُ يَكْتُبُ فِي رُقْعَتَيْنِ خِيَرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ لِفُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانَةَ وَ يَكْتُبُ فِي إِحْدَاهُمَا افْعَلْ وَ فِي الْأُخْرَى لَا تَفْعَلْ وَ يَتْرُكُ فِي بُنْدُقَتَيْنِ مِنْ طِينٍ وَ يَرْمِي فِي قَدَحٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ ثُمَّ يَتَطَهَّرُ وَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ يَدْعُو عَقِيبَهُمَا-
‘The Egyptian Istikhara from our Master-ajfj Al-Hujjah-ajfj Master of the Time, may the Salawaat and the greetings be upon him-ajfj – ‘Write in two notepapers, ‘Choice from Allah-azwj and His‑azwj Rasool-saww for so and so, son of so and so!’, and write in one of the two, ‘Do it’, and in the other, ‘Don’t do it’, and leave in two shells of clay and throw them in a mug having water in it, then purify (perform Wud’u) and pray two Cycles, and supplicate in their follow-up: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ خِيَارَ مَنْ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْكَ أَمْرَهُ وَ أَسْلَمَ إِلَيْكَ نَفْسَهُ وَ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْكَ فِي أَمْرِهِ وَ اسْتَسْلَمَ بِكَ فِيمَا نَزَلَ بِهِ أَمْرُهُ
O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice, choice by the one who has delegated his affairs to You-azwj, and submits himself to You-azwj, and relies upon You-azwj regarding his affairs, and submits to You-azwj regarding what has befallen with him of his affair.
اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي وَ لَا تَخِرْ عَلَيَّ وَ أَعِنِّي وَ لَا تُعِنْ عَلَيَّ وَ مَكِّنِّي وَ لَا تُمَكِّنْ مِنِّي وَ اهْدِنِي لِلْخَيْرِ وَ لَا تُضِلَّنِي وَ أَرْضِنِي بِقَضَائِكَ وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِي قَدَرِكَ إِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تَشَاءُ وَ تُعْطِي مَا تُرِيدُ
O Allah-azwj! Choose for me and do not Choose against me, and Assist me and do not Assist against me, and Enable me and do not enable (someone else) from me, and Guide me to the good and do not let me stray, and Make me satisfied with Your-azwj Decree, and Bless for me in Your-azwj Determination. You-azwj Do whatever You-azwj Desire and Give whatever You-azwj Want to!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْخِيَرَةُ لِي فِي أَمْرِي هَذَا وَ هُوَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَمَكِّنِّي مِنْهُ وَ أَقْدِرْنِي عَلَيْهِ وَ أْمُرْنِي بِفِعْلِهِ وَ أَوْضِحْ لِي طَرِيقَ الْهِدَايَةِ إِلَيْهِ
O Allah-azwj! If the good in this matter of mine, and it is such and such, were to be good, then Enable me from it and Make me able upon it, and Command me to do it, and Clarify to me the path of guidance to it!
وَ إِنْ كَانَ اللَّهُمَّ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي إِلَى الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ لِي مِنْهُ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ-
And, O Allah-azwj, if it was other than that, Turn it away from me to what which is better for me than it, for You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!’
ثُمَّ تَسْجُدُ سَجْدَةً وَ تَقُولُ فِيهَا أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ خِيَرَةً فِي عَافِيَةٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ ثُمَ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ وَ تَتَوَقَّعُ الْبَنَادِقَ فَإِذَا خَرَجَتِ الرُّقْعَةُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَاعْمَلْ بِمُقْتَضَاهَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.
Then perform a Sajdah and say in it, ‘I seek Choice of Allah-azwj, goodness in well-being’ – one hundred times. Then raise your head and anticipate the shells. When the notepaper emerges from the water, work with it accordingly, if Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desires!’’[83]
6- الفتح، فتح الأبواب قَالَ وَجَدْتُ عَنِ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ: وَ قَدْ جَاءَتْ رِوَايَةٌ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ رِقَاعَ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ اثْنَتَيْنِ فِي إِحْدَاهُمَا افْعَلْ وَ فِي الْأُخْرَى لَا تَفْعَلْ وَ تَسْتُرُهُمَا عَنْ عَيْنِكَ وَ تُصَلِّي صَلَوَاتِكَ وَ تَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْخِيَرَةَ فِي أَمْرِكَ ثُمَّ تَأْخُذُ مِنْهُمَا وَاحِدَةً فَتَعْمَلُ بِمَا فِيهَا.
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab – He said, ‘I found it from Al Karajuky, may Allah-saww Mercy him, he said,
‘And a report has come to make the notepapers of the Istikhara as two, in one of them, ‘Do it’, and in the other, ‘Don’t do it’, and conceal them from your eyes, and pray your Salat and ask Allah-azwj for the Choice regarding your matter. Then take one of these and work with whatever is in it’’.[84]
باب 116 الاستخارة و التفؤل بالقرآن المجيد
CHAPTER 116 – THE ISTIKHARA AND THE DIVINATION WITH THE GLORIOUS QURAN
1- الفتح، فتح الأبواب ذَكَرَ الشَّيْخُ الْإِمَامُ الْخَطِيبُ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِيُّ بِسَمَرْقَنْدَ فِي دَعَوَاتِهِ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَتَفَأَّلَ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَاقْرَأْ سُورَةَ الْإِخْلَاصِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ ثَلَاثاً ثُمَّ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ تَفَأَّلْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ وَ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَيْكَ فَأَرِنِي مِنْ كِتَابِكَ مَا هُوَ مَكْتُومٌ مِنْ سِرِّكَ الْمَكْنُونِ فِي غَيْبِكَ-
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ –
‘It is mentioned by the Sheykh, the imam, the preacher Al-Mustaghfiry at Samarqand in his ‘Dawaat’, ‘If you refer to the Book of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, then recite Surah Al Ikhlaas three times, then send Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws thrice, then say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I am taking divination with Your-azwj Book and have relied upon You-azwj, so Show me from Your-azwj Book what is hidden from Your-azwj Secrets hidden in the unseen!’
ثُمَّ افْتَحِ الْجَامِعَ وَ خُذِ الْفَأْلَ مِنَ الْخَطِّ الْأَوَّلِ فِي الْجَانِبِ الْأَوَّلِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَعُدَّ الْأَوْرَاقَ وَ الْخُطُوطَ كَذَا أَوْرَدَ مُسْنَداً إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص.
Then open the whole (Quran) and take the reference from the first line in the first side from without counting the pages and the lines. Like that it is attributed to Rasool-Allah-saww’’.[85]
2- الفتح، فتح الأبواب وَجَدْتُ فِي بَعْضِ كُتُبِ أَصْحَابِنَا صِفَةَ الْقُرْعَةِ فِي الْمُصْحَفِ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ جَعْفَرٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْهَا دَعَا بِدُعَائِهَا ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ الْمُصْحَفَ ثُمَّ يَنْوِي فَرَجَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ بَدْءاً وَ عَوْداً
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ –
‘I found in one of the books of our companions description of drawing the lots in the Parchment (Quran). He should pray the Salat of Ja’far-as. When he is free from it, he should supplicate with its supplication, then take the Quran, then intend relief of Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, beginning and repeating.
ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ فِي قَضَائِكَ وَ قَدَرِكَ أَنْ تُفَرِّجَ عَنْ وَلِيِّكَ وَ حُجَّتِكَ فِي خَلْقِكَ فِي عَامِنَا هَذَا أَوْ فِي شَهْرِنَا هَذَا فَأَخْرِجْ لَنَا رَأْسَ آيَةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ نَسْتَدِلُّ بِهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ-
Then he should say, ‘O Allah-azwj! If it was in Your-azwj Decree and Your-azwj Pre-determination to Relieve Your-azwj Guardian-ajfj and Your-azwj Divine Authority among Your-azwj creatures in this year of ours, or in this month of ours, then Extract for us the top Verse from Your-azwj Book we can be pointed with upon that!’
ثُمَّ يَعُدُّ سَبْعَ وَرَقَاتٍ وَ يَعُدُّ عَشْرَ أَسْطُرٍ مِنْ ظَهْرِ الْوَرَقَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَ يَنْظُرُ مَا يَأْتِيهِ فِي الْحَادِيَ عَشَرَ مِنَ السُّطُورِ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُ الْفِعْلَ ثَانِياً لِنَفْسِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُبَيِّنُ حَاجَتَهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.
Then he should count seven pages and after ten lines from the surface of the seventh page and look at what comes in the eleventh line, then repeats the divination secondly for himself. His need will be clarified, if Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desires’’.[86]
بيان: بدءا و عودا لعل المعنى في الحال و في الرجعة أو ينوي ذلك مكررا و قيل أي أول مرة و فيما يفعل ثانيا و هو بعيد و فيه دلالة ما على جواز التفؤل بالمصحف لاستعلام الأحوال.
Explanation – ‘Beginning and repeating’ – Perhaps the meaning it is in the current and the future, or he should intend that repeatedly; and it is said, the first time and in what he does a second time, and it is a repeat, and in it is evidence of what is allowed upon the divining with the Quran for inquiring about the situations.
3- الْمَكَارِمُ، صَلَاةٌ لِلْقُرْعَةِ فِي الْمُصْحَفِ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ جَعْفَرٍ إِلَى آخِرِ الْخَبَرِ.
(The book) ‘Al Makarim’ –
‘Salat for drawing lots in the Parchment (Quran) – ‘He should pray Salat of Ja’far-as’ – up to the end of it’’.[87]
4- الفتح، فتح الأبواب قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بَدْرُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْمُقْرِي الْأَعْجَمِيُّ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ بِمَشْهَدِ الْكَاظِمِ ع فِي صِفَةِ الْفَأْلِ فِي الْمُصْحَفِ بِثَلَاثِ رِوَايَاتٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ صَلَاةٍ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ –
‘He said, ‘It is narrated to me by Badr Bin Yaqoub Al-Muqry Al A’jamy, may Allah-azwj be Satisfied with him, at the Shrine of Al-Kazim-asws in description of the divination in the Quran, by three reports from without there being a Salat.
فَقَالَ: تَأْخُذُ الْمُصْحَفَ وَ تَدْعُو بِمَا مَعْنَاهُ فَتَقُولُ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ فِي قَضَائِكَ وَ قَدَرِكَ أَنْ تَمُنَّ عَلَى أُمَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ بِظُهُورِ وَلِيِّكَ وَ ابْنِ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ فَعَجِّلْ ذَلِكَ وَ سَهِّلْهُ وَ يَسِّرْهُ وَ تَحَمَّلْهُ وَ أَخْرِجْ لِي آيَةً أَسْتَدِلُّ بِهَا عَلَى أَمْرٍ فَآتَمِرَ أَوْ نَهْيٍ فَأَنْتَهِيَ أَوْ مَا تُرِيدُ الْفَأْلَ فِيهِ فِي عَافِيَةٍ-
He said, ‘Take the Quran and supplicate with what its meaning is. You should say, ‘O Allah-azwj! If it was in Your-azwj Decree and Your-azwj Pre-determination to Confer upon the community of Your-azwj Prophet-saww with the appearance of Your-azwj Guardian-ajfj, and son-ajfj of daughter-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, Hasten that in Facilitating it and Easing it, and Carry it and Extract for me a Verse I can be indicated by it upon a matter so I can implement it, or Prohibition so I can desist, or whatever You-azwj Want the divination regarding, in well-being!’
ثُمَّ تَعُدُّ سَبْعَ أَوْرَاقٍ ثُمَّ تَعُدُّ فِي الْوِجْهَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مِنَ الْوَرَقَةِ السَّابِعَةِ سِتَّةَ أَسْطُرٍ وَ تَفَأَّلُ بِمَا يَكُونُ فِي السَّطْرِ السَّابِعِ.
Then count seven pages, then count in the second aspect six lines from the seventh page, and predict with what would be happening, in the seventh line’’.[88] (Not a Hadeeth)
وَ قَالَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى أَنَّهُ يَدْعُو بِالدُّعَاءِ ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ الْمُصْحَفَ الشَّرِيفَ وَ يَعُدُّ سَبْعَ قَوَائِمَ وَ يَعُدُّ مَا فِي الْوِجْهَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مِنَ الْوَرَقَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَ مَا فِي الْوِجْهَةِ الْأَوَّلَةِ مِنَ الْوَرَقَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ مِنْ لَفْظِ اسْمِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ
And he said in another report, ‘He should begin with the supplication then open the Noble Quran, and count seven lists (lines) and count what is in the second face from the seventh page, and what is in the first face from the eight pages from the expressions of the Name of Allah-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty.
ثُمَّ يَعُدُّ قَوَائِمَ بِعَدَدِ اسْمِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يَعُدُّ مِنَ الْوِجْهَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مِنَ الْقَائِمَةِ الَّتِي يَنْتَهِي الْعَدَدُ إِلَيْهَا وَ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا مِمَّا يَأْتِي بِعَدَدِهَا سُطُوراً بِعَدَدِ اسْمِ لَفْظِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ وَ يَتَفَأَّلُ بِآخِرِ سَطْرٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.
Then count lists (lines) the number of Names of Allah-azwj. Then count from the second face from the line which the number ends to, and from others from what the number of lines comes to with the number of Names expressing Allah-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty, and predict with the last line from that’’.[89] (Not a Hadeeth)
وَ قَالَ فِي الرِّوَايَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ أَنَّهُ إِذَا دَعَا بِالدُّعَاءِ عَدَّ ثَمَانِيَ قَوَائِمَ ثُمَّ يَعُدُّ فِي الْوِجْهَةِ الْأُولَى مِنَ الْوَرَقَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ سَطْراً وَ يَتَفَأَّلُ بِمَا فِي السَّطْرِ الْحَادِيَ عَشَرَ وَ هَذَا مَا سَمِعْنَاهُ فِي الْفَأْلِ بِالْمُصْحَفِ الشَّرِيفِ قَدْ نَقَلْنَاهُ كَمَا حَكَيْنَاهُ.
And he said in the third report – ‘When he supplicates with the supplication, he should count eight lines, then count in the first face from the eight page, eleven lines, and predict with what is in the eleventh line, and this is what we have named it in the divination with the Noble Quran. We are transmitting it just as we have narrated it’’.[90] (Not a Hadeeth)
أقول: وَ ذَكَرَ الرِّوَايَةَ الثَّالِثَةَ مِنْ كِتَابِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ قُولَوَيْهِ قَالَ رَوَى بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع فَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ فَجَاءُوهُ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ فِيهِ زَيْدٌ فَبَشَّرُوهُ بِهِ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ-
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘And the third report is mentioned from the book of Abu Al Qasim Bin Qawlawiya who said, ‘It is reported by one of our companions who said, ‘I was in the presence of Ali Bin Al-Husayn-asws. It so happened when he-asws had prayed Al Fajr Salat he-asws did not talk until the sun emerged. They came to him on the day Zayd was born in. They gave him-asws his good news after Salat Al-Fajr’.
قَالَ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ تَرَوْنَ أَنْ أُسَمِّيَ هَذَا الْمَوْلُودَ
He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws turned to his-asws companions. He-asws said: ‘Which thing (name) are you viewing that I-asws should name this new-born with?’’
قَالَ فَقَالَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ سَمِّهِ كَذَا سَمِّهِ كَذَا قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا غُلَامُ عَلَيَّ بِالْمُصْحَفِ
He (the narrator) said, ‘Each man said, ‘Name him such and such! Name him such and such!’ He-asws said: ‘O boy! To me-asws with the Quran!’’
قَالَ فَجَاءُوا بِالْمُصْحَفِ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى حَجْرِهِ
He (the narrator) said, ‘They came to him-asws with the Quran. He-asws placed it upon his-asws lap’.
قَالَ ثُمَّ فَتَحَهُ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى أَوَّلِ حَرْفٍ مِنَ الْوَرَقَةِ وَ إِذَا فِيهِ وَ فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ الْمُجاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقاعِدِينَ أَجْراً عَظِيماً
He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he-asws opened it and looked at the first sentence from the page, and in it was: and Allah Merited the fighters over the ones sitting back by a mighty Recompense [4:95]’.
قَالَ ثُمَّ طَبَّقَهُ ثُمَّ فَتَحَهُ ثَلَاثاً فَنَظَرَ فَإِذَا فِي أَوَّلِ الْوَرَقَةِ- إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشْتَرى مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَ أَمْوالَهُمْ بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ يُقاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيَقْتُلُونَ وَ يُقْتَلُونَ وَعْداً عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا فِي التَّوْراةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ وَ الْقُرْآنِ وَ مَنْ أَوْفى بِعَهْدِهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَاسْتَبْشِرُوا بِبَيْعِكُمُ الَّذِي بايَعْتُمْ بِهِ وَ ذلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he-asws closed it, then opened it thrice. He-asws looked, and in the first page was: Surely Allah has Bought from the Momineen their own selves and their wealth that for them would be the Paradise, fighting in the Way of Allah, so they are killing and being killed, being a binding Promise upon Him in the Torah, and the Evangel and the Quran; and who would be more loyal with his promise than Allah? Therefore receive glad tidings with your sale, which you have sold for, and that, it is the mighty achievement [9:111].
ثُمَّ قَالَ هُوَ وَ اللَّهِ زَيْدٌ هُوَ وَ اللَّهِ زَيْدٌ فَسُمِّيَ زَيْداً.
Then he-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! He is ‘Zayd’, by Allah-azwj, he is ‘Zayd’!’ So he-asws named him as ‘Zayd’’’.[91]
بيان لعله ع لما كان علم أن الشهيد من أولاده في الجهاد اسمه زيد و الآيتان دلتا على أنه يقاتل و يستشهد فسماه زيدا و فيه أيضا إيماء بجواز استعلام الأحوال من القرآن.
Explanation – Perhaps he-asws, when he-asws had known that the martyr from his-asws sons in the Jihad, his name would be ‘Zayd’, and the two Verses pointed upon that he would fight and be martyred, so he-asws named him as ‘Zayd’, and in it also is an indication of the permission of inquiring the situations from the Quran.
5- كِتَابُ الْغَايَاتِ، لِجَعْفَرٍ الْقُمِّيِّ صَاحِبِ كِتَابِ الْعَرُوسِ وَ الْمَكَارِمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْيَسَعِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقُمِّيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنِّي أُرِيدُ الشَّيْءَ فَأَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ فِيهِ فَلَا يَفِي وَ لِيَ فِيهِ الرَّأْيُ أَفْعَلُهُ أَوْ أَدَعُهُ
(The book) ‘Kitab Al Gayaat’ of Ja’far Al Qummi, author of the book ‘Al Arous Wa Al Makarim’, from Abu Ali Al Yas’a Bin Abdullah Al Qummi who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah, ‘I intend the thing so I seek the Choice of Allah-azwj regarding it, and it is unsatisfactory, and there is the opinion for me regarding it. Shall I do it or leave it (Istikhara)?’
فَقَالَ انْظُرْ إِذَا قُمْتَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ أَبْعَدُ مَا يَكُونُ مِنَ الْإِنْسَانِ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ يَقَعُ فِي قَلْبِكَ فَخُذْ بِهِ وَ افْتَحِ الْمُصْحَفَ فَانْظُرْ إِلَى أَوَّلِ مَا تَرَى فِيهِ فَخُذْ بِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.
He-asws said: ‘Look when you stand to the Salat the Satan-la is as far as can be from the person when he stands to the Salat, whichever thing occurs in your heart, take with it, and open the Quran and looking at the first of what you see in it, take with it, if Allah-azwj so Desires!’’[92]
بيان: وَ لَا يُنَافِيهِ مَا رَوَاهُ الْكُلَيْنِيُّ بِسَنَدٍ فِيهِ ضَعْفٌ وَ إِرْسَالٌ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَا تَتَفَأَّلْ بِالْقُرْآنِ.
Explanation (Ahadeeth only) – And it is not negated by what is reported by Al-Kulayni by a chain having weakness in it, and connecting from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Do not take divination with the Quran’’.
أَقُولُ وَ رَوَى لِي بَعْضُ الثِّقَاتِ عَنِ الشَّيْخِ الْفَاضِلِ الشَّيْخِ جَعْفَرٍ الْبَحْرَيْنِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى فِي بَعْضِ مُؤَلَّفَاتِ أَصْحَابِنَا الْإِمَامِيَّةِ أَنَّهُ رَوَى مُرْسَلًا عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: مَا لِأَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا ضَاقَ بِالْأَمْرِ ذَرْعاً أَنْ لَا يَتَنَاوَلَ الْمُصْحَفَ بِيَدِهِ عَازِماً عَلَى أَمْرٍ يَقْتَضِيهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘And it is reported to me by one of the trusted ones, from the meritorious Sheykh, the Sheykh Ja’far Al Bahraini, may Allah-azwj Mercy him, he was in one of the compilations of our Imamites companions that it is reported connecting from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘What is the matter with one of you when he is constricted with the stressful matter that he does not take the Quran in his hand determined upon a matter to be Fulfilled from the Presence of Allah-azwj?
ثُمَّ يَقْرَأَ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ ثَلَاثاً وَ الْإِخْلَاصَ ثَلَاثاً وَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ ثَلَاثاً وَ عِنْدَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ ثَلَاثاً وَ الْقَدْرَ ثَلَاثاً وَ الْجَحْدَ ثَلَاثاً وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ ثَلَاثاً ثَلَاثاً وَ يَتَوَجَّهَ بِالْقُرْآنِ قَائِلًا-
Then he should recite Surah Al Fatiha thrice, and Surah Al Ikhlaas thrice, and Ayat Al Kursy thrice, and (the Verse): with Him are the keys of the unseen [6:59] thrice, and Surah Al Qadr thrice, and Surah Al Jahad (Al Kafiroun) thrice, and Surah(s) Al Mawazateyn thrice, and he should concentrate with the Quran saying: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِالْقُرْآنِ الْعَظِيمِ مِنْ فَاتِحَتِهِ إِلَى خَاتِمَتِهِ وَ فِيهِ اسْمُكَ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ كَلِمَاتُكَ التَّامَّاتُ يَا سَامِعَ كُلِّ صَوْتٍ وَ يَا جَامِعَ كُلِّ فَوْتٍ وَ يَا بَارِئَ النُّفُوسِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ يَا مَنْ لَا تَغْشَاهُ الظُّلُمَاتُ وَ لَا تَشْتَبِهُ عَلَيْهِ الْأَصْوَاتُ
‘O Allah-azwj! I divert to You-azwj with the Magnificent Quran from its beginning to its end, and in it is Your Greatest Name, and Your-azwj complete words! O Listener of every voice, and O Gatherer of every loss, and O Shaper of every soul after the death! O One is neither overwhelmed by the darkness nor are the voices confusing upon Him-azwj!
أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَخِيرَ لِي بِمَا أَشْكَلَ عَلَيَّ بِهِ فَإِنَّكَ عَالِمٌ بِكُلِّ مَعْلُومٍ غَيْرُ مُعَلَّمٍ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ فَاطِمَةَ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ- وَ عَلِي بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَاقِرِ وَ جَعْفَرٍ الصَّادِقِ- وَ مُوسَى الْكَاظِمِ وَ عَلِيٍّ الرِّضَا وَ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَوَادِ وَ عَلِيٍّ الْهَادِي وَ الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ- وَ الْخَلَفِ الْحُجَّةِ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ
I ask You-azwj to Choose for me with what is problematic upon me for You-azwj are Knower of all what is known without being taught, by the right of Muhammad-saww, and Ali-asws, and (Syeda) Fatima‑asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws, and Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws, and Muhammad-asws Al-Baqir-asws, and Ja’far-asws Al-Sadiq-asws, and Musa Al-Kazim-asws, and Ali Al-Reza-asws, and Muhammad Al-Jawad-asws, and Ali Al-Hadi-asws, and Al-Hassan Al-Askari-asws, and the replacement Divine Authority from Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, may the greeting be upon him-ajfj!’
ثُمَّ تَفْتَحُ الْمُصْحَفَ وَ تَعُدُّ الْجَلَالاتِ الَّتِي فِي الصَّفْحَةِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ تَعُدُّ بِقَدْرِهَا أَوْرَاقاً ثُمَّ تَعُدُّ بِعَدَدِهَا أَسْطُراً مِنَ الصَّفْحَةِ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ تَنْظُرُ آخِرَ سَطْرٍ تَجِدُهُ كَالْوَحْيِ فِيمَا تُرِيدُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.
Then open the Quran and count the Majestic ones (Allah-azwj’s Names) which are in the right hand page, then count pages in accordance with it, then count after it its number of lines from the left page, then look at the last time, you will find it being like the Revelation regarding what you want, if Allah-azwj the Exalted’’.
وَ وَجَدْتُ بِخَطِّ جَدِّ شَيْخِنَا الْبَهَائِيِّ الشَّيْخِ شَمْسِ الدِّينِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْجُبَاعِيِّ قَدَّسَ اللَّهُ أَرْوَاحَهُمْ نَقْلًا مِنْ خَطِّ الشَّهِيدِ نَوَّرَ اللَّهُ ضَرِيحَهُ نَقْلًا مِنْ خَطِّ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الشَّيْخُ الْأَوْحَدُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الطُّوسِيُّ إِجَازَةً عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُوسَى التَّلَّعُكْبَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَمَّامِ بْنِ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُؤَدِّبِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَيْفٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ:
And I found in the glorious handwriting of our honourable Sheykh Sham Al Deen Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Al-Hassan Al-Jubaie, may Allah-azwj Sanctify their souls, transmitting from the handwriting of the martyr, may Allah-azwj Irradiate his shrine, transmitting from the handwriting of Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al-Husayn Bin Ali Bin Ziyad who said, ‘We are informed by the Sheykh Al Awhad Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al-Tusi, permitting from Al-Husayn Bin Ubeydullah, from Abu Muhammad Haroun Bin Musa Al Tal’akbury, from Muhammad Bin Hammam Bin Suheyl, from Muhammad Bin Ja’far al Muwaddib, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid Al Barqy, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sayf, from Al Mufazzal Bin Umar who said,
بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِذْ تَذَاكَرْنَا أُمَّ الْكِتَابِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ جَعَلَنِيَ اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّا رُبَّمَا هَمَمْنَا بِالْحَاجَةِ فَنَتَنَاوَلُ الْمُصْحَفَ فَنَتَفَكَّرُ فِي الْحَاجَةِ الَّتِي نُرِيدُهَا ثُمَّ نَفْتَحُ فِي أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ فَنَسْتَدِلُّ بِذَلِكَ عَلَى حَاجَتِنَا
‘While we were in the presence of Abu Abdullah-asws when we mentioned ‘Mother of the Book’. A man from the group said, ‘May Allah-azwj Make me sacrificed for you-asws! Sometimes we are worried by the need so we take the Quran and ponder regarding the need which we want. Then we open in the first time and we take evidence with that upon our needs!’
فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ تُحْسِنُونَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا تُحْسِنُونَ
Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘And you are trying to do good, (but) by Allah-azwj, you are not doing good (well)!’
قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ كَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ
I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws, and how should we be doing (it)?’
قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ لِأَحَدِكُمْ حَاجَةٌ وَ هَمَّ بِهَا فَلْيُصَلِّ صَلَاةَ جَعْفَرٍ وَ لْيَدْعُ بِدُعَائِهَا فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَأْخُذِ الْمُصْحَفَ ثُمَّ يَنْوِ فَرَجَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ بَدْءاً وَ عَوْداً ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ فِي قَضَائِكَ وَ قَدَرِكَ أَنْ تُفَرِّجَ عَنْ وَلِيِّكَ وَ حُجَّتِكَ فِي خَلْقِكَ فِي عَامِنَا هَذَا أَوْ فِي شَهْرِنَا هَذَا فَأَخْرِجْ لَنَا آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِكَ نَسْتَدِلُّ بِهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ
He-asws said: ‘Whenever there were to be a need for one of you and he is worried with it, let him pray the Salat of Ja’far-as and let him supplicate with its supplications. When he is free from that, let him take the Quran, then intend the relief of Progeny-asws of Muhammad-asws, beginning and repeating, then he should say, ‘O Allah-azwj! If it was from Your-azwj Decree and Your-azwj Pre-determination to Relieve from Your-azwj Guardian-ajfj and Your-azwj Divine Authority among Your-azwj creatures in this year of ours, or in this month of our, then Extract a Verse for us from Your-azwj Book we can be pointed by it upon that!’
ثُمَّ يَعُدُّ سَبْعَ وَرَقَاتٍ وَ يَعُدُّ عَشَرَةَ أَسْطُرٍ مِنْ خَلْفِ الْوَرَقَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَ يَنْظُرُ مَا يَأْتِيهِ فِي الْأَحَدَ عَشَرَ مِنَ السُّطُورِ فَإِنَّهُ يُبَيِّنُ لَكَ حَاجَتَكَ ثُمَّ تُعِيدُ الْفِعْلَ ثَانِيَةً لِنَفْسِكَ.
Then count seven pages, and count seven lines from behind the seventh pages and look at what comes in the eleventh line from the lines, for your need will be clarified to you. Then repeat the same divination secondly for yourself’’.
رُوِيَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: إِذَا أَرَدْتَ الِاسْتِخَارَةَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ الْعَزِيزِ فَقُلْ بَعْدَ الْبَسْمَلَةِ إِنْ كَانَ فِي قَضَائِكَ وَ قَدَرِكَ أَنْ تَمُنَّ عَلَى شِيعَةِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ بِفَرَجِ وَلِيِّكَ وَ حُجَّتِكَ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ فَأَخْرِجْ إِلَيْنَا آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِكَ نَسْتَدِلُّ بِهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ
It is reported from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Whenever you intend the Istikhara from the Mighty Book, say after the ‘Bismillah’, ‘If it was in Your-azwj Decree and Your-azwj Pre-determination to Confer upon Shias of Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww with Relief of Your-azwj Guardian-ajfj and Your-azwj Divine Authority upon Your-azwj creatures, then Extract for us a Verse from Your-azwj Book we can be pointed with upon that!’
ثُمَّ تَفْتَحُ الْمُصْحَفَ وَ تَعُدُّ سِتَّ وَرَقَاتٍ وَ مِنَ السَّابِعَةِ سِتَّةَ أَسْطُرٍ وَ تَنْظُرُ مَا فِيهِ.
Then open the Quran and count six pages, and six lines from the seventh, and look at what is in it’’.
بيان الظاهر أنه سقط منه ثم تعيد الفعل لنفسك.
Explanation – The apparent is that it has been dropped from it, ‘Then repeat the divination for yourself’.
باب 117 الاستخارة بالسبحة و الحصا
CHAPTER 117 – THE ISTIKHARA WITH THE ROSARY AND THE PEBBLES
1- الفتح، فتح الأبواب وَجَدْتُ بِخَطِّ أَخِيَ الصَّالِحِ الرَّضِيِّ الْآوِيِّ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحُسَيْنِيِّ ضَاعَفَ اللَّهُ سَعَادَتَهُ وَ شَرَّفَ خَاتِمَتَهُ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْتَخِيرَ اللَّهَ قَالَ فَلْيَقْرَأِ الْحَمْدَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ لِعِلْمِكَ بِعَاقِبَةِ الْأُمُورِ وَ أَسْتَشِيرُكَ لِحُسْنِ ظَنِّي بِكَ فِي الْمَأْمُولِ وَ الْمَحْذُورِ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – I found in the handwriting of my brother the righteous, the contented, the shelter, Muhammad Bin Muhammad Al-Husayn, may Allah-azwj Multiply his happiness and Ennoble his ending, what its wording is –
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws: ‘One who wants to seek the Choice of Allah-azwj, let him recite Surah Al Hamd ten times, then say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice due to Your-azwj Knowledge with end-result of the matters, and I seek Your-azwj Consultation due to my goodly thoughts with You-azwj in the aspirations and the cautions!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ أَمْرِي هَذَا مِمَّا نِيطَتْ بِالْبَرَكَةِ أَعْجَازُهُ وَ بَوَادِيهِ وَ حُفَّتْ بِالْكَرَامَةِ أَيَّامُهُ وَ لَيَالِيهِ فَخِرْ لِي فِيهِ بِخِيَرَةٍ تَرُدُّ شَمُوسَهُ ذَلُولًا وَ تَقْعُضُ أَيَّامَهُ سُرُوراً
O Allah-azwj! If this matter of mine was from what its difficulties and its beginning is surrounded with the Blessings, and its days and its nights filled with the honours, Choose to me in it with goodness, Returning its sun with brightness and passing its days in happiness!
يَا اللَّهُ فَإِمَّا أَمْرٌ فَآتَمِرَ وَ إِمَّا نَهْيٌ فَأَنْتَهِيَ
O Allah-azwj! Either Command so I implement, or Prohibit so I desist!
اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ خِيَرَةً فِي عَافِيَةٍ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ كَفّاً مِنَ الْحَصَى أَوْ سُبْحَتِهِ.
O Allah-azwj! Choose for me by Your-azwj Mercy, goodness in well-being’ – three times. Then take a handful of pebbles or a rosary’’.[93]
2- مِنْهَاجُ الصَّلَاحِ، نَوْعٌ آخَرُ مِنَ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ رَوَيْتُهُ عَنْ وَالِدِيَ الْفَقِيهِ سَدِيدِ الدِّينِ يُوسُفَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُطَهَّرِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنِ السَّيِّدِ رَضِيِّ الدِّينِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْآوِيِّ عَنْ صَاحِبِ الزَّمَانِ ع وَ هُوَ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ أَقَلَّ مِنْهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ الْأَدْوَنَ مِنْهُ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ يَقْرَأَ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ هَذَا الدُّعَاءَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ- وَ سَاقَ الدُّعَاءَ كَمَا مَرَّ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ الْفُلَانِيُّ مِمَّا قَدْ نِيطَتْ- إِلَى قَوْلِهِ فَخِرْ لِي فِيهِ خِيَرَةً إِلَى قَوْلِهِ مَسْرُوراً
(The book) ‘Minhaj’ – Another type of Istikhara is reported from my father, the jurist, guide of the religion Yusuf Bin Ali Bin Al Mutahhar, may Allah-azwj Mercy him, from the Seyyid Razi Al Deen Muhammad Al Aawy,
‘From Master of the Time-ajfj, and it is: ‘He should recite Surah Al Fatima ten times, and the least from it is three times, and less than it is once, then he should recite Surah Al Qadr ten times, the he should say this supplication three times, ‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice’ – and he continued the supplication like what has passed up to his-ajfj words: ‘If the matter of so and so is from what is intended’ – up to his-ajfj words: ‘Choose for me goodness in it’ – up to his-ajfj words: ‘Happiness’.
اللَّهُمَّ إِمَّا أَمْرٌ فَآتَمِرُ أَوْ نَهْيٌ فَأَنْتَهِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ خِيَرَةً فِي عَافِيَةٍ-
O Allah-azwj! Ether Command so I implement it, or Prohibit so I desist! O Allah-azwj! I seek Your‑azwj Choice by Your-azwj Mercy, goodness in well-being!’
ثُمَّ يَقْبِضُ عَلَى قِطْعَةٍ مِنَ السُّبْحَةِ وَ يُضْمِرُ حَاجَتَهُ وَ يُخْرِجُ إِنْ كَانَ عَدَدُ تِلْكَ الْقِطْعَةِ زَوْجاً فَهُوَ افْعَلْ وَ إِنْ كَانَ فَرْداً لَا تَفْعَلْ أَوْ بِالْعَكْسِ.
Then he should grab a piece of the rosary and think of his need and extract. It the number of that piece (bead) was even, it is, ‘Do it’, and if it was individual (odd), ‘Don’t do it’, or vice Versa’’.[94]
3- وَ رَوَيْتُ عَنِ السَّيِّدِ السَّعِيدِ رَضِيِّ الدِّينِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ طَاوُسٍ وَ كَانَ أَعْبَدَ مَنْ رَأَيْنَاهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ زَمَانِهِ مَا ذَكَرَهُ فِي كِتَابِ الِاسْتِخَارَاتِ قَالَ: وَجَدْتُ بِخَطِّ أَخِيَ الصَّالِحِ الرَّضِيِّ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ وَ ذَكَرَ الدُّعَاءَ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِيهِ عَقِيبَ وَ الْمَحْذُورِ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ أَمْرِي هَذَا مِمَّا قَدْ نِيطَتْ وَ عُقِّبَتْ سُرُوراً يَا اللَّهُ إِمَّا أَمْرٌ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ مِنَ الْحَصَا أَوْ سُبْحَتِهِ.
And it is reported from the Seyyid Al Saeed Razi Al Deen Ali Bin Musa Bin Tawoos, and he was the most worshipping of the ones we have seen from people of his era, what he mentioned in the book ‘Al Istikharaat’.
He said, ‘I found in the handwriting of my brother, the righteous, the contented’ – up to his‑ajfj words: ‘Ten times. Then he should say’, and he mentioned the supplication, except that he said in it a follow-up and the caution, ‘O Allah-azwj! If this matter of mine was from what is Intended and consequence is happiness, O Allah-azwj, either Command’ – up to his-ajfj words: ‘From the pebbles or rosary’’.[95]
4- أَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ وَالِدِي ره يَرْوِي عَنْ شَيْخِهِ الْبَهَائِيِّ نَوَّرَ اللَّهُ ضَرِيحَهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْنَا مُذَاكَرَةً عَنْ مَشَايِخِنَا عَنِ الْقَائِمِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فِي الِاسْتِخَارَةِ بِالسُّبْحَةِ أَنَّهُ يَأْخُذُهَا وَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ يَقْبِضُ عَلَى السُّبْحَةِ وَ يَعُدُّ اثْنَتَيْنِ اثْنَتَيْنِ فَإِنْ بَقِيَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ فَهُوَ افْعَلْ وَ إِنْ بَقِيَتْ اثْنَتَانِ فَهُوَ لَا تَفْعَلْ.
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘I heard my father reporting from his Sheykh Al Bahaie, may Allah-azwj Irradiate his shrine, he had said,
‘We heard a discussion from our elders, from Al-Qaim-ajfj, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-ajfj regarding the Istikhara with the rosary. He should take it and send Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-saww and upon them-asws, three times, and he should grab upon the rosary and count two, by two. If there remains one, it is, ‘Do it’, and if there remains two it is, ‘Don’t do it’’.[96]
5- وَ وَجَدْتُ فِي مُؤَلَّفَاتِ أَصْحَابِنَا نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ السَّعَادَاتِ مَرْوِيّاً عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: يَقْرَأُ الْحَمْدَ مَرَّةً وَ الْإِخْلَاصَ ثَلَاثاً وَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً
And I found in compilations of our companions transmitting from ‘Kitab Al Sa’adaat’ reporting from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘He should recite Surah Al Hamd once, and Surah Al Ikhlaas thrice, and he should send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww fifteen times.
ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ جَدِّهِ وَ أَبِيهِ وَ أُمِّهِ وَ أَخِيهِ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِيَ الْخِيَرَةَ فِي هَذِهِ السُّبْحَةِ وَ أَنْ تُرِيَنِي مَا هُوَ الْأَصْلَحُ لِي فِي الدِّينِ وَ الدُّنْيَا
Then he should say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by the right of Al-Husayn, and his-asws grandfather-asws, and his-asws father-asws, and his-asws brother-asws, and the Imams-asws from his-asws offspring, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and to Make the Choice in this rosary, and to Show me what is best for me in the religion and the world!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ الْأَصْلَحُ فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَ آجِلِهِ فِعْلَ مَا أَنَا عَازِمٌ عَلَيْهِ فَأْمُرْنِي وَ إِلَّا فَانْهَنِي إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ-
O Allah-azwj! If it was the betterment in my religion and my world, and current of my affairs and its future, to do what I have determined upon, Command me, or else Forbid me, You-azwj are Able upon all things!’
ثُمَّ يُقْبَضُ قَبْضَةً مِنَ السُّبْحَةِ وَ يَعُدُّهَا وَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ- إِلَى آخِرِ الْقَبْضَةِ فَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْأَخِيرَةُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ مُخَيَّرٌ بَيْنَ الْفِعْلِ وَ التَّرْكِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ أَمْرٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَهُوَ نَهْيٌ.
Then he should grab a handful from the rosary and count it and say, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj’ – up to end of the handful. If the last (bead) was at ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’, it is a choice between the doing and the leaving; and if it was at ‘The Praise be to Allah-azwj’, it is a Command, and if it was at ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj’, it is a Prohibition’’.[97]
6- وَ رُوِيَ أَيْضاً عَنِ الشَّيْخِ يُوسُفَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ بِخَطِّ الشَّهِيدِ السَّعِيدِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَكِّيٍّ قَدَّسَ اللَّهُ رُوحَهُ قَالَ: تَقْرَأُ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ تَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ لِعِلْمِكَ بِعَاقِبَةِ الْأُمُورِ وَ أَسْتَشِيرُكَ لِحُسْنِ ظَنِّي بِكَ فِي الْمَأْمُولِ وَ الْمَحْذُورِ
And it is reported as well from the Sheykh Yusuf Bin Al-Husayn, he found in the handwriting of the Sheykh Al Saeed Muhammad Bin Makky, may Allah-azwj Sanctify his soul.
He said, ‘You should recite Surah Al Qadr ten times, then supplicate with this supplication: – ‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice due to Your-azwj Knowledge with end-result of the affairs, and I seek Your-azwj Consultation due to my goodly thoughts with You-azwj, in the aspiration and the cautions!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ الَّذِي عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِمَّا قَدْ نِيطَتِ الْبَرَكَةُ بِأَعْجَازِهِ وَ بَوَادِيهِ وَ حُفَّتْ بِالْكَرَامَةِ أَيَّامُهُ وَ لَيَالِيهِ فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ فَاطِمَةَ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ جَعْفَرٍ وَ مُوسَى وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُجَّةِ الْقَائِمِ ع أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ أَنْ تَخِيرَ لِي خِيَرَةً تَرُدُّ شَمُوسَهُ ذَلُولًا وَ تُقَيِّضَ أَيَّامَهُ سُرُوراً
O Allah-azwj! If this matter of mine was from what its difficulties and its beginning is surrounded with the Blessings, and its days and its nights filled with the honours, I ask You-azwj by Muhammad-saww, and Ali-asws, and Fatima-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws, and Ali-asws, and Muhammad-asws, and Ja’far-asws, and Musa-asws, and Ali-asws, and Muhammad-asws, and Ali-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and the Divine Authority Al Qaim-ajfj, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and upon them-asws all and to Choose for me a choice returning its sun with brightness and passing its days in happiness!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ أَمْراً فَاجْعَلْهُ فِي قَبْضَةِ الْفَرْدِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ نَهْياً فَاجْعَلْهُ فِي قَبْضَةِ الزَّوْجِ- ثُمَّ تَقْبِضُ عَلَى السُّبْحَةِ وَ تَعْمَلُ عَلَى مَا يَخْرُجُ.
O Allah-azwj! If it was a Command, then Make it in grabbing, the individual (one), and if it was a Prohibition, Make it in grabbing, the pair (two)!’ Then grab upon the rosary and act upon whatever emerges’’.[98] (Not a Hadeeth)
7- أَقُولُ وَ وَجَدْتُ بِخَطِّ الشَّيْخِ الْجَلِيلِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْجُبَاعِيِّ جَدِّ شَيْخِنَا الْبَهَائِيِّ قَدَّسَ اللَّهُ رُوحَهُمَا أَنَّهُ نَقَلَ مِنْ خَطِّ السَّعِيدِ الشَّهِيدِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَكِّيٍّ نَوَّرَ اللَّهُ ضَرِيحَهُ هَكَذَا طَرِيقُ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ بَعْدَهُ يَا أَسْمَعَ السَّامِعِينَ وَ يَا أَبْصَرَ النَّاظِرِينَ وَ يَا أَسْرَعَ الْحَاسِبِينَ وَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَ يَا أَحْكَمَ الْحَاكِمِينَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ثُمَّ الزَّوْجُ وَ الْفَرْدُ.
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘And I found in the handwriting of the majestic Sheykh Muhammad Bin Ali Al Jubaie grandfather of our Sheykh Al Bahaie, may Allah-azwj Sanctify his soul, he copied from the handwriting of the fortunate, the martyr, Muhammad Bin Makky, may Allah-azwj Irradiate his shrine, like this –
‘Method of the Istikhara – The Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws seven times, and after it, ‘O most Listening of the listeners, and O most Seeing of the beholders, and O Quickest of the reckoners, and O most Merciful of the merciful ones, and O most Judicial of the judges! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww’ – then the pair (two) and the individual (one)’’.[99]
باب 118 الاستخارة بالاستشارة
CHAPTER 118 – THE ISTIKHARA BY THE CONSULTATION
1- الْمُقْنِعَةُ، وَ الْفَتْحُ، فَتْحُ الْأَبْوَابِ نَقْلًا مِنْهُ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَمْراً فَلَا يُشَاوِرْ فِيهِ أَحَداً حَتَّى يَبْدَأَ فَيُشَاوِرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ
(The books) ‘Al Muqnie’, and ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ –
Transmitting from him, from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Whenever one of you intends a matter and he should not consult anyone regarding it until he begins with consulting Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic!’
فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَا مُشَاوَرَةُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ
It was said to him-asws, ‘What is consultation of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic?’
قَالَ يَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ فِيهِ أَوَّلًا ثُمَّ يُشَاوِرُ فِيهِ فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا بَدَأَ بِاللَّهِ أَجْرَى اللَّهُ لَهُ الْخَيْرَ عَلَى لِسَانِ مَنْ شَاءَ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ.
He-asws said: ‘He should seek the Choice of Allah-azwj regarding it first, then should consult regarding it. When he begins with Allah-azwj, Allah-azwj will Flow the goodness for him upon the tongue of the one He-azwj so Desires to, from the people!’’[100]
2- الفتح، فتح الأبواب بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ شَيْخِ الطَّائِفَةِ ره بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَمْراً فَلَا يَسْتَأْمِرْ أَحَداً حَتَّى يُشَاوِرَ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فِيهِ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – By his chain from his grandfather Sheykh Al Taaifa, by his chain from Haroun Bin Kharjah,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Whenever one of you intends a matter, he should not seek instruction of anyone until he has consulted Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted regarding it’.
We said, ‘And how can we consult?’
قُلْنَا وَ كَيْفَ يُشَاوِرُ قَالَ يَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ فِيهِ أَوَّلًا ثُمَّ يُشَاوِرُ فِيهِ فَإِذَا بَدَأَ بِاللَّهِ أَجْرَى اللَّهُ الْخِيَرَةَ عَلَى لِسَانِ مَنْ أَحَبَّ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ.
He-asws said: ‘He should seek the Choice of Allah-azwj regarding it first, the consult regarding it. When he begins with Allah-azwj, Allah-azwj will Flow the Choice upon the tongue of the one He‑azwj Loves from the people’’.[101]
3- الفتح، فتح الأبواب رَوَى سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي كِتَابِ الدُّعَاءِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَشْتَرِيَ أَوْ يَبِيعَ أَوْ يَدْخُلَ فِي أَمْرٍ فَلْيَبْتَدِئْ بِاللَّهِ وَ يَسْأَلْهُ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – It is reported by Sa’ad Bin Abdullah in ‘Kitab Al Dua’, from Al-Husayn Bin Ali, from Ahmad Bin Hilal, from Usman Bin Is’haq Bin Ammar who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Whenever one of you intends to buy or sell or enter into a matter, let him begin with Allah-azwj and ask Him-azwj!’
قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا يَقُولُ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘What should he say?’
قَالَ يَقُولُ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَإِنْ كَانَ خَيْراً لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي وَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَ آجِلِهِ فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَرّاً فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي رَبِّ اعْزِمْ لِي عَلَى رُشْدِي وَ إِنْ كَرِهَتْهُ وَ أَبَتْهُ نَفْسِي-
He-asws said: ‘He should say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I intend such and such. If it was good for me in my religion and my world and my Hereafter, and current of my affairs and its future, Facilitate it for me, and if it was evil regarding my religion and my world, Turn it away from me! Lord-azwj! Determine for me upon my rightful guidance, and even if I dislike it and my soul refuses!’
ثُمَّ يَسْتَشِيرُ عَشَرَةً مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى عَشَرَةٍ وَ لَمْ يُصِبْ إِلَّا خَمْسَةً فَيَسْتَشِيرُ خَمْسَةً مَرَّتَيْنِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْ إِلَّا رَجُلَيْنِ فَلْيَسْتَشِرْهُمَا خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْ إِلَّا رَجُلًا وَاحِداً فَلْيَسْتَشِرْهُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ.
Then consult ten from the Momineen. If he is not able upon ten and you cannot achieve except five, consult five twice. If you cannot achieve except two men, let him consult them both five times. If he cannot achieve except one man, let him consult him ten times’’.[102]
4- الْمَكَارِمُ، قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَمْراً فَلَا تُشَاوِرْ فِيهِ أَحَداً حَتَّى تُشَاوِرَ رَبَّكَ
(The book) ‘Al Makarim’ –
‘Al-Sadiq-asws said: ‘Whenever you intend a matter, do not consult anyone until you have consulted your Lord-azwj!’
قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ كَيْفَ أُشَاوِرُ رَبِّي
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘And do I consult my Lord-azwj?’
قَالَ تَقُولُ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ ثُمَّ تُشَاوِرُ النَّاسَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُجْرِي لَكَ الْخِيَرَةَ عَلَى لِسَانِ مَنْ أَحَبَ.
He-asws said: ‘You should say, ‘I seek the Choice of Allah-azwj!’, one hundred times, then consult the people, for Allah-azwj will Flow the Choice for you upon the tong of the one He-azwj Loves’’.[103]
وَ مِنْهُ نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَحَاسِنِ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ الْمَشُورَةَ لَا تَكُونُ إِلَّا بِحُدُودِهَا الْأَرْبَعَةِ فَمَنْ عَرَفَهَا بِحُدُودِهَا وَ إِلَّا كَانَتْ مَضَرَّتُهَا عَلَى الْمُسْتَشِيرِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مَنْفَعَتِهَا
And from him, transmitting from the book ‘Al Mahasin’, from Al Halby,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘The consultation cannot happen except within its four limits. The one who recognises it with its limits (fine) or else its harm will be more upon the seeker of consultation than its benefit!
فَأَوَّلُهَا أَنْ يَكُونَ الَّذِي تُشَاوِرُهُ عَاقِلًا وَ الثَّانِيَةُ أَنْ يَكُونَ حُرّاً مُتَدَيِّناً وَ الثَّالِثَةُ أَنْ يَكُونَ صَدِيقاً مُوَاخِياً وَ الرَّابِعَةُ أَنْ تُطْلِعَهُ عَلَى سِرِّكَ فَيَكُونَ عِلْمُهُ بِهِ كَعِلْمِكَ ثُمَّ يُسِرَّ ذَلِكَ وَ يَكْتُمَهُ
The first of it is, the one whom you consult should be an intellectual, and the second is that he should be free, religious; and the third is he should be a friendly brother; and the fourth is that you are notifying him upon your secret so it would be in his knowledge like your knowledge, then he should keep that secret and conceal it.
فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ عَاقِلًا انْتَفَعْتَ بِمَشُورَتِهِ وَ إِذَا كَانَ حُرّاً مُتَدَيِّناً أَجْهَدَ نَفْسَهُ فِي النَّصِيحَةِ لَكَ وَ إِذَا كَانَ صَدِيقاً مُوَاخِياً كَتَمَ سِرَّكَ إِذَا أَطْلَعْتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِذَا أَطْلَعْتَهُ عَلَى سِرِّكَ فَكَانَ عِلْمُهُ كَعِلْمِكَ تَمَّتِ الْمَشُورَةُ وَ كَمَلَتِ النَّصِيحَةُ.
Surely, if he was an intellectual you will benefit with his consultancy; and if he was a free, religious, he will strive himself in the good advice for you; and if he was a friendly brother, he will conceal your secret when you notify him upon it, and when you notify him upon your secret, his knowledge (of it) would be like your knowledge, the consultation would be complete and the advice would be perfect’’.[104]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ الْمَشُورَةَ مَحْدُودَةٌ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْهَا بِحُدُودِهَا كَانَ ضَرَرُهَا عَلَيْهِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ نَفْعِهَا وَ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ نَحْواً مِمَّا مَرَّ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَ إِذَا أَطْلَعْتَهُ عَلَى سِرِّكَ فَكَانَ عِلْمُهُ بِهِ كَعِلْمِكَ بِهِ أَجْهَدَ نَفْسَهُ فِي النَّصِيحَةِ وَ كَمَلَتِ الْمَشُورَةُ.
And from him, from Yahya Bin Imran Al Halby who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘The consultation has limitations. The one who does not recognise it with its limits, its harm upon him would be more than its benefits’ – and he continued the Hadeeth approximately to what has passed, up to his-asws words: ‘And when you notify him upon your secret, his knowledge with it would be like your knowledge with it. He will strive himself in the good advice and the consultation would be perfect’’.[105]
5- الْمَكَارِمُ، عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: اسْتَشِرِ الْعَاقِلَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ الْوَرِعَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَأْمُرُ إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ وَ إِيَّاكَ وَ الْخِلَافَ فَإِنَّ خِلَافَ الْوَرِعِ الْعَاقِلِ مَفْسَدَةٌ فِي الدِّينِ وَ الدُّنْيَا.
(The book) ‘Al Makarim’ –
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Consult the intellectual from the men, the devout (pious), for he will not instruct except with good, and beware of opposing, for opposing the devout intellectual is a corruption in the religion and the world’’.[106]
وَ عَنْهُ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مُشَاوَرَةُ الْعَاقِلِ النَّاصِحِ يُمْنٌ وَ رُشْدٌ وَ تَوْفِيقٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِذَا أَشَارَ عَلَيْكَ النَّاصِحُ الْعَاقِلُ فَإِيَّاكَ وَ الْخِلَافَ فَإِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْعَطَبَ.
And from him-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Consultation by the intellectual adviser is a Conferment, and Guidance, and Inclination from Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic. When the intellectual adviser gives you consultation, because of opposing, for there will be damage in that’’.[107]
وَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ الرِّضَا ع وَ ذَكَرْنَا أَبَاهُ فَقَالَ كَانَ عَقْلُهُ لَا يُوَازَى بِهِ الْعُقُولُ وَ رُبَّمَا شَاوَرَ الْأَسْوَدَ مِنْ سُودَانِهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ تُشَاوِرُ مِثْلَ هَذَا
And from Al-Hassan Bin Al Jahm who said,
‘We were in the presence of Al Reza-asws and we mentioned his-asws father-asws. He-asws said: ‘His-asws intellect was such, there is no parallel with the (other) intellects, and sometimes he‑asws would consult the black man from his-asws Sudanese (slaves). It was said to him-asws, ‘You-asws are consulting the likes of this one!’
فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى رُبَّمَا فَتَحَ عَلَى لِسَانِهِ
He-asws said: ‘Perhaps Allah-azwj the Exalted might Open (good advice) upon his tongue’’.
قَالَ فَكَانُوا رُبَّمَا أَشَارُوا عَلَيْهِ بِالشَّيْءِ فَيَعْمَلُ بِهِ مِنَ الضَّيْعَةِ وَ الْبُسْتَانِ.
He-asws said: ‘Sometimes they would give consultation to him-asws with the thing, from the estate and the orchard, and he-asws would work with it’’.[108]
وَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: قِيلَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص مَا الْحَزْمُ قَالَ مُشَاوَرَةُ ذَوِي الرَّأْيِ وَ اتِّبَاعُهُمْ.
And from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘It was said to Rasool-Allah-saww, ‘What is the resoluteness?’ He-saww said: ‘Consulting the ones with the view and following them’’.[109]
وَ عَنْهُ ع وَ فِيمَا أَوْصَى ص بِهِ عَلِيّاً ع قَالَ- لَا مُظَاهَرَةَ أَوْثَقُ مِنَ الْمُشَاوَرَةِ وَ لَا عَقْلَ كَالتَّدْبِيرِ.
And from him-asws, ‘Among what Ali-asws advised with, he-asws said: ‘There is no demonstration more reliable than the consultation, nor intellect like the management (good planning)’’.[110]
وَ عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: إِظْهَارُ الشَّيْءِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْتَحْكِمَ مَفْسَدَةٌ لَهُ.
And from him-asws having said: ‘Revealing something before it is established is a spoiler for it’’.[111]
6- الْعُيُونُ، بِثَلَاثَةِ أَسَانِيدَ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ كَانَتْ لَهُ مَشُورَةٌ فَحَضَرَ مَعَهُمْ مَنِ اسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدٌ أَوْ حَامِدٌ أَوْ مَحْمُودٌ أَوْ أَحْمَدُ فَأَدْخَلُوهُ مَعَهُمْ فِي مَشُورَتِهِمْ إِلَّا خِيرَ لَهُمْ.
(The book) ‘Al Uyoun’ –
‘By the three chains from Al Reza-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah‑saww said: ‘There is none from a group having consultation for it, so there presents with them someone whose name is either ‘Muhammad’, or ‘Hamid’, or ‘Mahmoud’, or ‘Ahmad’, so they include him with them in their consultation, except it would be better for them’’.[112]
وَ قَدْ رَوَى الصَّادِقُ ع إِيَّاكُمْ وَ مُشَاوَرَةَ النِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّ فِيهِنَّ الضَّعْفَ وَ الْوَهْنَ وَ الْعَجْزَ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْحَرْبَ دَعَا نِسَاءَهُ فَاسْتَشَارَهُنَّ ثُمَّ خَالَفَهُنَّ.
And it has been reported Al-Sadiq-asws (said): ‘Beware of consulting the women, for in them is the weakness, and the vulnerability, and the incapacity; and Rasool-Allah-saww, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-as and his-saww Progeny-asws, whenever he-saww intended the war, would call his-saww women (wives), so he-saww would consult them, then oppose them’’.[113]
وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي كَلَامٍ لَهُ اتَّقُوا شِرَارَ النِّسَاءِ وَ كُونُوا مِنْ خِيَارِهِنَّ عَلَى حَذَرٍ وَ إِنْ أَمَرْنَكُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ فَخَالِفُوهُنَّ لِكَيْلَا يَطْمَعْنَ مِنْكُمْ فِي الْمُنْكَرِ.
And Amir Al-Momineen-asws said in a speech of his-asws: ‘Fear the evil women, and be upon caution from their good ones, and if they were to instruct you with the act of kindness, oppose them lest they covet from you regarding the evil’’.[114]
باب 119 الاستخارة بالدعاء فقط من غير استعمال عمل يظهر به الخير أو استشارة أحد ثم العمل بما يقع في قلبه أو انتظار ما يرد عليه من الله عز و جل
CHAPTER 119 – THE ISTIKHARA WITH THE SUPPLICATION ONLY, FROM WITHOUT UTILISING THE DEED REVEALING THE GOOD BY IT, OR CONSULTING ANYONE THEN WORKING WITH WHAT OCCURS IN HIS HEART, OR AWAITING WHAT IS REFERRED TO HIM FROM ALLAH-azwj MIGHTY AND MAJESTIC
1- الفتح، فتح الأبواب عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَمَا وَ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْقَاهِرِ بِإِسْنَادِهِمَا إِلَى شَيْخِ الطَّائِفَةِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ فِي الِاسْتِخَارَةِ تُعَظِّمُ اللَّهَ وَ تُمَجِّدُهُ وَ تُحَمِّدُهُ وَ تُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ ص
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – From Muhammad Bin Nama and As’ad Bin Abdul Qahir, by their chains to Sheykh Al Taaifa, by his chain to Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Ibn Muskan, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying in the Istikhara, revering Allah-azwj: ‘You should be glorifying Him-azwj, and praising Him-azwj, and send Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww and his-saww Progeny‑asws.
ثُمَّ تَقُولُ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ
Then you should say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj because You-azwj are Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Beneficent, the Merciful, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen. I seek the Choice of Allah-azwj by His-azwj Mercy!’
ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- إِنْ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ شَدِيداً تَخَافُ فِيهِ قُلْتَهُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَثَلَاثُ مَرَّاتٍ.
Then Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘If the matter was severe you are fearing regarding it, you should say one hundred times, and if it was other than that, three times’’.[115]
وَ مِنْهُ بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى الشَّيْخِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنِ اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَ هُوَ رَاضٍ بِهِ خَارَ اللَّهُ لَهُ حَتْماً.
And from him, by the chain to the sheykh by his chain to Haroun Bin Kharjah,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who seeks the Choice of Allah-azwj once and he is satisfied with it, Allah-azwj will Choose for him definitely!’’[116]
وَ مِنْهُ قَالَ رَوَى سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي كِتَابِ الدُّعَاءِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ مَنِ اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَ هُوَ رَاضٍ بِمَا صَنَعَ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَارَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَهُ حَتْماً.
And from him, he said, ‘It is reported by Sa’ad Bin Abdullah in ‘Kitab Al Dua’, from Al-Husayn, from Usman Bin Isa, from Haroun Bin Kharjah who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘One who seeks the Choice of Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted once and he is satisfied with what Allah-azwj Does with him, Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted will definitely Choose for him’’.[117]
2- الفتح، فتح الأبواب نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ الدُّعَاءِ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّيَّارِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ مَا اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ عَبْدٌ فِي أَمْرِهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ إِلَّا قَذَفَهُ بِخَيْرِ الْأَمْرَيْنِ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – Copying from ‘Kitab Al Dua’ of Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Aban Bin Usman, from Muhammad Al Tayyar who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘It has reached me that you-asws had said, ‘No servant will seek the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) one hundred times regarding his matter except He-azwj will Cast to him with better of the two matters’!’
فَقَالَ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُؤْمِنٍ يَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ فِي أَمْرٍ يُرِيدُهُ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةٍ إِلَّا قَذَفَهُ بِخَيْرِ الْأَمْرَيْنِ.
He-asws said: ‘There is no Momin servant seeking the Choice of Allah-azwj regarding a matter, intending it once, except Allah-azwj will Cast to him better of the two matters’’.[118]
وَ مِنْهُ قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي أَصْلٍ عَتِيقٍ مِنْ أُصُولِ أَصْحَابِنَا مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ وَ جَاءَ بِالاسْتِخَارَةِ فِي الْأَمْرِ الَّذِي تَهْوَى أَنْ تَفْعَلَهُ- اللَّهُمَّ وَفِّقْ لِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ اجْعَلْ لِي فِيهِ الْخِيَرَةَ فِي عَافِيَةٍ تَقُولُ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ مَرَّةٍ
And from him who said, ‘I found in original of ancient text from original of our companions what its wording it his: –
‘And it has come with the Istikhara regarding the matter which you desire to do, ‘O Allah-azwj! Harmonise such and such for me and Make the goodness in it for me in outcome!’ You can say it whatever number of times you like.
وَ إِذَا كَانَ مِمَّا تُحِبُّ أَنْ يَعْزِمَ لَكَ عَلَى أَصْلَحِهِ قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ وَفِّقْ لِي فِيهِ الْخِيَرَةَ فِي عَافِيَةٍ- فَإِنَّ فِي قَوْلِ مَنْ يَقُولُ بِعِلْمِكَ إِنَّ فِي عِلْمِ اللَّهِ الْخَيْرَ وَ الشَّرَّ.
And it happens from what you like to be determined for you upon its betterment, you say, ‘O Allah-azwj! Harmonise for me the goodness in it in outcome!’ It is in the word one says, ‘With Your-azwj Knowledge’. Surely in the Knowledge of Allah-azwj is the good and the evil’’.[119]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَمَا وَ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْقَاهِرِ بِإِسْنَادِهِمَا إِلَى ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: الِاسْتِخَارَةُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ مِنَ الزَّوَالِ.
And from him, from Muhammad Bin Nama, and As’ad Bin Abdul Qahir, by their chains to Ibn Mahboub, from Al A’ala, from Muhammad Bin Muslim,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘The Istikhara is in every Cycle of the midday Salat’’.[120]
3- الْمَكَارِمُ، رَوَى حَمَّادُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي الِاسْتِخَارَةِ أَنْ يَسْتَخِيرَ اللَّهَ الرَّجُلُ فِي آخِرِ سَجْدَةٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً وَ يَحْمَدَ اللَّهَ وَ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ ثُمَّ يَسْتَخِيرَ اللَّهَ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ يَحْمَدَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى وَ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ يُتِمَّ الْمِائَةَ وَ الْوَاحِدَةَ أَيْضاً.
(The book) ‘Al Makarim’ – It is reported by Hammad Bin Usman,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said regarding the Istikhara: ‘The man should seek the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) in the last Sajdah one hundred and one times, and he should praise Allah‑azwj and send Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, then he should seek the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) fifty times, then praise Allah-azwj the Exalted and send Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws. May Allah-azwj Send Salawaat upon him-saww and upon them-asws and he should complete the one hundred and one as well’’.[121]
4- الْفَتْحُ، فَتْحُ الْأَبْوَابِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى جَدِّهِ شَيْخِ الطَّائِفَةِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ فَقَالَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً فِي آخِرِ سَجْدَةٍ مِنْ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ تَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ وَ تُمَجِّدُهُ وَ تُثْنِي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ثُمَّ تَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهُ تَمَامَ الْمِائَةِ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً.
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab – By his chain to his grandfather Sheykh Al Taaifa, by his chain from Hammad Bin Usman who said,
‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about the Istikhara. He-asws said: ‘Seek the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) one hundred and one times in last Sajdah of the two Cycles of Al-Fajr, praising Allah‑azwj and glorifying Him-azwj, and extolling upon the Prophets-as and upon People-asws of his‑saww Household. Then seek the Choice of Allah-azwj, (saying) the complete one hundred and one times’’.[122]
5- الْمَكَارِمُ، وَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ يَقُولُ فِي دُبُرِهِمَا أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
(The book) ‘Al Makarim’ –
‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws used to pray two Cycles and say in the end of it, ‘I seek the Choice of Allah-azwj’, one hundred times.
ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي قَدْ هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرٍ قَدْ عَلِمْتَهُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي كَرِهَتْ نَفْسِي ذَلِكَ أَمْ أَحَبَّتْ فَإِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ ثُمَّ يَعْزِمُ.
Then he-asws said: ‘O Allah-azwj! I am worried with a matter You-azwj Know of. If You-azwj Know it is good for me in my religion and my world and my Hereafter, Facilitate it for me, and if You‑azwj Know it is evil for me in my religion and my world and my Hereafter, Turn it away from me, whether my soul dislikes that or loves, for You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen!’ Then he-asws determined’’.[123]
وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي رُبَّمَا رَكِبْتُ الْحَاجَةَ فَأَنْدَمُ
And it is reported that a man came to Abu Abdullah-asws. He said to him-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! Sometimes I indulge in the need, then I regret’.
فَقَالَ لَهُ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ عَنِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ
He-asws said to him: ‘Where are you from the Istikhara?’
فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَكَيْفَ الِاسْتِخَارَةُ
The man said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! How is the Istikhara (done)?’
فَقَالَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ فَقُلْ بَعْدَ أَنْ تَرْفَعَ يَدَيْكَ حِذَاءَ وَجْهِكَ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ خِرْ لِي فِي جَمِيعِ مَا عَزَمْتُ بِهِ مِنْ أُمُورِي خِيَارَ بَرَكَةٍ وَ عَافِيَةٍ.
He-asws said: ‘When you have prayed Al-Fajr Salat, say after you raise your hands parallel to your face, ‘O Allah-azwj! You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen, so Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww! Choose for me in entirety of what I have determined with from my affairs, a Choice of Blessings and end-result!’’[124]
6- الفتح، فتح الأبواب نَقْلًا مِنْ أَصْلِ كِتَابِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي الْأَمْرِ يَطْلُبُهُ الطَّالِبُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ قَالَ يَتَصَدَّقُ فِي يَوْمِهِ عَلَى سِتِّينَ مِسْكِيناً عَلَى كُلِّ مِسْكِينٍ صَاعٌ بِصَاعِ النَّبِيِّ ص- فَإِذَا كَانَ اللَّيْلُ فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ فِي ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ الْبَاقِي وَ يَلْبَسُ أَدْنَى مَا يَلْبَسُ مَنْ يَعُولُ مِنَ الثِّيَابِ إِلَّا أَنَّ عَلَيْهِ فِي تِلْكَ الثِّيَابِ إِزَاراً
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – Copying from the original book of Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Fazalat, from Muawiya Bin Wahb, from Zurara,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws regarding the Command the seeker seeks from his Lord-azwj. He-asws said: ‘He should donate charity during his day upon sixty poor ones, upon every poor a Sa’a, by Sa’a of the Prophet-saww (of wheat etc.). When it is the night, let him bathe in the remaining third of the night and wear the least of what he wears, the one who can afford from the clothes, except that upon him, among those clothes, should be a waist wrapper.
ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَإِذَا وَضَعَ جَبْهَتَهُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأَخِيرَةِ لِلسُّجُودِ هَلَّلَ اللَّهَ وَ عَظَّمَهُ وَ مَجَّدَهُ وَ ذَكَرَ ذُنُوبَهُ فَأَقَرَّ بِمَا يَعْرِفُ مِنْهَا وَ يُسَمِّي ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ
Then he should pray two Cycles. When he places his forehead in the last Cycle for the Sajdah, he should extol Oneness of Allah-azwj, and revere Him-azwj, and glorify Him-azwj, and mention his sins and acknowledges with what he knows from these and specify. Then he should raise his head.
فَإِذَا وَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ فِي السَّجْدَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ- ثُمَّ يَدْعُو اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِمَا يَشَاءُ وَ يَسْأَلُهُ إِيَّاهُ وَ كُلَّمَا سَجَدَ فَلْيُفْضِ بِرُكْبَتَيْهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ يَرْفَعُ الْإِزَارَ حَتَّى يَكْشِفَهُمَا وَ يَجْعَلَ الْإِزَارَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ بَيْنَ أَلْيَتَيْهِ وَ بَاطِنِ سَاقَيْهِ.
When he places his head in the second Sajdah, he should seek the Choice of Allah-azwj one hundred times saying, O Allah-azwj, I seek Your-azwj Choice!’ Then he should supplicate to Allah‑azwj Mighty and Majestic with whatever he so desires and ask Him-azwj for it, and every time he does Sajdah, let him spread his knees to the ground raising the waist wrapper until he uncovers them both and makes the wrapper from behind him between his buttocks and inside his legs’’.[125]
بيان: الظاهر أنه يلبس الإزار عوضا عن السراويل ليمكنه الإفضاء بركبتيه إلى الأرض.
Explanation – The apparent is that he should wear the wrapper (loin cloth) instead of the trouser for him to be able to spread his knees to the ground.
7- الْمَكَارِمُ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع إِذَا عَزَمَ بِحَجٍّ أَوْ عُمْرَةٍ أَوْ عِتْقٍ أَوْ شِرًى أَوْ بَيْعٍ تَطَهَّرَ وَ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ وَ قَرَأَ فِيهِمَا سُورَةَ الرَّحْمَنِ وَ سُورَةَ الْحَشْرِ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ مِائِتَيْ مَرَّةٍ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ
(The book) ‘Al Makarim’ –
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘It was so, whenever Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws determined a Hajj, or an Umrah, or liberating (a slave), or buying, or selling, he-asws cleansed and prayed two Cycles Salat of the Istikhara, and recited in these Surah Al Rahman and Surah Al Hashr. When he-asws was free from the two Cycles, he-asws sought the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) two hundred times. Then he recited Surah(s) Al Tawheed and Al Mawazateyn.
ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي قَدْ هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرٍ قَدْ عَلِمْتَهُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي فَاقْدِرْهُ لِي وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي
Then he-asws said: ‘O Allah-azwj! I am worried with a matter which You-azwj Know of. If You-azwj Know it being good for me in my religion and my world and my Hereafter, Determine it for me, and if You-azwj Know it is evil for me in my religion and my world and my Hereafter, Turn it away from me!
رَبِّ اعْزِمْ لِي عَلَى رُشْدِي وَ إِنْ كَرِهَتْ أَوْ أَحَبَّتْ ذَلِكَ نَفْسِي بِبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ ثُمَّ يَمْضِي وَ يَعْزِمُ.
Lord-azwj! Determine for upon my guidance and even if my soul dislikes or like that. In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! Whatever Allah-azwj Desires. There is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj! Allah-azwj Suffice me and is the best Protector!’ Then continue and determine’’.[126]
الْفَتْحُ، فَتْحُ الْأَبْوَابِ نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ بَعْضِ الْمُخَالِفِينَ عَنْهُ ع مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِيهِ قِرَاءَةُ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ.
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al-Abwaab’ – Copying from the book of one of the adversaries, from him-asws similar to it except there isn’t in it recitation of Surah(s) Al Tawheed and Al Mawazateyn’’.[127] (non-Shia source)
8- تَفْسِيرُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى الرِّضَا ع وَ قُلْتُ قَدْ أَرَدْتُ مِصْراً فَأَرْكَبُ بَحْراً أَوْ بَرّاً
Tafseer Ali Bin Ibrahim – From his father, from Ali Bin Asbaat who said,
‘I entered to see Al Reza-asws. I said, ‘I have intended (to go to) Egypt, shall I sail the sea or go by land?’
فَقَالَ لَا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ مَسْجِدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص- وَ تُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ تَسْتَخِيرَ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً فَإِذَا عَزَمْتَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَ رَكِبْتَ الْبَرَّ فَإِذَا اسْتَوَيْتَ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِكَ فَقُلْ- سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنا هذا وَ ما كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَ إِنَّا إِلى رَبِّنا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ.
He-asws said: ‘No! Upon you is to go to Masjid of Rasool-Allah-saww and pray two Cycles and seek the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) one hundred and one times. When you have determined upon something and you go by land, sit even upon your ride and say, ‘‘Glory be to the One Who Subjugated this one for us, and we were not capable for it [43:13]’’.[128]
9- قُرْبُ الْإِسْنَادِ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَسْبَاطٍ مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّ فِيهِ فَتُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي غَيْرِ وَقْتِ فَرِيضَةٍ ثُمَّ تَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ فَإِنْ خَرَجَ لَكَ عَلَى الْبَحْرِ فَقُلْ الْخَبَرَ.
(The book) ‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – From Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Asbaat,
‘Similar to it, except that in it is, ‘You should pray two Cycles (Salat) in other than the timing of the obligatory (Salat), then seek Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) one hundred times. If it emerges for you upon ‘the sea’, say’ – the Hadeeth’’.[129]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنِ السِّنْدِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ الْجَمَّالِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَبْدٌ فِي أَمْرٍ قَطُّ مِائَةَ مَرَّةً يَقِفُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع فَيَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ وَ يُهَلِّلُهُ وَ يُسَبِّحُهُ وَ يُمَجِّدُهُ وَ يُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ إِلَّا رَمَاهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بِخَيْرِ الْأَمْرَيْنِ.
And from him, from Al Sindy Bin Muhammad, from Safwan Al Jammal,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘A servant will not seek the Choice of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic regarding a matter at all, (saying) one hundred times pausing by the head of Al-Husayn-asws, praising Allah-azwj, and extolling His-azwj Oneness, and praising Him-azwj and glorifying Him-azwj, and extolling praise upon Him-azwj with what He-azwj is rightful of, except Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted will Cast to him better of the two matters’’.[130]
قَالَ وَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ فِي الِاسْتِخَارَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِزَّتِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ وَ أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِعَوَاقِبِ الْأُمُورِ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ خَيْراً لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَرّاً فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَ اقْضِ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ وَ رَضِّنِي بِهِ حَتَّى لَا أُحِبَّ تَعْجِيلَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ وَ لَا تَأْخِيرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ.
He said, ‘And I heard him-asws saying in the Istikhara: ‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj with Your-azwj Knowledge, and I seek Your-azwj Choice with Your-azwj Mighty, and I ask You from Your-azwj Mighty Grace, and You-azwj are Knower of end-result of the matters. It this matter was good for me in my religion and my world and my Hereafter, Facilitate it for me and Bless for me in it, and if it was evil, Turn it away from me and Decree the good for me wherever it may be, and Make me to be satisfied with it until I don’t like hastening of what You-azwj have Delayed nor delaying of what You-azwj has Hastened’’.[131]
الفتح، فتح الأبواب رَوَى سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُجْمَعَ عَلَى الِاعْتِمَادِ عَلَيْهِ فِي كِتَابِ الْأَدْعِيَةِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ الْجَمَّالِ وَ ذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّ فِيهِ يَقِفُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ إِلَّا رَمَاهُ اللَّهُ بِخَيْرِ الْأَمْرَيْنِ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – It is reported by Sa’ad Bin Abdullah Al Mujmie, upon the reliance upon him in ‘Kitab Al Ad’iya’, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Safwan Al Jammal,
‘And he mentioned similar to it except that in it is, ‘He should pause by the head of Al-Husayn‑asws’ – up to his-asws words: ‘Except Allah-azwj will Cast to him with better of the two matters’.
قَالَ يَقُولُ فِي الِاسْتِخَارَةِ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِزَّتِكَ- إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ وَ أَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَ اقْضِ لِي بِالْخَيْرِ حَيْثُ مَا كَانَ إِلَى آخِرِ الدُّعَاءِ.
He-asws said: ‘He should say in the Istikhara, ‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice by Your-azwj Might’ – up to his-asws words: ‘And Bless for me in it, and Assist me upon it’ – up to his-asws words: ‘And Decree for me with the goodness where it may be’ – up to end of the supplication’’.[132]
10- قُرْبُ الْإِسْنَادِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ قَالَ: أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أُرِيدُ وَجْهَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَعَلِّمْنِي اسْتِخَارَةً إِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ الْوَجْهُ خِيَرَةً أَنْ يُيَسِّرَهُ اللَّهُ لِي وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَرّاً صَرَفَهُ اللَّهُ عَنِّي
(The book) ‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – By his chain,
‘From Ali son of Ja’far-asws, from his brother-asws, he said, ‘A man came to him-asws. He said to him-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! I intend to head towards such and such (place). Teach me an Istikhara, if that direction was good, Allah-azwj would Ease it for me, and if it was evil, Allah-azwj would Turn it away from me’.
فَقَالَ لَهُ وَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَجْهِ
He-asws said to him: ‘And would you like to go out in that direction?’
قَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ نَعَمْ
The man said to him-asws, ‘Yes’.
قَالَ قُلِ- اللَّهُمَّ قَدِّرْ لِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ اجْعَلْهُ خَيْراً لِي فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ.
He-asws said: ‘Say, ‘O Allah-azwj! Determine such and such for me, and Make it to be good for me, for You-azwj are Able upon that’’.[133]
11- مَجَالِسُ الشَّيْخِ وَ وَلَدِهِ، عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَحَّامِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْهَاشِمِيِّ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْمَنْصُورِيِّ عَنْ عَمِّ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ ع عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: إِذَا عَرَضَتْ لِأَحَدِكُمْ حَاجَةٌ فَلْيَسْتَشِرِ اللَّهَ رَبَّهُ فَإِنْ أَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ اتَّبَعَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُشِرْ عَلَيْهِ تَوَقَّفَ
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of the Sheykh and his son, from Abu Muhammad Al Fahham, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Hashimy, from Isa Bin Ahmad Al Manouri, from an uncle of his father,
‘From Abu Al-Hassan Al-Askari-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws, from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Whenever a need presents to one of you, let him consult Allah-azwj, his Lord-azwj. If He-azwj Indicates to him, he should follow, and if He-azwj does not indicate to him, he should pause’.
قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَ كَيْفَ أَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ
He (the narrator) said, ‘He said, ‘O my Master-asws, and how do I know that?’
قَالَ تَسْجُدُ عَقِيبَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَ تَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ ثُمَّ تَتَوَسَّلُ بِنَا وَ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْنَا وَ تَسْتَشْفِعُ بِنَا ثُمَّ تَنْظُرُ مَا يُلْهِمُكَ تَفْعَلُهُ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَشَارَ عَلَيْكَ بِهِ.
He-asws said: ‘Perform Sajdah as follow-up of the Prescribed (Salat) and say, ‘O Allah-azwj, Choose for me!’, one hundred times. Then seek means through us-asws and send Salawaat upon us-asws, and seek intercession by us-asws, then look at what you have been inspired with, do it, and it is which you have been indicated with!’’[134]
12- وَ مِنْهُمَا، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: اسْتِخَارَةُ الْبَاقِرِ ع اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ خِيَرَتَكَ تُنِيلُ الرَّغَائِبَ وَ تُجْزِلُ الْمَوَاهِبَ وَ تُغَنِّمُ الْمَطَالِبَ وَ تُطَيِّبُ الْمَكَاسِبَ وَ تَهْدِي إِلَى أَحْمَدِ الْعَوَاقِبِ وَ تَقِي مَحْذُورَ النَّوَائِبِ
And from them both, by this chain,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Istikhara of Al-Baqir-asws – ‘O Allah-azwj! Your-azwj Choice achieves the desires and the plentiful gifts, and the purposes are gained, and the earnings are good, and You-azwj Guide to the most praise-worthy outcomes, and Protect against the hazardous consequences!
اللَّهُمَّ يَا مَالِكَ الْمُلُوكِ أَسْتَخِيرُكَ فِيمَا عَزَمَ رَأْيِي عَلَيْهِ وَ قَادَنِي يَا مَوْلَايَ إِلَيْهِ فَسَهِّلْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا تَوَعَّرَ وَ يَسِّرْ مِنْهُ مَا تَعَسَّرَ وَ اكْفِنِي فِي اسْتِخَارَتِيَ الْمُهِمَّ وَ ادْفَعْ عَنِّي كُلَّ مُلِمٍّ وَ اجْعَلْ عَاقِبَةَ أَمْرِي غُنْماً وَ مَحْذُورَهُ سِلْماً وَ بُعْدَهُ قُرْباً وَ جَدْبَهُ خِصْباً
O Allah-azwj! O King of the kings! I seek Your-azwj Choice in what my opinion is determined upon and has guided me to it. O my Master-azwj! Facilitate from that what is difficult and Ease from it what is hard, and Suffice me in my Istikhara of the important matters, and Repel from me every harm, and Make end-result of my affairs to be gainful, and its hazardous to be safe, and its remote to be near, and its path to be fertile!
أَعْطِنِي يَا رَبِّ لِوَاءَ الظَّفَرِ فِيمَا اسْتَخَرْتُكَ فِيهِ وَ قَرِّرِ الْإِنْعَامَ فِيمَا دَعَوْتُكَ لَهُ وَ مُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِالْإِفْضَالِ فِيمَا رَجَوْتُكَ فَإِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ.
O Lord-azwj! Grant me the flag of victory regarding what I am seeking Your-azwj Choice in, and delightful bounties in what I am supplicating for, and Confer upon me with the best of what I am hoping to You-azwj for, for You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen!’’[135]
13- فِقْهُ الرِّضَا، قَالَ ع إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَمْراً فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً وَ مَا عَزَمَ لَكَ فَافْعَلْ وَ قُلْ فِي دُعَائِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ- لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ
(The book) ‘Fiqh Al-Reza-asws’ – ‘Whenever you intend a matter, pray two Cycles Salat and seek the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) one hundred and one times, and whatever is Determined for you, do it and say in your-azwj supplication, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj the Exalted, the Magnificent! There is no god except Allah-azwj the Forbearing, the Benevolent!
رَبِّ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ خِرْ لِي فِي أَمْرِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا لِلدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ خِيَرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ مَا لَكَ فِيهِ رِضًا وَ لِي فِيهِ صَلَاحٌ فِي خَيْرٍ وَ عَافِيَةٍ يَا ذَا الْمَنِّ وَ الطَّوْلِ.
Lord-azwj! By the right of Muhammad-saww and Ali-asws! Choose for me regarding such and such matter for the world and the Hereafter, being a Choice from You-azwj, what there is Satisfaction for You-azwj in it, and betterment in it for me, in goodness and well-being! O with the Conferment and the Leniency!’’[136]
14- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنِ اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى فَلْيُوتِرْ.
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’, from Al Nawafily who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘One who seeks the Choice of Allah-azwj the Exalted, let him do it once’’.[137]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبَانٍ الْأَحْمَرِ عَنْ شِهَابِ بْنِ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ أَبِي إِذَا أَرَادَ الِاسْتِخَارَةَ فِي الْأَمْرِ تَوَضَّأَ وَ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْخَادِمَةُ لَتُكَلِّمُهُ فَيَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ.
And from him, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Aban Al Ahmar, from Shihab Bin Abd Rabbih,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘It was so, whenever my-asws father-asws intended the Istikhara regarding a matter, he-asws performed Wud’u and pray two Cycles Salat, and if a maid were to speak to him-asws, he-asws would say: ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj!’, and he-asws would not talk (to anyone) until he-asws was free’’.[138]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ع يَقُولُ لِيَجْعَلْ أَحَدُكُمْ مَكَانَ قَوْلِهِ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ أَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ أَسْتَقْدِرُكَ الْخَيْرَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيْهِ-
And from him, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa who said,
‘I heard Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws saying: ‘Let everyone of you make in place of his words, ‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice due to Your-azwj Knowledge, and I you’re your-azwj Determination with Your-azwj Ability! O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice due to Your-azwj Mercy, and I seek Your-azwj Determination of the good due to Your-azwj Ability upon it!’
وَ ذَلِكَ لِأَنَّ فِي قَوْلِكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ أَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ الْخَيْرَ وَ الشَّرَّ فَإِذَا اشْتَرَطْتَ فِي قَوْلِكَ كَانَ لَكَ شَرْطُكَ إِنِ اسْتُجِيبَ لَكَ
And that is because in your words, ‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice due to Your-azwj Knowledge, and I seek Your-azwj Determination with Your-azwj Determination of the good and the evil’, when you have stipulated in your words, it would be for you, your condition that it is Answered for you.
وَ لَكِنْ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ أَسْتَقْدِرُكَ الْخَيْرَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيْهِ لِأَنَّكَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ
But say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice due to Your-azwj Mercy, and I seek Your-azwj Determination of the good due to Your-azwj Ability upon it, because You-azwj are Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Beneficent, the Merciful!
فَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ
I ask You-azwj to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww the Prophet-saww and his-saww Progeny‑asws, just as You-azwj had Send upon Ibrahim-as and Progeny of Ibrahim-as, You-azwj Praised, Glorified!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ الَّذِي أُرِيدُهُ خَيْراً لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَ اصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ.
O Allah-azwj! If this matter which I intend, were to be good for me in my religion and my world and my Hereafter, Ease it for me, and if it was other than that, Turn it away from me, and Turn me away from it’’.[139]
وَ مِنْهُ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع قَالَ كَانَ بَعْضُ آبَائِي ع يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَ بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ
And from him, by this chain from Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘One of my-asws forefathers-asws had said: ‘O Allah-azwj! For You-azwj is the Praise and in Your-azwj Hand is the good, all of it!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ أَسْتَقْدِرُكَ الْخَيْرَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيْهِ لِأَنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ
O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice by Your-azwj Mercy, and I seek Your-azwj Determination of the good by Your-azwj Ability upon it, because You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen!
اللَّهُمَّ فَمَا كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرٍ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ وَ أَبْعَدُ مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ وَ أَرْضَى لِنَفْسِكَ وَ أَقْضَى لِحَقِّكَ فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ يَسِّرْنِي لَهُ وَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَ اصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ فَإِنَّكَ لَطِيفٌ لِذَلِكَ وَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَيْهِ.
O Allah-azwj! Whatever from the matter were to be closest from Your-azwj obedience and remotest from Your-azwj disobedience, and Satisfactory for Yourself-saww, and most fulfilling of Your-azwj rights, Facilitate it for me and Facilitate me for it, and whatever were to be from other than that, Turn it away from me and Turn me away from it! Surely You-azwj are the Compassionate for that and the Able upon it!’’[140]
15- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع إِذَا هَمَّ بِأَمْرِ حَجٍّ أَوْ عُمْرَةٍ أَوْ بَيْعٍ أَوْ شِرَاءٍ أَوْ عِتْقٍ تَطَهَّرَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لِلِاسْتِخَارَةِ فَقَرَأَ فِيهَا سُورَةَ الْحَشْرِ وَ الرَّحْمَنِ وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – from Usman Bin Isa, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘It was so, whenever Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws thought of a matter, be it Hajj, or Umrah, or selling, or buying, or liberating (a slave), he-asws would purify, then pray two Cycles Salat of the Istikhara. He-asws would recite in it the Surah(s) Al Hashr, and Al Rahman, and Al Mawazateyn, and Al Tawheed.
ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا خَيْراً لِي فِي دِينِي وَ خَيْراً لِي فِي دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي وَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَ آجِلِهِ فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي رَبِّ اعْزِمْ عَلَى رُشْدِي وَ إِنْ كَرِهَتْ ذَلِكَ وَ أَبَتْهُ نَفْسِي.
Then he-asws said: ‘O Allah-azwj! If such and such was better for me in my religion and better for me in my world and my Hereafter, and in my future life, Facilitate it for me! Lord-azwj! Determine upon Guiding me and even if I dislike that and my soul refuses!’’[141]
وَ بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى الشَّيْخِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي جِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ فِيهِ إِنَّهُ يَقْرَأُ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ.
And by the chain to the Sheykh, from Ibn Abu Jeyyid, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, from Al-Husayn Bin Al-Hassan Bin Aban, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Usman Bin Isa,
‘Similar to it, except he-asws did not say in it, ‘He-asws recited Surah Al Tawheed’’.[142]
16- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَمَّنْ قَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِنِّي إِذَا أَرَدْتُ الِاسْتِخَارَةَ فِي الْأَمْرِ الْعَظِيمِ اسْتَخَرْتُ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ إِنْ كَانَ شِرَى رَأْسٍ أَوْ شِبْهِهِ اسْتَخَرْتُهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي مَقْعَدٍ
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – From a number of our companions, from Ali Bin Asbat,
‘From the one Abu Ja’far-asws said to him: ‘Whenever I-asws intend the Istikhara regarding a mighty matter, I seek the Choice of Allah-azwj one hundred times (saying), and even if it was burying a head (slave), or resembling it, I-asws would (say), ‘I-asws am seeking His-azwj Choice’, three times in one sitting.
أَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ كَذَا وَ كَذَا خَيْرٌ لِي فَخِرْهُ لِي وَ يَسِّرْهُ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي إِلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لِي وَ رَضِّنِي فِي ذَلِكَ بِقَضَائِكَ فَإِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ تَقْضِي وَ لَا أَقْضِي إِنَّكَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ.
I-asws say: ‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj because You-azwj are Knower of the unseen and the seen! If You-azwj have Known that such and such was good for me, Choose it for me and Facilitate it, and if You-azwj have Known that it is evil for me in my religion and my world and my Hereafter, Turn it away from it to what is better for me, and Make me to be satisfied regarding that by Your-azwj Decree, for You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj Decree and I do not decree! You-azwj are Knower of the unseen (hidden matters)!’’[143]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: تَقُولُ فِي الِاسْتِخَارَةِ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ وَ أَسْتَقْدِرُ اللَّهَ وَ أَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ أَرَدْتُ أَمْراً فَأَسْأَلُ إِلَهِي إِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ رِضًا أَنْ يَقْضِيَ لِي حَاجَتِي وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ سَخَطاً أَنْ يَصْرِفَنِي عَنْهُ وَ أَنْ يُوَفِّقَنِي لِرِضَاهُ.
And from him, from a number of our companions, from Ali Bin Asbat, raising it to,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘You should say in the Istikhara, ‘I seek the choice of Allah-azwj and I seek the Determination of Allah-azwj, and I rely upon Allah-azwj, and there is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj! I have intended a matter, so I ask my God-azwj, if that was Satisfactory for Him-azwj, He-azwj should fulfil my need for me, and if was Unsatisfactory for Him-azwj, He-azwj should Turn me away from it and Harmonise me to His-azwj Satisfaction!’’[144]
17- الفتح، فتح الأبواب بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ شَيْخِ الطَّائِفَةِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي جِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْخُرُوجِ فِي الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْرِ إِلَى مِصْرَ فَقَالَ لِيَ ائْتِ مَسْجِدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فِي غَيْرِ وَقْتِ صَلَاةٍ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً فَانْظُرْ مَا ذَا يَقْضِي اللَّهُ.
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – by his chain from Sheykh Al Taaifa, from Ibn Abu Jeyyid, from Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Ibn Abu Al Khattab, from Ali Bin Asbaat who said,
‘I entered to see Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza-asws. I asked him-asws about the going upon in the land and the sea to Egypt. He-asws said: ‘Go to the Masjid of Rasool-Allah-azwj in other than the timing of Salat. Pray two Cycles Salat and seek the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) one hundred and one times. Then look at what Allah-azwj has Decreed’’.[145]
وَ مِنْهُ نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَدْعِيَةِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ قَالَ: كَتَبَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي ع إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ شَيْبَةَ- فَهِمْتُ مَا اسْتَأْمَرْتَ فِيهِ مِنْ ضَيْعَتِكَ الَّتِي تَعَرَّضَ لَكَ السُّلْطَانُ فِيهَا فَاسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ خِيَرَةً فِي عَافِيَةٍ فَإِنِ احْلَوْلَى بِقَلْبِكَ بَعْدَ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ بَيْعُهَا فَبِعْهَا وَ اسْتَبْدِلْ غَيْرَهَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَ لَا تَتَكَلَّمْ بَيْنَ أَضْعَافِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ حَتَّى تُتِمَّ الْمِائَةَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.
And from him, copying from the book of Sa’ad Bin Abdullah regarding the supplications, from Ali Bin Mahziyar who said,
‘Abu Ja’far-asws the 2nd wrote to Ibrahim Bin Shayba: ‘I-asws have understood what instructions you are seeking for, about your estate which the ruler has objected to you. Seek the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) one hundred times, a Choice in well-being. If it occurs in your heart after the Istikhara to sell it, sell it and replace it with another, if Allah-azwj so Desires, and do not talk between the Istikhara until you complete the hundred, if Allah-azwj so Desires!’’[146]
18- الفتح، فتح الأبواب بِإِسْنَادِهِ الصَّحِيحِ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْكُلَيْنِيِّ فِيمَا صَنَّفَهُ مِنْ كِتَابِ رَسَائِلِ الْأَئِمَّةِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ فِيمَا يَخْتَصُّ بِمَوْلَانَا الْجَوَادِ ع فَقَالَ: وَ مِنْ كِتَابٍ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ-
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ –
By his correct chain to Muhammad Bin Yaqoub Al-Kulayni among what he authored, from the book ‘Rasaail Al-Aimma-asws’, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon them-asws, regarding what he specified with our Master-asws Al-Jawad-asws. He said, ‘And from the letter to Ali Bin Asbaat:
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَ فَهِمْتُ مَا ذَكَرْتَ مِنْ أَمْرِ بَنَاتِكَ وَ أَنَّكَ لَا تَجِدُ أَحَداً مِثْلَكَ فَلَا تُفَكِّرْ فِي ذَلِكَ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ إِذَا جَاءَكُمْ مَنْ تَرْضَوْنَ خُلُقَهُ وَ دِينَهُ فَزَوِّجُوهُ وَ إِنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا تَكُنْ فِتْنَةٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ فَسادٌ كَبِيرٌ
‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! And I-asws have understood what you mentioned from the matter of your daughters, and you will not find anyone like you, so do not worry regarding that, may Allah-azwj Mercy you, for Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘When someone comes to you and you are satisfied with his manners and his religion, marry (your daughter) to him, and if you don’t do so, Fitna (strife) would occur in the land and a great mischief [8:73].
وَ فَهِمْتُ مَا اسْتَأْمَرْتَ فِيهِ مِنْ أَمْرِ ضَيْعَتَيْكَ اللَّتَيْنِ تَعَرَّضَ لَكَ السُّلْطَانُ فِيهِمَا فَاسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ خِيَرَةً فِي عَافِيَةٍ فَإِذَا احْلَوْلَى فِي قَلْبَكِ بَعْدَ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ فَبِعْهُمَا وَ اسْتَبْدِلْ غَيْرَهُمَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ لْتَكُنِ الِاسْتِخَارَةُ بَعْدَ صَلَاتِكَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ لَا تُكَلِّمْ أَحَداً بَيْنَ أَضْعَافِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ حَتَّى تُتِمَّ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ.
And I-asws have understood what instructions you are seeking regarding it, from the matter of your two estates which the ruler has objected to you regarding these. Seek the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) one hundred times, a choice in well-being. When it occurs in your heart after the Istikhara, sell these and replace with others, if Allah-azwj so Desires, and let the Istikhara be after your Salat of two Cycles, and do not talk to anyone between the Istikhara until you complete one hundred times’’.[147]
الفتح، فتح الأبواب قَالَ قَالَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ فِي الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الصَّحِيحَيْنِ رُوِيَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يُعَلِّمُنَا الِاسْتِخَارَةَ فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّوَرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ يَقُولُ إِذَا هَمَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بِالْأَمْرِ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ ثُمَّ لْيَقُلِ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al-Abwaab’ – He said, ‘Al-Hueydi said in ‘Al-Jam’a Bayn Al-Sahiheyn’, it is reported from Jabir Bin Abdullah-ra having said: ‘The Prophet-saww has taught us the Istikhara in all of the matters just as he-saww taught us Chapters of the Quran. He-saww said: ‘Whenever one of you thinks of a matter, let him pray two Cycles Salat, from other than the obligatory, then let him say: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ أَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ
‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice due to Your-azwj Knowledge, and I seek Your-azwj Determination, and I ask You-azwj from Your-azwj Mighty Grace, for You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ مَعَاشِي وَ عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي أَوْ قَالَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَ آجِلِهِ فَاقْدِرْهُ لِي وَ يَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ
O Allah-azwj! If You-azwj have Known that this is good for me in my religion, and my livelihood, and outcome of my affairs’ – or said: ‘Current of my affairs and its future, then Determine it for me, and Facilitate it for me, then Bless for me in it!
اللَّهُمَّ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ مَعَاشِي وَ عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي أَوْ قَالَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَ اصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَ اقْدِرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ رَضِّنِي بِهِ
O Allah-azwj, and if You-azwj have Known that this matter is evil for me in my religion and my livelihood and outcome of my affairs’ – or said: ‘Current of my affairs and its future, then Turn it away from me and Turn me away from it, and Determine the goodness for me wherever it may be, then Make me to be satisfied with it!’’
قَالَ وَ يُسَمِّي حَاجَتَهُ.
He (Jabir) said, ‘And he should specify his need’’.[148]
19- الفتح، فتح الأبواب نَقْلًا مِنْ فِرْدَوْسِ الْأَخْبَارِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص قَالَ: يَا أَنَسُ إِذَا هَمَمْتَ بِأَمْرٍ فَاسْتَخِرْ رَبَّكَ فِيهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ انْظُرْ إِلَى الَّذِي يَسْبِقُ إِلَى قَلْبِكَ فَإِنَّ الْخِيَرَةَ فِيهِ يَعْنِي افْعَلْ ذَلِكَ.
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – Copying from ‘Firdows Al Akhbar’ –
‘The Prophet-saww said: ‘O Anas (a well-known fabricator)! Whenever you are worried about a matter, seek the Choice of your Lord-azwj regarding it (saying) seven times, then look at that which precedes to your heart, for the goodness is in it, meaning in doing that’’.[149] (a Non-Shia source)
وَ مِنْهُ نَقْلًا عَنْ كِتَابِ بَعْضِ الْمُخَالِفِينَ فِي وَصَايَا النَّبِيِّ ص لِعَلِيٍّ ع يَا عَلِيُّ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ فَاسْتَخِرْ رَبَّكَ ثُمَّ ارْضَ مَا يُخَيِّرُ لَكَ تَسْعَدْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ.
And from him, copying from the book of one of the adversaries,
‘Among the advice by the Prophet-saww to Ali-asws: ‘O Ali-asws! Whenever you-asws intend (something), seek the Choice of your-asws Lord-azwj, then be satisfied with whatever He-azwj Chooses for you-asws, you-asws will be fortunate (happy) in the world and the Hereafter!’’[150] (a non-Shia source)
مِنْهُ نَقْلًا عَنْ كِتَابِ بَعْضِ الْمُخَالِفِينَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: بَلَغَنِي عَنْ بَعْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ قَالَ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَمْراً فَلَا يُشَاوِرْ أَحَداً حَتَّى يُشَاوِرَ اللَّهَ فِيهِ بِأَنْ يَسْتَخِيرَ اللَّهَ أَوَّلًا ثُمَ يُشَاوِرَ فِيهِ فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا بَدَأَ بِاللَّهِ أَجْرَى لَهُ الْخِيَرَةَ عَلَى لِسَانِ مَنْ شَاءَ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ
From him, copying from a book of one of the adversaries, he said, ‘It has reached me from one of the scholars. He said, ‘One who intends a matter, he should not consult anyone until he has consulted Allah-azwj regarding it. He should seek the Choice of Allah-azwj first, then he should consult (others) regarding it, for when he begins with Allah-azwj, the Choice (of Allah‑azwj) will flow upon the tongue of the one He-azwj so Desires from the people.
ثُمَّ لْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ- بِ قُلْ يا أَيُّهَا الْكافِرُونَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ لْيَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَ لْيُثْنِ عَلَيْهِ وَ لْيُصَلِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ ص وَ يَقُولُ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ خَيْراً لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ قَدِّرْهُ لِي وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي- فَإِذَا فَعَلَ هَكَذَا اسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ دُعَاءَهُ.
Then let him pray two Cycles Salat with Surah(s) Al Kafiroun and Al Tawheed. Then let him praise Allah-azwj and extol upon Him-azwj, and let him send Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and say, ‘O Allah-azwj! If this matter was good for me in my religion and my world, Facilitate it for me and Determine it for me, and if it was other than that, Turn it away from me!’ When he does like that, Allah-azwj will Answer his supplication’’.[151] (a non-Shia source)
قَالَ: وَ رَأَيْتُ أَيْضاً أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ فِي آخِرِ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ هُوَ سَاجِدٌ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ
He said, ‘And I saw also him-asws saying one hundred times in the last Cycle of the night Salat while he as in Sajdah, ‘I seek the Choice of Allah-azwj by His-azwj Mercy!’
وَ قِيلَ بَلْ يَسْتَخِيرُهُ فِي آخِرِ سَجْدَةٍ مِنْ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ يَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ وَ يُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ وَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص وَ يُتِمُّ الْمِائَةَ وَ الْوَاحِدَةَ وَ يَقُولُ
And it is said, ‘But he-asws sought His-azwj Choice in the last Sajdah of Al Fajr Salat one hundred times, and he-asws praised Allah-azwj and extolled upon Him-azwj, and he-asws sent Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww, and he-asws completed the one hundred and one, and he-asws said: –
اللَّهُمَّ يَا أَبْصَرَ النَّاظِرِينَ وَ يَا أَسْمَعَ السَّامِعِينَ وَ يَا أَسْرَعَ الْحَاسِبِينَ وَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ خِرْ لِي فِي كَذَا
‘O Allah-azwj! O most Seeing of the beholders, and O most Hearing of the listeners, and Quickest of the reckoners, and O most Merciful of the merciful ones! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Choose for me regarding such and such!’
وَ قُلْ أَيْضاً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ- لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ رَبِّ بِحُرْمَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ خِرْ لِي فِي كَذَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ خِيَرَةً فِي عَافِيَةٍ.
And say as well, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj the Exalted, the Magnificent! There is no god except Allah-azwj the Forbearing, the Benevolent! Lord-azwj, by the sanctity of Muhammad‑saww and Progeny-asws! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws, and Choose for me regarding such and such in the world and the Hereafter, goodness in outcome!’’[152]
وَ مِنْهُ بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى شَيْخِ الطَّائِفَةِ عَنِ الْمُفِيدِ عَنِ ابْنِ قُولَوَيْهِ عَنِ الْكُلَيْنِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ مُسْلِمٌ إِلَّا خَارَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الْبَتَّةَ.
And from him, by the chain to Sheykh Al Taaifa, from Al Mufeed, from Ibn Qawlawiya, from Al Kulayni, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Bin Khalid, from Al Nazr Bin Suweyd, from Yahya Al Halby , from Amro Bin Hureys who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Pray two Cycles Salat and seek the Choice of Allah-azwj. No Muslim will seek the Choice of Allah-azwj except Allah-azwj will Definitely Choose for him!’’[153]
20- الفتح، فتح الأبواب بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى الشَّيْخِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي جِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ وَ رَوَاهُ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ الْإِمَامِ الْبَاقِرِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ زَيْنُ الْعَابِدِينَ ع- إِذَا هَمَّ بِحَجٍّ أَوْ عُمْرَةٍ أَوْ بَيْعٍ أَوْ شِرَاءٍ أَوْ عِتْقٍ أَوْ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ تَطَهَّرَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لِلِاسْتِخَارَةِ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا بَعْدَ الْفَاتِحَةِ سُورَةَ الْحَشْرِ وَ الرَّحْمَنِ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ بَعْدَهَا الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – By the chain to the sheykh, from Ibn Abu Jeyyid, from Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Ibn Isa, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Al Mufazzal Bin Salih, from Jabir who said, ‘And it is reported by Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Ibrahim Bin Suleyman, from Jabir,
‘From the Imam Al-Baqir-asws having said: ‘It was so, whenever Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws Zayn Al-Abideen-asws considered going to Hajj, or Umrah, or selling, or buying, of liberating (a slave), or other than that, he-asws purified, then prayed two Cycles of the Istikhara reciting in these after Surah Al Fatiha, Surah Al Hashr, and Surah Al Rahman. Then he-asws recited Surah(s) Mawazateyn and Surah Al Tawheed after it.
يَفْعَلُ هَذَا فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْهَا قَالَ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا خَيْراً لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي وَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَ آجِلِهِ فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي عَلَى أَحْسَنِ الْوُجُوهِ وَ أَكْمَلِهَا
He-asws did this in each Cycle. When he was free from it, he said after the Salaam while he-asws was seated: ‘O Allah-azwj! If such and such (matter) was good for me in my religion and my world and my Hereafter, and current of my lifetime and its future, Facilitate it for me upon the most excellent of the aspects and their most perfect!
اللَّهُمَّ وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَرّاً لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَ آجِلِهِ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي رَبِّ اعْزِمْ لِي عَلَى رُشْدِي وَ إِنْ كَرِهَتْهُ نَفْسِي.
O Allah-azwj, and if it was evil for me in my religion and my world, and current of my lifetime and its future, Turn it away from me! Lord-azwj, Determine for me upon my guidance and even if my soul dislikes it!’’[154]
الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، رَوَى جَابِرٌ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع إِذَا هَمَّ بِأَمْرِ حَجٍّ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي فِي الْمَوْضِعَيْنِ وَ أَجَلِّهَا مَكَانَ أَكْمَلِهَا- وَ فِي آخِرِهِ وَ إِنْ كَرِهَتْ ذَلِكَ وَ أَبَتْهُ نَفْسِي.
(The book) ‘Al Mutahajjid’ – It is reported by Jabir,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘It was so, whenever Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws was worried by a matter, going to Hajj’ – up to his-asws words – ‘Then he-asws recited Surah(s) al Mawazateyn, then he-asws said: ‘O Allah-azwj’ – up to his-asws words: ‘My world and my Hereafter’ in the two places of, ‘Its most majestic’, in place of, ‘Its most perfect’, and in its end, ‘And even if I dislike that and my soul refuses’’.[155]
21- الفتح، فتح الأبواب عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْأَصْفَهَانِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْأَصْفَهَانِيِّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُونُسَ الْيَمَانِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَصْبَحِيِّ وَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْأَصْبَحِيِّ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص سِرٌّ قَلَّمَا عُثِرَ عَلَيْهِ وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ وَ أَنَا أَقُولُ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ وَ مَلَائِكَتِهِ وَ أَنْبِيَائِهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ وَ صَالِحِي خَلْقِهِ عَلَى مُفْشِي سِرِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى غَيْرِ ثِقَةٍ فَاكْتُمُوا سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – from Al-Hassan Bin Ahmad Bin Ibrahim Bin Shazan, from Ahmad Bin Yaqoub Al Asfahany, from Ahmad Bin Ali Al Asfahany, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed Al Saqafy, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Umar Bin Yunus Al Yamani, from Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al Asbahy, and Suleyman Bin Umar Al Asbahy, both said,
‘It is narrate to us by Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib‑asws, from Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws having said: ‘Ali-asws said: ‘There was a secret for Rasool-Allah‑saww. Rarely does one stumble upon it, and he-saww had said and I-asws am saying, may the Curse of Allah-azwj, and His-azwj Angels, and His-azwj Prophets-as, and His-azwj Messengers-as, and His-azwj righteous creatures, be upon exposers of secrets of Rasool-Allah-azwj to the un-trustworthy, therefore conceal the secret of Rasool-Allah-saww!
سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يَا عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ إِنِّي وَ اللَّهِ مَا أُحَدِّثُكَ إِلَّا عَلَى مَا سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ وَ وَعَى قَلْبِي وَ نَظَرَ بَصَرِي إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَمِنْ رَسُولِهِ يَعْنِي جَبْرَئِيلَ ع
I-asws heard him-saww saying: ‘O Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws! By Allah-azwj, I-saww am not narrating to you-asws except based upon what my-saww ears have heard, and my-saww heart retained, and my eyes have seen! If it does not happen from Allah-azwj, it is from His-azwj Rasool-saww, meaning Jibraeel-as.
فَإِيَّاكَ يَا عَلِيُّ أَنْ تُضِيعَ سِرِّي فَإِنِّي قَدْ دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُذِيقَ مَنْ أَضَاعَ سِرِّي هَذَا حَرَّ جَهَنَّمَ
O Ali-asws! Beware of wasting my-saww secret for I-saww have supplicated to Allah-azwj to Make the one wastes my-saww secrets, to taste the heat of Hell!’
ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنْ كَثِيراً مِنَ النَّاسِ وَ إِنْ قَلَّ تَعَبُّدُهُمْ إِذَا عَمِلُوا مَا أَقُولُ كَانُوا فِي أَشَدِّ الْعَنَاءِ وَ أَفْضَلِ الِاجْتِهَادِ وَ لَوْ لَا طُغَاةُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ لَبَيَّنْتُ هَذَا السِّرِّ وَ لَكِنِّي عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الدِّينَ إِذاً يَضِيعُ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ لَا يَنْتَهِيَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا إِلَى ثِقَةٍ
Then he-saww said: ‘O Ali-asws! If most of the people, and even if their number is little, when they do what I-saww am saying, they would be in severe exhaustion, and best of the struggles, and had it not been for aggressors of this community, I-saww would have clarified this secret, but I-saww know that the religion will be wasted, I-saww would love it if that does not end except to a trustworthy one.
إِنِّي لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ فُتِحَ لِي بَصَرِي إِلَى فُرْجَةٍ فِي الْعَرْشِ تَفُورُ كَمَا يَفُورُ الْقِدْرُ فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتُ الِانْصِرَافَ أُقْعِدْتُ عِنْدَ تِلْكَ الْفُرْجَةِ ثُمَّ نُودِيتُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ لَكَ إِنَّكَ أَكْرَمُ خَلْقِهِ عَلَيْهِ
I-saww, when there was an ascension with me-saww to the seventh sky, my-saww sight was opened for me to a gap in the Throne, boiling like what the cauldron boils. When I-asws intended to leave, I-saww was seated by that gap, then I-saww was called out: ‘O Muhammad-saww! Your-saww Lord-azwj Conveys the Greetings to You-azwj and Says to you-saww: “You-saww are the most honourable of His-azwj creatures to Him-azwj!”
وَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ قَدْ زَوَاهُ يَعْنِي خَزَنَهُ عَنْ جَمِيعِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ جَمِيعِ أُمَمِهِمْ غَيْرَكَ وَ غَيْرَ أُمَّتِكَ لِمَنِ ارْتَضَيْتَ لِلَّهِ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يَنْشُرَهُ لِمَنْ بَعْدَهُ لِمَنِ ارْتَضَى اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ أَنَّهُ لَا يُصِيبُهُمْ بَعْدَ مَا يَقُولُونَهُ ذَنْبٌ كَانَ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا مَخَافَةُ مَا يَأْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ لِذَلِكَ آمُرُكَ بِكِتْمَانِهِ لِئَلَّا يَقُولُ الْعَامِلُونَ حَسْبُنَا هَذَا مِنَ الطَّاعَةِ
And with Him-azwj there is Knowledge which He-azwj has Impeded, meaning Treasured it from entirety of the Prophets-as and entirety of their-as communities apart from you-asws, and other than your-saww community for the one from them you-saww are pleased with for the Sake of Allah-azwj, to publicise for the ones after him for the ones from them Allah-azwj is Satisfied with, that after what they are saying, no sin which was before it will afflict them nor fear of what will be committing from after it! And for that reason, I-azwj am instructing you-saww to conceal it lest the workers say, ‘This suffices us from the obedience’!”
يَقُولُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّاوُسُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ فِي جُمْلَةِ أَسْرَارِ هَذَا الدُّعَاءِ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ
Ali son of Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, Al Tawous said, ‘Then He-azwj mentioned all secrets of this supplication what its wording is: –
يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ مَنْ هَمَّ بِأَمْرَيْنِ فَأَحَبَّ أَنْ أَخْتَارَ لَهُ أَرْضَاهُمَا لِي فَأُلْزِمَهُ إِيَّاهُ فَلْيَقُلْ حِينَ يُرِيدُ ذَلِكَ- اللَّهُمَّ اخْتَرْ لِي بِعِلْمِكَ وَ وَفِّقْنِي بِعِلْمِكَ لِرِضَاكَ وَ مَحَبَّتِكَ
‘O Muhammad-saww, and the one who thinks of two matters and he loves for Me-azwj to Choose for him their most Satisfactory to Me-azwj so I-azwj would Necessitate it to him, let him say intending that, ‘O Allah-azwj! Choose for me by Your-azwj Knowledge and Harmonise me with Your-azwj Knowledge to Your-azwj Satisfaction and Your-azwj Love!
اللَّهُمَّ اخْتَرْ لِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَ جَنِّبْنِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ مَقْتَكَ وَ سَخَطَكَ
O Allah-azwj! Choose for me by Your-azwj Determination and Keep me aside from Your-azwj Hatred and Your-azwj Annoyance by Your-azwj Determination!
اللَّهُمَّ اخْتَرْ لِي فِيمَا أُرِيدُ مِنْ هَذَيْنِ الْأَمْرَيْنِ وَ تُسَمِّيهِمَا أَسَرَّهُمَا إِلَيَّ وَ أَحَبَّهُمَا إِلَيْكَ وَ أَقْرَبَهُمَا مِنْكَ وَ أَرْضَاهُمَا لَكَ
O Allah-azwj! Choose for me regarding what I intend from these two matters and (specify them) the most cheerful of the two to me, and the most Beloved of the two to You-azwj, and the closest from You-azwj, and the most Satisfactory of the two to You-azwj!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِالْقُدْرَةِ الَّتِي زَوَيْتَ بِهَا عِلْمَ الْأَشْيَاءِ كُلِّهَا عَنْ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ فَإِنَّكَ عَالِمٌ بِهَوَايَ وَ سَرِيرَتِي وَ عَلَانِيَتِي فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اسْفَعْ بِنَاصِيَتِي إِلَى مَا تَرَاهُ لَكَ رِضًا فِيمَا اسْتَخَرْتُكَ فِيهِ حَتَّى تُلْزِمَنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَمْراً أَرْضَى فِيهِ بِحُكْمِكَ وَ أَتَّكِلُ فِيهِ عَلَى قَضَائِكَ وَ أَكْتَفِي فِيهِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ
O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by the Power which You-azwj have Impeded knowledge of the things, all of them, from entirety of Your-azwj creatures, for You-azwj are a Knower of my desires and my secrets and my announcements. Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Turn me by my forelock to what You-azwj View as being Satisfactory to You‑azwj regarding what I am seeking Your-azwj Choice until You-azwj Necessitate me from that matter being satisfied regarding it with Your-azwj Judgment, and I relying in it upon Your-azwj Decree, and I suffice in it with Your-azwj Determination!
وَ لَا تَقْلِبْنِي وَ هَوَايَ لِهَوَاكَ مُخَالِفاً وَ لَا بِمَا أُرِيدُ لِمَا تُرِيدُ مُجَانِباً اغْلِبْ بِقُدْرَتِكَ الَّتِي تَقْضِي بِهَا مَا أَحْبَبْتَ عَلَى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتُ بِهَوَاكَ هَوَايَ وَ يَسِّرْنِي لِلْيُسْرَى الَّتِي تَرْضَى بِهَا عَنْ صَاحِبِهَا وَ لَا تَخْذُلْنِي بَعْدَ تَفْوِيضِي إِلَيْكَ أَمْرِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ
And do not Turn me and my desires to oppose Your-azwj Desire, nor with what I want to be opposite to what You-azwj Want! Overcome by Your-azwj Desire upon my desire, by Your-azwj Power which You-azwj Decree with what You-azwj Love upon the one You-azwj Love, and Facilitate me to the ease which You-azwj are Satisfied with from its performer, and do not Abandon me after my delegating my affairs to You-azwj by Your-azwj Mercy which is inclusive of all things!
اللَّهُمَّ أَوْقِعْ خِيَرَتَكَ فِي قَلْبِي وَ افْتَحْ قَلْبِي لِلُزُومِهَا يَا كَرِيمُ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ- فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ اخْتَرْتُ لَهُ مَنَافِعَهُ فِي الْعَاجِلِ وَ الْآجِلِ.
O Allah-azwj! Cause Your-azwj Choice to occur in my heart and Open my heart for necessitating it, O Benevolent! Ameen, Lord-azwj of the worlds!’ – When he says that, I-azwj shall Choose for him his benefit in the current and the future!”’[156]
22- الفتح، فتح الأبواب عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَمَا وَ الشَّيْخِ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْقَاهِرِ بِإِسْنَادِهِمَا إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيِّ عَنِ التَّلَّعُكْبَرِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُظَفَّرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَلَقَانَ الْمِصْرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ الْأَعْلَمِ عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ بْنِ هَارُونَ الْبَلْخِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَيْدٍ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – From Muhammad Bin Nama, and Sheykh As’ad Bin Abdul Qahir, by their chains to Abu Ja’far Al Tusi, from Al Tal’akburi, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Alawy, from Muhammad Bin Al Muzaffar, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Shalqan Al Misry, from Ali Bin Al Numan Al A’alam, from Umey Bin Al Mutawakkil Bin Haroun Al Balkhy, from his father, from Yahya Bin Zayd,
وَ عَنْ مَوْلَانَا جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقِ ع فِيمَا رَوَيَاهُ مِنْ أَدْعِيَةِ الصَّحِيفَةِ عَنْ زَيْنِ الْعَابِدِينَ ع مِنْ نُسْخَةٍ تَارِيخُ كِتَابَتِهَا سَنَةُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ وَ أَرْبَعِ مِائَةٍ قَالَ وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ ع فِي الِاسْتِخَارَةِ
‘And from our Master-asws Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq-asws among what is reported from ‘Ad’iyat Al Saheefa’ from Zayn Al Abideen-asws, from a copy, the date of its writing is the year four hundred and fifteen. He said, ‘And it was from his-asws supplication regarding the Istikhara: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اقْضِ لِي بِالْخِيَرَةِ وَ أَلْهِمْنَا مَعْرِفَةَ الِاخْتِيَارِ وَ اجْعَلْ لَنَا ذَرِيعَةً إِلَى الرِّضَا بِمَا قَضَيْتَ وَ التَّسْلِيمِ لِمَا حَكَمْتَ وَ أَزِحْ عَنَّا رَيْبَ أَهْلِ الِارْتِيَابِ وَ أَيِّدْنَا بِيَقِينِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice with Your-azwj Knowledge, so Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Decree for me with the Choice and Inspire to recognise the Choice, and Make a pretext to the satisfaction with what You-azwj have Decreed, and the submission to what You-azwj have Judged, and Remove from us doubts of the doubtful people, and Assist us with certainty of the sincere ones!
وَ لَا تَسُمْنَا عَجْزَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ عَمَّا تَخَيَّرْتَ فَنَغْمِطَ قَدْرَكَ وَ نَكْرَهَ مَوَاضِعَ قَضَائِكَ وَ نَجْنَحَ إِلَى الَّتِي هِيَ أَبْعَدُ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعَاقِبَةِ وَ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ ضَرَرِ الْعَافِيَةِ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا مَا نَكْرَهُ مِنْ قَضَائِكَ
And do let us fall into the incapability of the recognition of what You-azwj have Chosen so we would criticise You-azwj Determination and dislike the placement of Your-azwj Decree, and we would incline to what this is further from the goodly outcome and closer to the harm. The well-being is more beloved to us that what we dislike from Your-azwj Decree!
وَ سَهِّلْ عَلَيْنَا مَا تستصعب [نَسْتَصْعِبُ] مِنْ حُكْمِكَ وَ أَلْهِمْنَا الِانْقِيَادَ لِمَا أَوْرَدْتَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ مَشِيَّتِكَ فَلَا نَكْرَهُ مَا أَحْبَبْتَ وَ لَا نَتَخَيَّرُ مَا كَرِهْتَ وَ اخْتِمْ لَنَا بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ وَ أَحْمَدُ عَاقِبَةً وَ أَكْرَمُ مَصِيراً إِنَّكَ تُفِيدُ الْكَرِيمَةَ وَ تُعْطِي الْحَسَنَةَ وَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيدُ.
And Ease upon us what we find difficult from Your-azwj Judgment, and Inspire us the be led to what You-azwj have Referred to us of Your-azwj Desire so we will not dislike what You-azwj Love, nor would be chose what You-azwj Dislike, and End for us with that which is most excellent and of most praiseworthy outcome and the most honourable destiny. Surely, You-azwj Benefit by the Benevolence and Grant the excellence and Do whatever You-azwj Want!’’[157]
23- الفتح، فتح الأبواب ذَكَرَ الشَّيْخُ الْفَاضِلُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي كِتَابٍ لَهُ فِي الْعَمَلِ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ دُعَاءُ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع تَقُولُهُ بَعْدَ فَرَاغِكَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ تَقُولُ-
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – The meritorious Sheykh Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Muhammad mentioned in a book of his regarding the act of worship, its wording it this,
‘A supplication of the Istikhara from Al-Sadiq-asws, you should say after your being free from Salat of the Istikhara, saying: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ خَلَقْتَ أَقْوَاماً يَلْجَئُونَ إِلَى مَطَالِعِ النُّجُومِ لِأَوْقَاتِ حَرَكَاتِهِمْ وَ سُكُونِهِمْ وَ تَصَرُّفِهِمْ وَ عَقْدِهِمْ وَ حَلِّهِمْ وَ خَلَقْتَنِي أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ اللَّجَإِ إِلَيْهَا وَ مِنْ طَلَبِ الِاخْتِيَارَاتِ بِهَا وَ أَتَيَقَّنُ أَنَّكَ لَمْ تُطْلِعْ أَحَداً عَلَى غَيْبِكَ فِي مَوَاقِعِهَا وَ لَمْ تُسَهِّلْ لَهُ السَّبِيلَ إِلَى تَحْصِيلِ أَفَاعِيلِهَا
‘O Allah-azwj! You-azwj have Created people resorting to emergence of the stars for the timings of their movements, and their stillness, and (for) their dealings, and their contracts, and their releases, and You-azwj Created me. I disavow to You-azwj from taking shelter to it and from seeking the choices by it (astrology), and I am certain that You-azwj do not Notify anyone upon Your-azwj hidden matters regarding their timings, and You-azwj do not Facilitate the way to achieve its actions!
وَ أَنَّكَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى نَقْلِهَا فِي مَدَارَاتِهَا فِي مَسِيرِهَا عَنِ السُّعُودِ الْعَامَّةِ وَ الْخَاصَّةِ إِلَى النُّحُوسِ وَ مِنَ النُّحُوسِ الشَّامِلَةِ وَ الْمُفْرَدَةِ إِلَى السُّعُودِ لِأَنَّكَ تَمْحُو مَا تَشَاءُ وَ تُثْبِتُ وَ عِنْدَكَ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ وَ لِأَنَّهَا خَلْقٌ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ صَنْعَةٌ مِنْ صَنِيعِكَ
And You-azwj are Able upon Transferring these (stars) in their arrangement in their travels from the fortunate outcome, and the special to the inauspicious, and from the inclusive inauspicious and the individual to the fortunate, because You-azwj can Delete whatever You‑azwj Desire and Affirm, and in Your-azwj Possession is Mother of the Book, and because these are a creation from Your-azwj creations and a Making from Your-azwj Craft!
وَ مَا أَسْعَدْتَ مَنِ اعْتَمَدَ عَلَى مَخْلُوقٍ مِثْلِهِ وَ اسْتَمَدَّ الِاخْتِيَارَ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ هُمْ أُولَئِكَ وَ لَا أَشْقَيْتَ مَنِ اعْتَمَدَ عَلَى الْخَالِقِ الَّذِي أَنْتَ هُوَ- لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ
And how can he be fortunate, one who relies upon a created being like himself, and depends on the choice for himself, and they are like them, and he cannot be miserable, the one who relies upon the Creator. You-azwj are He-azwj! There is no god except You-azwj Alone, there is no associate for You-azwj!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَا تَمْلِكُهُ وَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَنْتَ بِهِ مَلِيٌّ وَ عَنْهُ غَنِيٌّ وَ إِلَيْهِ غَيْرُ مُحْتَاجٍ وَ بِهِ غَيْرُ مُكْتَرِثٍ مِنَ الْخِيَرَةِ الْجَامِعَةِ لِلسَّلَامَةِ وَ الْعَافِيَةِ وَ الْغَنِيمَةِ لِعَبْدِكَ مِنْ حَدَثِ الدُّنْيَا الَّتِي إِلَيْكَ فِيهَا ضَرُورَتُهُ لِمَعَاشِهِ وَ مِنْ خَيْرَاتِ الْآخِرَةِ الَّتِي عَلَيْكَ فِيهَا مُعَوَّلُهُ وَ أَنَا هُوَ عَبْدُكَ
And I ask You-azwj due to what You-azwj Control and are Able upon, and You-azwj are limitless with it and are needless from it and not needy to it, and You-azwj are not uncaring from the total goodness for the safety and the well-being, and the gain for Your-azwj servant from occurrences of the world which, to You-azwj regarding it is necessary for his life, and from goodness of the Hereafter which his reliance is upon You-azwj, and I am he, Your-azwj servant!
اللَّهُمَّ فَتَوَلَّ يَا مَوْلَايَ اخْتِيَارَ خَيْرِ الْأَوْقَاتِ لِحَرَكَتِي وَ سُكُونِي وَ نَقْضِي وَ إِبْرَامِي وَ سَيْرِي وَ حُلُولِي وَ عَقْدِي وَ حَلِّي وَ اشْدُدْ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ عَزْمِي وَ سَدِّدْ فِيهِ رَأْيِي وَ اقْذِفْهُ فِي فُؤَادِي حَتَّى لَا يَتَأَخَّرَ وَ لَا يَتَقَدَّمَ وَقْتُهُ عَنِّي
O Allah-azwj! Take Charge, my Master-azwj, of the best timing of my movement, and my stillness, and my decisions, and my contracts, and my journeys, and my arrivals, and my resolutions, and my releases. Strengthen my determination with Your-azwj Guidance, and Direct my view regarding it, and cast it into my heart so that it neither lags nor advances in its timing for me.
وَ أَبْرِمْ مِنْ قُدْرَتِكَ كُلَّ نَحْسٍ يَعْرِضُ بِحَاجِزٍ حَتْمٍ مِنْ قَضَائِكَ يَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ وَ يُبَاعِدُهُ مِنِّي وَ يُبَاعِدُنِي مِنْهُ فِي دِينِي وَ نَفْسِي وَ مَالِي وَ وُلْدِي وَ إِخْوَانِي وَ أَعِذْنِي بِهِ مِنَ الْأَوْلَادِ وَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَ الْبَهَائِمِ وَ الْأَعْرَاضِ وَ مَا أَحْضُرُهُ وَ مَا أَغِيبُ عَنْهُ وَ مَا أَسْتَصْحِبُهُ وَ مَا أُخَلِّفُهُ:
Eliminate, by Your-azwj Power, every misfortune that approaches with an inevitable obstacle from Your -azwj Decree, which stands between me and it, keeping it distant from me, and me distant from it, in my religion, and myself, and my wealth, and my offspring, and my brothers, and secure me from it with regards to the children, and the wealth, and the livestock, and the honour, what I am present for, absent from, and what I accompany, and what I leave behind.
وَ حَصِّنِّي مِنْ كُلِّ ذَلِكَ بِعِيَاذِكَ مِنَ الْآفَاتِ وَ الْعَاهَاتِ وَ الْبَلِيَّاتِ وَ مِنَ التَّغْيِيرِ وَ التَّبْدِيلِ وَ النَّقِمَاتِ وَ الْمَثُلَاتِ وَ مِنْ كَلِمَتِكَ الْحَالِقَةِ وَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْمَخْلُوقَاتِ وَ مِنْ سُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ وَ مِنْ دَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ وَ مِنْ شَمَاتَةِ الْأَعْدَاءِ وَ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا وَ الزَّلَلِ فِي قَوْلِي وَ فِعْلِي
And Fortify me from all that by Your-azwj Refuge from the calamities, and the disabilities, and the afflictions, and from the changes, and the replacements, and the scourges, and the sufferings, and from the destructive words, and from entirety of the created being, and from evil of the Decree, and from facing the misery, and from gloating by the enemies, and from the wrongdoings, and the slips in my words and my actions!
وَ مَلِّكْنِي الصَّوَابَ فِيهِمَا بِلَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ بِلَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْحَلِيمِ الْكَرِيمِ بِلَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَظِيمِ بِلَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ حِرْزِي وَ عَسْكَرِي بِلَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ سُلْطَانِي وَ مَقْدُرَتِي بِلَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ عِزِّي وَ مَنَعَتِي
And Grant me the control regarding these (words and actions) with, there is neither any might nor strength except with Allah-azwj the Exalted, the Magnificent, with there is neither any might nor strength except with Allah-azwj the Forbearing, the Benevolent, with there is neither any might nor strength except with Allah-azwj the Mighty, the Magnificent, with there is neither any might nor strength except with Allah-azwj my Guardian and my Guard, with there is neither any might nor strength except with Allah-azwj my Authority and my Determiner, with there is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj, the Mighty, the Preventer!
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْعَالِمُ بِجَوَائِلِ فِكْرِي وَ جَوَائِسِ صَدْرِي وَ مَا يَتَرَجَّحُ فِي الْإِقْدَامِ عَلَيْهِ وَ الْإِحْجَامِ عَنْهُ مَكْنُونُ ضَمِيرِي وَ سِرِّي وَ أَنَا فِيهِ بَيْنَ حَالَيْنِ خَيْرٍ أَرْجُوهُ وَ شَرٍّ أَتَّقِيهِ وَ سَهْوٍ يُحِيطُ بِي وَ دِينٍ أَحُوطُهُ
O Allah-azwj! You-azwj the Knower with intricacies of my thoughts, and the contents of my chest, and what the feet advance towards, and what my hidden consciences and my secrets refrain from, and I am in between two states – goodness I am hoping for and evil I am fearing from, and with omissions surrounding me and a religion I surround.
فَإِنْ أَصَابَنِي الْخِيَرَةُ الَّتِي أَنْتَ خَالِقُهَا لِتَهَبَهَا لِي لَا حَاجَةَ بِكَ إِلَيْهَا بَلْ بِجُودٍ مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ بِهَا غَنِمْتُ وَ سَلِمْتُ وَ إِنْ أَخْطَأَتْنِي حَسَرْتُ وَ عَطِبْتُ
If I were to attain the goodness which You-azwj are its Creator, Bestow it to me. There is no need for You-azwj to it, but due to Generosity from You-azwj upon me with it, a booty, and safety, and even of regret and flaws make me err!
اللَّهُمَّ فَأَرْشِدْنِي مِنْهُ إِلَى مَرْضَاتِكَ وَ طَاعَتِكَ وَ أَسْعِدْنِي فِيهِ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ وَ عِصْمَتِكَ وَ اقْضِ بِالْخَيْرِ وَ الْعَافِيَةِ وَ السَّلَامَةِ التَّامَّاتِ الشَّامِلَةِ الدَّائِمَةِ فِيهِ حَتْمُ أَقْضِيَتِكَ وَ نَافِذُ عَزْمِكَ وَ مَشِيَّتِكَ
O Allah-azwj! Guide me from it to Your-azwj Satisfaction and obedience to You-azwj, and Make me fortunate in it by Your-azwj Inclination and Your-azwj Protection, and Decree with the goodness and the well-being and the safety, the complete, the inclusive, the permanent in which is the Ordainment of Your-azwj Decree and implementation of Your-azwj Determination and Your-azwj Desire!
وَ إِنَّنِي أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ بِالْأَوْفَقِ مِنْ مَبَادِيهِ وَ عَوَاقِبِهِ وَ فَوَاتِحِهِ وَ مَسَالِمِهِ وَ مَعَاطِبِهِ وَ مِنَ الْقُدْرَةِ عَلَيْهِ وَ أُقِرُّ أَنَّهُ لَا عَالِمَ وَ لَا قَادِرَ عَلَى سَدَادِهِ سِوَاكَ
And I disassociate myself to You-azwj from having knowledge of the intricacies of its beginnings, and its outcomes, and its openings, and its pathways, and its consequences, and from having the capability to control it. I acknowledge that there is neither any knower nor anyone able upon Directing it apart from You-azwj!
فَأَنَا أَسْتَهْدِيكَ وَ أَسْتَعِينُكَ وَ أَسْتَقْضِيكَ وَ أَسْتَكْفِيكَ وَ أَدْعُوكَ وَ أَرْجُوكَ وَ مَا تَاهَ مَنِ اسْتَهْدَاكَ وَ لَا ضَلَّ مَنِ اسْتَفْتَاكَ وَ لَا دُهِيَ مَنِ اسْتَكْفَاكَ وَ لَا حَالَ مَنْ دَعَاكَ وَ لَا أُخْفِقَ مَنْ رَجَاكَ فَكُنْ لِي عِنْدَ أَحْسَنِ ظُنُونِي وَ آمَالِي فِيكَ
So, I seek Your-azwj Guidance, and Your-azwj Assistance, and I seek Your-azwj Decisions, and I seek Your-azwj Sufficing, and I supplicate to You-azwj, and hope to You-azwj, and he cannot go astray one who seeks Your-azwj Guidance, nor can he stray the one who seeks Your-azwj Verdict, nor does he fail one who seeks Your-azwj Sufficing, nor is he disappoint one who supplicates to You-azwj, nor will he lose one who hopes to You-azwj. Therefore, Be for me in accordance to my excellent thoughts and my aspirations regarding You-azwj!
يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَ اسْتَنْهَضْتُ لِمُهِمِّي هَذَا وَ لِكُلِّ مُهِمٍّ
O with the Majesty and the Benevolence! You are Able upon all things, and I have got up to this important matter of mine and for every important matter!
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ- بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ-
I seek Refuge with Allah-azwj, the All-hearing, the All-knowing, from the Pelted Satan-la! In the Name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful [1:1]!’
وَ تَقْرَأُ وَ تَقُولُ- الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ- مالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ- اهْدِنَا الصِّراطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ- صِراطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لَا الضَّالِّينَ-
And you should recite and say: All Praise is for Allah the Lord of the Worlds [1:2] The Beneficent, the Merciful [1:3] Master of the Day of Reckoning [1:4] (It is) You we worship And You do we seek Assistance (from) [1:5] Guide us to be on the Straight Path [1:6] The path of those You have Bestowed Bounties upon other than of those You are Wrathful upon nor of the straying ones [1:7]!
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ- إِلهِ النَّاسِ مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْواسِ الْخَنَّاسِ- الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ- مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَ النَّاسِ-
Say: ‘I seek Refuge with Lord of the people [114:1] God of the people [114:3] From the evil of doubts insinuated by the wicked one [114:4] Who insinuates into the chests of people [114:5] Being from the Jinn and the people [114:6].
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ مِنْ شَرِّ ما خَلَقَ- وَ مِنْ شَرِّ غاسِقٍ إِذا وَقَبَ- وَ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ- وَ مِنْ شَرِّ حاسِدٍ إِذا حَسَدَ-
Say: ‘I seek Refuge with Lord of Al-Falaq [113:1] From evil of what He Created [113:2] And from evil of darkness when it spreads [113:3] And from evil of an envier when he envies [113:5].
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ- لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ
Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] Allah is Al-Samad [112:2] He does not beget and is not begotten [112:3] And there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him’ [112:4].
وَ تَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ تَبارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ إِلَى آخِرِهَا ثُمَّ قُلْ وَ إِذا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ جَعَلْنا بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ الَّذِينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ حِجاباً مَسْتُوراً وَ جَعَلْنا عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَ فِي آذانِهِمْ وَقْراً وَ إِذا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَحْدَهُ وَلَّوْا عَلى أَدْبارِهِمْ نُفُوراً-
And you should recite Blessed is the One in Whose Hand is the Kingdom [67:1] (Surah Al-Mulk) up to its end, then say: And whenever you recite the Quran, We Make a hidden veil to be between you and those who are no believing in the Hereafter [17:45] And We Make a covering to be upon their hearts lest they understand it, and a heaviness to be in their ears. And whenever you mention your Lord in the Quran as being One, they turn around upon their backs in aversion [17:46].
أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْغافِلُونَ- أَ فَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلهَهُ هَواهُ وَ أَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلى عِلْمٍ وَ خَتَمَ عَلى سَمْعِهِ وَ قَلْبِهِ وَ جَعَلَ عَلى بَصَرِهِ غِشاوَةً فَمَنْ يَهْدِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللَّهِ أَ فَلا تَذَكَّرُونَ-
These ones, they are the heedless ones [7:179] So, do you see one who takes his desires as a god, and Allah Lets him stray upon knowledge and Seals upon his hearing and his heart, and Makes a covering to be upon his sight? Then who can guide him after Allah (has Denied him)? So will you not be mindful? [45:23].
وَ مَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِآياتِ رَبِّهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْها وَ نَسِيَ ما قَدَّمَتْ يَداهُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنا عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَ فِي آذانِهِمْ وَقْراً وَ إِنْ تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدى فَلَنْ يَهْتَدُوا إِذاً أَبَداً-
And who is more unjust than one is reminded of the Signs of his Lord, but he turns away from it and forgets what his hands have sent ahead? Surely, We has Made covering to be upon their hearts lest they understand it, and a deafness in their ears. And if you call them to the Guidance, then they will never be rightly guided, ever! [18:57].
الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إِيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ- فَانْقَلَبُوا بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ فَضْلٍ لَمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوءٌ وَ اتَّبَعُوا رِضْوانَ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ-
Those to whom the people said: ‘Surely the people have gathered against you, therefore fear them’; but this increased them in Eman, and they said: ‘Allah is Sufficient for us and the most excellent Protector’ [3:173]. So they returned with a Favour from Allah and (His) Grace. No evil touched them and they pursued the Pleasure of Allah; and Allah is the Lord of Mighty Grace [3:174].
فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقاً فِي الْبَحْرِ يَبَساً- لا تَخافُ دَرَكاً وَ لا تَخْشى- لا تَخافا إِنَّنِي مَعَكُما أَسْمَعُ وَ أَرى
And strike a dry pathway or them in the sea. Do not fear of being overtaken, nor be scared” [20:77] He said: “Do not fear! I am with you both. I hear and I See” [20:46].
وَ اسْتَنْهَضْتُ لِمُهِمِّي هَذَا وَ لِكُلِّ مُهِمٍّ أَسْمَاءَ اللَّهِ الْعِظَامَ وَ كَلِمَاتِهِ التَّوَامَّ وَ فَوَاتِحَ سُوَرِ الْقُرْآنِ وَ خَوَاتِيمَهَا وَ مُحْكَمَاتِهَا وَ قَوَارِعَهَا وَ كُلَّ عُوذَةٍ تَعَوَّذَ بِهَا نَبِيٌ أَوْ صِدِّيقٌ
I have arisen to this important matter of mine, and for every important matter in the Magnificent Names of Allah-azwj, and His-azwj complete Words, and the beginnings of the Chapters of the Quran and their endings, and their Decisive, and its calamities, and every amulet sought refuge with by a Prophet-as, or a truthful one!
حم شَاهَتِ الْوُجُوهُ وُجُوهُ أَعْدَائِي فَهُمْ لا يُبْصِرُونَ وَ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ ثِقَةً وَ عُدَّةً وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ- وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ وَ صَلَوَاتُهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِهِ وَ آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ.
Ha Meem [42:1]! May the faces be humiliated, faces of my enemies, so they will not be seeing, and Allah-azwj Suffices me as Trustee and a Weapon, and is the best Protector! And the Praise is for Allah-azwj, Lord-azwj of the worlds, and may His-azwj Salawaat be upon our Chief Muhammad-saww, His-azwj Rasool-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, the Pure!’’[158]
24- الفتح فتح الأبواب بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ التَّلَّعُكْبَرِيِّ عَنْ هِبَةِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامَةَ الْمُقْرِي عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْبُزُورِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى الرِّضَا ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقَ ع يَقُولُ مَنْ دَعَا بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ لَمْ يَرَ فِي عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِهِ إِلَّا مَا يُحِبُّ وَ هُوَ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – By his chain, from Muhammad Bin Haroun Al Tal’akbury, from Hibbatullah Bin Salama Al Muqry, from Ibrahim Bin Ahmad Al Bazoury who said,
‘We are informed by Ali-asws Bin Musa Al-Reza-asws having said: ‘I-asws heard my-asws father Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws who said: ‘I-asws heard my-asws father-asws Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq-asws saying: ‘One who will not see in outcome of his matter except what he loves, and it is: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ خِيَرَتَكَ تُنِيلُ الرَّغَائِبَ وَ تُجْزِلُ الْمَوَاهِبَ وَ تُطَيِّبُ الْمَكَاسِبَ وَ تُغَنِّمُ الْمَطَالِبَ وَ تَهْدِي إِلَى أَحْمَدِ الْعَوَاقِبِ وَ تَقِي مِنْ مَحْذُورِ النَّوَائِبِ
‘O Allah-azwj! Your-azwj Choice achieves the desires and makes the gifts plentiful, and makes the earnings good, and gains the purposes, and You-azwj Guide to the most praiseworthy outcomes and Save from the hazardous pitfalls!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ فِيمَا عَقَدَ عَلَيْهِ رَأْيِي وَ قَادَنِي إِلَيْهِ هَوَايَ فَأَسْأَلُكَ يَا رَبِّ أَنْ تُسَهِّلَ لِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا تَعَسَّرَ وَ أَنْ تُعَجِّلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا تَيَسَّرَ وَ أَنْ تُعْطِيَنِي يَا رَبِّ الظَّفَرَ فِيمَا اسْتَخَرْتُكَ فِيهِ وَ عَوْناً بِالْإِنْعَامِ فِيمَا دَعَوْتُكَ وَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ يَا رَبِّ بُعْدَهُ قُرْباً وَ خَوْفَهُ أَمْناً وَ مَحْذُورَهُ سِلْماً فَإِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ
O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice regarding what my opinions has tied upon, and my desires have guided me to it, so I ask You-azwj, O Lord-azwj, to Ease for me from that what is difficult, and to Hasten from that what is easy, and to Grant me, O Lord-azwj, the victory in what I am seeking Your-azwj Choice in, and Assistance with the bounties regarding what I am supplicating to You-azwj, and O Lord-azwj, Make its far to be near, and its fear to be security, and its hazard to be safe, for You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj are Know of the unseen!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ يَكُنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ خَيْراً لِي فِي عَاجِلِ الدُّنْيَا وَ آجِلِ الْآخِرَةِ فَسَهِّلْهُ لِي وَ يَسِّرْهُ عَلَيَّ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَ اقْدِرْ لِي فِيهِ الْخِيَرَةَ- إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
O Allah-azwj! If this matter happens to be good for me in the current world and the future Hereafter, Facilitate it for me and Ease it upon me, and if it does not happen to be so, Turn it away from me and Determine the good for me in it, You-azwj are Able upon all things, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!’’[159]
25- الفتح، فتح الأبواب دُعَاءُ مَوْلَانَا الْمَهْدِيِّ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَى آبَائِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ فِي الِاسْتِخَارَاتِ وَ هُوَ آخِرُ مَا خَرَجَ مِنْ مُقَدَّسِ حَضْرَتِهِ أَيَّامَ الْوِكَالاتِ
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al-Abwaab’ – A supplication of our Master-ajfj Al-Mahdi-ajfj, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-ajfj and upon his-ajfj forefathers, the Pure, regarding the Istikhara(s), and it is another what has emerged from his-ajfj Holy presence in the days of the representatives.
رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي كِتَابٍ جَامِعٍ لَهُ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ اسْتِخَارَةُ الْأَسْمَاءِ الَّتِي عَلَيْهَا الْعَمَلُ وَ يَدْعُو بِهَا فِي صَلَاةِ الْحَاجَةِ وَ غَيْرِهَا ذَكَرَ أَبُو دُلَفَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُظَفَّرِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ أَنَّهَا آخِرُ مَا خَرَجَ
It is reported by Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Muhammad in the book ‘Jamie’ of his what this is its wording, ‘Istikhara of the Names upon which is the action and to be supplicated with in ‘Salat Al-Haajat’ and others, mentioned by Abu Zulaf Muhammad Bin Al-Muzaffer, may Allah-azwj Mercy him, it is last of what emerged: –
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي عَزَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ فَقُلْتَ لَهُمَا ائْتِيا طَوْعاً أَوْ كَرْهاً قالَتا أَتَيْنا طائِعِينَ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي عَزَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَى عَصَا مُوسَى- فَإِذا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ ما يَأْفِكُونَ
‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which You-azwj Determined with upon the skies and the earth, so You-azwj Said to the two: “Come, willingly or unwillingly!” They both said: ‘We come willingly’ [41:11], and by Your-azwj Name which You-azwj Determined with upon the staff of Musa-as: Then Musa cast down his staff and it swallowed up what they were faking [26:45]!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي صَرَفْتَ بِهِ قُلُوبَ السَّحَرَةِ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى قالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ رَبِّ مُوسى وَ هارُونَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name by which You-azwj Turned hearts of the magicians towards You-azwj until they said: They said, ‘We believe in the Lord of the Worlds! [26:47] Lord of Musa and Haroun!’ [26:48]!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِالْقُدْرَةِ الَّتِي تُبْلِي بِهَا كُلَّ جَدِيدٍ وَ تُجَدِّدُ بِهَا كُلَّ بَالٍ
And I ask You-azwj by the Power by which You-azwj Decay the new and Renew every decayed by it!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ حَقٍّ هُوَ لَكَ وَ بِكُلِّ حَقٍّ جَعَلْتَهُ عَلَيْكَ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ خَيْراً لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ تُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ تَسْلِيماً وَ تُهَنِّيَهُ وَ تُسَهِّلَهُ عَلَيَّ وَ تَلْطُفَ لِي فِيهِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
I ask You-azwj by every right which is for You-azwj and by every right You-azwj have Made it upon You-azwj! If this matter was good for me in my religion and my world and my Hereafter, Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and Greet unto them‑asws abundant Greetings and Salutations, and Facilitate it upon me, and Be Compassionate to me regarding it, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!
وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَرّاً لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ تُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ تَسْلِيماً وَ أَنْ تَصْرِفَهُ عَنِّي بِمَا شِئْتَ وَ كَيْفَ شِئْتَ وَ تُرْضِيَنِي بِقَضَائِكَ وَ تُبَارِكَ لِي فِي قَدَرِكَ حَتَّى لَا أُحِبَّ تَعْجِيلَ شَيْءٍ أَخَّرْتَهُ وَ لَا تَأْخِيرَ شَيْءٍ عَجَّلْتَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَظِيمُ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ.
And if it was evil for me in my religion and my world and my Hereafter, Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Greet unto them abundant Greetings, and Turn it away from me with whatever You-azwj Desire, and however You-azwj Desire, and Make me be satisfied with Your-azwj Decree, and Bless for me in Your-azwj Determination until I don’t love hastening of anything You-azwj have Delayed, nor delaying of anything You-azwj has Hastened, for there is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj, O Ali-asws, O Magnificent, O with the Majesty and the Benevolence!’’[160]
وَ مِنْهُ بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى الشَّيْخِ الطُّوسِيِّ عَنِ الْمُفِيدِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْغَضَائِرِيِّ مَعاً عَنِ الصَّدُوقِ عَنْ وَالِدِهِ فِيمَا كَتَبَ فِي رِسَالَتِهِ إِلَى وَلَدِهِ
And from him, by the chain to the Sheykh Al-Tusi, from Al-Mufeed and Al-Husayyn Bin Ubeydullah Al-Gazairy, both together from Al-Sadouq, from his father among what he wrote in his correspondence to his son.
قَالَ: إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَمْراً فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً فَمَا عَزَمَ لَكَ فَافْعَلْ وَ قُلْ فِي دُعَائِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ- لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ رَبِّ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ خِرْ لِي فِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا لِلدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ خِيَرَةً مِنْكَ فِي عَافِيَةٍ.
He said, ‘Whenever you intend a matter, pray two Cycles Salat and seek the Choice of Allah‑azwj (saying) one hundred and one times. Whatever is determined for you, do it, and say in your supplication, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj the Exalted, the Magnificent! There is no god except Allah-azwj the Forbearing, the Benevolent! Lord-azwj, by the right of Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny‑asws, and Choose for me such and such for the world and the Hereafter, being a Choice from You-azwj in well-being!’’[161] (Not a Hadeeth)
الْمُقْنِعَةُ، مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَإِذَا سَلَّمْتَ سَجَدْتَ وَ قُلْتَ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الدُّعَاءَ.
(The book) ‘Al-Muqnie’ – Similar to it except that he said, ‘When you have performed Salat, do Sajdah and say, ‘I seek the Choice of Allah-azwj’, one hundred times’, then he mentioned the supplication’’.[162]
26- الْفَتْحُ، فتح الأبواب بِالْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ الْكُلَيْنِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ رُبَّمَا أَرَدْتُ الْأَمْرَ يَفْرُقُ مِنِّي فَرِيقَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا يَأْمُرُنِي وَ الْآخَرُ يَنْهَانِي
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – by the chain from Al Kulayni, from Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Amro Bin Ibrahim, from Khalaf Bin Hammad, from Is’haq Bin Ammar,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him-asws, ‘Sometimes I intend the matter, it creates division within me of two factions. One of these instructs me and the other ones forbids me!’
قَالَ فَقَالَ إِذَا كُنْتَ كَذَلِكَ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَحْزَمَ الْأَمْرَيْنِ لَكَ فَافْعَلْهُ فَإِنَّ الْخِيَرَةَ فِيهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَ لْتَكُنِ اسْتِخَارَتُكَ فِي عَافِيَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ رُبَّمَا خِيرَ لِلرَّجُلِ فِي قَطْعِ يَدِهِ وَ مَوْتِ وَلَدِهِ وَ ذَهَابِ مَالِهِ
He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws said: ‘Whenever you were to be like that, pray two Cycles (Salat) and seek the choice of Allah-azwj (saying) one hundred times. Then look at the two matters, the most resolute for you, do it, for the Choice will be regarding it, if Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desires, and let your Istikhara be in well-being for sometimes goodness for the man is in his hand being cut, and death of his child, and depletion of his wealth’’.[163]
قَالَ وَ رَوَى جَدِّي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيُّ هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ فِي تَهْذِيبِ الْأَحْكَامِ عَنِ الْكُلَيْنِيِ.
He (the narrator) said, ‘And it is reported by my grandfather Abu Ja’far Al Tusi, this reported by this chain in (the book) ‘Tahzeeb Al-Ahkaam’, from Al-Kulayni’’.[164]
الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّ فِيهِ فَفَرَقَ نَفْسِي عَلَى فِرْقَتَيْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا تَأْمُرُنِي وَ الْأُخْرَى تَنْهَانِي إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَحْزَمَ الْأَمْرَيْنِ.
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Khalaf Bin Hammad – similar to it except in it is, ‘My soul gets divided upon two factions, one of them instructs me and the other forbids me’ – ending up to his-asws words: ‘Then looks at the most determined of the two matters’’.[165]
27- الفتح، فتح الأبواب رَأَيْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَصْلِ الشَّيْخِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ الْمُجْمَعِ عَلَى عِلْمِهِ وَ صَلَاحِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْقَسْرِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي آخِرِ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ أَنْتَ سَاجِدٌ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – I saw in the original book of the Sheykh Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr, there is consensus upon his knowledge and his righteousness, from Muhammad Bin Khalid Al Qasry who said,
‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about the Istikhara. He-asws said: ‘You should say, ‘I seek the choice of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic’ in the last Cycle of the night Salat while you are in Sajdah, one hundred and one times’.
قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ أَقُولُ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘How should I be saying?’
قَالَ تَقُولُ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ.
He-asws said: ‘You should say, ‘I seek the choice of Allah-azwj by His-azwj Mercy! I seek the choice of Allah-azwj by His-azwj Mercy!’’[166]
وَ مِنْهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ الْعَيَّاشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَزَّازِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَلَفٍ الْقُشَيْرِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ فَقَالَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى فِي آخِرِ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ أَنْتَ سَاجِدٌ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
And from him, by his chain to his grandfather, from Abu Ja’far, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Masoud Al Ayyashi, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Bazzaz, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Khalaf Al Qusheyri who said,
‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about the Istikhara. He-asws said: ‘Seek the Choice of Allah-azwj the Exalted in the last Cycle of the night Salat while you are in Sajdah one hundred times!’
قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ أَقُولُ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘How shall I be saying?’
قَالَ تَقُولُ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ.
He-asws said: ‘You should say, ‘I seek the choice of Allah-azwj by His-azwj Mercy! I seek the choice of Allah-azwj by His-azwj Mercy!’’[167]
28- الفتح، فتح الأبواب بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى جَدِّهِ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ وَ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ مَعاً عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع يَقُولُ مَا اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ عَبْدٌ قَطُّ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ إِلَّا رُمِيَ بِخَيْرِ الْأَمْرَيْنِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ إِنْ كَانَ أَمْرُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا خَيْراً لِأَمْرِ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي وَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَ آجِلِهِ فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ افْتَحْ لِي بَابَهُ وَ رَضِّنِي فِيهِ بِقَضَائِكَ.
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – by his chain to his grandfather to Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, and Ibn Abu Umeyr, both together from Muawiya Bin Ammar,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Abu Ja’far-asws had said: ‘No servant will seek the Choice of Allah-azwj one hundred times at all except He-azwj will Cast best of the two matters. He should say, ‘O Allah-azwj, Knower of the unseen and the seen! If such and such matter was good for the affairs of my world and my Hereafter, and current of my life and its future, Facilitate it for me and Open its door for me, and Make me to be satisfied with Your-azwj Decree regarding it!’’[168]
وَ مِنْهُ بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى جَدِّهِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع إِذَا أَرَدْتُ الْأَمْرَ وَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَخِيرَ رَبِّي كَيْفَ أَقُولُ
And from him by the chain to his grandfather with his chain to Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Qaza, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareez, from Zurara who said,
‘I said to Abu Ja’far-asws, ‘When I intend the matter and want to seek the Choice of my Lord‑azwj, how should I be saying?’
قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ ذَلِكَ فَصُمِ الثَّلَاثَاءَ وَ الْأَرْبِعَاءَ وَ الْخَمِيسَ ثُمَّ صَلِّ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي مَكَانٍ نَظِيفٍ فَتَشَهَّدْ ثُمَّ قُلْ وَ أَنْتَ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ-
He-asws said: ‘Whenever you intend that, fast the Tuesday, and the Wednesday, and the Thursday, then pray on the day of Friday in a clean place. He should perform Tashahhud, then say while you are looking towards the sky: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ أَنْتَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ خَيْراً لِي فِيمَا أَحَاطَ بِهِ عِلْمُكَ فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ بَارِكْ فِيهِ وَ افْتَحْ لِي بِهِ
‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj because You-azwj are Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Beneficent, the Merciful! You-azwj are Knower of the unseen! If this matter was better for me regarding what Your-azwj Knowledge Encompasses with, Facilitate it for me, and Bless in it, and Open it for me!
وَ إِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ شَرّاً لِي فِيمَا أَحَاطَ بِهِ عِلْمُكَ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي بِمَا تَعْلَمُ فَإِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ تَقْضِي وَ لَا أَقْضِي وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ يَقُولُهَا مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ.
And if that was evil for me regarding what Your-azwj Knowledge Encompasses with, Turn it away from me with what You-azwj Know, for You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj Decree and I don’t decree, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen!’ – saying it one hundred times’’.[169]
وَ مِنْهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى الصَّدُوقِ فِي كِتَابِ عُيُونِ أَخْبَارِ الرِّضَا بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّهُ يَسْجُدُ عَقِيبَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ وَ يَقُولُ- اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
And from him, by his chain to Al-Sadouq in the book ‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza-asws, from Al-Sadiq-asws: ‘He should do Sajdah as follow-up of the Prescribed (Salat) and say, ‘O Allah-azwj! Choose for me!’, one hundred times.
ثُمَّ يَتَوَسَّلُ بِالنَّبِيِّ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ ع وَ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِمْ وَ يَسْتَشْفِعُ بِهِمْ وَ يَنْظُرُ مَا يُلْهِمُهُ اللَّهُ فَيَفْعَلُ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.
Then he should (supplicate through the) intersession of the Prophet-saww and the Imams-asws, and he should send Salawaat upon them and seek intercession with them-asws, and he should look at what Allah-azwj Inspires him, so he should do it, for that is from Allah-azwj the Exalted!’’[170]
وَ مِنْهُ قَالَ قُدِّسَ سِرُّهُ وَ مِمَّا يُنَبِّهُ عَلَى أَنَّ حَدِيثَ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ قَدْ كَانَ مَشْهُوراً مَعْرُوفاً وَ بَيْنَ الشِّيعَةِ مَأْلُوفاً مَا رَوَيْنَاهُ بِإِسْنَادِنَا الْمُتَقَدِّمِ فِي طُرُقِنَا إِلَى مَا رَوَاهُ جَدِّي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ فِيمَا رَوَاهُ فِي كِتَابِ الدَّلَائِلِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ الْيَسَعِ قَالَ: كُنْتُ مُجَاوِراً بِمَكَّةَ فَصِرْتُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ كِسْوَةٍ يَكْسُونِيهَا فَلَمْ يَقْضِ لِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ حَتَّى وَدَّعْتُهُ وَ أَرَدْتُ الْخُرُوجَ فَقُلْتُ أَكْتُبُ إِلَيْهِ وَ أَسْأَلُهُ
And from him, he, may his soul be sanctified, said, and from what he informed upon, ‘The Hadeeth of Istikhara which is famous, well-known, and compile between the Shias is what we are reporting by our previous chain in our ways to what is reported by my grandfather Abu Ja’far Al Tusi, may Allah-azwj be Satisfied with him, from Abu Al Abbas Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al Himeyri among what he reported in ‘Kitab Al Daleel’, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Sahl Bin Yas’a who said,
‘I was in the vicinity of Makkah. I came to Al-Medina and entered to see Abu Ja’far-asws. I wanted to ask him-asws about a cloth he-asws can clothe me with, but it was not decreed that I ask Him-azwj until I bade him-asws farewell and intended to go out. I said (within myself), ‘I shall write to him-asws and ask him-asws’’.
قَالَ فَكَتَبْتُ الْكِتَابَ وَ صِرْتُ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ الرَّسُولِ ص- عَلَى أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ أَسْتَخِيرَ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ فَإِنْ وَقَعَ فِي قَلْبِي أَنْ أَبْعَثَ إِلَيْهِ بِالْكِتَابِ بَعَثْتُهُ وَ إِلَّا خَرَقْتُهُ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I wrote the letter and came to Masjid of the Rasool-saww based upon that I shall pray two Cycles Salat and seek the Choice of Allah-azwj one hundred times. If it occurs in my heart to send the letter to him-asws, I shall send it, or else I shall tear it’.
قَالَ فَوَقَعَ فِي قَلْبِي أَنْ لَا أَبْعَثَ فِيهِ فَخَرَقْتُ الْكِتَابَ وَ خَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا كَذَلِكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولًا مَعَهُ ثِيَابٌ فِي مِنْدِيلٍ يَتَخَلَّلُ الْقَطَرَاتُ وَ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ الْقُمِّيِّ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَيَّ وَ قَالَ مَوْلَاكَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْكَ بِهَذَا وَ إِذَا مُلَاءَتَانِ
He (the narrator) said, ‘It occurred in my heart not to send it, so I tore the letter and went out from Al Medina. While I was like that when I saw a messenger. With him was a cloth (wrapped) in a towel dripping drops, and he asked about Muhammad Bin Sahl Al-Qummi until he ended to me and said, ‘Your Master-asws has sent this to you!’ – and these were two sheets’.
قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى فَقَضَى أَنِّي غَسَّلْتُهُ حِينَ مَاتَ وَ كَفَّنْتُهُ فِيهِمَا.
Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa said, ‘He decreed that I should wash him when he dies and enshroud him in these’’.[171]
29- الفتح، فتح الأبواب بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى جَدِّهِ الشَّيْخِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ الْجَمَّالِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ عَبْدٌ قَطُّ فِي أَمْرٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ عِنْدَ رَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع فَيَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ وَ يُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا رَمَاهُ اللَّهُ بِخَيْرِ الْأَمْرَيْنِ.
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – by his chain to his grandfather the Sheykh Abu Ja’far, by his chain to Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazzal, from Safwan Al Jammal,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘No servant will seek the Choice of Allah-azwj regarding a matter, one hundred times by the head of Al-Husayn-azwj, praising Allah-azwj and extolling upon Him-azwj, except Allah-azwj will Cast to him better of the two matters’’.[172]
وَ مِنْهُ قَالَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ جَدِّي فِي كِتَابِ الْمَبْسُوطِ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَمْراً مِنَ الْأُمُورِ لِدِينِهِ أَوْ دُنْيَاهُ يُسْتَحَبُّ لَهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا مَا شَاءَ وَ يَقْنُتُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ دَعَا بِمَا أَرَادَ وَ يَسْجُدُ وَ يَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ فِي سُجُودِهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ يَقُولُ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِي ثُمَّ يَمْضِي فِي حَاجَتِهِ.
And from, he, may Allah-azwj be Satisfied with him, said, ‘My grandfather said in the book ‘Al Mabsout’ –
‘Whenever he intends a matter from the matters of his religion or his world, it is recommended for him to pray two Cycles Salat, reciting in these whatever he so desires to, and perform Qunout in the second. When he has performed Salaam, he should supplicated with whatever he wants and do Sajdah, and seek the Choice of Allah-azwj in his Sajdah one hundred times saying, ‘I seek the Choice of Allah-azwj in entirety of my affairs’, then he should continue in his needs’’.[173]
30- الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، رَوَى الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ قَالَ: سَأَلَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ جَهْمٍ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع لِابْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا تَرَى لَهُ وَ ابْنُ أَسْبَاطٍ حَاضِرٌ وَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعاً يَرْكَبُ الْبَحْرَ أَوِ الْبَرَّ إِلَى مِصْرَ وَ أَخْبَرَهُ بِخَبَرِ طَرِيقِ الْبَرِّ
(The book) ‘Al Mutahajjid’ – It is reported by Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazzal who said,
‘Al-Hassan Bin Jahm asked Abu Al-Hassan-asws for Ibn Asbaat. He said to him-asws, ‘What is your-asws view for him?’, and Ibn Asbaat was present and we were all sailing the sea or land to Egypt, and he-asws informed him-asws with news of way of the sea.
فَقَالَ فَأْتِ الْمَسْجِدَ فِي غَيْرِ وَقْتِ صَلَاةٍ فَرِيضَةٍ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ يَقَعُ فِي قَلْبِكَ فَاعْمَلْ بِهِ
‘He-asws said: ‘Go to the Masjid in other than the time of the Obligatory Salat, pray two Cycles and seek the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) one hundred times, then look at which thing occurs in your heart, work with it’.
فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ الْبَرُّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ لَهُ
Al-Hassan Bin Al-Jahm said to him, ‘The land is more beloved to me for it’.
قَالَ ع وَ إِلَيَّ.
He-asws said: ‘And to me-asws!’’[174]
31- الْمَكَارِمُ، وَ الْفَقِيهُ، عَنْ نَاجِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ شِرَى شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ وَ الدَّابَّةِ أَوِ الْحَاجَةَ الْخَفِيفَةَ أَوِ الشَّيْءَ الْيَسِيرَ اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِيهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنْ كَانَ أَمْراً جَسِيماً اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ فِيهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ.
(The book) ‘Al Makarim’, and ‘Al Faqeeh’ – From Najie,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, whenever he wanted to buy something, the slave, or the animal, or the light need, of the easy thing, he-asws would seek the Choice of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic seven times regarding it. If it was an immensely large matter, he-asws would seek the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) one hundred times’’.[175]
32- الْبَلَدُ الْأَمِينُ، رُوِيَ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع وَ هُوَ مِنْ أَدْعِيَةِ الْوَسَائِلِ إِلَى الْمَسَائِلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ خِيَرَتَكَ فِيمَا أَسْتَخِيرُكَ فِيهِ تُنِيلُ الرَّغَائِبَ وَ تُجْزِلُ الْمَوَاهِبَ وَ تُغَنِّمُ الْمَطَالِبَ وَ تُطَيِّبُ الْمَكَاسِبَ وَ تَهْدِي إِلَى أَجْمَلِ الْمَذَاهِبِ وَ تَسُوقُ إِلَى أَحْمَدِ الْعَوَاقِبِ وَ تَقِي مَخُوفَ النَّوَائِبِ
(The book) ‘Al Balad Al Ameen’ – It is reported from Al-Reza-asws, and it is from supplications of (the book) ‘Al Wasaail Ila Al Masaail’ –
‘O Allah-azwj! Your-azwj Choice regarding what I am seeking Your-azwj Choice in achieves the desires, and multiply the bounties, and gain the purposes, and makes good the earnings, and guides to the most beautiful doctrines, and ushers to the most praise-worthy of the outcomes, and saves from the scary afflictions!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ فِيمَا عَزَمَ رَأْيِي عَلَيْهِ وَ قَادَنِي عَقْلِي إِلَيْهِ فَسَهِّلِ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْهُ مَا تَوَعَّرَ وَ يَسِّرْ مِنْهُ مَا تَعَسَّرَ وَ اكْفِنِي فِيهِ الْمُهِمَّ وَ ادْفَعْ عَنِّي كُلَّ مُلِمٍّ وَ اجْعَلْ رَبِّ عَوَاقِبَهُ غُنْماً وَ خَوْفَهُ سِلْماً وَ بُعْدَهُ قُرْباً وَ جَدْبَهُ خِصْباً
O Allah-azwj, I seek Your-azwj Choice regarding what my opinion has determined upon, and my intellect has guided me to it, O Allah-azwj Facilitate from it what is hard, and Ease from it what is difficult, and Suffice me of the worries in it, and Repel from me every adversity, and Lord‑azwj, Make its outcome gainful, and its scary secured, and its far to be near, and its bareness as fertile.
وَ أَرْسِلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِجَابَتِي وَ أَنْجِحْ طَلِبَتِي وَ اقْضِ حَاجَتِي وَ اقْطَعْ عَوَائِقَهَا وَ امْنَعْ بَوَائِقَهَا وَ أَعْطِنِي اللَّهُمَّ لِوَاءَ الظَّفَرِ فِيمَا اسْتَخَرْتُكَ وَ وُفُورَ الْغُنْمِ فِيمَا دَعَوْتُكَ وَ عَوَائِدَ الْإِفْضَالِ فِيمَا رَجَوْتُكَ
And O Allah-azwj, Send forth my response, Grant success to my request, Fulfil my need, Remove its obstacles, Prevent its hindrances, and Bestow upon me, O Allah-azwj, the banner of victory in what I seek Your-azwj Guidance for, and the abundance of gains in what I invoke You-azwj for, and the returns of Blessings in what I am hoping from You-azwj!
وَ اقْرِنْهُ اللَّهُمَّ بِالنَّجَاحِ وَ حِطَّةً بِالصَّلَاحِ وَ أَرِنِي أَسْبَابَ الْخِيَرَةِ وَاضِحَةً وَ أَعْلَامَ غُنْمِهَا لَائِحَةً وَ اشْدُدْ خُنَاقَ تَعَسُّرِهَا وَ انْعَشْ صَرِيعَ تَيَسُّرِهَا
And O Allah-azwj, Couple it with success and Surround it with righteousness. Show me the clear ways of goodness, and Display the signs of its gains, and Tighten the difficulties of its challenges, and Enliven the ease of its accomplishments!
وَ بَيِّنِ اللَّهُمَّ مُلْتَبَسَهَا وَ أَطْلِقْ مُحْتَبَسَهَا وَ مَكِّنْ أُسَّهَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ خِيَرَةً مُقْبِلَةً بِالْغُنْمِ مُزِيلَةً لِلْغُرْمِ عَاجِلَةَ النَّفْعِ بَاقِيَةَ الصُّنْعِ إِنَّكَ وَلِيُّ الْمَزِيدِ مُبْتَدِئٌ بِالْجُودِ.
O Allah-azwj, Clarify what is confusing about it, and Release what is restricted, and Empower its efforts until it becomes a profitable endeavour, removing adversity swiftly with lasting benefits. Surely You-azwj are in Charge of the increase, Initiator of the Generosity!’’[176]
33- الفتح، فتح الأبواب نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الثِّقَةِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَهْمِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَا اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ عَبْدٌ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً بِهَذِهِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ إِلَّا رَمَاهُ اللَّهُ بِالْخَيْرِ يَقُولُ يَا أَبْصَرَ النَّاظِرِينَ وَ يَا أَسْمَعَ السَّامِعِينَ وَ يَا أَسْرَعَ الْحَاسِبِينَ وَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ خِرْ لِي فِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا.
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – Copying from the book of Sa’ad Bin Abdullah Al Siqqa, from Al-Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Abu Al Jahm, from Muawiya Bin Maysara who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘No servant will seek the Choice of Allah-azwj (saying) seventy times with this Istikhara except Allah-azwj will Cast to him the goodness. He should say, ‘O most Seeing of the beholders, and O most Listening of the listeners, and O Swiftest of the reckoners, and O most Merciful of the merciful ones! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and upon People-asws of his-saww Household, and Choose for me regarding such and such!’’[177]
الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، وَ الْفَقِيهُ، وَ التَّهْذِيبُ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ مِثْلَهُ وَ زَادُوا بَعْدَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَ يَا أَحْكَمَ الْحَاكِمِينَ وَ فِيهَا وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ.
(The book) ‘Al Mutahajjid’, and ‘Al Faqeeh’, and ‘Al Tahzeeb’, from Muawiya Bin Maysara – similar to it, and they increased after: ‘Merciful ones, and O most Judicial of the judges’, and in it is, ‘And People-asws of his-saww Household’’.[178]
الْمَكَارِمُ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ مِثْلَ الْأَخِيرِ وَ زَادَ فِي آخِرِهِ ثُمَّ اسْجُدْ سَجْدَةً تَقُولُ فِيهَا مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ- أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ أَسْتَقْدِرُ اللَّهَ فِي عَافِيَةٍ بِقُدْرَتِهِ- ثُمَّ ائْتِ حَاجَتَكَ فَإِنَّهَا خِيَرَةٌ لَكَ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ وَ لَا تَتَّهِمْ رَبَّكَ فِيمَا تَتَصَرَّفُ فِيهِ.
(The book) ‘Al Makarim’ – from Muawiya – similar to the last one, and there is an increase in its end: ‘Then perform a Sajdah saying in it one hundred times, ‘I seek the Choice of Allah-azwj by His‑azwj Mercy! I seek the Determination of Allah-azwj in well-being by His-azwj Determination!’ Then ask for your need, for it will be better for you upon all situations, and do not accuse your Lord‑azwj regarding what is Turned away from you’’.[179]
34- الفتح، فتح الأبواب عَنْ شَيْخَيْهِ الْفَقِيهَيْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَمَا وَ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْقَاهِرِ بِإِسْنَادِهِمَا الْمُتَقَدِّمِ إِلَى شَيْخِ الطَّائِفَةِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كُنَّا أُمِرْنَا بِالْخُرُوجِ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْوَجْهُ الَّذِي هَمَمْتُ بِهِ خَيْراً لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي وَ لِجَمِيعِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ بَارِكْ لِي
(The book) ‘Fat’h Al Abwaab’ – from his two Sheykhs, the two jurists, Muhammad Bin Nama and As’ad Bin Abdul Qahir, by their previous chains to Sheykh Al Taaifa, by his chain to Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazzaz, from Muhammad Bin Muslim,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he said: ‘We were ordered to go out to Syria, so I said: ‘O Allah-azwj! If this direction which I am worried with were to be better for me regarding my religion and my world, and outcome of my affairs and for entirety of the Muslims, Facilitate it for me and Bless for me in it!
فِيهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ شَرّاً لِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي إِلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لِي فَإِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ وَ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
And if that was evil for me, Turn it away from me to what is better for me. Surely, You-azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen! I seek the Choice of Allah-azwj!’, and he should say that one hundred times’.
قَالَ وَ أَخَذْتُ حَصَاةً وَ وَضَعْتُهَا عَلَى نَعْلِي حَتَّى أَتْمَمْتُهَا فَقُلْتُ أَ لَيْسَ إِنَّمَا يَقُولُ هَذَا الدُّعَاءَ مَرَةً وَاحِدَةً وَ يَقُولُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ
He said: ‘And I took some pebbles and placed these upon my slippers until I completed it. I said, ‘Shouldn’t he be saying this supplication one times, and saying one hundred times, ‘I seek the Choice of Allah-azwj?’
قَالَ هَكَذَا قُلْتُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً هَذَا الدُّعَاءَ
He said: ‘That is how you should say one hundred and one times, this supplication’.
قَالَ فَصَرَفَ ذَلِكَ الْوَجْهَ عَنِّي وَ خَرَجْتُ بِذَلِكَ الْجِهَازِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ وَ يَقُولُهَا فِي الْأَمْرِ الْعَظِيمِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ مَرَّةً وَ فِي الْأَمْرِ الدُّونِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ.
He said, ‘That direction was turned away from me and due to that I went out to Al Hijaz to Makkah, and he should be saying it one hundred and one times regarding the mighty matter, and in the lower matter, ten times’’.[180] (unclear recording. Cannot figure out who is saying what)
35- الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، وَ الْمَكَارِمُ، وَ الْجُنَّةُ، جنة الأمان رَوَى مُرَازِمٌ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ شَيْئاً فَلْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ لْيَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ وَ لْيُثْنِ عَلَيْهِ وَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ- وَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ خَيْراً لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ قَدِّرْهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي-
(The book) ‘Al Mutahajjid’, and ‘Al Makarim’, and ‘Junnat Al Amaan’ – It is reported by Murazim who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Whenever one of you intends something, let him pray two Cycles Salat and let him praise Allah-azwj and let him extol upon Him-azwj, and he should send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and he should say, ‘O Allah-azwj! If this matter was good for me in my religion, and my world, and my Hereafter, Facilitate it for me and Determine it, and if it was other than that, Turn it away from me!’
فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ أَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا فَقَالَ ع اقْرَأْ فِيهِمَا مَا شِئْتَ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ قَرَأْتَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ قُلْ يا أَيُّهَا الْكافِرُونَ.
I asked him-asws about which thing I should be reciting in it. He-asws said: ‘Recite in these whatever you desire to, and if you like, you can recite (Surah) Al Tawheed, and (Surah) Al Kafiroun!’’[181]
36- الْمَكَارِمُ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ اسْتَخِرِ اللَّهَ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا اسْتَخَارَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى مُسْلِمٌ إِلَّا خَارَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الْبَتَّةَ.
(The book) ‘Al Makarim’ – from Umar Bin Hureys who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Pray two Cycles Salat and seek the Choice of Allah-azwj. By Allah-azwj! No Muslim will seek the Choice of Allah-azwj the Exalted except Allah-azwj will Definitely Choose for him’’.[182]
37- الْمُهَذَّبُ، لِابْنِ الْبَرَّاجِ صَلَاةُ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ رَكْعَتَانِ يُصَلِّيهِمَا مَنْ أَرَادَ صَلَاتَهُمَا كَمَا يُصَلِّي غَيْرَهُمَا مِنَ النَّوَافِلِ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ قَنَتَ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ ثُمَّ يَرْكَعُ وَ يَقُولُ فِي سُجُودِهِ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
(The book) ‘Al Muhazzib’ of Ibn Al Barraj –
‘Salat of the Istikhara is of two Cycles. One who wants to pray these should pray just as he prays others from the optional Salat(s). When he is free from the recitation in the second Cycle, he should perform Qunout before the Ruk’u, then he should do Ruk’u and say in his Sajdah, ‘I seek the Choice of Allah-azwj!’ – one hundred times.
فَإِذَا أَكْمَلَ الْمِائَةَ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ- لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ رَبِّ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ خِرْ لِي فِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا- وَ يَذْكُرُ حَاجَتَهُ الَّتِي قَصَدَ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ لِأَجْلِهَا
When he completes the one hundred, he should say, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj the Forbearing, the Benevolent! There is no god except Allah-azwj the Exalted, the Magnificent. Lord-azwj, by the right of Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Choose for me regarding such and such!’ – and he should mention his need which he had aimed this Salat for its reason’.
وَ قَدْ وَرَدَ فِي صَلَاةِ الِاسْتِخَارَةِ وُجُوهٌ غَيْرُ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ وَ الْوَجْهُ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ هَاهُنَا مِنْ أَحْسَنِهَا.
And another aspect has been referred regarding Salat of the Istikhara, and the aspect which we have mentioned over here is from its best’’.[183]
38- أَقُولُ وَ رَأَيْتُ فِي بَعْضِ مُؤَلَّفَاتِ أَصْحَابِنَا نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ رَوْضَةِ النَّفْسِ فِي الْعِبَادَاتِ الْخَمْسِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: فَصْلٌ فِي الِاسْتِخَارَاتِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ قَدْ وَرَدَ فِي الْعَمَلِ بِهَا وُجُوهٌ مُخْتَلِفَةٌ مِنْ أَحْسَنِهَا أَنْ تَغْتَسِلَ ثُمَّ تُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ تَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا مَا أَحْبَبْتَ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنْهُمَا قُلْتَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِزَّتِكَ وَ أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘And I saw in one of the compilation of our companions, copying from the book ‘Rowzat Al Nafs’, regarding the five worships.
‘He said detailing regarding the Istikhara(s), the said, ‘And it has been referred regarding the acts of worship with its different aspects. From its most excellent is that you should bathe, then pray two Cycles Salat reciting in these whatever you like. When you are free from it, say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Your-azwj Choice by Your-azwj Knowledge, and I seek Your-azwj Choice by Your‑azwj Might, and I seek Your-azwj Choice by Your-azwj Determination!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ وَ تَعْلَمُ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ الَّذِي أُرِيدُهُ خَيْراً فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي وَ خَيْراً لِي فِيمَا يَنْبَغِي فِيهِ خَيْرٌ وَ أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِعَوَاقِبِهِ مِنِّي فَيَسِّرْهُ لِي وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ وَ أَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِ
And I ask You-azwj from Your-azwj Mighty Grace, for You-azwj are Able and I am not able, and You‑azwj Know and I don’t know, and You-azwj are Knower of the unseen! If this matter which I intend was good regarding my religion and my world and my Hereafter, and better for me regarding what is befitting being good for me in it, and You-azwj are more Knowing of its outcome than I am, Facilitate it for me, and Bless for me in it, and Assist me upon it!
وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَرّاً لِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَ قَيِّضْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ وَ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ حَتَّى لَا أُحِبَّ تَعْجِيلَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ وَ لَا تَأْخِيرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ.
And if it was evil for me, Turn it away from me and Ordain the good for me wherever it may be, and Make me to be satisfied with it until I don’t love hastening of what You-azwj have Delayed, nor delaying of what You-azwj have Hastened!’’[184]
39- مِصْبَاحُ ابْنِ الْبَاقِي، رُوِيَ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ كَانَ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ خِيَارَ مَنْ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْكَ أَمْرَهُ وَ أَسْلَمَ إِلَيْكَ نَفْسَهُ وَ اسْتَسْلَمَ إِلَيْكَ فِي أَمْرِهِ وَ خَلَا لَكَ وَجْهُهُ وَ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْكَ فِيمَا نَزَلَ بِهِ
(The book) ‘Misbah Ibn Al Baqi’ – It is reported,
‘From Amir Al-Momineen-asws: ‘Whatever Allah-azwj Desires happens! O Allah-azwj! I seek Your‑azwj Choice, and Choice for the one who has delegated his affairs to You-azwj, and submitted himself to You-azwj, and submitted his affairs to You-azwj, and vacated his face to You‑azwj, and relies upon You-azwj regarding what befalls with him!
اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي وَ لَا تَخِرْ عَلَيَّ وَ كُنْ لِي وَ لَا تَكُنْ عَلَيَّ وَ انْصُرْنِي وَ لَا تَنْصُرْ عَلَيَّ وَ أَعِنِّي وَ لَا تُعِنْ عَلَيَّ وَ أَمْكِنِّي وَ لَا تُمَكِّنْ مِنِّي وَ اهْدِنِي إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَ لَا تُضِلَّنِي وَ أَرْضِنِي بِقَضَائِكَ وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِي قَدَرِكَ إِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تَشَاءُ وَ تَحْكُمُ مَا تُرِيدُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
O Allah-azwj! Choose for me and do not Choose against me, and Be for me and do not Be against me, and Help me and do not Help against me, and Assist me and do not Assist against me, and Enable me and do not Enable (others) from me, and Guide me to the good and do not Let me stray, and Make be to be satisfied with Your-azwj Decree, and Bless for me in Your-azwj Determination! Surely You Do whatever You-azwj Desire to, and You-azwj Judge whatever You‑azwj Want, and You-azwj are Able upon all things!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ الْخِيَرَةُ فِي أَمْرِي هَذَا فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ عَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَسَهِّلْهُ لِي وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ- إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَ حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ.
O Allah-azwj! If in this matter is the goodness regarding my religion and my world and outcome of my affairs, Facilitate it for me, and if it was other than that, Turn it away from me, O most Merciful of the merciful ones! You-azwj are Able upon all things, and Allah-azwj is Sufficient for us and is the best Protector!’’[185]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 1
[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 2
[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 3
[4] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 4
[5] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 5
[6] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 6
[7] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 7
[8] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 8
[9] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 9
[10] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 10 a
[11] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 10 b
[12] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 11 a
[13] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 11 b
[14] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 11 c
[15] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 11 d
[16] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 11 e
[17] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 11 f
[18] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 11 g
[19] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 11 h
[20] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 11 i
[21] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 11 j
[22] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 11 k
[23] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 110 H 12
[24] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 1
[25] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 2
[26] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 3
[27] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 3
[28] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 4
[29] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 5
[30] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 6 a
[31] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 6 b
[32] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 6 c
[33] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 7
[34] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 8
[35] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 9
[36] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 10
[37] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 11 a
[38] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 11 b
[39] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 12
[40] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 13
[41] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 14
[42] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 111 H 15
[43] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 112 H 1 a
[44] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 112 H 1 b
[45] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 112 H 2
[46] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 112 H 3
[47] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 112 H 4
[48] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 112 H 5
[49] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 112 H 6 a
[50] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 112 H 6 b
[51] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 112 H 7
[52] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 1
[53] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 2 a
[54] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 2 b
[55] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 2 c
[56] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 2 d
[57] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 2 e
[58] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 3 a
[59] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 3 b
[60] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 4 a
[61] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 4 b
[62] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 4 c
[63] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 4 d
[64] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 4 e
[65] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 4 f
[66] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 113 H 4 g
[67] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 114 H 1
[68] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 114 H 2
[69] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 114 H 3
[70] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 114 H 4 a
[71] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 114 H 4 b
[72] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 114 H 4 c
[73] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 114 H 4 d
[74] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 114 H 5
[75] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 114 H 6
[76] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 114 H 7 a
[77] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 114 H 7 b
[78] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 114 H 8
[79] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 115 H 1
[80] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 115 H 2
[81] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 115 H 3
[82] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 115 H 4
[83] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 115 H 5
[84] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 115 H 6
[85] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 116 H 1
[86] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 116 H 2
[87] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 116 H 3
[88] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 116 H 4 a
[89] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 116 H 4 b
[90] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 116 H 4 c
[91] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 116 H 4 d
[92] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 116 H 5
[93] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 117 H 1
[94] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 117 H 2
[95] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 117 H 3
[96] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 117 H 4
[97] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 117 H 5
[98] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 117 H 6
[99] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 117 H 7
[100] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 1
[101] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 2
[102] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 3
[103] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 4 a
[104] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 4 b
[105] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 4 c
[106] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 5 a
[107] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 5 b
[108] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 5 c
[109] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 5 d
[110] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 5 e
[111] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 5 f
[112] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 5 g
[113] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 5 h
[114] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 118 H 5 i
[115] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 1 a
[116] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 1 b
[117] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 1 c
[118] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 2 a
[119] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 2 b
[120] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 2 c
[121] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 3
[122] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 4
[123] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 5 a
[124] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 5 b
[125] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 6
[126] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 7 a
[127] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 7 b
[128] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 8
[129] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 9 a
[130] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 9 b
[131] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 9 c
[132] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 9 d
[133] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 10
[134] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 11
[135] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 12
[136] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 13
[137] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 14 a
[138] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 14 b
[139] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 14 c
[140] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 14 d
[141] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 15 a
[142] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 15 b
[143] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 16 a
[144] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 16 b
[145] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 17 a
[146] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 17 b
[147] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 18 a
[148] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 18 b
[149] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 19 a
[150] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 19 b
[151] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 19 c
[152] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 19 d
[153] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 19 e
[154] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 19 f
[155] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 20
[156] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 21
[157] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 22
[158] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 23
[159] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 24
[160] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 25 a
[161] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 25 a
[162] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 25 b
[163] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 26 a
[164] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 26 b
[165] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 26 c
[166] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 27 a
[167] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 27 b
[168] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 28 a
[169] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 28 b
[170] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 28 c
[171] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 28 d
[172] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 29 a
[173] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 29 b
[174] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 30
[175] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 31
[176] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 32
[177] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 33 a
[178] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 33 b
[179] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 33 c
[180] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 34
[181] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 35
[182] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 36
[183] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 37
[184] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 38
[185] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 88 – The Book of Salat – Ch 119 H 39