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ZIYARAT OF OUR MASTER, IMAM SADIQ (A.S.)

AS PER THE NARRATION OF OTHMAN BIN SAEED AND HUSAIN BIN RAUH (PEACE BE UPON THEM)

Abul Husain Ahmad bin Husain bin Rajaa’ Saydawi, narrated this Ziyarat from Othman bin Saeed (R.A.), who was accompanied that time by Husain bin Rauh (R.A.). He said:

            When these two noble personalities went for the Ziyarat of Imam Sadiq (A.S.), they stood near the ‘Bab us Salaam’ and said:

    اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا مَوْلايَ وَابْنَ مَوْلايَ ، وَأَبا مَوالِيَّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا شَهيدَ دارِ الْفَناءِ ، وَزَعيمَ دارِ الْبَقاءِ ، إِنَّا خالِصَتُكَ وَمُواليكَ وَنَعْتَرِفُ بِاُولاكَ وَاُخْراكَ .

    فَاشْفَعْ لَنا إِلى مُشَفِّعِكَ اللَّهِ تَعالى رَبِّنا وَرَبِّكَ ، فَما خابَ عَبْدٌ قَصَدَ بِكَ رَبَّهُ وَأَتْعَبَ فيكَ قَلْبَهُ ، وَهَجَرَ فيكَ أَهْلَهُ وَصَحْبَهُ ، وَاتَّخَذَكَ وَلِيَّهُ وَحَسْبَهُ ، وَالسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ .

 Peace be upon you O’ my Master and the son of my Master, and the father of my Masters. Blessings and Mercy be showered upon them. Peace be upon you O’ Martyr of this world, and the Chief of the Eternal World, indeed we are Your true devotees and Your servants and we accept your firsts and your lasts. Intercede for us before the acceptor of Your intercession, the Almighty Allah, our Lord, and your Lord. No servant who intended his Lord by your means and saddened his heart for you and departed from his family and companions for you, and chose you his guardian and his sufficient one, none of them ever suffered loss. And Peace be upon you and blessing and mercy be upon you.

            Allama Majlisi (R.A.) says: It doesn’t seem far-fetched that this Ziyarat might have been regarding Imam Husain (A.S.), and those who copied the manuscript wrote it incorrectly and thus associated it with Imam Sadiq (A.S.).^[1]