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ANOTHER LETTER OF SUPPLICATION
WRITTEN TO IMAM MAHDI (A.S.)
Mohaddis e Noori (R.A.) says: The letter of supplication to Imam Mahdi (A.S.) has been narrated in various ways and is available in the books of supplication; but the manuscript which I have is not found in any of those books, not even in the chapter ‘Mazaar’ from ‘Bihar ul Anwaar’. There has been made no indication towards this letter even in the chapter of supplication from ‘Bihar ul Anwaar’, wherein an attempt was made to collect all the supplications. As this narration has not been mentioned very often, I felt it compulsory to narrate it here.
A profound scholar, Mohammad bin Mohammad Tayyib, a cleric of the Safavid Period, narrates the following text in his book named ‘Anees ul Aabideen’, from the book ‘As Sa’aadaat’: A supplication of seeking means for all important works and demands:
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
تَوَسَّلْتُ إِلَيْكَ يا أَبَاالْقاسِمِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبي طالِبٍ ، اَلنَّبَإِ الْعَظيمِ ، اَلصِّراطِ الْمُسْتَقيمِ ، وَعِصْمَةِ اللّاجينَ .
بِاُمِّكَ سَيِّدَةِ نِساءِ الْعالَمينَ ، وَبِآبائِكَ الطَّاهِرينَ ، وَبِاُمَّهاتِكَ الطَّاهِراتِ ، بِياسينَ وَالْقُرْآنِ الْحَكيمِ ، وَالْجَبَرُوتِ الْعَظيمِ ، وَحَقيقَةِ الْإيمانِ ، وَنُورِ النُّورِ ، وَكِتابٍ مَسْطُورٍ ، أَنْ تَكُونَ سَفيري إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعالى فِي الْحاجَةِ لِفُلانٍ ، أَوْ هَلاكِ فُلانِ بْنِ فُلانٍ .
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I seek means through You O’ Abal Qasim, Mohammad bin al-Hasan bin Ali bin Mohammad bin Ali bin Musa bin Jafar bin Mohammad bin Ali bin al-Husain bin Ali bin Abi Talib, the great news, the straight path, the firm rope, the reliable shelter. And through Your mother, the Mistress of all the ladies of the Worlds, and through Your purified predecessors, and your holy mothers, through ‘Yaseen’ and the wise Quran, and the great sublimity, and the truth of faith, and the light of the light, and the hidden book, that You become my ambassador towards Almighty Allah to fulfill the demand of so and so, or to destroy so and so.
يا سَعيدَ بْنَ عُثْمانَ ، وَيا مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عُثْمانَ ، أَوْصِلا قِصَّتي إِلى صاحِبِ الزَّمانِ صَلَواتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ
O’ Saeed bin Othman, and O’ Mohammad bin Othman, deliver our incident to the Master of the Time, peace be upon him.
The narrated manuscript was how we narrated it here, but if we look at the other narrations and the other ways of writing letters, we will comprehend that the correct way must be that while dropping the letter in water, it should be said: “O’ Othman bin Saeed and O’ Mohammad bin Othman”; however, Allah is aware of the truth[1]. [2]
[1] Najmus Saqib: p. 420
[2] The author says: It is doubtless that there are errors in the narrated manuscript and the correct one is the one which Late Mohaddis e Noori has clarified: this is because the first and the second representatives of Imam (A.S.) are Othman bin Saeed and Mohammad bin Othman.
I have seen in some books that the debated narration of letter has been mentioned with slight difference and at the end, while dropping the letter in water, say: O’ Othman bin Saeed; deliver my incident to the Master of Time (A.S.)”.
We will narrate this narration completely in the following lines:
THE LETTER OF DEMAND TO OUR MASTER, IMAM MAHDI (A.S.)
تَوَسَّلْتُ إِلَيْكَ يا أَبَا الْقاسِمِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبي طالِبٍ ، اَلنَّبَإِ الْعَظيمِ وَالصِّراطِ الْمُسْتَقيمِ وَعِصْمَةِ اللّاجينَ ، بِاُمِّكَ سَيِّدَةِ نِساءِ الْعالَمينَ وَبِآبائِكَ الطَّاهِرينَ ، وَبِاُمَّهاتِكَ الطَّاهِراتِ ، وَحَقيقَةِ الْإيمانِ ، وَنُورِ النُّورِ ، وَكِتابٍ مَسْطُورٍ أَنْ تَكُونَ سَفيري إِلَى اللَّهِ فِي الْحاجَةِ .
I seek means through You O’ Abal Qasim, Mohammad bin al-Hasan bin Ali bin Mohammad bin Ali bin Musa bin Jafar bin Mohammad bin Ali bin al-Husain bin Ali bin Abi Talib, the great news, the straight path, the firm rope, the reliable shelter. And through Your mother, the Mistress of all the ladies of the Worlds, and through Your purified predecessors, and your holy mothers, through ‘Yaseen’ and the wise Quran, and the great sublimity, and the truth of faith, and the light of the light, and the hidden book, that You become my ambassador towards Almighty Allah to fulfill the demand of so and so, or to destroy so and so.
يا عُثْمانَ بْنَ سَعيدٍ ، أَوْصِلْ قِصَّتي هذِهِ إِلى صاحِبِ الزَّمانِ
O’ Saeed bin Othman, and O’ Mohammad bin Othman, deliver our incident to the Master of the Time, peace be upon him.
At the end, write your name along with your father’s name and place the letter in a covering of pure clay, then drop it in running water or a well; meanwhile, stand facing the Qibla and say: O’ Othman bin Saeed, deliver my incident to the Master of Time (A.S.).
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