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ZIYARAT OF IMAM HADI AND IMAM ASKARI (A.S.)

We have attached the Ziyarat of two noble Imams, Imam Hadi and Askari (A.S.) to this section, including the Ziyarat of Imam Mahdi’s mother and aunt:

1. When you intend to visit the holy shrines of Imam Askari and Imam Hadi (A.S.), perform the Ghusl of Ziyarat, and on reaching near their holy grave, stand and say:

  اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُما يا وَلِيَّيِ اللَّهِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُما يا نَجِيَّيِ اللَّهِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُما يا نُورَيِ اللَّهِ في ظُلُماتِ الْأَرْضِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُما يا أَمينَيِ اللَّهِ . أَتَيْتُكُما زائِراً لَكُما ، عارِفاً بِحَقِّكُما ، مُؤْمِناً بِما آمَنْتُما بِهِ ، كافِراً بِما كَفَرْتُما بِهِ ، مُحَقِّقاً لِما حَقَّقْتُما ، مُبْطِلاً لِما أَبْطَلْتُما .

  أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ رَبّي وَرَبَّكُما أَنْ يَجْعَلَ حَظّي مِنْ زِيارَتِكُما ، اَلصَّلاةَ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ، وَأَنْ يَرْزُقَني شَفاعَتَكُما، وَلايُفَرِّقَ بَيْني وَبَيْنَكُما، وَلايَسْلُبَني حُبَّكُما وَحُبَّ آبائِكُمَا الصَّالِحينَ، وَأَنْ لايَجْعَلَهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيارَتِكُما ، وَيَحْشُرَني مَعَكُما ، وَيَجْمَعَ بَيْني وَبَيْنَكُما فِي الْجَنَّةِ بِرَحْمَتِهِ .

Peace be upon you two O’ Guardians of Allah, peace be upon you two O’ intimates of Allah, peace be upon you O’ two lights of Allah in the darkness of Earth, peace be upon you O’ two trusted ones of Allah. I have come to you both as your visitor, as an acknowledger of your rights, a believer of that which you two believe in, a disbeliever of that which you two disbelieve in, accepting as truth that which you regard as truth, discarding that which you both discard. I ask Allah, my Lord and your Lord, to provide a share for me from your Ziyarat, peace be upon Mohammad and his Progeny, and to grant me your intercession, and do not create distance between me and you both, and do not deprive me of your love and the love of your noble fathers, and to not regard this as my last visit of you both, and to raise me with you, and to gather me with you in the Heaven with His Mercy.

            Then drop yourself on each one of their graves, kiss them and place your cheek upon them, then raise your head and say:

  أَللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْني حُبَّهُمْ ، وَتَوَفَّني عَلى مِلَّتِهِمْ . أَللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ ظالِمي آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ حَقَّهُمْ ، وَانْتَقِمْ مِنْهُمْ . أَللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الْأَوَّلينَ مِنْهُمْ وَالْآخِرينَ ، وَضاعِفْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَذابَ الْأَليمَ ، إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَديرٌ . أَللَّهُمَّ عَجِّلْ فَرَجَ وَلِيِّكَ وَابْنِ وَلِيِّكَ ، وَاجْعَلْ فَرَجَنا مَعَ فَرَجِهِمْ ، يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمينَ.

            O’ Allah! Grant me their love, and make me die on their nation. O’ Allah, curse the usurpers and oppressors of the rights of Mohammad’s household, and take vengeance from them. O’ Allah, curse their first men and their last ones, and multiply upon them Your dreadful punishment, indeed You have Power over all things. O’ Allah, hasten the relief of Your Guardian and the son of Your Guardians, and regard our relief alongside their relief, O’ most Merciful of all the Merciful ones.    

            Then offer four-unit prayer and thereafter, offer as many prayers as you want near the graves of the two Imams (A.S.), and pray for yourself, your parents, and all the believers; and recite the following words while you wish to return

  اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُما يا وَلِيَّيِ اللَّهِ ، أَسْتَوْدِعُكُمَا اللَّهَ وَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمَا السَّلامَ ، آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَبِما جِئْتُما بِهِ وَدَلَلْتُما عَلَيْهِ. أَللَّهُمَّ اكْتُبْنا مَعَ الشَّاهِدينَ .

Peace be upon you both O’ Guardians of Allah, I bid farewell to you both and recite salutations upon you, I have faith in Allah and His Prophet and in what you two have brought and guided towards it. O’ Allah! Write our names with the witnesses.

2. Another Ziyarah for these two Imams (A.S.): On reaching Samarrah, before visiting the holy shrine, perform Ghusl and when you reach the holy shrine, stand near those two holy graves, facing the Qibla, and say:

اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُما يا وَلِيَّيِ اللَّهِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُما يا أَمينَيِ اللَّهِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُما يا نُورَيِ اللَّهِ في ظُلُماتِ الْأَرْضِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُما مِنْ مُعْتَمِدٍ بَعْدَ اللَّهِ سُبْحانَهُ عَلَيْكُما مِنْ عَبْدِكُما وَزائِرِكُما وَوَلِيِّكُما . أَتَيْتُكُما زائِراً لَكُما ، عارِفاً بِحَقِّكُما ، مُؤْمِناً بِما آمَنْتُما بِهِ ، كافِراً بِما كَفَرْتُما بِهِ ، مُحَقِّقاً لِما حَقَّقْتُما ، مُبْطِلاً لِما أَبْطَلْتُما .

  فَأَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ رَبّي وَرَبَّكُما بِحَقِّكُما أَنْ يَجْعَلَ حَظّي مِنْ زِيارَتِكُما مَغْفِرَةَ ذُ نُوبي ، وَإِعْطائي سُؤْلي ، وَأَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَيَرْزُقَني شَفاعَتَكُما ، وَلايُفَرِّقَ بَيْني وَبَيْنَكُما ، وَيَجْمَعَني وَإِيَّاكُما في مُسْتَقَرٍّ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ .

Peace be upon you both O’ Guardians of Allah, Peace be upon you both O’ trusted ones of Allah, Peace be upon you both O’ lights of Allah in the darkness of Earth, Peace be upon you from someone who relies upon you after Allah, the Glorious, from your servant and your visitor and your devotee, I have come to you as your visitor, acknowledging your rights, believing in that which you believe, disbelieving in what you disbelieve, perceiving as right what you perceive as right, denying what you deny, thus I ask Allah, my Lord and your Lord, for the sake of your right, to give regard the benefit of your visitation for me as the forgiveness of my sins, and the bestowment of my demands, and to bless Mohammad and his holy Progeny, and to provide me your intercession, and for not creating a separation between you and me, and to gather us in the settlement of Your Mercy.

            Then raise your hands for supplication and say:

أَللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْني حُبَّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَتَوَفَّني عَلى مِلَّتِهِمْ . أَللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ ظالِمي آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَانْتَقِمْ مِنْهُمْ . أَللَّهُمَّ وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَ وَلِيِّكَ وَابْنِ وَلِيِّكَ ، وَاجْعَلْ فَرَجَنا مَقْرُوناً بِفَرَجِهِمْ .

O’ Allah! Give me the love of Mohammad and his holy Progeny as my sustenance, and make me die on their nation, O’ Allah, curse the oppressors of the Mohammad’s Progeny, and avenge them. And regard my relief together with their relief.

Then offer four-unit prayer on whichever place you’re standing, and pray as much as possible. ^[1]

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[1] Al Mazaar ul Kabeer: p. 552