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THE FOURTH ZIYARAH FOR OUR MASTER, THE LEADER OF THE TIME (peace be on him) IN THE HOLY TUNNEL

Sayyid ibn e Taoos (R.A.) says: we have mentioned the etiquettes of seeking the permission to enter in the beggin of the Ziyarat of his holiness; therefore, we do not find it necessary to repeat it alongside all the Ziyarats.

After seeking the permission to enter, when you reach near the Holy Vault, say:

اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا خَليفَةَ اللَّهِ في أَرْضِهِ، وَخَليفَةَ رَسُولِهِ وَآبائِهِ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْمَعْصُومينَ الْمَهْديّينَ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا حافِظَ أَسْرارِ رَبِّ الْعالَمينَ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا وارِثَ عِلْمِ الْمُرْسَلينَ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا بَقِيَّةَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الصَّفْوَةِ الْمُنْتَجَبينَ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَابْنَ الْأَنْوارِ الزَّاهِرَةِ.

    اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَابْنَ الْأَشْباحِ الْباهِرَةِ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَابْنَ الصُّوَرِ النَّيِّرَةِ الطَّاهِرَةِ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا وارِثَ كَنْزِ الْعُلُومِ الْإِلهِيَّةِ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا حافِظَ مَكْنُونِ الْأَسْرارِ الرَّبَّانِيَّةِ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا مَنْ خَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْأَنْوارُ الْمَجْدِيَّةُ.

    اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا بابَ اللَّهِ الَّذي لايُؤْتى إِلّا مِنْهُ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا سَبيلَ اللَّهِ الَّذي مَنْ سَلَكَ غَيْرَهُ هَلَكَ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا حِجابَ اللَّهِ الْأَزَلِيِّ الْقَديمِ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ شَجَرَةِ طُوبى وَسِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهى، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا نُورَ اللَّهِ الَّذي لايُطْفَأُ.

    اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ الَّتي لاتُخْفى، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا لِسانَ اللَّهِ الْمُعَبِّرُ عَنْهُ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا وَجْهَ اللَّهِ الْمُتَقَلِّبُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِ عِبادِهِ، سَلامَ مَنْ عَرَفَكَ بِما تَعَرَّفْتَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ، وَنَعَتَكَ بِبَعْضِ نُعُوتِكَ الَّتي أَنْتَ أَهْلُها وَفَوْقُها.

    أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ الْحُجَّةُ عَلى مَنْ مَضى وَمَنْ بَقِيَ، وَأَنَّ حِزْبَكَ هُمُ الْغالِبُونَ، وَأَوْلِياءَكَ هُمُ الْفائِزُونَ، وَأَعْداءَكَ هُمُ الْخاسِرُونَ، وَأَنَّكَ حائِزُ كُلِّ عِلْمٍ، وَفاتِقُ كُلِّ رَتْقٍ، وَسابِقٌ لايُلْحَقُ، رَضيتُ بِكَ يا مَوْلايَ إِماماً وَهادِياً، لا أَبْتَغي بَدَلاً، وَلا أَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِكَ وَلِيّاً، وَأَنَّكَ الْحَقُّ الثَّابِتُ، اَلَّذي لا أَغْتابُ وَلا أَرْتابُ لِأَمَدِ الْغَيْبَةِ، وَلا أَتَحَيَّرُ لِطُولِ الْمُدَّةِ.

    وَعْدُ اللَّهِ بِكَ حَقٌّ، وَنُصْرَتُهُ لِدينِهِ بِكَ صِدْقٌ، طُوبى لِمَنْ سَعِدَ بِوِلايَتِكَ، وَوَيْلٌ لِمَنْ شَقِيَ بِجُحُودِكَ، وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِعُ المُطاعُ الَّذي لايُدافَعُ، ذَخَرَكَ اللَّهُ سُبْحانَهُ لِنُصْرَةِ الدّينِ، وَ إِعْزازِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ، وَالْإِنْتِقامِ مِنَ الْجاحِدينَ.

    اَلْأَعْمالُ مَوْقُوفَةٌ عَلى وِلايَتِكَ، وَالْأَقْوالُ مُعْتَبَرَةٌ بِإِمامَتِكَ، مَنْ جاءَ بِوِلايَتِكَ وَاعْتَرَفَ بِإِمامَتِكَ قُبِلَتْ أَعْمالُهُ، وَصُدِّقَتْ أَقْوالُهُ، تُضاعَفُ لَهُ الْحَسَناتُ، وَتُمْحى عَنْهُ السَّيِّئاتُ، وَمَنْ زَلَّ عَنْ مَعْرِفَتِكَ، وَاسْتَبْدَلَ بِكَ غَيْرَكَ، أَكَبَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلى مِنْخَرَيْهِ فِي النَّارِ، وَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ لَهُ عَمَلاً، وَلَمْ يُقِمْ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ وَزْناً.

    أَشْهَدُ يا مَوْلايَ أَنَّ مَقالي ظاهِرُهُ كَباطِنِهِ، وَسِرُّهُ كَعَلانِيَتِهِ، وَأَنْتَ الشَّاهِدُ عَلَيَّ بِذلِكَ، وَهُوَ عَهْدي إِلَيْكَ، وَميثاقِي الْمَعْهُودُ لَدَيْكَ، إِذْ أَنْتَ نِظامُ الدّينِ، وَعِزُّ الْمُوَحِّدينَ، وَيَعْسُوبُ الْمُتَّقينَ، وَبِذلِكَ أَمَرَني فيكَ رَبُّ الْعالَمينَ.

    فَلَوْ تَطاوَلَتِ الدُّهُورُ، وَتَمادَتِ الْأَعْصارُ، لَمْ أَزْدَدْ بِكَ إِلّا يَقيناً، وَلَكَ إِلّا حُبّاً، وَعَلَيْكَ إِلّاَ اعْتِماداً، وَلِظُهُورِكَ إِلّا مُرابَطَةً، بِنَفْسي وَمالي وَجَميعَ ما أَنْعَمَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ رَبّي.

    فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَيَّامَكَ الزَّاهِرَةَ، وَأَعْلامَكَ الْقاهِرَةَ، فَعَبْدٌ مِنْ عَبيدِكَ، مُعْتَرِفٌ بِأَمْرِكَ وَنَهْيِكَ ، أَرْجُو بِطاعَتِكَ الشَّهادَةَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ، وَبِوِلايَتِكَ السَّعادَةَ في ما لَدَيْكَ. وَإِنْ أَدْرَكَنِي الْمَوْتُ قَبْلَ ظُهُورِكَ، فَأَتَوَسَّلُ بِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ سُبْحانَهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَأَنْ يَجْعَلَ لي كَرَّةً في ظُهُورِكَ، وَرَجْعَةً في أَيَّامِكَ، لِأَبْلُغَ مِنْ طاعَتِكَ مُرادي، وَأَشْفِيَ مِنْ أَعْدائِكَ فُؤادي.

    يا مَوْلايَ وَقَفْتُ في زِيارَتي إِيَّاكَ مَوْقِفَ الْخاطِئينَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرينَ النَّادِمينَ، أَقُولُ عَمِلْتُ سُوءاً، وَظَلَمْتُ نَفْسي، وَعَلى شَفاعَتِكَ يا مَوْلايَ مُتَّكَلي وَمُعَوَّلي، وَأَنْتَ رُكْني وَثِقَتي، وَوَسيلَتي إِلى رَبّي، وَحَسْبي بِكَ وَلِيّاً وَمَوْلى وَشَفيعاً.

    وَالْحَمْدُ للَّهِِ الَّذي هَداني لِوِلايَتِكَ وَما كُنْتُ لِأَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلا أَنْ هَدانِيَ اللَّهُ، حَمْداً يَقْتَضي ثَباتَ النِّعْمَةِ، وَشُكْراً يُوجِبُ الْمَزيدَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ، وَالسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا مَوْلايَ وَعَلى آبائِكَ مَوالِيَّ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْمُهْتَدينَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ، وَعَلَيَّ مِنْكُمُ السَّلامُ.

“Peace be upon you, O vicegerent of Allah, and vicegerent of all your guided fathers. Peace be upon you, O successor of the past successors (of the Prophets), Peace be upon you, O keeper of the secrets of the Lord of the worlds. Peace be upon you, O Allah’s remainded from among the elite, selected ones. Peace be upon you, O son of the luminous lights. Peace be upon you, O son of the splendid signs. Peace be upon you, O son of the immaculate progeny. Peace be upon you, O essence of the Prophetic knowledge. Peace be upon you, O Allah’s gate, the only gate from which one can enter to Him. Peace be upon you, O’ Allah’s Path, that perdition will be the result of anyone who takes other than it. Peace be upon you, O Allah’s eternal and everlasting veil. Peace be upon you, O observer of the Tree of Bliss (Tuba) and the Farthest Lot-tree. Peace be upon you, O Allah’s light that never extinguishes. Peace be upon you, O Allah’s decisive argument that is never hidden. Peace be upon you, O’ Allah’s speaking tongue which states His intentions, Peace be upon you, O’ Allah’s Face that has shifted between the backs of His servants, a salutation of one who recognizes you as exactly as Allah has introduced you and one who mentions only some of your characteristics that you are worthy of and even more. I bear witness that you are the argument against the past and the coming generations, your party are the true triumphant, your friends are the true winner, your enemies are the true losers, you are the keeper of the entire knowledge, you are the opener of all the closed things, you are the establisher of all truths, and you are the eradicator of all wrong things. O my master, I accept you as my leader, guide, master, and advisr. I never seek any alternative and I never betake myself any master save you. I bear witness that you are verily the unchanging truth that is free of any defect and that Allah’s promise concerning you is true, and that I never doubt no matter how long the occultation will take and the time (of your advent) will be far, and I will never have misgivings like those who ignore you and ignore the truth that you represent, and I am waiting and expecting your age, for you are the unmatched intercessor and the irrefutable master. Allah has saved you for the support of the religion, for the fortification of the believers, and for retaliating upon the deniers and the apostates. I bear witness that through the loyalty to you, deeds are approved, acts are purified, rewards are doubled, and punishments for wrongdoings are erased. Therefore, he who bears loyalty to you are recognizes your Imamate will have his deeds approved, his sayings credited, his rewards doubled, and his wrongdoings erased; while if he rejects loyalty to you, ignores the recognition of you, and follows anyone else, Allah shall throw him down in Hellfire on the nose, shall never approve of any of his acts, and shall never set up a balance for him on the Day of Resurrection. I ask Allah and His angels and you, my master, to testify to this for mel the outward of this declaration is as same as its inward, and its secret is as same as its overtness; and you are the witness on this declaration, and this is my pledge to you since you are verily the system of the religion, the leader of the pious ones, and the dignity of the monotheists. This is the command of the Lord of the worlds to me. Even if times take longer periods and ages exted, this will increase in me nothing but more belief in you, love for you, reliance on and trust in you, anticipation and expectation of your advent, and waiting to strive hard in your presence. So, I sacrifice myself, my fortune, my sons, my family members, and all that which my Lord has granted me for your sake and for obeying your orders and refraining from that which you order me not to do. O my master, if I catch your thriving days and see your splendid signs, then I, your servant, am yielding to your orders and abstaining from that which you order me not to do. Through all that, I hope for martyrdom in your presence and success in your view. O my master, but if death comes upon me before your advent, then I beseech you and your immaculate fathers to mediate for me before Allah the All-Exalted. Whom I pray to send blessing upon Mohammad and the Household of Mohammad and to decide for me a return after your advent and a second life during your days so that I will attain obedience to you, which is my desire, and to heal my heart from your enemies. O my master, while I am visiting you, I am standing in the position of the repentant wrondoers, I say that I have committed bad deeds, and have oppressed myself, and all my trust and reliance is on your intercession, O my master, you are my pillar and my authority, and my means towards my Lord, and you are sufficient for me as a guardian and master and intercessor, and all Praise be to Allah Who guided me towards Your guardianship and I wouldn’t be guided if Allah wouldn’t have guided me, a praise that causes the establishment of bounties, and a gratification that cause increment in His grace, and Peace be upon you O my master and on your fathers, my masters, the guided Imams, and Allah’s Mercy and Benedictions be upon you, and Peace be upon me from you.

Then offer the prayer of Ziyarah mentioned under the first Ziyarah and then say:

 أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الْهادينَ الْمَهْديّينَ، اَلْعُلَماءِ الصَّادِقينَ، اَلْأَوْصِياءِ الْمَرْضيّينَ، دَعائِمِ دينِكَ، وَأَرْكانِ تَوْحيدِكَ، وَتَراجِمَةِ وَحْيِكَ، وَحُجَجِكَ عَلى خَلْقِكَ، وَخُلَفائِكَ في أَرْضِكَ.

    فَهُمُ الَّذينَ اخْتَرْتَهُمْ لِنَفْسِكَ، وَاصْطَفَيْتَهُمْ عَلى عِبادِكَ، وَارْتَضَيْتَهُمْ لِدينِكَ، وَخَصَصْتَهُمْ بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ، وَجَلَّلْتَهُمْ بِكَرامَتِكَ، وَغَذَّيْتَهُمْ بِحِكْمَتِكَ، وَغَشَّيْتَهُمْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ، وَزَيَّنْتَهُمْ بِنِعْمَتِكَ، وَأَلْبَسْتَهُمْ مِنْ نُورِكَ، وَرَفَعْتَهُمْ في مَلَكُوتِكَ، وَحَفَفْتَهُمْ بِمَلائِكَتِكَ، وَشَرَّفْتَهُمْ بِنَبِيِّكَ.

    أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَيْهِمْ صَلاةً زاكِيَةً نامِيَةً كَثيرَةً، طَيِّبَةً دائِمَةً لايُحيطُ بِها إِلّا أَنْتَ، وَلايَسَعُها إِلّا عِلْمُكَ، وَلايُحْصيها أَحَدٌ غَيْرُكَ. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى وَلِيِّكَ الْمُحْيِ السَّبيلِ، اَلْقائِمِ بِأَمْرِكَ، اَلدَّاعي إِلَيْكَ، اَلدَّليلِ عَلَيْكَ، وَحُجَّتِكَ عَلى خَلْقِكَ، وَخَليفَتِكَ في أَرْضِكَ، وَشاهِدِكَ عَلى عِبادِكَ.

    أَللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ نَصْرَهُ، وَامْدُدْ في عُمْرِهِ، وَزَيِّنِ الْأَرْضَ بِطُولِ بَقائِهِ. أَللَّهُمَّ اكْفِهِ بَغْيَ الْحاسِدينَ، وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ شَرِّ الْكائِدينَ، وَازْجُرْ عَنْهُ إِرادَةَ الظَّالِمينَ، وَخَلِّصْهُ مِنْ أَيْدِي الْجَبَّارينَ. أَللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِهِ في نَفْسِهِ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ، وَشيعَتِهِ وَرَعِيَّتِهِ، وَخاصَّتِهِ وَعامَّتِهِ وَجَميعِ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيا، ما تُقِرُّ بِهِ عَيْنَهُ، وَتَسُرُّ بِهِ نَفْسَهُ، وَبَلِّغْهُ أَفْضَلَ أَمَلِهِ فِي الدُّنْيا وَالْآخِرَةِ، إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَديرٌ.

O Allah, send Your blessing upon Mohammad and his household, the guides and the guided ones, the knowers and the truthful, the successors and the pleased ones, the pillars of Your religion, the foundations of Your Oneness, the elucidators of Your revelation, Your arguments against Your creation, and Your Vicegerents on Your Earth, thus they are the ones You have selected for Yourself, and have chosen above Your servants, and appointed them for Your Religion, and made the exclusive for Your cognition. And glorified them with Your honor, and fed them with Your wisdom, and covered them with Your Mercy, and adorned them with Your bounties, and donned them by Your light, and elevated them in Your loft kingdom, and surrounded them with Your angels, and honoured them with Your Prophet. O Allah! Send blessing upon Mohammad and upon them, a pure, excessive and abundant blessing, a purified and eternal blessing that can be comprehended by none save You, and that can be overcome by none save Your knowledge, and that can be counted by none except You. O Allah! Send blessing upon Your guardian, the reviver of the path, who will rise by Your command, and invite towards You, the proof upon You, Your argument against Your creation, Your vicegerent on Your Earth, and Your witness upon Your servants. O Allah, strengthen his support, and extend his age, and adorn the Earth with his elongated life. O Allah, suffice him from the wickedness of the jealous men, and provide him shelter from the evil of the schemers, and distance him from the bad intentions of the oppressors, and protect him from the hands of the tyrants. O Allah, provide him in his own self and his lineage, and his Shias and his people, and his special ones and the common ones, and all the people of the world, that which brightens his eyes, and rejoices his soul, and help him achieve his best wishes in this world and the hereafter, indeed You have power over all things.

Then pray for all your desires and wishes.^[1]