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FIFTH ZIYARAH OF IMAM MAHDI (A.S.)

Another Ziyarat is mentioned in the book ‘Misbah uz Zaaer’, which is as follows:

  اَلسَّلامُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ الْجَديدِ وَالْعامِلِ الَّذي لايَبيدُ [1] ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلى مُحْيِي الْمُؤْمِنينَ وَمُبيرِ الْكافِرينَ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلى مَهْدِيِّ الْاُمَمِ وَجامِعِ الْكَلِمِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلى خَلَفِ السَّلَفِ وَصاحِبِ الشَّرَفِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلى حُجَّةِ الْمَعْبُودِ وَكَلِمَةِ الْمَحْمُودِ .

  اَلسَّلامُ عَلى مُعِزِّ الْأَوْلِياءِ وَمُذِلِّ الْأَعْداءِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلى وارِثِ الْأَنْبِياءِ وَخاتَمِ الْأَوْصِياءِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَى الْقائِمِ الْمُنْتَظَرِ وَالْعَدْلِ الْمُشْتَهَرِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَى السَّيْفِ الشَّاهِرِ وَالْقَمَرِ الزَّاهِرِ .

  اَلسَّلامُ عَلى شَمْسِ الظَّلامِ وَبَدْرِ التِّمامِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلى رَبيعِ الْأَنامِ وَفِطْرَةِ الْأَيَّامِ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلى صاحِبِ الصَّمْصامِ ]وَ[فَلّاقِ الْهامِّ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَى الدّينِ الْمَأْثُورِ وَالْكِتابِ الْمَسْطُورِ .

  اَلسَّلامُ عَلى بَقِيَّةِ اللَّهِ في بِلادِهِ ، وَحُجَّتِهِ عَلى عِبادِهِ ، اَلْمُنْتَهى إِلَيْهِ مَواريثُ الْأَنْبِياءِ ، وَلَدَيْهِ مَوْجُودٌ آثارُ الْأَصْفِياءِ ، اَلْمُؤْتَمَنِ عَلَى السِّرِّ ،  وَالْوَلِيِّ لِلْاُمَمِ ، اَلْمَهْدِيِّ الَّذي وَعَدَ اللَّهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ بِهِ الْاُمَمَ أَنْ يَجْمَعَ بِهِ الْكَلِمَ ، وَيَلُمَّ بِهِ الشَّعَثَ ، وَيَمْلَأَ بِهِ الْأَرْضَ قِسْطاً وَعَدْلاً ، وَيُمَكِّنَ لَهُ ، وَيُنْجِزَ بِهِ وَعْدَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ .

  أَشْهَدُ يا مَوْلايَ أَنَّكَ وَالْأَئِمَّةَ مِنْ آبائِكَ أَئِمَّتي وَمَوالِيَّ فِي الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْأَشْهادُ ، أَسْأَلُكَ يا مَوْلايَ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ اللَّهَ تَبارَكَ وَتَعالى في صَلاحِ شَأْني ، وَقَضاءِ حَوائِجي ، وَغُفْرانِ ذُنُوبي ، وَالْأَخْذِ بِيَدي في ديني وَدُنْيايَ وَآخِرَتي ، لي وَلِإِخْواني وَ إِخْوَتِيَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ وَالْمُؤْمِناتِ كافَّةً ، إِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَحيمٌ .

“Peace be upon the fresh truth, and the doer whose knowledge never expires. Peace be upon the reviver of the believers and the terminator of the unbelievers. Peace be upon the restorer of all nations and the combiner of all creeds. Peace be upon the argument of the Worshipped (Lord) and the Word of the Praised (Lord). Peace be upon the consolidator of the intimate servants (of God) and the disgracer of the enemies. Peace be upon the inheritor of the Prophets and the seal of the (Prophets’) successors. Peace be upon the Rising (Imam), the awaited, and the famed establisher of justice. Peace be upon the unsheathed sword, the brilliant moon, and the dazzling light. Peace be upon the sun of darkness and the absolutely full moon. Peace be upon the springtime of humanity and the bloom of days. Peace be upon the holder of sharp sword and the splitter of heads. Peace be upon the long-established faith and the scripture inscribed. Peace be upon the left by Allah in His lands and the argument of Him against His servants to whom the inheritances of the Prophets end and with whom the traditions of the elite ones are kept. Peace be upon the one entrusted with the secret and the one who shall undertake the mission. Peace be upon al-Mahdi (the rightly guided) through whom Allah the Almighty and All-majestic promised the nations to combine all decrees, to bring together all scattered matters, to fill the earth with fairness and justice, to make possible for him (to win over the all), and to fulfil His promise to the believers. I bear witness, O my master, that you and the Imams, you fathers, are my leaders and masters in this worldly life and on the day when the Witnesses will rise (to witness). I thus ask you, O my master, to ask Allah the All-blessed and All-exalted to set aright all my affairs, to grant me all my needs, to forgive my sins, and to lead me rightly in the affairs of my faith, worldly life, and the Next Life, as well as the affairs of my all believing brothers and sisters. Verily, He is All-forgiving, All-merciful. ^[2]

            Then offer the prayer of Ziyarah mentioned in the first Ziyarah, then say:

أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى حُجَّتِكَ في أَرْضِكَ، وَخَليفَتِكَ في بِلادِكَ ، اَلدَّاعي إِلى سَبيلِكَ ، وَالْقائِمِ الصَّادِعِ بِالْحِكْمَةِ ، وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَالصِّدْقِ ، وَكَلِمَتِكَ وَعَيْبَتِكَ وَعَيْنِكَ في أَرْضِكَ ، اَلْمُتَرَقِّبِ الْخائِفِ ، اَلْوَلِيِّ النَّاصِحِ ، سَفينَةِ النَّجاةِ ، وَعَلَمِ الْهُدى ، وَنُورِ أَبْصارِ الْوَرى ، وَخَيْرِ مَنْ تَقَمَّصَ وَارْتَدى ، وَالْوِتْرِ الْمَوْتُورِ ، وَمُفَرِّجِ الْكَرْبِ ، وَمُزيلِ الْهَمِّ ، وَكاشِفِ الْبَلْوى .

  صَلَواتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلى آبائِهِ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْهادينَ ، وَالْقادَةِ الْمَيامينِ ، ما طَلَعَتْ كَواكِبُ الْأَسْحارِ ، وَأَوْرَقَتِ الْأَشْجارُ ، وَأَيْنَعَتِ الْأَثْمارُ ، وَاخْتَلَفَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهارُ ، وَغَرَّدَتِ الْأَطْيارُ . أَللَّهُمَّ انْفَعْنا بِحُبِّهِ ، وَاحْشُرْنا في زُمْرَتِهِ وَتَحْتَ لِوائِهِ ، إِلهَ الْحَقِّ آمينَ رَبَّ الْعالَمينَ .

            O’ Allah, bless Your Argument in Your land, Your representative in Your countries, the caller to Your way, the establisher of Your justice, the winner of Your decree, the guardian of the believers, the terminator of the unbelievers, the eliminator of darkness, the illuminator of the truth, the expounder with wisdom, excellent exhortation, and veracity, Your Word, the carrier of Your secrets, Your Eye in Your lands, the vigilant, the afraid, the sincere vicegerent, the ark of salvation, the pennon of right guidance, the light of the eyes of all creatures. The best of all those who dress shirts and garments, the unique whose folks have not been avenged yet, the reliever of agonies, the remover of distress, and the mitigator of ordeals. Allah’s blessing be incessantly upon him and upon his fathers, the guiding Imams and the blessed leaders whenever stars of early dawn rise, trees are furnished with leaves, fruits are yielded, night and day follow each other, and birds warble. O’ Allah, make us benefit by our love for him and gather us in his group and under his pennon. O’ God of Truth, respond. O’ Lord of the Worlds!^[3]

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