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PRAYER SEEKING FOR HIS HELP

(may our souls be sacrifice for him)

Sayyid Ali Khan in the book ''Al-kalim Attayyib'' said: this prayer to the leader of the time (peace be upon him) you offer two units (Raka'at) of prayer with Surah Alhamd with any other Surah, on conclusion you stood under the sky and recite the following:

سَلامُ اللَّهِ الْكامِلُ التَّامُّ الشَّامِلُ الْعامُّ ، وَصَلَواتُهُ الدَّائِمَةُ وَبَرَكاتُهُ الْقائِمَةُ التَّامَّةُ ، عَلى حُجَّةِ اللَّهِ وَوَلِيِّهِ في أَرْضِهِ وَبِلادِهِ ، وَخَليفَتِهِ عَلى خَلْقِهِ وَعِبادِهِ ، وَسُلالَةِ النُّبُوَّةِ ، وَبَقِيَّةِ الْعِتْرَةِ وَالصَّفْوَةِ ، صاحِبِ الزَّمانِ ، وَمُظْهِرِ الْإيمانِ ، وَمُلَقِّنِ أَحْكامِ الْقُرْآنِ ، وَمُطَهِّرِ الْأَرْضِ ، وَناشِرِ الْعَدْلِ فِي الطُّولِ وَالْعَرْضِ ، وَالْحُجَّةِ الْقائِمِ الْمَهْدِيِّ ، اَلْإِمامِ الْمُنْتَظَرِ الْمَرْضِيِّ ، وَابْنِ الْأَئِمَّةِ الطَّاهِرينَ ، اَلْوَصِيِّ بْنِ الْأَوْصِياءِ الْمَرْضِيّينَ ، اَلْهادِي الْمَعْصُومِ بْنِ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْهُداةِ الْمَعْصُومينَ .

 اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا مُعِزَّ الْمُؤْمِنينَ الْمُسْتَضْعَفينَ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا مُذِلَّ الْكافِرينَ المُتَكَبِّرينَ الظَّالِمينَ. اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا مَوْلايَ يا صاحِبَ الزَّمانِ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَابْنَ أَميرِالْمُؤْمِنينَ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَابْنَ فاطِمَةَ الزَّهْراءِ سَيِّدَةِ نِساءِ الْعالَمينَ .

 اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَابْنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْحُجَجِ الْمَعْصُومينَ وَالْإِمامِ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعينَ ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا مَوْلايَ سَلامَ مُخْلِصٍ لَكَ فِي الْوِلايَةِ .

 أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ الْإِمامُ الْمَهْدِيُّ قَوْلًا وَفِعْلًا ، وَأَنْتَ الَّذي تَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ قِسْطاً وَعَدْلاً ، بَعْدَ ما مُلِئَتْ جَوْراً وَظُلْماً ، فَعَجَّلَ اللَّهُ فَرَجَكَ ، وَسَهَّلَ مَخْرَجَكَ ، وَقَرَّبَ زَمانَكَ ، وَكَثَّرَ أَنْصارَكَ وَأَعْوانَكَ ، وَأَنْجَزَ لَكَ ما وَعَدَكَ ، فَهُوَ أَصْدَقُ الْقائِلينَ «وَنُريدُ أَنْ نَمُنَّ عَلَى الَّذينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَنجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ الْوارِثينَ» [1].

 يا مَوْلايَ يا صاحِبَ الزَّمانِ ، يَابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ، حاجَتي كَذا وَكَذا ، mention your request فَاشْفَعْ لي في نَجاحِها ، فَقَدْ تَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِحاجَتي ، لِعِلْمي أَنَّ لَكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ شَفاعَةً مَقْبُولَةً ، وَمَقاماً مَحْمُوداً ، فَبِحَقِّ مَنِ اخْتَصَّكُمْ بِأَمْرِهِ ، وَارْتَضاكُمْ لِسِرِّهِ ، وَبِالشَّأْنِ الَّذي لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ ، سَلِ اللَّهَ تَعالى في نُجْحِ طَلِبَتي ، وَ إِجابَةِ دَعْوَتي ، وَكَشْفِ كُرْبَتي.

The Most Perfect, complete and comprise peace, continuous blessing and complete Benediction of Allah be upon the proof of Allah, His legacy on the Earth and land, His ambassador to His servants and creatures, the offspring of the Prophet, the remainder of the progeny and the chosen one, the leader of the time, the manifestation of faith, the prompter of the Qur'anic laws, the cleaner of the Earth (fromoppression), thepropagator of Justice in the entire  world, the proof, the riser Al-Mahdi, the pleasant awaiting leader, the descendant of the purified Imams, the descendant of the pleased executors, the guided infallible son of the guided infallibles.

Peace be unto you, O' the comforter of the weak believers, peace be unto you O' the descendant of Allah's Messenger, peace be unto you O' the descendant of the commander of the faithful, peace be unto you O' the descendant of Fatimah Zahra the leader of women of the two worlds, peace be unto you, O' the descendant of the proofs and the infallible Imams, the leader of the whole creatures, peace be unto you, O' my master, sincere peace be unto you in your legacy.

In speech and action, I bear witness that you are Imam Al-Mahdi, you will be the one to fill the Earth with justice and equity after it has been filled with oppression and inequity. I beseech Almighty Allah to hasten you relief and make ease your reappearance, and let the time be closer, make your helpers in abundant, and to execute what He has promised you, He is the best that speaks the truth.

"Yet we desire to be gracious to those that were abased in the land, and to make them leaders, and to make them the inheritors".

O' my master, O' the leader of the time, O' the son of the Prophet, my request is so and so(mention your request).

After you recite the following:

Intercede for me for its success, I have forward my request before you, surely I know that your intercession is accepted, due to your commended rank, for the sake of He who has specialized you for His affairs and your pleasant with His mystery and for the sake of the prestige you possess between you and God, so appeal to Allah the Most High for success in my request and to accept my calls and take off from me all my sufferings.

Then you put forward all your wishes, by the grace of God it will be accepted.[2]

Allama Sheikh Mahmood Iraqi writes in his book ‘Dar us Salaam’ – in which the anecdotes of those men have been mentioned who had the opportunity to meet or greet Imam Mahdi (may our souls be sacrificed on him) - states: I have perfomed this act myself and experienced astonishing impact from it. Some of the scholars use to refrain from teaching it to those who are unworthy of it and it was among those acts which was experienced at times of extreme difficulties.[3]

He states in the book ‘Dar us Salaam’ that: It seems to me that the chapters ‘Fath’ and ‘Nasr’ are allocated after the chapter ‘Hamd’, and Fadhil e Ma’aasir has specified it. It is not far fetched that this act might have been made specific for midnight; because the reporter was commanded to perform it that time; and there is no generality in the speech which would include other times as well. Hence, the certain extent and the definite period is midnight itself.

From the word of Kaf’ami (R.A.), Fazil e Ma’aasir also adds Ghusl (holy bath) before the prayer and Ziyarat, apart from the specification of those two chapters, although the chapters haven’t been made specific in the book ‘Misbah uz Zaaer’.

Therefore, that which can be comprehended from the words of these great scholars is that the specification of chapters and the time of performing the act is not a strong one, but is nearer to precaution; and the performance of Ghusl has not been kept as a condition, though it is also considered as per precaution.[4]