Combined Ziyarah of Imam Ali al-Naqi & Imam al-Hasan al-Askari — Samarra

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Combined Ziyarah of Imam `Ali al-Naqi and Imam al-Hasan al-`Askari

Farewell Ziyarat

When you arrive in Samarra' (also called Surra-man-Ra'a; central Iraq)you perform Ghusl and all the etiquettes of entering the holy shrines. You may then walk with tranquility and gravity. When you are at the gate of the holy shrine, you may ask permission of entrance and recite the following form of ziyarah, which is considered the most authentic:

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمَا يَا وَلِيَّيِ ٱللَّهِ

alssalamu `alaykuma ya waliyyy allahi

Peace be upon both of you, O representatives of Allah.

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمَا يَا حُجَّتَيِ ٱللَّهِ

alssalamu `alaykuma ya hujjatay allahi

Peace be upon both of you, O Arguments of Allah (against His created beings).

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمَا يَا نُورَيِ ٱللَّهِ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ ٱلارْضِ

alssalamu `alaykuma ya nuray allahi fi zulumati al-ardi

Peace be upon both of you, O Light of Allah in the darkness of the earth.

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمَا يَا مَنْ بَدَا لِلَّهِ فِي شَانِكُمَا

alssalamu `alaykuma ya man bada lillahi fi sha'nikuma

Peace be upon both of you, O they about whom Allah has decided.

اتَيْتُكُمَا زَائِراً

ataytukuma za'iran

I have come to you visiting (your tombs),

وعَارِفاً بِحَقِّكُمَا

`arifan bihaqqikuma

recognizing your right,

مُعَادِياً لاِعْدَائِكُمَا

mu`adiyan li'a`da'ikuma

showing enmity towards your enemies,

مُوَالِياً لاِوْلِيَائِكُمَا

muwaliyan li'awliya'ikuma

declaring loyalty to your loyalists,

مُؤْمِناً بِمَا آمَنْتُمَا بِهِ

mu'minan bima amantuma bihi

believing in that which you both believed in,

كَافِراً بِمَا كَفَرْتُمَا بِهِ

kafiran bima kafartuma bihi

disbelieving in all that which you both disbelieved in,

مُحَقِّقاً لِمَا حَقَّقْتُمَا

muhaqqiqan lima haqqaqtuma

deeming right all that which you deemed right,

مُبْطِلاًَ لِمَا ابْطَلْتُمَا

mubtilan lima abtaltuma

and deeming wrong all that which you deemed wrong.

اسْالُ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمَا

as'alu allaha rabbi wa rabbakuma

I thus beseech Allah, my and your Lord,

انْ يَجْعَلَ حَظِّي مِنْ زِيَارَتِكُمَا

an yaj`ala hazzi min ziyaratikuma

to decide that my rewards for my visit to you both

ٱلصَّلاَةَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ

alssalata `ala muhammadin wa alihi

to be His sending blessings upon Muhammad and his Household

وَانْ يَرْزُقَنِي مُرَافَقَتَكُمَا فِي ٱلْجِنَانِ

wa an yarzuqani murafaqatakuma fi aljinani

and to grant me the favor of accompanying you both in the gardens of Paradise

مَعَ آبَائِكُمَا ٱلصَّالِحِينَ

ma`a aba'ikuma alssalihina

with your righteous fathers.

وَاسْالَهُ انْ يُعْتِقَ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ

wa as'aluhu an yu`tiqa raqabati min alnnari

I also beseech Him to save me from Hellfire,

وَيَرْزُقَنِي شَفَاعَتَكُمَا وَمُصَاحَبَتَكُمَا

wa yarzuqani shafa`atakuma wa musahabatakuma

to grant me your intercession and your company,

وَيُعَرِّفَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمَا

wa yu`arrifa bayni wa baynakuma

to introduce me to you,

وَلاَ يَسْلُبَنِي حُبَّكُمَا

wa la yaslubani hubbakuma

not to take out from my heart love for you both

وَحُبَّ آبَائِكُمَا ٱلصَّالِحِينَ

wa hubba aba'ikuma alssalihina

and for your righteous fathers at all,

وَانْ لاََ يَجْعَلَهُ آخِرَ ٱلْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيَارَتِكُمَا

wa an la yaj`alahu akhira al`ahdi min ziyaratikuma

not to decide this time of my visit to you as the last,

وَيَحْشُرَنِي مَعَكُمَا فِي ٱلْجَنَّةِ بِرَحْمَتِهِ

wa yahshurani ma`akuma fi aljannati birahmatihi

and to include me with your group in Paradise, out of His mercy .

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱرْزُقْنِي حُبَّهُمَا

allahumma irzuqni hubbahuma

O Allah, (please do) grant me love for them

وَتَوَفَّنِي عَلَىٰ مِلَّتِهِمَا

wa tawaffani `ala millatihima