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

and make me die following their faith.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱلْعَنْ ظَالِمِي آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ حَقَّهُمْ وَٱنْتَقِمْ مِنْهُمْ

allahumma il`an zalimi ali muhammadin haqqahum wantaqim minhum

O Allah, curse and punish those who usurped the right of the Household of Muhammad wrongfully.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱلْعَنِ ٱلاوَّلِينَ مِنْهُمْ وَٱلآخِرِينَ

allahumma il`an al-awwalina minhum wal-akhirina

O Allah, curse the past and the coming generations of those people,

وَضَاعِفْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ

wa da`if `alayhim al`adhaba

apply to them many folds of torture,

وَابْلِغْ بِهِمْ وَبِاشْيَاعِهِمْ

wa abligh bihim wa bi'ashya`ihim

and send them, their fans,

وَمُحِبِّيهِمْ وَمُتَّبِعِيهِمْ

wa muhibbihim wa muttabi`ihim

their adherents, and the followers

اسْفَلَ دَرْكٍ مِنَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

asfala darkin min aljahimi

to the deepest area of Hellfire.

إِِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

innaka `ala kulli shay'in qadirun

Verily, You have power over all things.

اَللَّهُمَّ عَجِّلْ فَرَجَ وَلِيِّكَ وَٱبْنِ وَلِيِّكَ

allahumma `ajjil faraja waliyyika wabni waliyyika

O Allah, (please do) hasten the Relief of Your representative and the son of Your representative

وَٱجْعَلْ فَرَجَنَا مَعَ فَرَجِهِمْ

waj`al farajana ma`a farajihim

and cause our relief to accompany his relief,

يَا ارْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

ya arhama alrrahimina

O most merciful of all those who show mercy.

You may then pray for yourself and your parents .

If you can reach their tombs, you may offer a two-unit prayer there. or in the mosque which is adjacent to the house of the two Imams, peace of Allah be upon them, where they used to perform the prayers.

Ziyarah with a Little Difference

The aforesaid form of ziyarah has been cited according to the book of Kamil al-Ziyarah. However, Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Mashhadi, Shaykh al-Mufid, and al-Shahid, in their books on forms of ziyarah, have recorded it with little difference. i.e. added the following:

You may then approach towards the two tombs, throw yourself on them, kiss them, and place your two cheeks on them. When you raise your head, you may say the following last section above:

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱرْزُقْنِي حُبَّهُمَا

allahumma irzuqni hubbahuma

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

وَتَوَفَّنِي عَلَىٰ مِلَّتِهِمَا

wa tawaffani `ala millatihima

and make me die following their course…

Up to the end of the aforesaid form of ziyarah.

They then added: You may now offer four units of prayer next to the side of the Imam’s head.

Bidding Farewell to the two imams

When you intend to bid farewell to the two holy Imams, you may stop at the holy tomb and say the following words:

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمَا يَا وَلِيَّيِ ٱللَّهِ

alssalamu `alaykuma ya waliyyay allahi

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

اسْتَوْدِعُكُمَا ٱللَّهَ

astawdi`ukuma allaha

I entrust you both with Allah

وَاقْرَا عَلَيْكُمَا ٱلسَّلاَمَ

wa aqra'u `alaykuma alssalama

and invoke His peace upon you both.

آمَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلرَّسُولِ

amanna billah wa bilrrasuli

We believe in Allah, in the Messenger,

وَبِمَا جِئْتُمَا بِهِ وَدَلَلْتُمَا عَلَيْهِ

wa bima ji'tuma bihi wa dalaltuma `alayhi

and in that which you both have come with and instructed.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱكْتُبْنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّاهِدينَ

allahumma iktubna ma`a alshshahidina

O Allah, write us down with those who bear witness.

اَللَّهُمَّ لاََ تَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ ٱلْعَهْدِ

allahumma la taj`alhu akhira al`ahdi

O Allah, (please) do not decide this visit

مِنْ زِيَارَتِي إِِيَّاهُمَا

min ziyarati iyyahuma

to be the last visit of mine to them;

وَٱرْزُقْنِي ٱلْعَوْدَ إِِلَيْهِمَا

warzuqni al`awda ilayhima

rather, grant me more chances to re-visit them

وَٱحْشُرْنِي مَعَهُمَا

wahshurni ma`ahuma

and include me with both of them,

وَمَعَ آبَائِهِمَا ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ

wa ma`a aba'ihima alttahirina

with their immaculate fathers,

وَٱلْقَائِمِ ٱلْحُجَّةِ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا

walqa'imi alhujjati min dhurriyyatihima

and with the Rising, Argument Imam from their offspring.

يَا ارْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

ya arhama alrrahimina

O most merciful of all those who show mercy.