Dua for the one who wishes to see the Prophet (s) or Holy Imams (a) or one of the Dead or one of his Parents

Text and Translation

In some books written by Imamiyyah scholars, it is reported that whoever wishes to see in a dream one of the Prophets, one of the Holy Imams, one of the departed, or one of his parents, may recite [Surah al-Shams](A95), [Surah al-Layl](A96), [Surah al-Qadr](A101), Surah al-Kafirun, [Surah al-Tawhid](A116), [Surah al-Falaq](A117), and [Surah al-Nas](A118). Then he may repeat Surah al-Tawhid one hundred times and repeat the invocation of Allah's blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household one hundred times, and, having performed the ritual ablutions (wudu), sleep on his right side. If he does this, he will see in his dream whomever Allah wants him to see, and speak with whomever Allah wants him to speak with.

According to another copy, one may do all of the above over seven successive nights after saying this supplicatory prayer:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الَّذِيْ لَا يُوْصَفُ

ALLAAHUMMA ANTAL HAYYUL LAZEE LAA YOOSAFO

O Allah, You are the Living One Who cannot be described,

وَ الْاِيْمَانُ يُعْرَفُ مِنْهُ

WAL EEMAANO YU'RAFO MINHO

and faith is known through Him,

مِنْكَ بَدَتِ الْاَشْيَاۤءُ وَ اِلَيْكَ تَعُوْدُ

MINKA BADATIL ASHYAA-O WA ILAYKA TA'OODO

from You all things originated, and to You they return,

فَمَاۤ اَقْبَلَ مِنْهَا كُنْتَ مَلْجَاَهُ وَ مَنْجَاهُ

FAMAA AQBALA MINHAA KUNTA MALJA-AHU WA MANJAAHU

so whatever of them turns toward You, You are its refuge and its deliverance,

وَ مَاۤ اَدْبَرَ مِنْهَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَلْجَاۤءٌ وَ لَا مَنْجًا مِنْكَ اِلَّاۤ اِلَيْكَ

WA MAA ADBARA MINHAA LAM YAKUL LAHU MALJA-ON WA LAA MANJAN MINKA ILLAA ILAYKA

and whatever of them turns away, it has no refuge and no deliverance from You except back to You,

فَاَسْاَلُكَ بِلَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ

FA-AS-ALOKA BE LAA ELAAHA ILLAA ANTA

so I ask You by "there is no god but You,"

وَ اَسْاَلُكَ بِبِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

WA AS-ALOKA BE BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

and I ask You by "In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate,"

وَ بِحَقِّ حَبِيْبِكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهٖ سَيِّدِ النَّبِيِّيْنَ

WA BEHAQQE HABEEBIKA MOHAMMADIN SALLAL LAAHO ALAYHE WA AALEHI SAYYIDIN NABIYYEEN

and by the right of Your beloved Muhammad — Allah's blessings be upon him and his Household — the master of the Prophets,

وَ بِحَقِّ عَلِيٍّ خَيْرِ الْوَصِيِّيْنَ

WA BEHAQQE ALIYYIN KHAYRIL WASIYYEEN

and by the right of Ali, the best of the successors,

وَ بِحَقِّ فَاطِمَةَ سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاۤءِ الْعَالَمِيْنَ

WA BEHAQQE FAATIMATA SAYYIDATE NISAA-IL AALAMEEN

and by the right of Fatimah, the mistress of the women of the worlds,

وَ بِحَقِّ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ جَعَلْتَهُمَا سَيِّدَيْ شَبَابِ اَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ عَلَيْهِمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ السَّلَامُ

WA BEHAQQIL HASANE WAL HUSAYNIL LAZAYNI JA-ALTAHOMAA SAYYIDAY SHABAABE AHLIL JANNATI, ALAYHIM AJMA-EENAS SALAAM

and by the right of Hasan and Husayn, whom You made the two masters of the youth of the people of Paradise — peace be upon them all —

اَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

AN TUSALLIYA ALAA MOHAMMADIN WA AALE MOHAMMAD

to send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَ اَنْ تُرِيَنِيْ مَيِّتِيْ فِى الْحَالِ الَّتِيْ هُوَ فِيْهَا

WA AN TUREYANEE MAYYITEE FIL HAALIL LATEE HOWA FEEHAA

and to show me my departed one, in the state that he is in.

Kaf'ami, in al-Misbah, and al-Muhaddith al-Fayd, in Khulasat al-Adhkar, both record this from Imamiyyah scholars — the sixteenth of a set of recommended (not obligatory) practices not mentioned in Mafatih al-Jinan.