Visiting The Holy Prophet From A Distance

In his book of Zad Ul Ma’ad, `Allameh Majlesi, within the recommended acts on the seventeenth of Rabi al-Awwal; the Holy Prophet’s birthday, says that Shaykh al-Mufid, Shaykh al-Sadooq, and Sayyid Ibn Tawoos instructed the following:

When you intend to visit the Holy Prophet (Sa) while you are in any place other than the holy city of al-Madinah, you may bathe yourself, stand before something like a grave, write the name of the Holy Prophet (Sa) on it, concentrate heartily on it, and say the following:  

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِیكَ لَهُ‌. وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ أَنَّهُ سَیِّدُ الْأَوَّلِینَ وَ الْآخِرِینَ وَ أَنَّهُ سَیِّدُ الْأَنْبِیَاءِ وَ الْمُرْسَلِینَ‌. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَیْهِ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ الْأَئِمَّةِ الطَّیِّبِینَ‌. 

I bear witness that there is no god save Allah, alone without having any associate, and I bear witness that Mohammad is His servant and Messenger, that he is the chief of the ancient and the coming generations, and that he is the chief of all Prophets and Messengers. O Allah, send blessings upon him and upon his Household—the Immaculate Imams.  

You may then say the following: 

 

Madinah

 

السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا خَلِیلَ اللَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا نَبِیَّ اللَّهِ‌. السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا صَفِیَّ اللَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا رَحْمَةَ اللَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا خِیَرَةَ اللَّهِ‌. السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا حَبِیبَ اللَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا نَجِیبَ اللَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا خَاتَمَ النَّبِیِّینَ‌. السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا سَیِّدَ الْمُرْسَلِینَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا قَائِماً بِالْقِسْطِ. 

Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah. Peace be upon you, O Friend of Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet of Allah. Peace be upon you, O Choice of Allah. Peace be upon you, O Mercy of Allah. Peace be upon you, O Well-Chosen by Allah. Peace be upon you, O Most Beloved by Allah. Peace be upon you, O Selected by Allah. Peace be upon you, O Seal of the Prophets. Peace be upon you, O Master of the Messengers. Peace be upon you, O Maintainer of justice.  

السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا فَاتِحَ الْخَیْرِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا مَعْدِنَ الْوَحْیِ وَ التَّنْزِیلِ‌.السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا مُبَلِّغاً عَنِ اللَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ أَیُّهَا السِّرَاجُ الْمُنِیرُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا مُبَشِّرُ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا مُنْذِرُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا نُورَ اللَّهِ الَّذِی یُسْتَضَاءُ بِهِ‌. السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَیْتِكَ الطَّیِّبِینَ الطَّاهِرِینَ الْهَادِینَ الْمَهْدِیِّینَ‌. السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ وَ عَلَى جَدِّكَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَ عَلَى أَبِیكَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‌.  

Peace be upon you, O introducer of goodliness. Peace be upon you, O core of Divine Inspiration and Revelation. Peace be upon you, O conveyor on behalf of Allah. Peace be upon you, O light-giving torch. Peace be upon you, O conveyor of good tidings (to the believers). Peace be upon you, O warner (against Allah’s chastisement). Peace be upon you, O he who warns (against violating Allah’s commands). Peace be upon you, O Allah’s Light that spreads luminosity. Peace be upon you and upon your Household—the pure, immaculate, guides, and rightly guided. Peace be upon you and upon your grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, and upon your father, Abduallah.   

السَّلاَمُ عَلَى أُمِّكَ آمِنَةَ بِنْتِ وَهْبٍ السَّلاَمُ عَلَى عَمِّكَ حَمْزَةَ سَیِّدِ الشُّهَدَاءِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَى عَمِّكَ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ‌. السَّلاَمُ عَلَى عَمِّكَ وَ كَفِیلِكَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ السَّلاَمُ عَلَى ابْنِ عَمِّكَ جَعْفَرٍ الطَّیَّارِ فِی جِنَانِ الْخُلْدِ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا أَحْمَد. السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْأَوَّلِینَ وَ الْآخِرِینَ وَ السَّابِقَ إِلَى طَاعَةِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِینَ‌. وَ الْمُهَیْمِنَ عَلَى رُسُلِهِ وَ الْخَاتِمَ لِأَنْبِیَائِهِ وَ الشَّاهِدَ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَ الشَّفِیعَ إِلَیْهِ‌. وَ الْمَكِینَ لَدَیْهِ وَ الْمُطَاعَ فِی مَلَكُوتِهِ‌.  

peace be upon your mother, Aminah the daughter of Wahab. Peace be upon your (paternal) uncle, Hamzah, the master of martyrs. Peace be upon your uncle, al-`Abbas the son of Abd al-Muttalib. Peace be upon your uncle and your guardian, Abotalib. Peace be upon your cousin, Ja`far the flying in the gardens of the Paradise of Eternity. Peace be upon you, O Mohammad (the praised). Peace be upon you, O Ahmad (the more praised). Peace be upon you, O Argument of Allah against the past and coming generations, foremost to the obedience to the Lord of the worlds, prevailing over His Messengers, last of His Prophets, witness over all His creatures, interceder to Him, firmly established with Him, obeyed in His Kingdom, 

الْأَحْمَدَ مِنَ الْأَوْصَافِ الْمُحَمَّدَ لِسَائِرِ الْأَشْرَافِ الْكَرِیمَ عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ وَ الْمُكَلَّمَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحُجُبِ‌. الْفَائِزَ بِالسِّبَاقِ وَ الْفَائِتَ عَنِ اللِّحَاقِ‌. تَسْلِیمَ عَارِفٍ بِحَقِّكَ مُعْتَرِفٍ بِالتَّقْصِیرِ فِی قِیَامِهِ بِوَاجِبِكَ غَیْرِ مُنْكِرٍ مَا انْتَهَى إِلَیْهِ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ‌. مُوقِنٍ بِالْمَزِیدَاتِ مِنْ رَبِّكَ مُؤْمِنٍ بِالْكِتَابِ الْمُنْزَلِ عَلَیْكَ مُحَلِّلٍ حَلاَلَكَ مُحَرِّمٍ حَرَامَكَ‌. أَشْهَدُ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَعَ كُلِّ شَاهِدٍ وَ أَتَحَمَّلُهَا عَنْ كُلِّ جَاحِدٍ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالاَتِ رَبِّكَ وَ نَصَحْتَ لِأُمَّتِكَ‌. وَ جَاهَدْتَ فِی سَبِیلِ رَبِّكَ وَ صَدَعْتَ بِأَمْرِهِ وَ احْتَمَلْتَ الْأَذَى فِی جَنْبِهِ‌.  

winner of the most praised qualities, holder of the most praised honors, honored by the Lord, addressee (by Almighty Allah) from behind the (Divine) Veils, most advanced in position, and unovertakable. I greet you with the greeting of him who acknowledges your right (that is incumbent upon us), who confesses of his shortcoming in carrying out his duty towards you, who does not discuss your limitless virtues, who is sure that you will have more rewards from your Lord, who believes in the Book that was revealed to you, who deems lawful all that which you deemed lawful, and who deems unlawful all that which you deemed unlawful. O Messenger of Allah, I bear witness—and I join everyone who bears witness and also bear witness rather than everyone who may deny it— that you conveyed the messages of your Lord (flawlessly), offered your nation good advice, strove in the way of your Lord, expounded openly what you were commanded to convey, stood harm for the sake of Him,  

وَ دَعَوْتَ إِلَى سَبِیلِهِ بِالْحِکْمَةِ وَ الْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ الْجَمِیلَةِ وَ أَدَّیْتَ الْحَقَّ الَّذِی كَانَ عَلَیْكَ‌. وَ أَنَّكَ قَدْ رَؤُفْتَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَ غَلُظْتَ عَلَى الْكَافِرِینَ وَ عَبَدْتَ اللَّهَ مُخْلِصاً حَتَّى أَتَاكَ الْیَقِینُ‌.فَبَلَغَ اللَّهُ بِكَ أَشْرَفَ مَحَلِّ الْمُكَرَّمِینَ‌.فَبَلَغَ اللَّهُ بِكَ أَشْرَفَ مَحَلِّ الْمُكَرَّمِینَ‌. وَ لاَ یَفُوقُكَ فَائِقٌ وَ لاَ یَسْبِقُكَ سَابِقٌ وَ لاَ یَطْمَعُ فِی إِدْرَاكِكَ طَامِعٌ‌. الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِی اسْتَنْقَذَنَا بِكَ مِنَ الْهَلَكَةِ وَ هَدَانَا بِكَ مِنَ الضَّلاَلَةِ وَ نَوَّرَنَا بِكَ مِنَ الظُّلْمَةِ.  

called to the way of Him with excellent wisdom and fair exhortation, fulfilled the duty with which you were commissioned, you, verily, were compassionate to the believers, strong against the unbelievers, and you worshipped Allah sincerely until death came upon you. Therefore, Almighty Allah has exalted you to the most honorable position of the ennobled ones, to the most elevated place of the intimate servants of Him, and to the most exalted ranks of the Messengers where none can come up with you, none can excel you, none can overtake you, and none can even think of obtaining your rank. All praise be to Allah Who saved us from perdition through you, Who guided us off misdirection through you, and Who lit our darkness through you.  

فَجَزَاكَ اللَّهُ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِنْ مَبْعُوثٍ أَفْضَلَ مَا جَازَى (جَزَى) نَبِیّاً عَنْ أُمَّتِهِ وَ رَسُولاً عَمَّنْ أُرْسِلَ إِلَیْهِ‌. بِأَبِی أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّی یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ زُرْتُكَ عَارِفاً بِحَقِّكَ مُقِرّاً بِفَضْلِكَ‌. مُسْتَبْصِراً بِضَلاَلَةِ مَنْ خَالَفَكَ وَ خَالَفَ أَهْلَ بَیْتِكَ عَارِفاً بِالْهُدَى الَّذِی أَنْتَ عَلَیْهِ‌. بِأَبِی أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّی وَ نَفْسِی وَ أَهْلِی وَ مَالِی وَ وَلَدِی‌. أَنَا أُصَلِّی عَلَیْكَ كَمَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَیْكَ وَ صَلَّى عَلَیْكَ مَلاَئِكَتُهُ وَ أَنْبِیَاؤُهُ وَ رُسُلُهُ‌. صَلاَةً مُتَتَابِعَةً وَافِرَةً مُتَوَاصِلَةً لاَ انْقِطَاعَ لَهَا وَ لاَ أَمَدَ وَ لاَ أَجَلَ‌. صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَیْكَ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَیْتِكَ الطَّیِّبِینَ الطَّاهِرِینَ كَمَا أَنْتُمْ أَهْلُهُ‌.  

O Messenger of Allah, may Allah reward you, for you are His envoy, with the best rewarding that He has ever conferred upon a prophet on behalf of his people or a messenger on behalf of those to whom He has sent him. May Allah accept my father and my mother as ransoms for you, O Messenger of Allah. I am visiting you for I acknowledge your right (that is incumbent upon us), I confess of your superiority, I know for sure about the straying off (from the right path) of those who dissent from you and from your Household, and I admit the true guidance that you follow (and lead to). May Allah accept my father, my mother, me, my family, my property, and my sons as ransoms for you! Let me invoke Almighty Allah’s blessings upon you in the same way as Allah did send blessings upon you and so did His angels, Prophets, and Messengers; such blessings that are consecutive, abundant, continuous, incessant, infinite, and unlimited. May Allah send blessings upon you and upon your Household, the pure and immaculate, as much as you deserve.  

You may then extend your hands (for supplicating) and say the following:  

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ جَوَامِعَ صَلَوَاتِكَ وَ نَوَامِیَ بَرَكَاتِكَ‌. وَ فَوَاضِلَ خَیْرَاتِكَ وَ شَرَائِفَ تَحِیَّاتِكَ وَ تَسْلِیمَاتِكَ وَ كَرَامَاتِكَ وَ رَحَمَاتِكَ‌. وَ صَلَوَاتِ مَلاَئِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِینَ وَ أَنْبِیَائِكَ الْمُرْسَلِینَ وَ أَئِمَّتِكَ الْمُنْتَجَبِینَ‌.وَ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِینَ وَ أَهْلِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِینَ وَ مَنْ سَبَّحَ لَكَ یَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِینَ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِینَ وَ الْآخِرِینَ‌. عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ وَ شَاهِدِكَ وَ نَبِیِّكَ وَ نَذِیرِكَ وَ أَمِینِكَ وَ مَكِینِكَ‌.  

O Allah, (please do) make You complete blessings, Your perfect benedictions, Your most virtuous boons, and Your most honorable greetings, salutations, dignities, and mercy, as well as the blessings of Your archangels, your commissioned Prophets, Your elite Imams, Your righteous servants, the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth, and (the blessings of) everyone who glorified You, O Lord of the worlds, from the past and the coming generations— make all these pour forth upon Mohammad; Your servant, Your messenger, Your witness, Your Prophet, Your warner, Your trustee, Your firmly established (in truth),  

وَ نَجِیِّكَ وَ نَجِیبِكَ وَ حَبِیبِكَ وَ خَلِیلِكَ وَ صَفِیِّكَ وَ صَفْوَتِكَ وَ خَاصَّتِكَ وَ خَالِصَتِكَ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ‌. وَ خَیْرِ خِیَرَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ نَبِیِّ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ خَازِنِ الْمَغْفِرَةِ وَ قَائِدِ الْخَیْرِ وَ الْبَرَكَةِ. وَ مُنْقِذِ الْعِبَادِ مِنَ الْهَلَكَةِ بِإِذْنِكَ وَ دَاعِیهِمْ إِلَى دِینِكَ الْقَیِّمِ بِأَمْرِكَ‌. أَوَّلِ النَّبِیِّینَ مِیثَاقاً وَ آخِرِهِمْ مَبْعَثاً الَّذِی غَمَسْتَهُ فِی بَحْرِ الْفَضِیلَةِ وَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ الْجَلِیلَةِ وَ الدَّرَجَةِ الرَّفِیعَةِ وَ الْمَرْتَبَةِ الْخَطِیرَةِ. وَ أَوْدَعْتَهُ الْأَصْلاَبَ الطَّاهِرَةَ وَ نَقَلْتَهُ مِنْهَا إِلَى الْأَرْحَامِ الْمُطَهَّرَةِ لُطْفاً مِنْكَ لَهُ وَ تُحَنُّناً مِنْكَ عَلَیْهِ‌.  

Your confidante, Your elite, Your most beloved, Your friend, Your choice, Your notable, Your elect, Your well-chosen, Your mercy, the best of Your created beings, the Prophet of mercy, the storer of forgiveness, the leader to goodliness and blessing, the savior of the servants (of Almighty Allah) from perdition by Your permission, the caller of them to Your religion, the custodian by Your order, the first Prophet to make the covenant, and the last Prophet to be sent (to humanity), whom You have immersed in the ocean of virtue, in the lofty rank, in the elevated level, and in the exalted position; and whom You entrusted in the pure loins and moved to the immaculate wombs out of Your kindness to him and Your compassion to him. 

إِذْ وَکَّلْتَ لِصَوْنِهِ وَ حِرَاسَتِهِ وَ حِفْظِهِ وَ حِیَاطَتِهِ مِنْ قُدْرَتِكَ عَیْناً عَاصِمَةً. حَجَبْتَ بِهَا عَنْهُ مَدَانِسَ الْعَهْرِ وَ مَعَایِبَ السِّفَاحِ حَتَّى رَفَعْتَ بِهِ نَوَاظِرَ الْعِبَادِ. وَ أَحْیَیْتَ بِهِ مَیْتَ الْبِلاَدِ بِأَنْ كَشَفْتَ عَنْ نُورِ وِلاَدَتِهِ ظُلَمَ الْأَسْتَارِ وَ أَلْبَسْتَ حَرَمَكَ بِهِ حُلَلَ الْأَنْوَارِ. اللَّهُمَّ فَكَمَا خَصَصْتَهُ بِشَرَفِ هَذِهِ الْمَرْتَبَةِ الْكَرِیمَةِ وَ ذُخْرِ هَذِهِ الْمَنْقَبَةِ الْعَظِیمَةِ. صَلِّ عَلَیْهِ كَمَا وَفَى بِعَهْدِكَ وَ بَلَّغَ رِسَالاَتِكَ وَ قَاتَلَ أَهْلَ الْجُحُودِ عَلَى تَوْحِیدِكَ‌. وَ قَطَعَ رَحِمَ الْكُفْرِ فِی إِعْزَازِ دِینِكَ وَ لَبِسَ ثَوْبَ الْبَلْوَى فِی مُجَاهَدَةِ أَعْدَائِكَ‌. وَ أَوْجَبْتَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ أَذًى مَسَّهُ أَوْ كَیْدٍ أَحَسَّ بِهِ مِنَ الْفِئَةِ الَّتِی حَاوَلَتْ قَتْلَهُ فَضِیلَةً تَفُوقُ الْفَضَائِلَ‌.وَ یَمْلِكُ بِهَا الْجَزِیلَ مِنْ نَوَالِكَ‌. 

In order to safeguard, to shield, to protect, and to defend him, You assigned, out of Your omnipotence, a protective lookout over him to keep him from the impurities of adultery and from the defects of fornication; thus, You raised the sights of the servants through him and revived the derelict lands when You removed the screening murk by the light of his birth and dressed Your Holy Precinct the garments of brightness through him. O Allah, as You have given him exclusively the honor of this noble rank and the privilege of this great merit, (please do) bless him for he fulfilled his covenant to You, conveyed all Your messages, fought against the infidels in order to prove Your Oneness, exterminated the womb of atheism in order to strengthen Your religion, and dressed himself the garb of misfortune in order to struggle against Your enemies. Hence, You have given him as recompense for any harm that inflicted him, any trickery that he faced from the faction who tried to assassinate him; a merit that excels all other merits and due to which he possessed Your abundant gifts.  

وَ قَدْ (فَلَقَدْ) أَسَرَّ الْحَسْرَةَ وَ أَخْفَى الزَّفْرَةَ وَ تَجَرَّعَ الْغُصَّةَ وَ لَمْ یَتَخَطَّ مَا مَثَّلَ لَهُ وَحْیُكَ (مُثِّلَ مِنْ وَحْیِكَ). اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَیْهِ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ صَلاَةً تَرْضَاهَا لَهُمْ وَ بَلِّغْهُمْ مِنَّا تَحِیَّةً كَثِیرَةً وَ سَلاَماً. وَ آتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ فِی (مِنْ) مُوَالاَتِهِمْ فَضْلاً وَ إِحْسَاناً وَ رَحْمَةً وَ غُفْرَاناً إِنَّكَ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِیمِ‌.  

In return, he hid his sadness, concealed his grief, swallowed the pang, and never did he violate the instructions of Your Revelation. O Allah, (please do) send blessings upon him and his Household—blessings that You please for them, and convey our abundant greetings and compliments to him, and give us - from You on account of our loyalty to them - favors, kindness, mercy, and forgiveness. Verily, You are the Lord of great favor.  

You may then offer a four unit prayer, each two alone, and recite any Sorah you want. At accomplishment, you may say the Tasbihat al-Zahra litany and then say the following:  

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ قُلْتَ لِنَبِیِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى‌الله‌عليه‌وآله‌. وَ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ جَاءُوكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّهَ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللَّهَ تَوَّاباً رَحِیماً. وَ لَمْ أَحْضُرْ زَمَانَ رَسُولِكَ عَلَیْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلاَمُ‌. اللَّهُمَّ وَ قَدْ زُرْتُهُ رَاغِباً تَائِباً مِنْ سَیِّئِ عَمَلِی وَ مُسْتَغْفِراً لَكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِی وَ مُقِرّاً لَكَ بِهَا وَ أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهَا مِنِّی‌. وَ مُتَوَجِّهاً إِلَیْكَ بِنَبِیِّكَ نَبِیِّ الرَّحْمَةِ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَیْهِ وَ آلِهِ‌. 

O Allah, You have said to Your Prophet Mohammad— may Allah bless him and his Household: “And had they, when they were unjust to themselves, come to you and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had (also) asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Oft-returning (to mercy), Merciful.” I was not present at the age of Your Messenger—peace be upon him and his Household.  

فَاجْعَلْنِی اللَّهُمَّ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ عِنْدَكَ وَجِیهاً فِی الدُّنْیَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِینَ‌. یَا مُحَمَّدُ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِی أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّی. یَا نَبِیَّ اللَّهِ یَا سَیِّدَ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ إِنِّی أَتَوَجَّهُ بِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّكَ وَ رَبِّی‌. لِیَغْفِرَ لِی ذُنُوبِی وَ یَتَقَبَّلَ مِنِّی عَمَلِی وَ یَقْضِیَ لِی حَوَائِجِی‌. فَكُنْ لِی شَفِیعاً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ وَ رَبِّی فَنِعْمَ الْمَسْئُولُ الْمَوْلَى رَبِّی‌. وَ نِعْمَ الشَّفِیعُ أَنْتَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلَیْكَ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَیْتِكَ السَّلاَمُ‌. اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَوْجِبْ لِی مِنْكَ الْمَغْفِرَةَ وَ الرَّحْمَةَ وَ الرِّزْقَ الْوَاسِعَ الطَّیِّبَ النَّافِعَ‌. كَمَا أَوْجَبْتَ لِمَنْ أَتَى نَبِیَّكَ مُحَمَّداً صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَیْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ هُوَ حَیٌّ فَأَقَرَّ لَهُ بِذُنُوبِهِ‌.  

O Allah, I have visited him desiring, repenting from my ill deeds, imploring forgiveness of my sins, confessing of my having committed these sins although You know them more than I do, and turning my face towards You in the name of Your Prophet, the Prophet of Mercy— may Your blessings be upon him and his Household. O Allah, in the name of Mohammad and his Household, (please do) make me illustrious in this world as well as the Next World and one of those brought near to You. O Mohammad! O Messenger of Allah! May Allah accept my father and mother as ransoms for you! O Prophet of Allah! O chief of all created beings of Allah! In Your name do I turn my face towards Allah, my and your Lord, so that He may forgive my sins, accept my deeds, and settle my requests. Therefore, be my interceder before your and my Lord, for my Lord, the Master, is the best besought and You are the best interceder. O Mohammad! May peace be upon you and upon your Household. O Allah, (please do) confer upon me with forgiveness, mercy, and sustenance that is outgoing, good, and beneficial from Your Presence in the same way as You conferred upon him who came to Your Prophet, Mohammad, when he was alive, may your blessings be upon him and his Household, and confessed of his sins. 

وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ رَسُولُكَ عَلَیْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلاَمُ فَغَفَرْتَ لَهُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ یَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِینَ‌. اللَّهُمَّ وَ قَدْ أَمَّلْتُكَ وَ رَجَوْتُكَ وَ قُمْتُ بَیْنَ یَدَیْكَ وَ رَغِبْتُ إِلَیْكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ‌. وَ قَدْ أَمَّلْتُ جَزِیلَ ثَوَابِكَ وَ إِنِّی لَمُقِرٌّ (مُقِرٌّ) غَیْرُ مُنْكِرٍ وَ تَائِبٌ إِلَیْكَ مِمَّا اقْتَرَفْتُ‌. وَ عَائِذٌ بِكَ فِی هَذَا الْمَقَامِ مِمَّا قَدَّمْتُ مِنَ الْأَعْمَالِ الَّتِی تَقَدَّمْتَ إِلَیَّ فِیهَا وَ نَهَیْتَنِی عَنْهَا وَ أَوْعَدْتَ عَلَیْهَا الْعِقَابَ‌. وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَرَمِ وَجْهِكَ أَنْ تُقِیمَنِی مَقَامَ الْخِزْیِ وَ الذُّلِّ یَوْمَ تُهْتَكُ فِیهِ الْأَسْتَارُ وَ تَبْدُو فِیهِ الْأَسْرَارُ وَ الْفَضَائِحُ‌. وَ تَرْعَدُ فِیهِ الْفَرَائِصُ یَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ وَ النَّدَامَةِ. یَوْمَ الْآفِكَةِ یَوْمَ الْآزِفَةِ یَوْمَ التَّغَابُنِ یَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ یَوْمَ الْجَزَاءِ یَوْماً كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِینَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ یَوْمَ النَّفْخَةِ.  

Thus, Your Messenger prayed You to forgive him. May your blessings be upon him and his Household. And You did forgive him out of Your mercy, O most Merciful of all those who show mercy. O Allah, I now put my hope in You, please You, stand before You, desire for You other than anyone else, and hope for Your abundant reward while I confess of my sins and I do not deny them, I repent to You from whatever I have committed, and I seek refuge with You from this position against the deeds that I have committed although You, firstly, had introduced them to me as prohibited, warned me against committing them, and threatened me with Your punishment if I would violate. And I seek shelter with the nobility of Your Face lest You impose upon me the situation of disgrace and humility on the day when the veils will be exposed, the secrets and scandals will be disclosed, and the muscles will writhe with fear; on the day of regret and remorse, the day of exposing the liars, the day of the approaching doom, the day of assembling, the day of separation, the day of punishment, the day the measure of which is fifty thousand years, the day of the blowing,  

یَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُ تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ یَوْمَ النَّشْرِ یَوْمَ الْعَرْضِ‌. یَوْمَ یَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِینَ یَوْمَ یَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِیهِ وَ أُمِّهِ وَ أَبِیهِ وَ صَاحِبَتِهِ وَ بَنِیهِ‌. یَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ الْأَرْضُ وَ أَکْنَافُ السَّمَاءِ یَوْمَ تَأْتِی كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَادِلُ عَنْ نَفْسِهَا. یَوْمَ یُرَدُّونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ فَیُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِمَا عَمِلُوا. یَوْمَ لاَ یُغْنِی مَوْلًى عَنْ مَوْلًى شَیْئًا وَ لاَ هُمْ یُنْصَرُونَ إِلاَّ مَنْ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِیزُ الرَّحِیمُ‌. یَوْمَ یُرَدُّونَ إِلَى عَالِمِ الْغَیْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ. یَوْمَ یُرَدُّونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَوْلاَهُمُ الْحَقِّ یَوْمَ یَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعاً كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَى نُصُبٍ یُوفِضُونَ‌. وَ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُنْتَشِرٌ مُهْطِعِینَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ إِلَى اللَّهِ‌. یَوْمَ الْوَاقِعَةِ یَوْمَ تُرَجُّ الْأَرْضُ رَجّاً یَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاءُ كَالْمُهْلِ وَ تَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ‌. وَ لاَ یُسْأَلُ حَمِیمٌ حَمِیماً یَوْمَ الشَّاهِدِ وَ الْمَشْهُودِ یَوْمَ تَكُونُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ صَفّاً صَفّاً.  

the day on which the quaking land shall quake followed by oft-repeated commotions, the day of raising the dead, the day of exposition before the Fire, the day when all mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds, the day when a man flees from his brother, his mother, his father, his wife, and his children, the day when the earth and the sides of the heavens will split asunder, the day when every soul will come pleading for itself, the day when they will be relegated to Allah Who will inform them of what they did, the day when a friend can in naught avail his friend nor can they be helped save him on whom Allah will have mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful, the day when they will be returned to the Knower of the invisible and the visible, the day when they will be restored to Allah, their Lord, the Just, the day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal and as locusts spreading abroad, hastening toward the Summoner— to Allah, the day of the event inevitable when  the earth will be shaken with a shock, the day when the sky will become as molten copper and the hills become as flakes of wool and no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend, the day of the witness and that whereunto he bears testimony, and they day when the angels will come rank on rank.  

اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْ مَوْقِفِی فِی ذَلِكَ الْیَوْمِ بِمَوْقِفِی فِی هَذَا الْیَوْمِ وَ لاَ تُخْزِنِی فِی ذَلِكَ الْمَوْقِفِ (الْیَوْمِ) بِمَا جَنَیْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِی‌. وَ اجْعَلْ یَا رَبِّ فِی ذَلِكَ الْیَوْمِ مَعَ أَوْلِیَائِكَ مُنْطَلَقِی وَ فِی زُمْرَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ عَلَیْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ مَحْشَرِی‌. وَ اجْعَلْ حَوْضَهُ مَوْرِدِی وَ فِی الْغُرِّ الْكِرَامِ مَصْدَرِی‌. وَ أَعْطِنِی كِتَابِی بِیَمِینِی حَتَّى أَفُوزَ بِحَسَنَاتِی وَ تُبَیِّضَ بِهِ وَجْهِی وَ تُیَسِّرَ بِهِ حِسَابِی‌. وَ تُرَجِّحَ بِهِ مِیزَانِی وَ أَمْضِیَ مَعَ الْفَائِزِینَ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِینَ إِلَى رِضْوَانِكَ وَ جِنَانِكَ إِلَهَ الْعَالَمِینَ‌. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّی أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ تَفْضَحَنِی فِی ذَلِكَ الْیَوْمِ بَیْنَ یَدَیِ الْخَلاَئِقِ بِجَرِیرَتِی أَوْ أَنْ أَلْقَى الْخِزْیَ وَ النَّدَامَةَ بِخَطِیئَتِی‌. أَوْ أَنْ تُظْهِرَ فِیهِ سَیِّئَاتِی عَلَى حَسَنَاتِی أَوْ أَنْ تُنَوِّهَ بَیْنَ الْخَلاَئِقِ بِاسْمِی‌. یَا كَرِیمُ یَا كَرِیمُ الْعَفْوَ الْعَفْوَ السَّتْرَ السَّتْرَ. اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ یَكُونَ فِی ذَلِكَ الْیَوْمِ فِی مَوَاقِفِ الْأَشْرَارِ مَوْقِفِی أَوْ فِی مَقَامِ الْأَشْقِیَاءِ مَقَامِی‌. وَ إِذَا مَیَّزْتَ بَیْنَ خَلْقِكَ فَسُقْتَ كُلاًّ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ زُمَراً إِلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ فَسُقْنِی بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِی عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِینَ‌. وَ فِی زُمْرَةِ أَوْلِیَائِكَ الْمُتَّقِینَ إِلَى جَنَّاتِكَ یَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِینَ‌.  

O Allah, (please do) have mercy upon my situation on that day (when I will be stopped for interrogation) for my current situation, and do not confound me at that situation for the wrongdoings that I have committed against myself. O my Lord, (please do) group me, on that day, with Your intimate servants, include me with the company of Mohammad and his Household—peace be upon them— make the Pond of him (i.e. the Holy Prophet) to be my arrival point, make me a place among the honorable, white-forehead group, and give me my Record (of deeds) in my right hand so that I will succeed due to my rewards, You will make my face white, You will make easy for me my reckoning, You will make my pan of the Scale (of deeds) outweigh, and I will join the triumphant ones among Your righteous servants to Your Pleasure and gardens of Paradise. O God of the Worlds! O Allah, I do seek Your protection lest You may expose me on that day in the presence of Your creatures because of my sins, or I may encounter disgrace and regret due to my wrongdoings, or You may make my evildoings outweigh my good deeds, or You may declare my name as loser amongst Your creatures. O All-generous, O All-generous, (I beg You for) pardon, (I beg You for) pardon, (I beg You for) covering (my evildoings), (I beg You for) covering (my evildoings). O Allah, I also seek Your protection against including me, on that day, with the line of the evils or add me to the row of the wretched ones. When You shall distinguish between Your creatures and drive each group –according to their deeds- to their final abodes in groups, (please do) line me up, in the name of Your mercy, with the group of Your righteous servants, and drive me with the group of the Your pious, intimate servants to the gardens of Your Paradise, O Lord of the Worlds! 

You may then bid farewell (wadi) to the Holy Prophet (Sa) and say the following:  

السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ أَیُّهَا الْبَشِیرُ النَّذِیرُ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ أَیُّهَا السِّرَاجُ الْمُنِیرُ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ أَیُّهَا السَّفِیرُ بَیْنَ اللَّهِ وَ بَیْنَ خَلْقِهِ‌. أَشْهَدُ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَّكَ كُنْتَ نُوراً فِی الْأَصْلاَبِ الشَّامِخَةِ وَ الْأَرْحَامِ الْمُطَهَّرَةِ. لَمْ تُنَجِّسْكَ الْجَاهِلِیَّةُ بِأَنْجَاسِهَا وَ لَمْ تُلْبِسْكَ مِنْ مُدْلَهِمَّاتِ ثِیَابِهَا. وَ أَشْهَدُ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنِّی مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَ وَ بِالْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَیْتِكَ مُوقِنٌ بِجَمِیعِ مَا أَتَیْتَ بِهِ رَاضٍ مُؤْمِنٌ‌. وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الْأَئِمَّةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَیْتِكَ أَعْلاَمُ الْهُدَى وَ الْعُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقَى وَ الْحُجَّةُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْیَا. 

Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah. Peace be upon you, O conveyor of good tidings (to the believers) and warner (against Allah’s chastisement). Peace be upon you, O light-giving torch. Peace be upon you, O intercessor between Allah and His creatures. I bear witness, O Messenger of Allah, that You were light in the lofty loins and purified wombs. The ignorance could not stain you with its impurities or dress you its gloomy garbs. I also bear witness, O Messenger of Allah, that I have faith in you and in the Imams from your Household, and I believe in all that which you have brought, satisfactorily and faithfully. And I bear witness that the Imams from your Household are the signs of (true) guidance, the Firmest Handle, and the arguments against the inhabitants in this world.  

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِیَارَةِ نَبِیِّكَ عَلَیْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلاَمُ‌. وَ إِنْ تَوَفَّیْتَنِی فَإِنِّی أَشْهَدُ فِی مَمَاتِی عَلَى مَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَیْهِ فِی حَیَاتِی‌. أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِیكَ لَكَ‌. وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُكَ وَ رَسُولُكَ وَ أَنَّ الْأَئِمَّةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ أَوْلِیَاؤُكَ وَ أَنْصَارُكَ وَ حُجَجُكَ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ‌. وَ خُلَفَاؤُكَ فِی عِبَادِكَ وَ أَعْلاَمُكَ فِی بِلاَدِكَ وَ خُزَّانُ عِلْمِكَ وَ حَفَظَةُ سِرِّكَ وَ تَرَاجِمَةُ وَحْیِكَ‌. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ. وَ بَلِّغْ رُوحَ نَبِیِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ فِی سَاعَتِی هَذِهِ وَ فِی كُلِّ سَاعَةٍ تَحِیَّةً مِنِّی وَ سَلاَماً. وَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَیْكَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ لاَ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ آخِرَ تَسْلِیمِی عَلَیْكَ‌.  

O Allah, (please) do not make it the last of my pilgrimage to (the tomb of) Your Prophet— peace be upon him and his Household. If you decide to grasp my soul, I will bear witness in my death, as same as I have born witness in my lifetime, that Your are verily Allah; there is no god save You, alone without having any associate, that Mohammad  is Your servant and Messenger, and that the Imams from his Household are Your intimate servants, Your supporters, Your Arguments against Your creatures, Your representatives amongst Your servants, Your sings in Your lands, the custodians of Your knowledge, the keepers of Your secret, and the interpreters of Your Revelation. O Allah, (please do) send blessings upon Mohammad and the Household of Mohammad and convey to the souls of Your Prophet, Mohammad, and his Household, at this very hour as well as all times, greetings and compliments from me. O Messenger of Allah, peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you. Allah may not decide this compliment of me to be the last. 

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