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| Ziyarat of Imam al-Husain (PBUH) from afar |
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| Author : Dr Vahid Majd | |
| Publisher : Naba Cultural Organization | |
| Publish Year : 2004 | |
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According to the traditions, a person who cannot afford visitation of the grave of Imams (PBUT) can still send his salutations to them from afar and can recite the prescribed Ziyarat that are recited near their graves.
Imam al-Sadiq (PBUH) said:
قَالَ أبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع): إذَا بَعُدَتْ بِأحَدِكُمُ الشُّقَّةُ وَ
نَأتْ بِهِ الدَّارُ، فَلْيَعْلُ عَلَى مَنْزِلِهِ وَ لْيُصَلِّ
رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ لْيُومِ بِالسَّلاَمِ إلَى قُبُورِنَا، فَإنَّ ذَلِكَ
يَصِلُ إلَيْنَا.
“If any one of you moves far away and his house becomes distant (from
our shrines), he should go above his house, perform two units of
prayer, and offer peace and salutations towards our graves, and this
will reach us.” (i)
About Ziyarat of Imam al-Husain (PBUH), in particular, Sudair narrated:
قَالَ أبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع): يَا سَدِيرُ تَزُورُ الْحُسَيْنَ (ع) فِي
كُلِّ يَوْمٍ؟ قُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ لاَ. قَالَ: فَمَا أجْفَاكُمْ.
قَالَ: فَتَزُورُونَهُ فِي كُلِّ جُمْعَةٍ؟ قُلْتُ: لاَ. قَالَ:
فَتَزُورُونَهُ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ؟ قُلْتُ: لاَ. قَالَ: فَتَزُورُونَهُ فِي
كُلِّ سَنَةٍ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ قَدْ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: يَا سَدِيرُ مَا
أجْفَاكُمْ لِلْحُسَيْنِ أ مَا عَلِمْتَ أنَّ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ
ألْفَيْ ألْفِ مَلَكٍ شُعْثاً غُبْراً يَبْكُونَهُ وَ يَزُورُونَهُ لاَ
يَفْتُرُونَ وَ مَا عَلَيْكَ يَا سَدِيرُ أنْ تَزُورَ قَبْرَ الْحُسَيْنِ
(ع) فِي كُلِّ جُمُعَةٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ أوْ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مَرَّةً؟
قُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُ فَرَاسِخُ كَثِيرَةٌ.
فَقَالَ لِي: اصْعَدْ فَوْقَ سَطْحِكَ ثُمَّ الْتَفِتْ يَمْنَةً وَ
يَسْرَةً ثُمَّ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ إلَى السَّمَاءِ، ثُمَّ تَنْحُو نَحْوَ
الْقَبْرِ فَتَقُولُ: السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ. تُكْتَبُ لَكَ
زَوْرَةً وَ الزَّوْرَةُ حَجَّةٌ وَ عُمْرَةٌ.
Imam al-Sadiq (PBUH) said, “O Sudair! Do you perform the Ziyarat of
al-Husain (PBUH) everyday?” I answered, “No! May I be sacrificed for
you.” He said, “How degrading! Do you visit him every week?” (ii) I
answered, “No.” He said, Do you visit him every month?” I answered,
“No.” He said, “Every year?” I replied, “It is so.” He (PBUH) then
said, “O Sudair! How humiliating this is for al-Husain (PBUH)! Don’t
you know that Allah has one million sorrowful and dusty angels who cry
for him (i.e., Imam al-Husain (PBUH)), visit him, and their (sorrow)
never subsides? What prevents you, O Sudair, from visiting al-Husain
(PBUH) five times every Friday or once every day?” I said, “May I be
your sacrifice, there is a long distance between our place and his.” He
said, “Go to the roof of your house, turn your face left and right,
then raise up your head towards the sky and turn to the direction of
his grave and say, ‘Salutations to you, O Aba Abdillah! Peace be upon
you, His mercy and His blessings.’ By doing this, a Ziyarat (of Imam
al-Husain (PBUH)), a Ziyarat of Hajj and Umra are written for you.”
(iii)-------------------- i) al-Kafi, vol. 4, p. 587, Hadith 1; Kamil al-Ziyarat, p. 286, Hadith 1; Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 98, p. 365, Hadith 1. ii) In Arabic, Jum’a (جُمْعَة) usually means week, while Jumu’a (جُمُعَة) means Friday. iii) al-Kafi, vol. 4, p. 589, Hadith 8; Wasa’il al-Shia, vol. 14, p. 493, Hadith 19674. ** This Article has been extracted from "Ziyarat al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa" . A book by "Dr Vahid Majd". You can read other articles of this book at Naba Cultural Organization Portal . Link to full text of "Ziyarat al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa" Link to PDF version of full text of "Ziyarat al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa" ** Newer Items:
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