Salwat for Shaban

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It is reported through authentic sources that Imam Zainul Abideen(as) used to recite the following Salavat every day in Shaban at the time sun passes the merdian (waqt-e-Zawal) and on the night of 15th Shaban.

الصلوات الشعبانية
اللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah: (please do) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad—
شَجَرَةِ النُّبُوَّةِ،
the tree of Prophethood;
وَمَوضِعِ الرِِّسَالَةِ،
and the trustees of the (Divine) Mission;
وَمُخْتَلَفِ الْمَلائِكَةِ،
and the frequently visited by the angels;
وَمَعْدِنِ الْعِلْمِ،
and the core of knowledge;
وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِ الْوَحْيِ.
and the Household of the Divine Revelation.
اللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah: (please do) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad—
الْفُلْكِ الْجَارِيَةِ فِي اللُّجَجِ الْغَامِرَةِ،
the sailing ships through the abysmal waves.
يَأْمَنُ مَنْ رَكِبَهَا،
He who embarks on them will be saved
وَيَغْرَقُ مَنْ تَرَكَهَا،
but he who abandons them will be drowned.
الْمُتَقَدِّمُ لَهُمْ مَارِقٌ،
He who precedes them will miss the Right Path
وَالْمُتَأَخِّرُ عَنْهُمْ زَاهِقٌ،
and he who misses them will lose,
وَاللازِمُ لَهُمْ لاحِقٌ.
but he who adheres to them will win.
اللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah: (please do) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad—
الْكَهْفِ الْحَصِينِ،
the impregnable shelter;
وَغِيَاثِ الْمُضْطَرِّ الْمُسْتَكِينِ،
and the succorers of the helpless, distressed ones;
وَمَلْجَاَ الْهَارِبِينَ،
and the haven of the fugitives;
وَعِصْمَةِ الْمُعْتَصِمِينَ.
and the asylum of those who seek refuge.
اللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah: (please do) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
صَلاةً كَثِيرَةً تَكُونُ لَهُمْ رِضاً،
so much blessings that please them
وَلِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَدَاءً وَقَضَاءً
and settle all (our) duties towards Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
بِحَوْلٍ مِنْكَ وَقُوَّةٍ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ.
by Your might and power; O the Lord of the worlds.
اللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah: (please do) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad—
الطَّيِّبِينَ الأَبْرَارِ الأَخْيَارِ،
the pure, the pious, the righteous
الَّذِينَ أَوْجَبْتَ حُقُوقَهُمْ،
whose rights have been made incumbent upon us by You
وَفَرَضْتَ طَاعَتَهُمْ وَوِلايَتَهُمْ.
and the obedience to whom has been deemed obligatory upon us by You and whose (divinely commissioned) leadership has been (also) deemed obligatory upon us by You.
اللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah: (please do) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad;
وَاعْمُرْ قَلْبِي بِطَاعَتِكَ،
and fill in my heart with the obedience to You;
وَلا تُخْزِنِي بِمَعْصِيَتِكَ،
and do not disgrace me by acts of disobedience to You;
وَارْزُقْنِي مُوَاسَاةَ مَنْ قَتَّرْتَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ
and grant me the feeling of sympathy towards those whom You have decided to straiten their sustenance
بِمَا وَسَّعْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ،
by means of Your favors that You have decided to make expansive for me
وَنَشَرْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ عَدْلِكَ،
and by means of that with which You have covered me out of Your fairness;
وَأَحْيَيْتَنِي تَحْتَ ظِلِّكَ،
and make me live under Your shade.
وَهذَا شَهْرُ نَبِيِّكَ سَيِّدِ رُسُلِكَ
This is the month of Your Prophet and the Master of Your Messengers.
شَعْبَانُ الَّذِي حَفَفْتَهُ مِنْكَ بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَالرِّضْوَانِ
It is Sha`ban, which You have encompassed with Your mercy and pleasure,
الَّذِي كَانَ رَسُولُ اللّهِ صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدْأَبُ فِي صِيَامِهِ وَقِيَامِهِ
and on which the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him and his Family—used to observe fasting painstakingly and used to spend it with acts of worship
فِي لَيَالِيهِ وَأَيَّامِهِ
on all of its days and nights
بُخُوعاً لَكَ فِي إكْرَامِهِ وَإعْظَامِهِ إلَى مَحَلِّ حِمَامِهِ.
on account of Your honoring and dignifying this month, up to his death.
اللّهُمَّ فَأَعِنَّا عَلَى الإسْتِنَانِ بِسُنَّتِهِ فِيهِ،
O Allah: (please do) help us follow the example of him (i.e. the Holy Prophet as regards the honoring of this month)
وَنَيْلِ الشَّفَاعَةِ لَدَيْهِ.
and help us attain nearness to him.
اللّهُمَّ وَاجْعَلْهُ لِي شَفِيعاً مُشَفَّعاً،
O Allah: (please do) decide him as my interceder (before You) whose intercession for me is acceptable
وَطَرِيقاً إلَيْكَ مَهْيَعاً،
and as my clear path toward You;
وَاجْعَلْنِي لَهُ مُتَّبِعاً حَتَّى أَلْقَاكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَنِّي رَاضِياً،
and make me follow him until I meet You on the Resurrection Day enjoying Your pleasure with me
وَعَنْ ذُنُوبِي غَاضِياً،
and Your overlooking my sins
قَدْ أَوْجَبْتَ لِي مِنْكَ الرَّحْمَةَ وَالرِّضْوَانَ،
and thus You will confer upon me with Your mercy and pleasure
وَأَنْزَلْتَنِي دَارَ الْقَرَارِ وَمَحَلِّ الأَخْيَارِ.
and allow me to reside in the Eternal Abode and the Place of the Righteous.