Ziyarat of Imam Husain on 15th Rajab

You may then enter the shrine, stop at the holy tomb, and repeat the following word one hundred times:

Allah is the Most Great.

You may then say the following words:

Peace be upon you, O son of Allah’s Messenger.

Peace be upon you, O son of the seal of the Prophets.

Peace be upon you, O son of the chief of the Messengers.

Peace be upon you, O son of the chief of the Prophets’ successors.

Peace be upon you, O Abu-`Abdullah.

Peace be upon you, O al-Husayn the son of `Ali.

Peace be upon you, O son of Fatimah the Doyenne of the women of the world.

Peace be upon you, O saint of Allah and son of His saint.

Peace be upon you, O select of Allah and son of His select.

Peace be upon you, O argument of Allah and son of His argument.

Peace be upon you, O beloved by Allah and son of the beloved by Him.

Peace be upon you, O representative of Allah and son of His representative.

Peace be upon you, O keeper of the inscribed Scripture.

Peace be upon you, O inheritor of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Psalms.

Peace be upon you, O trustee of the All-beneficent God.

Peace be upon you, O partner of the Qur’an.

Peace be upon you, O support of the religion.

Peace be upon you, O door to the wisdom of the Lord of the worlds.

Peace be upon you, O door of Forgiveness; he who enters from this door will be of the secured ones.

Peace be upon you, O case of Allah’s knowledge.

Peace be upon you, O place of Allah’s secret.

Peace be upon you, O (the object of) Allah’s vengeance and the violated sanctity.

Peace be upon you and upon the souls that resided in your yard and settled down near your caravan.

May Allah accept my father, my mother, and myself as ransoms for you, O Abu-`Abdullah.

O Abu-`Abdullah, unbearable is the sorrow and never-racking is the agony you put up with, for us and for all (true) Muslims.

Curse of Allah be on the people who laid the basis of wronging and injustice against you the Household of the Prophet.

Curse of Allah be upon the people who removed you from your position

and took you away from your actual ranks that Allah has chosen for you.

May Allah accept my father, my mother, and me as ransoms for you, O Abu-`Abdullah.

I bear witness that the shades of the Divine Throne shared the shades of the creatures in shuddering for the shedding of your blood.

The heavens, the earth, and the inhabitants of the gardens of Paradise, the lands, and the oceans—all those wept for you.

May Allah shower upon you blessings as many as the number of what is there in the knowledge of Allah.

Here I am at your service, O caller to Allah.

If my body could not respond to your call when you called for aid and my tongue could not respond to your call for help,

then my heart, my hearing, and my sight have verily responded to you.

Glory be to our Lord! Most surely, the promise of our Lord was to be fulfilled.

I bear witness that you are pure, immaculate, and purified and you are the offspring of the pure, immaculate, and purified ones.

You are indeed pure and you are the reason for the purity of the lands.

Pure is the land where you are and pure is your holy shrine.

I bear witness that you enjoined justice and fairness and you called to them.

And you are verily honest and veracious, and you were truthful in that for which you called.

And you are verily (the object of) Allah’s vengeance on the earth.

And I bear witness that you did convey on behalf of Allah,

on behalf of your grandfather the Messenger of Allah,

on behalf of your father the Commander of the Faithful,

and on behalf of your brother al-Hasan.

And you advised and strove in the way of Allah

and you served Him sincerely until death came upon you.

So, may Allah award you with the best of the rewarding of the foremost (to deeds of goodness).

And may Allah bless and exalt you thoroughly.

O Allah, (please) send blessings upon MuHammad and the Household of MuHammad, and send blessings upon al-Husayn the wronged,

the martyr, the orthodox,

the slain one whom is wept heavily,

and the object of agonies

with such blessings that are increasing, growing, and sacred;

the first of which ascends and the last of which is infinite,

and with the best blessings that You ever sent on any of Your missioned Prophets’ sons.

O God of the worlds!

You may then kiss the holy tomb and put your right and then your left cheeks on it. You may then circumambulate it and kiss it from the four sides.

Shaykh al-Mufid adds: You may then direct towards the tomb of `Ali ibn al-Husayn, stop there, and say the following words:

Peace be upon you, O veracious, pure,

immaculate, dear, favorite,

and son of the basil of Allah’s Messenger.

Peace be upon you as you are steadfast martyr.

Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you.

How noble your position is and how honorable your seat is.

I bear witness that Allah thanked you for your efforts,

magnified your rewards,

and joined you to the exalted summit

where there is the entire honor

in the elevated chambers.

Similarly, He had bestowed upon you and made you one of the members of the Household of the Prophet

from whom Allah removed filth and whom He purified with thorough purification.

Allah’s blessings, mercy, benedictions, and pleasure be upon you.

So, O pure master, (please) intercede for me with your Lord

so that He may unburden and relieve me from the loads (of sins) that I carry on my back.

And (please) have mercy upon my humbleness and submission to you and to the master, your father. May Allah bless you both.

You may then throw yourself on the tomb and say the following words:

May Allah increase your honor in the Hereafter

in the same way as He honored you in this world

and may He bless you in the same way as He blessed others on account of you.

And I bear witness that you are the signposts of the religion

and the stars of the worlds.

Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you.

You may then direct towards the martyrs and say the following words:

Peace be upon you all, O supporters of Allah

supporters of His Messenger,

supporters of `Ali the son of Abu-±alib

supporters of Fatimah,

supporters of al-Hasan and al-Husayn,

and supporters of Islam.

I bear witness that you indeed did sincerely for the sake of Allah

and strove sincerely in His way.

So, may Allah reward you on behalf of Islam and its people with the best of rewarding.

By Allah I swear, you did win a great success.

I whish I were with you so that I would win a great success.

I bear witness that you are alive with your Lord, receiving sustenance.

I bear witness that you are the true martyrs and the true happy ones

and you are the winners in the most elevated ranks.

Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you.