Ziyarat of Imam Husain on Mondays
Monday is dedicated to Imam Hasan (AS) and Imam Husain (AS), and its recommended to recite this Ziyarat
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ
Peace be upon you, O son of Allah’s Messenger!
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ امِيرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Peace be upon you, O son of the Commander of the Believers!
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ
Peace be upon you, O son of the doyenne of the women of the world!
اشْهَدُ انَّكَ اقَمْتَ ٱلصَّلاَةَ
I bear witness that you performed the prayers [duly],
وَآتَيْتَ ٱلزَّكَاةَ
defrayed the poor-rate,
وَامَرْتَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ
enjoined the right,
وَنَهَيْتَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنْكَرِ
forbade the wrong,
وَعَبَدْتَ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصاً
worshipped Allah sincerely,
وَجَاهَدْتَ فِي ٱللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ
and strove for the sake of Allah with due striving
حَتَّىٰ اتَاكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ
until death came upon you.
فَعَلَيْكَ ٱلسَّلاَمُ مِنِّي
So, peace from me be upon you
مَا بَقِيتُ وَبَقِيَ ٱللَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ
as long as I am alive and as long as day and night remain,
وَعَلَىٰ آلِ بَيْتِكَ ٱلطَّيِّبِينَ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ
and peace be upon your Household, the pure, the immaculate.
انَا يَا مَوْلاَيَ مَوْلىٰ لَكَ وَلآِلِ بَيْتِكَ
O my master, I am a servant of you and of your Household,
سِلْمٌ لِمَنْ سَالَمَكُمْ
peaceful with those who keep peace with you,
وَحَرْبٌ لِمَنْ حَارَبَكُمْ
at war against those who are at war against you,
مُؤْمِنٌ بِسِرِّكُمْ وَجَهْرِكُمْ
and believing in your secret and open affairs
وَظَاهِرِكُمْ وَبَاطِنِكُمْ
and your inward and outward affairs.
لَعَنَ ٱللَّهُ اعْدَاءَكُمْ
May Allah curse your enemies
مِنَ ٱلاوَّلينَ وَٱلآخِرِينَ
from the past and late generations.
وَانَا ابْرَا إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ تَعَالَىٰ مِنْهُمْ
And I release myself from them before Almighty Allah!
يَا مَوْلاَيَ يَا ابَا مُحَمَّدٍ
O my master, Abu-Muhammad;
يَا مَوْلاَيَ يَا ابَا عَبْدِ ٱللَّهِ
and my master, Abu-`Abdullah!
هٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلإِثْنَيْنِ
Today is Monday,
وَهُوَ يَوْمُكُمَا وَبِٱسْمِكُمَا
which is the day of both of you and carrying your names.
وَانَا فِيهِ ضَيْفُكُمَا
On this day, I am your guest;
فَاضِيفَانِي وَاحْسِنَا ضِيَافَتِي
therefore, receive me as your guest and treat me hospitably.
فَنِعْمَ مَنِ ٱسْتُضِيفَ بِهِ انْتُمَا
Verily, you both are the most excellent hosts a guest may gain.
وَانَا فِيهِ مِنْ جِوَارِكُمَا فَاجِيرَانِي
On this day too, I am in your vicinity; so, treat me as your neighbor,
فَإنَّكُمَا مَامُورَانِ بِٱلضِّيَافَةِ وَٱلإِجَارَةِ
since you are commanded to receive your guests and neighbors hospitably.
فَصَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمَا وَآلِكُمَا ٱلطَّيِّبِينَ
May Allah’s peace be upon you both and upon your immaculate household.