The Minor Comprehensive Form of Ziy¡rah
(al-Ziy¡rah al-J¡mi`ah al-‾agh¢rah)
In his book of man-l¡-ya¦¤uruhul-faq¢h, Shaykh al-‾ad£q has reported that Imam al-Ri¤¡ (`a)
was once asked about the way of visiting Imam M£s¡ al-K¡¨im (`a). He answered, “You may pray
in the mosques surrounding his tomb. It is however acceptable to say the following (form of
ziy¡rah) at all shrines.”
This apparently means that it is acceptable to say this form of ziy¡rah at visiting the holy
shrines of the Imams (`a) or even all other holy shrines, like these of the Prophets and the
Prophets’ successors:

السَّلامُ عَلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ وَ أَصْفِيَائِهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى أُمَنَاءِ اللَّهِ وَ أَحِبَّائِهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى أَنْصَارِ اللَّهِ وَ خُلَفَائِهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى مَحَالِّ مَعْرِفَةِ اللَّهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى مَسَاكِنِ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى مُظْهِرِي أَمْرِ اللَّهِ وَ نَهْيِهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى الدُّعَاةِ إِلَى اللَّهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى الْمُسْتَقِرِّينَ فِي مَرْضَاةِ اللَّهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى الْمُخْلِصِينَ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى الْأَدِلاءِ عَلَى اللَّهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مَنْ وَالاهُمْ فَقَدْ وَالَى اللَّهَ وَ مَنْ عَادَاهُمْ فَقَدْ عَادَى اللَّهَ،وَ مَنْ عَرَفَهُمْ فَقَدْ عَرَفَ اللَّهَ وَ مَنْ جَهِلَهُمْ فَقَدْ جَهِلَ اللَّهَ وَ مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِهِمْ فَقَدِ اعْتَصَمَ بِاللَّهِ وَ مَنْ تَخَلَّى مِنْهُمْ فَقَدْ تَخَلَّى مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ أَنِّي سِلْمٌ لِمَنْ سَالَمْتُمْ وَ حَرْبٌ لِمَنْ حَارَبْتُمْ مُؤْمِنٌ بِسِرِّكُمْ وَ عَلانِيَتِكُمْ مُفَوِّضٌ فِي ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ عَدُوَّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ وَ أَبْرَأُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ

Translation

Peace be with you, O the Messenger of Allah!
Peace be with you, O the Prophet of Allah !
Peace be with you, O he who is chosen by,
Allah as the most select of men;
And the custodian of His revelations!
Peace be with you, O my Mawlaa!
O Leader – in – Chief of the
faithful !
Peace be with you, O my Mawlaa!
You are the decisive argument of Allah over the mankind,
the (only authorized) gate (passage) unto His wisdom,
the executor of His Prophet’s will, his successor, after him,
among his followers; may Allah curse and
damn the people who usurped your rights,
made a stand against you and then deserted,
and I separate myself from them and
their followers to take refuge with you,
Peace be with you, O Fatimah,
free from worldly and sensuous concerns!
Peace be with you, O the pride of the whole womankind!
Peace be with you, O daughter of the messenger of Allah,
the Lord of the worlds,
(Allah’s blessings be on you and him)!
Peace be with you,
O the mother of Hasan and Husayn! May Allah take
appropriate action against the people who
usurped your rights,
and took away from you that which
Allah made lawful for you,
I separate myself from them and
their followers to take refuge with you.
Peace be with you, O my Mawlaa!
O Aba Muhammad,
Hasan, the pure and just who gave his wealth to the poor !
Peace be with you , O my Mawlaa!
May the curse of Allah be upon the people who killed you,
ganged up against you to make a bargain,
and formed an alliance to oppose you,
I separate myself from them and
their followers to take refuge with you.
Peace be with you, O my Mawlaa!
O Aba Abdillaah, Husayn son of Ali,
blessings of Allah be on you,
on your father, on your grand-father, Muhammad,
(blessings of Allah be on him and on his children),
may the curse of Allah be on the people who deemed
shedding of your blood lawful; may the curse of Allah be on the
people who killed you and thought with impunity
that it was permissible to tear the thy woman folk ;
May the curse of Allah be on their comrades and
followers; may the curse of Allah be on those who
did the spadework and prepared the ground to make
your killing possible; I separate myself from them and
take refuge with Allah and you .
Peace be with you , O my Mawlaa! O Aba Muhammad,
Ali son of Husayn!
Peace be with you, O my Mawlaa !
O Aba Ja’afar, Muhaammad son of Ali !
Peace be with you, O my Mawlaa !
O Aba Abdillah, Jaa—far son of Muhammad!
Peace be with you, O my Mawlaa !
O Abal Hasan, Moosaa son of Ja’far!
Peace be with you, O my Mawlaa!
O Abal Hasan , Ali son of Moosa !
Peace be with you, O my Mawlaa !
O Aba Jaa’-far, Muhammad son of Ali !
Peace be with you, O my Mawlaa O Abal Hasan,
Ali son of Muhammad ! Peace be with you, O my Mawlaa !
O Aba Muhammad, Hasan son of Ali !Peace be with you ,
O my Mawlaa! Abal Qasim, Muhammad son of Hasan
the authority in force !Blessing of Alah be on you
and your pure and pious family
O my masters!
All of you are my advocates to obtain remission
from my wrong-doings and lapses.
I beleive in Allah and in that which has been given to you,
the last of you is as dear and near to me as the first.
I separate myself from gods of magic, sorcery;
and the idols of Lat and Uzzaa,
O my masters, I make my peace with those
who submit to you, I take the field against whose who wage
war on you, I oppose those who commit injustice
to you, I make friends with those who stand by you,
till the Day of Judgment.
May the curse of Allah be on those who took liberties with you
and usurped your rights. May the curse of Allah be
on their comrades, their followers and on those who
propagate their ideology.
I take refuge with Allah and (all of ) you .

Transliteration
ASSALAAMU A’LAA AWLIYAAA-ILLAAHI WA AS’FIYAAA-IHI

ASSALAAMU A’LAA UMANAAA-ILLAAHI WA AH’IBBAAA-IHI

ASSALAAMU A’LAA ANS’AARILLAAHI WA KHULAFAAA-IHI

ASSALAAMU A’LAA MAH’AALLI MAA’-RIFATILLAAH

ASSALAAMU A’LAA MASAAKINI D’IKRILLAAH

ASSALAAMU A’LAA MUZ’HIREE AMRILLAAH WA NAHYIHI

ASSALAAMU A’LAD DUA-A’ATI ILALLAAH

ASSALAAMU A’LAL MUSTAQIRREENA FEE MARZ”AATILLAAH

ASSALAAMU A’LAL MUKHLIS’EENA FEE T’AA-A’TILLAAH

ASSALAAMU A’LAL A-DILLAAA-I A’LALLAAH

ASSALAAMU A’LALLAD’EENA MAN WALAAHUM FAQAD WAALALLAAH

WA MAN A’ADAAHUM FAQAD A’ADALLAAH WA MAN A’RAFAHUM FAQAD

A’RAFALLAAH WA MAN JAHILAHUM FAQAD JAHILALLAAH WA MANIA’-

TAS’AMA BIHIM FAQADIA’-TAS’AMA BILLAAH WA MAN TAKHALLAA

MINHUM FAQAD TAKHALLAA MINALLAAHI A’ZZA WA JALL WA

USH-HIDULLAAHA ANNEE SILMUN LIMAN SAALAMTUM WA H’ARBUN

LIMAN H’AARABTUM MUWMINUN BISIRRIKUM WA A’LAANIYATIKUM

MUFAWWIZ”UN FEE D’AALIKA KULLIHI ILAYKUM LA-A’NALLAAHU

A’DUWWA AALI MUH’AMMAD MINAL JINNI WAL INS WA ABRA-U

ILALLAAHI MINHUM WA S’ALLALLAAHU A’LAA MUH’AMMADIN

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