ZIYARAH OF HOLY PROPHET (S) AND THE HOLY INFALLIBLES ON FRIDAY FROM A DISTANCE

Shaykh al-Tusi, in Misbah al-Mutahajjid, and Sayyid Ibn Tawus, in Jamal al-Usbu’, have mentioned within the recommended acts on Fridays that it is recommended to visit the Holy Prophet (s) and the Holy Imams (‘a) on Fridays. Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (‘a) is reported to have said that one who intends to visit the tombs of the Holy Prophet, Imam ‘Ali Amir al-Mu’minin, Lady Fatimah al-Zahra’, Imam al-Hasan, Imam al-Husayn, and the Holy Imams (‘a) while he is in a remote place may bathe himself on Friday, put on two clean garbs, go to a desert, -or go up to a housetop, according to another narration- and then offer a four unit prayer reciting any Surah he can recite. When he finishes the prayer, he may stand up, face the kiblah direction, and say the following:

السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ اَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ اَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ الْمُرْسَلُ وَ الْوَصِيُّ الْمُرْتَضَى وَ السَّيِّدَةُ الْكُبْرَى وَ السَّيِّدَةُ الزَّهْرَاءُ وَ السِّبْطَانِ الْمُنْتَجَبَانِ وَ الْاَوْلادُ الْاَعْلامُ وَ الْاُمَنَاءُ الْمُنْتَجَبُونَ [الْمُسْتَخْزَنُونَ‏] جِئْتُ انْقِطَاعا اِلَيْكُمْ وَ اِلَى آبَائِكُمْ وَ وَلَدِكُمُ الْخَلَفِ عَلَى بَرَكَةِ الْحَقِّ فَقَلْبِي لَكُمْ مُسَلِّمٌ وَ نُصْرَتِي لَكُمْ مُعَدَّةٌ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللّٰهُ بِدِينِهِ فَمَعَكُمْ مَعَكُمْ لا مَعَ عَدُوِّكُمْ اِنِّي لَمِنَ الْقَائِلِينَ بِفَضْلِكُمْ مُقِرٌّ بِرَجْعَتِكُمْ لا اُنْكِرُ لِلَّهِ قُدْرَةً وَ لا اَزْعُمُ اِلا مَا شَاءَ اللّٰهُ سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ ذِي الْمُلْكِ وَ الْمَلَكُوتِ يُسَبِّحُ اللّٰهَ بِاَسْمَائِهِ جَمِيعُ خَلْقِهِ وَ السَّلامُ عَلَى اَرْوَاحِكُمْ وَ اَجْسَادِكُمْ وَ السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ.