Tradition 1: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: When you enter the holy shrine, recite the following:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا مَقَامٌ أَكْرَمْتَنِي بِهِ وَ شَرَّفْتَنِي بِهِ اللَّهُمَّ فَأَعْطِنِي فِيهِ رَغْبَتِي عَلَى حَقِيقَةِ إِيمَانِي بِكَ وَ بِرُسُلِكَ سَلَامُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ سَلَامُ مَلَائِكَتِهِ فِيمَا تَرُوحُ وَ تَغْتَدِي بِهِ الرَّائِحَاتُ الطَّاهِرَاتُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ لَكَ وَ عَلَيْكَ وَ سَلَامٌ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ- وَ سَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُسَلِّمِينَ لَكَ بِقُلُوبِهِمُ النَّاطِقِينَ لَكَ بِفَضْلِكَ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ- أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ صِدِّيقٌ صَدَقْتَ فِيمَا دَعَوْتَ إِلَيْهِ وَ صَدَقْتَ فِيمَا أَتَيْتَ بِهِ وَ أَنَّكَ ثَارُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الدَّمِ الَّذِي لَا يُدْرَكُ ثَارُهُ [تِرَتُهُ] مِنَ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِأَوْلِيَائِكَ اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ مَشَاهِدَهُمْ وَ شَهَادَتَهُمْ حَتَّى تُلْحِقَنِي بِهِمْ وَ تَجْعَلَنِي لَهُمْ فَرَطاً وَ تَابِعاً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ

Translation: O Allah, You have honoured and dignified me by this position. O Allah, grant me that, which I long for based on my true belief in You and Your messengers. Peace of Allah be on you, O son of Allah's Messenger. And greetings of the angels be on you along with the pure and blessed greetings, which reach you at all times. Peace be on Allah's proximate angel. Peace be on those whose hearts are submissive to you and whose tongues speak of your merits. I bear witness that you are truthful and honest. You were truthful in that which you brought. Indeed, Allah is the avenger of your blood on earth, the blood which cannot be avenged on earth except through your Wali. O Allah, make me love seeing their sites and being in their presence until You allow me to join them and to be at their service and make me among their followers in this life and Hereafter.

Then walk a few steps and say Allahu Akbar seven times. Then stop besides the grave and recite:

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَبَّحَ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَ الْمَلَكُوتُ وَ قُدِّسَتْ بِأَسْمَائِهِ جَمِيعُ خَلْقِهِ وَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ رَبِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الرُّوحِ اللَّهُمَّ اكْتُبْنِي فِي وَفْدِكَ- إِلَى خَيْرِ بِقَاعِكَ وَ خَيْرِ خَلْقِكَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الْجِبْتَ وَ الطَّاغُوتَ وَ الْعَنْ أَشْيَاعَهُمْ وَ أَتْبَاعَهُمْ اللَّهُمَّ أَشْهِدْنِي مَشَاهِدَ الْخَيْرِ كُلَّهَا- مَعَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكَ اللَّهُمَّ تَوَفَّنِي مُسْلِماً وَ اجْعَلْ لِي قَدَماً [قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ] مَعَ الْبَاقِينَ- الْوَارِثِينَ الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيها خالِدُونَ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Translation: Glory be to the one whom the kingdom and spiritual world glorify and whose names are glorified by all of His creation. Glorified is Allah, the King, the Holy and the Lord of the angels and the holy spirit. O Allah, write me among Your visitors who have come to the best of Your places and to the best of Your creation. O Allah, curse Jibt and Taghut and curse their followers and those who maintain contact with them. O Allah, allow me to witness all of the blessed sites in the company of the family of Your prophet. O Allah, make me die a Muslim and allow me to have true steps with the remaining heirs from among Your righteous servants “who inherit the Firdaus where they shall abide forever.”

Then say Allahu Akbar five times, walk a few steps and recite:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي بِكَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَ بِوَعْدِكَ مُوقِنٌ اللَّهُمَّ اكْتُبْ لِي إِيمَاناً وَ ثَبِّتْهُ فِي قَلْبِي- اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ مَا أَقُولُ بِلِسَانِي حَقِيقَتَهُ فِي قَلْبِي وَ شَرِيعَتَهُ فِي عَمَلِي- اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ لَهُ مَعَ الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) قَدَمُ ثَبَاتٍ وَ أَثْبِتْنِي فِيمَنِ اسْتُشْهِدَ مَعَهُ

Translation: O Allah, I believe in You and Iam certain about Your promise. O Allah, sustain me with faith and make it steady in my heart. O Allah, make that which 1 say with my tongue be a truth in which I believe in my heart and laws to which I abide through my actions. O Allah, make me among those who have their steps steady with Husayn and consider me among those who were martyred with him.

Then say Allahu Akbar three times and raise your hands and place them on the grave and recite:

أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ طُهْرٌ طَاهِرُ مِنْ طُهْرٍ طَاهِرٍ طَهُرْتَ وَ طَهُرَتْ بِكَ الْبِلَادُ وَ طَهُرَتْ أَرْضٌ أَنْتَ بِهَا وَ طَهُرَ حَرَمُكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَمَرْتَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَ الْعَدْلِ وَ دَعَوْتَ إِلَيْهِمَا وَ أَنَّكَ ثَارُ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ حَتَّى يَسْتَثِيرَ لَكَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ

Translation: I witness that you are pure and purified, and you are the son of the pure and the purified one. You are purified and the lands are purified through you. The dust in which you are lying is purified and your tomb is also purified. I witness that you commanded the people and called them to justice and equity. Indeed, Allah will take revenge of your blood on earth and indeed, He will take your revenge from all of His creation.

Then put your cheeks on the grave. Then sit down and extol Allah and supplicate to Him as much as you wish.

Then come back to the grave. and place. your hands besides his feet and recite the following:

صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَى رُوحِكَ وَ عَلَى بَدَنِكَ صَدَقْتَ وَ أَنْتَ الصَّادِقُ الْمُصَدَّقُ وَ قَتَلَ اللَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَكَ بِالْأَيْدِي وَ الْأَلْسُنِ

Translation: Allah's blessings be on your soul and on your body. You said the truth and you are trustworthy and truthful. May Allah kill all who took part in ki) ling you with their hands and tongues.

Then face his son, Ali and recite whatever you like.

Then stand up, turn to the grave of martyrs and recite the following:

عَلَيْكُمْ أَيُّهَا الشُّهَدَاءُ أَنْتُمْ لَنَا فَرَطٌ وَ نَحْنُ لَكُمْ تَبَعٌ أَبْشِرُوا بِمَوْعِدِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا خُلْفَ لَهُ اللَّهُ مُدْرِكٌ لَكُمْ وِتْرَكُمْ- وَ مُدْرِكٌ بِكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ عَدُوَّهُ أَنْتُمْ سَادَةُ الشُّهَدَاءِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ

Translation: Peace be on you, O martyrs. You are our leaders and we shall follow you soon. Be happy with the promise of Allah, which will not be broken. Allah will avenge your blood and He will seek revenge from His enemies on the earth through you. You are the chief of the martyrs in the world and hereafter.

Then face the grave of Husayn and perform as many prayers as you want and then recite the following:

جِئْتُ وَافِداً إِلَيْكَ- وَ أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَى اللَّهِ بِكَ فِي جَمِيعِ حَوَائِجِي مِنْ أَمْرِ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي بِكَ يَتَوَسَّلُ الْمُتَوَسِّلُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ فِي حَوَائِجِهِمْ وَ بِكَ يُدْرِكُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَهْلُ التِّرَاتِ طَلِبَتَهُمْ

Translation: I have come to you as your guest and I ask Allah through you for all of my requests in this life and Hereafter. Those who ask Allah, ask Him for their requests through you. Those who seek revenge will be avenged by Allah through you.

Then say Allahu Akbar eleven times without making haste. Then walk a few steps, face the Qibla and recite:

لْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْمُتَوَحِّدِ فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ فَلَمْ يَغِبْ شَيْءٌ مِنْ أُمُورِهِمْ عَنْ عِلْمِهِ فَعَلَّمَهُ بِقُدْرَتِهِ- ضَمِنَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا دَمَكَ وَ ثَارَكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ- أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا وَعَدَكَ مِنَ النَّصْرِ وَ الْفَتْحِ وَ أَنَّ لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْوَعْدَ الصَّادِقَ فِي هَلَاكِ أَعْدَائِكَ وَ تَمَامَ مَوْعِدِ اللَّهِ إِيَّاكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مَنْ تَبِعَكَ الصَّادِقُونَ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فِيهِمْ- أُولئِكَ هُمُ الصِّدِّيقُونَ وَ الشُّهَداءُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ وَ نُورُهُمْ

Translation: Praise be to Allah, the One, who runs all of the affairs alone. He created the creation and none of their affairs escape His knowledge; He knows everything with His power. The earth and those on it have guaranteed that your blood shall be avenged, O son of Allah's Messenger. May Allah bless you. I bear witness that Allah has promised to support you and achieve victory for you and that He has truly promised to destroy your enemies. Indeed, Allah will fulfil His promise to you. I bear witness that those who followed you are the truthful ones about whom Allah, the blessed and exalted, says, “They are the truthful and they are witnesses before their Lord. They shall have their reward and their light.”

Then say Allahu Akbar seven times and walk a few steps. Then face the grave again and recite:

الْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ- وَ خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهُ تَقْدِيراً أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ دَعَوْتَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ إِلَى رَسُولِهِ وَ وَفَيْتَ لِلَّهِ بِعَهْدِهِ وَ قُمْتَ لِلَّهِ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَ جَاهَدْتَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى أَتَاكَ الْيَقِينُ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً قَتَلَتْكَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً ظَلَمَتْكَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً خَذَلَتْكَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً خَدَعَتْكَ [خَذَّلَتْ عَنْكَ] اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ بِالْوَلَايَةِ لِمَنْ وَالَيْتَ وَ وَالَتْهُ رُسُلُكَ وَ أَشْهَدُ بِالْبَرَاءَةِ مِمَّنْ بَرِئْتَ مِنْهُ وَ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ رُسُلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا رُسُلَكَ وَ هَدَمُوا كَعْبَتَكَ وَ حَرَّفُوا كِتَابَكَ وَ سَفَكُوا دِمَاءَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكَ- وَ أَفْسَدُوا فِي بِلَادِكَ وَ اسْتَذَلُّوا عِبَادَكَ اللَّهُمَّ ضَاعِفْ عَلَيْهِمُ [لَهُمُ] الْعَذَابَ فِيمَا جَرَى مِنْ سُبُلِكَ وَ بَرِّكَ وَ بَحْرِكَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُمْ فِي مُسْتَسِرِّ السَّرَائِرِ وَ ظَاهِرِ الْعَلَانِيَةِ فِي أَرْضِكَ وَ سَمَائِكَ

Translation: Praise be to Allah Who has not taken a son, for whom there is no partner in the kingdom and Who created everything and determined for it a fixed measure. I bear witness that you called to Allah and to His messengers and you fulfilled the covenant of Allah. You rose with the words of Allah and you fought in the way of Allah until death came to you. Allah's curse be on those who killed you; Allah's curse be on those who oppressed you, Allah's curse be on those who deserted you and Allah curse be on those who betrayed you. O Allah, I make You as witness that I love those You love and those whom Your messengers love. And I bear witness that I am aloof from those from whom You and Your messengers keep aloof. O Allah, curse those who belied Your messengers, destroyed Your Ka’aba, distorted Your Book, shed the blood of the family of Your Prophet, caused mischief in Your land and disgraced Your servants. O Allah, increase Your chastisement on them as long as anyone travels on Your routes, Your lands and Your seas. O Allah, curse them in Your earth and in Your heaven in the most secretive and in the most open ways.

Imam (‘a) added, “And every time you enter the holy shrine, salute Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and place your hands on the grave.”

Tradition 2: Yunus Ibn Zibyan asked Imam As-Sadiq (‘a): “May I be sacrificed on you, what should I say when I attend the gatherings of Bani Abbas?”

Imam ('a) replied. “When you attend their gatherings, extol us and then say, 'O Allah, grant us ease and pleasure.' Indeed, if you do this, you will see that which you want.”

Husayn Ibn Thuwayr asked, “May I be sacrificed on you, how should I remember Imam Al-Husayn ('a) more? What should I say?

Imam ('a) replied, “You should repeat three times, Peace be on you, Abu Abdullah. Indeed, salutation reaches Imam Al-Husayn ('a) from near and far.”

Indeed, when Imam Al-Husayn ('a) passed away, the seven heavens, the seven earths, everything within them, everything between them, everyone who moves in Paradise and in Hell from among the creation of our Lord and everything which can be seen and everything which cannot be seen, cried over Abi Abdullah ('a) except for three things.

I asked, “May I be sacrificed on you, what are those three things?”

Imam ('a) replied, “Basra, Damascus and the family of Uthman.''

I asked, “May I be sacrificed on you, I want to go to the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a). How should I perform the Ziyarah and what should I recite?”

Imam ('a) said, “When you go to the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), perform a Ghusl on the banks of Euphrates and wear your most purified clothes. Then walk barefoot (towards the grave) because you are walking in one of the sanctuaries of Allah and His Messenger. You should recite Takbir and Tahlil exceedingly and glorify and sanctify Allah more. Invoke blessings on Muhammad and his family until you arrive at the door of the holy shrine.

Then recite the following:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ حُجَّتِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا مَلَائِكَةَ اللَّهِ وَ زُوَّارَ قَبْرِ ابْنِ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ

Translation: Peace be on you, O Proof of Allah and son of His proof. Peace be on you, O Allah's angels who visit the grave of the son of the Prophet of Allah.

Then take ten steps, stop and say Allahu Akbar thirty times. Then walk towards the grave from the direction of the face. Stand (besides the grave) with your face towards his face and your back towards Qibla and recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ حُجَّتِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا قَتِيلَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ قَتِيلِهِ- السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ثَارَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ ثَارِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وِتْرَ اللَّهِ الْمَوْتُورَ- فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ دَمَكَ سَكَنَ فِي الْخُلْدِ وَ اقْشَعَرَّتْ لَهُ أَظِلَّةُ الْعَرْشِ وَ بَكَى لَهُ جَمِيعُ الْخَلَائِقِ وَ بَكَتْ لَهُ السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَ الْأَرَضُونَ السَّبْعُ وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ مَنْ يَتَقَلَّبُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ- مِنْ خَلْقِ رَبِّنَا وَ مَا يُرَى وَ مَا لَا يُرَى أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ حُجَّةُ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنُ حُجَّتِهِ- وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَتِيلُ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنُ قَتِيلِهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ ثَارُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ ابْنُ ثَارِهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ وِتْرُ اللَّهِ الْمَوْتُورُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ وَ نَصَحْتَ وَ وَفَيْتَ وَ وَافَيْتَ وَ جَاهَدْتَ فِي سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ وَ مَضَيْتَ عَلَى بَصِيرَةٍ لِلَّذِي كُنْتَ عَلَيْهِ شَهِيداً- وَ مُسْتَشْهَداً وَ شَاهِداً وَ مَشْهُوداً أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَ مَوْلَاكَ وَ فِي طَاعَتِكَ- وَ الْوَافِدُ إِلَيْكَ أَلْتَمِسُ كَمَالَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَ ثَبَاتَ الْقَدَمِ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ إِلَيْكَ وَ السَّبِيلِ الَّذِي لَا يُخْتَلَجُ دُونَكَ مِنَ الدُّخُولِ فِي كَفَالَتِكَ الَّتِي أُمِرْتَ بِهَا مَنْ أَرَادَ اللَّهَ بَدَأَ بِكُمْ [مَنْ أَرَادَ اللَّهَ بَدَأَ بِكُمْ مَنْ أَرَادَ اللَّهَ بَدَأَ بِكُمْ]- بِكُمْ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ الْكَذِبَ وَ بِكُمْ يُبَاعِدُ اللَّهُ الزَّمَانَ الْكَلِبَ وَ بِكُمْ فَتَحَ اللَّهُ وَ بِكُمْ يَخْتِمُ اللَّهُ وَ بِكُمْ يَمْحُوا اللّهُ ما يَشاءُ وَ بِكُمْ يُثْبِتُ وَ بِكُمْ يَفُكُّ الذُّلَّ مِنْ رِقَابِنَا وَ بِكُمْ يُدْرِكُ اللَّهُ تِرَةَ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ يَطْلُبُ- [تُطْلَبُ وَ بِكُمْ تُنْبِتُ الْأَرْضُ أَشْجَارَهَا وَ بِكُمْ تُخْرِجُ الْأَرْضُ [الْأَشْجَارُ] أَثْمَارَهَا وَ بِكُمْ تُنْزِلُ السَّمَاءُ قَطْرَهَا وَ رِزْقَهَا- وَ بِكُمْ يَكْشِفُ اللَّهُ الْكَرْبَ وَ بِكُمْ يُنَزِّلُ اللَّهُ الْغَيْثَ وَ بِكُمْ تُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ الْأَرْضُ الَّتِي تَحْمِلُ أَبْدَانَكُمْ وَ تَسْتَقِلُّ جِبَالُهَا عَلَى مَرَاسِيهَا إِرَادَةُ الرَّبِّ فِي مَقَادِيرِ أُمُورِهِ تَهْبِطُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَ تَصْدُرُ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ وَ الصَّادِقُ عَمَّا فُصِّلَ مِنْ أَحْكَامِ الْعِبَادِ لُعِنَتْ أُمَّةٌ قَتَلَتْكُمْ وَ أُمَّةٌ خَالَفَتْكُمْ وَ أُمَّةٌ جَحَدَتْ وَلَايَتَكُمْ وَ أُمَّةٌ ظَاهَرَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ أُمَّةٌ شَهِدَتْ وَ لَمْ تُسْتَشْهَدْ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ النَّارَ مَأْوَاهُمْ وَ بِئْسَ وِرْدُ الْوَارِدِينَ وَ بِئْسَ الْوِرْدُ الْمَوْرُودُ- الْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ

Translation: Peace be on you, O Proof of Allah and son of His proof. Peace be on you, O the slain one of Allah and son of His slain one. Peace be on you, O one whose avenger is Allah and the son of the one who avenger is Allah. Peace be on you, O Allah's unavenged one in the heavens and the earth, whose revenge is yet to be taken by Allah. I bear witness that your blood has lived in eternal Paradise; the bearers of the throne trembled because of it and all creation has wept on it. That the seven heavens, the seven earths, that which is on them and that which is between them, and all of the creation of our Lord who move in Paradise and in Hell from among that which can be seen and that which cannot be seen, cried over your blood. I bear witness that you are Allah's Proof and son of His proof. I bear witness that you are the slain one of Allah and son of His slain one. I bear witness that you are one whose avenger is Allah and the son of the one whose avenger is Allah on earth. I bear witness that you are Allah's unavenged one in the heavens and the earth whose revenge is yet to be taken by Allah. I bear witness that you advised the people and announced Allah's messages. You were devoted and faithful to Allah and you fought in the way of your Lord. I bear witness that you died with insight in the same way as you lived - as a martyr who desired martyrdom and as the witness who was witnessed. Iam the slave of Allah and your servant who is at your service. I have come to you as a guest to beg for the perfection of my position with Allah and to keep my steps steady in following your way and to beg for the path which does not prevent those who follow it from receiving an assurance from you; an assurance which Allah has ordered you to give. Those who seek Allah, begin with you. Those who seek Allah begin with you. Those who seek Allah begin with you. Allah exposed the lies through you and He keeps the times of affliction away from us through you. Allah started His creation with You and He shall end it with you. And Allah cancels or confirms that which He pleases through you. Allah removes disgrace from us through you and He shall avenge the unavenged blood of the believers through you. The trees in the earth grow through you and they become fruitful through you. And the skies rain and send down sustenance through you. Allah removes the anguish through you and He rains mercy through you. The earth which carries your bodies glorifies Allah through you and it is through you that mountains are fixed firmly in the earth. The will of Allah with regard to His destined affairs descends to you and is issued from your houses. In the same way, true and detailed rulings, which govern the people are issued from your houses. Cursed are those who killed you, those who opposed you, those who denied your divine authority, those who supported one another against you, and those who were present but were not martyred with you. Praise be to Allah who made Hell their final destination. What a terrible abode Hell is and what an evil dwelling their dwelling is! Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

Then repeat three times:

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَيْضاً ثَلَاثاً إِنَّا إِلَى اللَّهِ مِمَّنْ خَالَفَكَ بَرِيءٌ

Translation: Allah's blessings be on you, O Abu Abdullah. I seek Allah's proximity by being aloof from those who opposed you.

Then move towards the grave of his son, Ali, who is located besides the feet of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ- السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ خَدِيجَةَ الْكُبْرَى وَ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ

Translation: Peace be on you, O son of Allah's messenger. Peace be on you, O son of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a). Peace be on you, O son of Hasan and Husayn. Peace be on you, O son of Khadijatul Kubra. Peace be on you, O son of Fatimah Zahra.

Then repeat three times:

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ ثَلَاثاً لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَكَ ثَلَاثاً إِنَّا إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ بَرِيءٌ

Translation: Allah's blessings be on you. Allah's curse be on those who killed you. I seek Allah's proximity by being aloof from them.

Then stand up and point to the martyrs, repeating three times:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ- فُزْتُمْ وَ اللَّهِ

Translation: Peace be on you. I swear by Allah that you have succeeded.

Then recite:

فَلَيْتَ أَنِّي مَعَكُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزاً عَظِيماً

Translation: I wish I was among you to achieve a great victory.

Then go around the grave and stand behind the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and perform six Rakats prayers facing the grave.

By doing this your Ziyarah is complete. You can choose to stay there or leave if you want.

Tradition 3: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: When you go to the Ziyarah of the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), go to Euphrates first and perform a Ghusl in the part of the river opposite to the grave. Then walk towards him calmly and with reverence until you arrive at the holy shrine. Enter from the door on the east side and recite the following:

السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُنْزَلِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُرْدِفِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُسَوِّمِينَ- السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي هَذَا الْحَائِرِ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ مُقِيمُونَ

Translation: Peace be on the proximate angels of Allah. Peace be on the descending angels of Allah. Peace be on the angels of Allah who come continuously. Peace be on the angels of Allah who reside in this holy sanctuary with Allah's permission.

When you face the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ أَمِينِ اللَّهِ عَلَى رُسُلِهِ وَ عَزَائِمِ أَمْرِهِ الْخَاتِمِ لِمَا سَبَقَ- وَ الْفَاتِحِ لِمَا اسْتُقْبِلَ وَ الْمُهَيْمِنِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ

Translation: Peace be on the Messenger of Allah (S). Allah's blessings be on Muhammad, the trustee of Allah over His messengers and over His fixed affairs, the last of that which has passed and the one who began that which is yet to come and the absolute master over all of it. Peace be on him and Allah's mercy and blessings be on him.

Then recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَبْدِكَ وَ أَخِي رَسُولِكَ الَّذِي انْتَجَبْتَهُ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ جَعَلْتَهُ هَادِياً لِمَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ الدَّلِيلَ عَلَى مَنْ بَعَثْتَهُ بِرِسَالاتِكَ وَ دَيَّانَ الدِّينِ بِعَدْلِكَوَ الْفَاتِحِ لِمَا اسْتُقْبِلَ وَ الْمُهَيْمِنِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ- ثُمَّ تَقُولُ السَّلَامُ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَبْدِكَ وَ أَخِي رَسُولِكَ الَّذِي انْتَجَبْتَهُ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ جَعَلْتَهُ هَادِياً لِمَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ الدَّلِيلَ عَلَى مَنْ بَعَثْتَهُ بِرِسَالاتِكَ وَ دَيَّانَ الدِّينِ بِعَدْلِكَ وَ فَصْلَ قَضَائِكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ وَ الْمُهَيْمِنَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ

Translation: Peace be on Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a), Your servant and the brother of Your messenger, the one whom You chose with Your knowledge and appointed as a guide from whoever You willed from among Your creation, the guide to those with whom You sent Your messages, the undisputed ruler of religion with your justice, the decisive judge between Your creation and the absolute master over all of it. Peace be on him and Allah's mercy and blessings be on him. O Allah, send Your blessings on Hasan Ibn Ali, Your servant and the son of Your messenger, the one whom You chose with Your knowledge and appointed as a guide from whoever You willed from among Your creation, the guide to those with whom You sent Your messages, the undisputed ruler of religion with your justice, the decisive judge between Your creation and the absolute master over all of it. Peace be on him and Allah's mercy and blessings be on him.

Then salute Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and rest of the Imams in the same way that you saluted and invoked blessings on Imam Al-Hasan Ibn Ali ('a).

Then go near the grave of Husayn ('a) and recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ عَنِ اللَّهِ مَا أَمَرَكَ بِهِ وَ لَمْ تَخْشَ أَحَداً غَيْرَهُ وَ جَاهَدْتَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ وَ عَبَدْتَهُ صَادِقاً مُخْلِصاً حَتَّى أَتَاكَ الْيَقِينُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكُمْ كَلِمَةُ التَّقْوَى- وَ بَابُ الْهُدَى وَ الْعُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقَى وَ الْحُجَّةُ عَلَى مَنْ يَبْقَى وَ مَنْ تَحْتَ الثَّرَى- أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَكُمْ سَابِقٌ فِيمَا مَضَى وَ ذَلِكَ لَكُمْ فَاتِحٌ فِيمَا بَقِيَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ أَرْوَاحَكُمْ وَ طِينَتَكُمْ طِينَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ طَابَتْ وَ طَهُرَتْ هِيَ بَعْضُهَا مِنْ بَعْضٍ- مَنّاً مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ [مِنْ] رَحِمَتِهِ فَأُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ وَ أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي بِكُمْ مُؤْمِنٌ وَ بِإِيَابِكُمْ مُوقِنٌ وَ لَكُمْ تَابِعٌ فِي ذَاتِ نَفْسِي وَ شَرَائِعِ دِينِي وَ خَاتِمَةِ عَمَلِي وَ مُنْقَلَبِي وَ مَثْوَايَ فَأَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْبَرَّ الرَّحِيمَ أَنْ يُتَمِّمَ لِي ذَلِكَ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكُمْ قَدْ بَلَّغْتُمْ عَنِ اللَّهِ مَا أَمَرَكُمْ بِهِ حَتَّى لَمْ تَخْشَوْا أَحَداً غَيْرَهُ وَ جَاهَدْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِهِ وَ عَبَدْتُمُوهُ حَتَّى أَتَاكُمُ الْيَقِينُ فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَكُمْ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ أَمَرَ بِهِ- وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ فَرَضِيَ بِهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الَّذِينَ انْتَهَكُوا حُرْمَتَكَ وَ سَفَكُوا دَمَكَ مَلْعُونُونَ عَلَى لِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ

Translation: Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Peace be on you, O son of the Messenger of Allah. Allah's blessings be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Allah's blessings be on you, O Abu Abdullah. I bear witness that you conveyed from Allah that which He commanded you to and that you did not fear anyone but Allah. That you fought in His way and you worshipped Him truthfully and sincerely until death came to you. I bear witness that you Imams are words of piety, doors of guidance, strongest handholds and Proofs on those who remain and those under the ground. I bear witness that you have always had these positions and they will remain in you. I bear witness that your souls and your essence are blessed, and they are blessed and purified one another by the mercy and favour of Allah. I make Allah and you as witnesses that I believe in you and am certain about your return. I follow you in that which is related to me and that which is related to the rules of my religion. I shall follow you in that which is related to the destiny of my deeds, to my return to Allah and my abode. And I ask Allah, the Kind and Merciful, to fulfil this for me. I bear witness that you conveyed on behalf of Allah that which He commanded you to and you did not fear anyone but Allah. That you fought in His way and you worshipped Him truthfully and sincerely until death came to you. Allah's curse be on those who killed you. Allah's curse be on those who ordered them to do so. Allah's curse be on those who heard about your killing and were pleased with it. I bear witness that those who trespassed your sanctity and shed your blood are cursed by the tongue of the Prophet of Mecca.

Then recite:

اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَتَكَ وَ خَالَفُوا مِلَّتَكَ وَ رَغِبُوا عَنْ أَمْرِكَ- وَ اتَّهَمُوا رَسُولَكَ وَ صَدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِكَ اللَّهُمَّ احْشُ قُبُورَهُمْ نَاراً وَ أَجْوَافَهُمْ نَاراً وَ احْشُرْهُمْ وَ أَتْبَاعَهُمْ إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ زُرْقاً اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُمْ لَعْناً يَلْعَنُهُمْ بِهِ كُلُّ مَلَكٍ مُقَرَّبٍ وَ كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ مُرْسَلٍ وَ كُلُّ عَبْدٍ مُؤْمِنٍ امْتَحَنْتَ قَلْبَهُ لِلْإِيْمَانِ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُمْ فِي مُسْتَسِرِّ السِّرِّ وَ ظَاهِرِ الْعَلَانِيَةِ- اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ جَوَابِيتَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَ طَوَاغِيتَهَا وَ الْعَنْ فَرَاعِنَتَهَا وَ الْعَنْ قَتَلَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْعَنْ قَتَلَةَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ عَذِّبْهُمْ عَذَاباً أَلِيماً- لَا تُعَذِّبُ بِهِ أَحَداً مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ تَنْصُرُهُ وَ تَنْتَصِرُ بِهِ- وَ تَمُنُّ عَلَيْهِ بِنَصْرِكَ لِدِينِكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ

Translation: O Allah, curse those who changed Your blessings, went against Your nation, turned away from Your orders, accused Your Messengers and deviated people away from Your path. O Allah, fill their graves and stomachs with fire and raise them and their followers in Hell while they are blind. O Allah, curse them in a way that causes every proximate angel, every prophet messenger and every believer whose heart has been tested for faith to curse them. O Allah, curse them always, secretly and openly. O Allah, curse all the satans and false deities and the Fir’awns of this nation. O Allah, curse the killers of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) and curse the killers of Hasan and Husayn and torment them with a punishment that is so painful that you will never punish anyone else from among the worlds with it. O Allah, make us among those whom You support, those who support You and those whom You favour by using them to support Your religion in this life and Hereafter.

Then sit beside his ('a) head and recite:

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَ أَمِينُهُ بَلَّغْتَ نَاصِحاً وَ أَدَّيْتَ أَمِيناً وَ قُتِلْتَ صِدِّيقاً وَ مَضَيْتَ عَلَى يَقِينٍ- لَمْ تُؤْثِرْ عَمًى عَلَى هُدًى وَ لَمْ تَمِلْ مِنْ حَقٍّ إِلَى بَاطِلٍ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَقَمْتَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ آتَيْتَ الزَّكَاةَ وَ أَمَرْتَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ اتَّبَعْتَ الرَّسُولَ وَ تَلَوْتَ الْكِتَابَ حَقَّ تِلَاوَتِهِ وَ دَعَوْتَ إِلى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَ الْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً كَثِيراً أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ كُنْتَ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ مَا أُمِرْتَ بِهِ وَ قُمْتَ بِحَقِّهِ وَ صَدَّقْتَ مَنْ قَبْلَكَ غَيْرَ وَاهِنٍ وَ لَا مُوهِنٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً فَجَزَاكَ اللَّهُ مِنْ صِدِّيقٍ خَيْراً عَنْ رَعِيَّتِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الْجِهَادَ مَعَكَ جِهَادٌ وَ أَنَّ الْحَقَّ مَعَكَ وَ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَ مَعْدِنُهُ وَ مِيرَاثُ النُّبُوَّةِ عِنْدَكَ- وَ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ (ع) أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ صِدِّيقٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَ حُجَّتُهُ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ دَعْوَتَكَ حَقٌّ وَ كُلَّ دَاعٍ مَنْصُوبٍ غَيْرِكَ فَهُوَ بَاطِلٌ مَدْحُوضٌ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ

Translation: Allah's blessings be on you. I bear witness that you are Allah's servant and His trustee; you announced the divine message and fulfilled your duties, you were the most truthful when you were killed and you died while you were certain in your beliefs. That you did not prefer blindness over guidance and you never moved away from truth to falsehood. I bear witness that you established prayers, paid Zakat, enjoined good, forbade evil, followed the messengers, recited Quran the way it should be recited, and called to the path of your Lord by wisdom and good advice, Allah's blessings and peace be on you exceedingly. I bear witness that you had insight about your Lord. You conveyed that which you were ordered to and fulfilled your obligations to Allah. You believed in the truth of those who preceded you without weakness or sloth. Allah's blessings and peace be on you. May Allah reward you in abundance on behalf of your nation, O most truthful. I bear witness that Jihad is Jihad only if it is with you, that Truth is with you and to you, that you are the people of truth and its source; and that the inheritance of prophethood is with you and your family. I bear witness that you are considered as most truthful with Allah and you are His Proof on His creation. I bear witness that your call is truth, and that any other caller who has been humanly appointed is invalid and false. And I bear witness that Allah is the manifest truth.

Then move to his feet and select some supplications to recite and pray. Then come to the head of Ali Ibn Husayn ('a) and recite:

سَلَامُ اللَّهِ وَ سَلَامُ مَلَائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أَنْبِيَائِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ وَ ابْنَ مَوْلَايَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ وَ عِتْرَةِ آبَائِكَ الْأَخْيَارِ الْأَبْرَارِ الَّذِينَ أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَ طَهَّرَهُمْ تَطْهِيراً

Translation: Peace of Allah, peace of His proximate angels and peace of His prophet messengers be on you, O my master and the son of my master. Allah's mercy and blessings be on you. Allah's blessings be on you, your family and the descendants of your righteous and pious ancestors, those from whom Allah kept away impurities and whom Allah purified with a thorough purification.

Then go to the graves of martyrs and salute them as follows:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَيُّهَا الرَّبَّانِيُّونَ أَنْتُمْ لَنَا فَرَطٌ وَ سَلَفٌ وَ نَحْنُ لَكُمْ أَتْبَاعٌ وَ أَنْصَارٌ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكُمْ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فِي كِتَابِهِ- وَ كَأَيِّنْ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ قاتَلَ مَعَهُ رِبِّيُّونَ كَثِيرٌ فَما وَهَنُوا لِما أَصابَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ وَ ما ضَعُفُوا وَ مَا اسْتَكانُوا فَمَا وَهَنْتُمْ وَ مَا ضَعُفْتُمْ وَ مَا اسْتَكَنْتُمْ- حَتَّى لَقِيتُمُ اللَّهَ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْحَقِّ وَ نُصْرَةِ كَلِمَةِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى أَرْوَاحِكُمْ وَ أَبْدَانِكُمْ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً أَبْشِرُوا بِمَوْعِدِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا خُلْفَ لَهُ- إِنَّهُ لا يُخْلِفُ الْمِيعادَ اللَّهُ مُدْرِكٌ لَكُمْ ثَارَ مَا وَعَدَكُمْ أَنْتُمْ سَادَةُ الشُّهَدَاءِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ أَنْتُمُ السَّابِقُونَ وَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَ الْأَنْصَارُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكُمْ قَدْ جَاهَدْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ قُتِلْتُمْ عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي صَدَقَكُمْ وَعْدَهُ وَ أَرَاكُمْ مَا تُحِبُّونَ

Translation: Peace be on you, O godly men. You have preceded us and you are our leaders and we are your followers and supporters. I bear witness that you are Allah's supporters as Allah, the blessed and exalted says in His Book: And how many a prophet has fought with whom were many worshippers of the Lord; so, they did not become weak-hearted on account of what befell them in Allah's way, nor did they weaken, nor did they abase themselves... Indeed, you did not lose heart, you were not weakened and you did not humble yourselves before your enemies until you met Allah on the path of truth while supporting Allah's most perfect word. Allah's blessings be on your souls and your bodies. Rejoice in the promise of Allah which will not fail. Surely Allah will not f ail (His) promise.” and Allah shall avenge you as He has promised you. You are the chief of the martyrs in this life and Hereafter and you are the foremost; the migrants and helpers. I bear witness that you fought in the way of Allah and you were killed while following the traditions of Allah's Messenger and the son of Allah's Messenger. Praise be to Allah who fulfilled His promise to you and showed you that which you love.

Then bid farewell by reciting:

أَتَيْتُكَ يَا حَبِيبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ رَسُولِهِ وَ إِنِّي لَكَ عَارِفٌ وَ بِحَقِّكَ مُقِرٌّ وَ بِفَضْلِكَ مُسْتَبْصِرٌ وَ بِضَلَالَةِ مَنْ خَالَفَكَ مُوقِنٌ عَارِفٌ بِالْهُدَى الَّذِي أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي وَ نَفْسِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ وَ رُسُلُكَ وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَاةً مُتَتَابِعَةً مُتَوَاصِلَةً مُتَرَادِفَةً يَتْبَعُ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضاً لَا انْقِطَاعَ لَهَا- وَ لَا أَمَدَ وَ لَا أَبَدَ وَ لَا أَجَلَ فِي مَحْضَرِنَا هَذَا وَ إِذَا غِبْنَا وَ شَهِدْنَا وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ

Translation: I have come to you, O beloved of Allah's Messenger and the son of His Messenger, while I believe in you, bear witness to your rights, and with insight into your excellence; certain of the corruption of those who opposed you, and while I believe in the path of guidance on which you are. May my parents and me be sacrificed on you. O Allah, I invoke blessings on him just as You, Your messengers and Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) invoke blessings on him, blessings which are continuous and frequent, blessings which do not stop and from which there is no end or limit; in our presence and when we leave and when we come back. Peace be on him and Allah's mercy and blessings.

Tradition 4: Muawiyah Ibn Ammar asked Imam As-Sadiq (‘a), “What should I recite when I go to the Ziyarah of the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a)?”

Imam ('a) replied: Recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَكَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ شَرِكَ فِي دَمِكَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ فَرَضِيَ بِهِ إِنَّا إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بَرِيءٌ

Translation: Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Allah's blessings be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Allah's mercy be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Allah's curse be on those who killed you. Allah's curse be on those who took part in shedding your blood and Allah's curse be on those who heard of your killing and were pleased with it. I seek Allah's proximity by being aloof from it.

Tradition 5: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) asked Mufaddal, “What is the distance between you and the grave of Husayn ('a)?”

He replied, “May my parents be sacrificed on you, a little more than a day.”

Imam ('a) asked, “Do you go to his Ziyarah?”

He replied, “Yes.”

Imam ('a) asked, “Should I not give you glad tidings? Should I not please you by telling you about some of its rewards?”

He replied, “May I be sacrificed on you, yes.”

Imam ('a) said: “When a man among you begins preparing and packing for going to his Ziyarah, the inhabitants of the heavens give one another glad tidings about him. As soon as he leaves his house, riding or walking, Allah dedicates four thousand angels to him who invoke blessings on him until he arrives at the grave of Husayn ('a).

O Mufaddal, when you go to the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), stand at the door of the sanctuary and recite these words, for indeed, if you do, you will receive an increasing share of divine mercy for every word you recite.

He asked, “May I be sacrificed on you, what should I recite?”

Imam ('a) said: Recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ آدَمَ صَفْوَةِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ نُوحٍ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ مُوسَى كَلِيمِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ عِيسَى رُوحِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ مُحَمَّدٍ حَبِيبِ [نَبِيِّ] اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ عَلِيٍّ وَصِيِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ الْحَسَنِ الرَّضِيِّ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الصِّدِّيقُ الشَّهِيدُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الْوَصِيُّ الْبَارُّ التَّقِيُّ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ حُجَّتِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَى الْأَرْوَاحِ الَّتِي حَلَّتْ بِفِنَائِكَ- وَ أَنَاخَتْ بِرَحْلِكَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُحْدِقِينَ بِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَقَمْتَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ آتَيْتَ الزَّكَاةَ وَ أَمَرْتَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ- وَ عَبَدْتَ اللَّهَ مُخْلِصاً حَتَّى أَتَاكَ الْيَقِينُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ

Translation: Peace be on you, O inheritor of Adam, the chosen one of Allah. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Nuh, the prophet of Allah. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Ibrahim, the friend of Allah. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Musa, the one addressed by Allah. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Isa, the spirit of Allah. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Muhammad, the beloved of Allah. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Ali, the successor of Allah's Messenger. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Hasan, the one with whom Allah is pleased. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Fatimah, the daughter of Allah's Messenger. Peace be on you, O truthful martyr. Peace be on you, O pure and pious successor. Peace be on you, O Allah's Proof and the son of His Proof. Peace be on the souls who dismounted in your vicinity and stayed in your entourage. Peace be on Allah's angels who have surrounded you. I bear witness that you established prayers, gave charity, enjoined good, forbade evil and worshipped Allah sincerely until death came to you. Peace on you and Allah's mercy and blessings.

Then walk to the grave, for you shall have the reward of those who were smeared in their blood in the way of Allah for every step that you take. After reciting salutation at the grave, put your hands and on it recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ فِي سَمَائِهِ وَ أَرْضِهِ

Translation: Peace be on you, O Allah's Proof in His heavens and earth.

Then continue prayers and you shall be given the reward of a thousand Hajj and Umrah, freeing a thousand slaves and fighting in the way of Allah a thousand times with a prophet messenger, for every Rakat of prayer besides the grave of Husayn ('a). When you are leaving the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), an announcer will announce something to you. If you could hear it, you would stay besides the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) for the rest of your life. The announcer announces: Glad tidings to you, O servant of Allah, you have achieved victory and you shall be safe on Judgment Day. Indeed, your past sins have been forgiven, so continue with good deeds. No one but Allah Himself takes the soul of one who dies in the night or the day of performing the Ziyarah or even within one year from the Ziyarah. The angels will accompany those who return from the Ziyarah of Husayn ('a) while seeking forgiveness for them and invoking blessings on them until they arrive at their homes. Then the angels will say to Allah, “O Lord, this servant of Yours went to the Ziyarah of the grave of the son of Your Prophet and now he has returned to his home. So where should we go?” They will hear a call from the heavens which says, “O My angels, stay besides the door of the house of My servant until he dies while sanctifying and glorifying Me and record these deeds among his good deeds.” So, they will remain besides his house, sanctifying and glorifying Allah and recording it among his good deeds until he dies. Then they will attend his funeral, shroud him, perform his Ghusl and pray on him. Then they will say, “O our Lord, You dedicated us to the door of the house of Your servant and now he has died. So where should we go?” Allah will call out to them, “O My angels, stay besides the grave of My servant until Judgment Day while sanctifying and glorifying Me and record these deeds among his good deeds.”

Tradition 6: The narrator asked Imam Al-Kadhim ('a), “What do you say about the reward for the Ziyarah of the grave of Husayn ('a)?”

Imam ('a) asked, “What do you say about it?”

“Some of us believe it is equal to performing a Hajj while others believe it is equal to performing an Umrah.”

Imam ('a) asked, “What do you recite when you go to his Ziyarah?”

The narrator replied, “I recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَقَمْتَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ آتَيْتَ الزَّكَاةَ وَ أَمَرْتَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ دَعَوْتَ إِلى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَ الْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الَّذِينَ سَفَكُوا دَمَكَ وَ اسْتَحَلُّوا حُرْمَتَكَ مَلْعُونُونَ مُعَذَّبُونَ عَلى لِسانِ داوُدَ وَ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ذلِكَ بِما عَصَوْا وَ كانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ

Translation: Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Peace be on you, O son of Allah's Messenger. I bear witness that you established prayer, paid Zakat, enjoined good, forbade evil and called to the path of your Lord with wisdom and good advice. And I bear witness that those who shed your blood and trespassed your sanctity will be punished and they are cursed “by the tongue of Dawood and Isa, son of Maryam; this was because they disobeyed and used to exceed the limit.”

Tradition 7: Same as no. 6

Tradition 8: Imam Hadi ('a) said: Recite the following besides the grave of Husayn ('a):

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ وَ شَاهِدَهُ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ عَلِيٍّ الْمُرْتَضَى السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَقَمْتَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ آتَيْتَ الزَّكَاةَ وَ أَمَرْتَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ جَاهَدْتَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى أَتَاكَ الْيَقِينُ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ حَيّاً وَ مَيِّتاً

Translation: Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Peace be on you, O Allah's Proof in His land and His witness over His creation. Peace be on you, O son of Allah's Messenger. Peace be on you, O son of Ali, the one with whom Allah is pleased. Peace be on you, O son of Fatimah Zahra. I bear witness that you established prayers, paid Zakat, enjoined good, forbade evil and fought in the way of Allah until death came to you. Allah's blessings be on you in your life and after your death.

Then put your right cheek on the grave and recite:

أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكَ جِئْتُكَ مُقِرّاً بِالذُّنُوبِ اشْفَعْ لِي عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ

Translation: I bear witness that you had insight of your Lord. I came to you admitting my sins. So, intercede for me with your Lord, O son of Allah's Messenger.

Then mention the name of the Imams ('a) one after another and say: “I bear witness that they are Allah's Proofs.”

Then recite:

اكْتُبْ لِي عِنْدَكَ عَهْداً وَ مِيثَاقاً بِأَنِّي أَتَيْتُكَ مُجَدِّداً الْمِيثَاقَ فَاشْهَدْ لِي عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الشَّاهِدُ

Translation: Write me a covenant with you that I came to you to renew the oath and be my witness with your Lord, indeed, you are the witness.

Tradition 9: Same as no. 8

Tradition 10: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Recite the following when you go to the grave of Husayn ('a):

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ- وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ

Translation: Praise be to Allah and Allah's blessings be on Muhammad, the Prophet and his progeny. Peace be on him and on them and the blessings of Allah and His mercy.

Then recite the following statement three times:

Translation: Allah's blessings be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Allah's curse be on those who killed you. Allah's curse be on those who took part in shedding your blood and Allah's curse be on those who heard of your killing and were pleased with it. I seek Allah's proximity by being aloof from them.

Tradition 11: Same as previous traditions.

Tradition 12: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Recite the following when you go to the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a):

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدَ شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَنْ رِضَاهُ مِنْ رِضَى الرَّحْمَنِ وَ سَخَطُهُ مِنْ سَخَطِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِينَ اللَّهِ وَ حُجَّتَهُ وَ بَابَ اللَّهِ وَ الدَّلِيلَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ الدَّاعِيَ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ حَلَّلْتَ حَلَالَ اللَّهِ وَ حَرَّمْتَ حَرَامَ اللَّهِ وَ أَقَمْتَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ آتَيْتَ الزَّكَاةَ وَ أَمَرْتَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ دَعَوْتَ‌ إِلى‌ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ- بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَ الْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ وَ مَنْ قُتِلَ مَعَكَ شُهَدَاءُ- أَحْيَاءٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْزَقُونَ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ قَاتِلِيكَ فِي النَّارِ أَدِينُ اللَّهَ بِالْبَرَاءَةِ مِمَّنْ قَاتَلَكَ وَ مِمَّنْ قَتَلَكَ وَ شَايَعَ عَلَيْكَ وَ مِمَّنْ جَمَعَ عَلَيْكَ- وَ مِمَّنْ سَمِعَ صَوْتَكَ وَ لَمْ يُجِبْكَ [وَ لَمْ يُعِنْكَ‌] يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ مَعَكُمْ‌ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزاً عَظِيماً

Translation: Peace be on you, O son of Allah's Messenger. Peace be on you, O son of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a). Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Peace be on you, O chief of the youth of Paradise and Allah's mercy be on you and His blessings. Peace be on you, O one whose pleasure is derived from the pleasure of the Beneficent and whose displeasure is derived from the displeasure of the Beneficent. Peace be on you, O Allah's trustee, His proof, the door of Allah, guide to Allah and the caller to Allah. I bear witness that you deemed lawful that which Allah has declared as lawful and you deemed unlawful that which Allah has declared unlawful. You established prayer, paid Zakat, enjoined good, forbade evil and called to the path of your Lord with wisdom and good advice. And I bear witness that you and those who were killed with you are martyrs who “are alive (and) are provided sustenance from their Lord.” And I bear witness that your killers are in Hell. I follow the religion of Allah by being aloof from those who fought you, those who killed you, those who accompanied them, those who mobilized an army against you, and from those who heard your call for help but didn't answer your call. I wish I had been with you so that I would have achieved a great success.

Tradition 13: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: You can recite that which you wish besides the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a).

Tradition 14: Abu Saeed said: I went to Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) and asked: May I be sacrificed on you, should I go to the Ziyarah of the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a)?

Imam ('a) replied: Yes, Abu Saeed, go to the Ziyarah of the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), the most blessed of the blessed ones, the most purified of the purified ones and the most pious of the pious ones.

Abu Saeed, when you go to his Ziyarah, recite the Tasbih of Amir Al-Mu’minin besides his head one thousand times and recite the Tasbih of Fatimah Zahra (‘a) besides his feet one thousand times.

Then pray two Rakats prayers there. Recite Surah Yasin in the first Rakat and Surah Rahman in the second Rakat. Indeed, if you do this, Allah will record its special rewards for you, InshaAllah.

I said: May I be sacrificed on you, teach me the Tasbih of Ali and Fatimah.

Imam ('a) replied: Tasbih of Ali ('a) is as follows:

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي لَا تَنْفَذُ خَزَائِنُهُ سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي لَا تَبِيدُ مَعَالِمُهُ سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي لَا يَفْنَى مَا عِنْدَهُ سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي لَا يُشْرِكُ أَحَداً فِي حُكْمِهِ سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي لَا اضْمِحْلَالَ لِفَخْرِهِ سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي لَا انْقِطَاعَ لِمُدَّتِهِ سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ

Translation: Glorified be He whose treasure is unlimited. Glorified be He whose signs do not perish. Glorified be He whom that which is with Him will not vanish. Glorified be He who does not share His kingdom with anyone. Glorified be He whose glory does not fade. Glorified be He whose time does not expire. Glorified be He besides whom there is no god.

And the Tasbih of Fatimah is as follows:

سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ الْبَاذِخِ الْعَظِيمِ- سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْعِزِّ الشَّامِخِ الْمُنِيفِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْمُلْكِ الْفَاخِرِ الْقَدِيمِ- سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْبَهْجَةِ وَ الْجَمَالِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ تَرَدَّى بِالنُّورِ وَ الْوَقَارِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ يَرَى أَثَرَ النَّمْلِ فِي الصَّفَا وَ وَقْعَ الطَّيْرِ فِي الْهَوَاءِ.

Translation: Glorified is the owner of majesty, the exalted, the great. Glorified is the owner of glory, the High, the Exalted. Glorified is the owner of the kingdom, the superior, the Ever-Lasting. Glorified is the owner of grace and beauty. Glorified is He who is covered with light and dignity. Glorified is He who sees the marks of an ant on flat surface and perching of birds in the atmosphere.

Tradition 15: Same as previous traditions.

Tradition 16: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: When you visit the tomb of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), begin by praising Allah, the Mighty and Sublime and invoking blessings on the Prophet most sincerely. Then recite the following:

سَلَامُ اللَّهِ وَ سَلَامُ مَلَائِكَتِهِ فِيمَا تَرُوحُ وَ تَغْدُو الزَّاكِيَاتُ الطَّاهِرَاتُ لَكَ وَ عَلَيْكَ وَ سَلَامُ اللَّهِ وَ سَلَامُ مَلَائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ الْمُسَلِّمِينَ لَكَ بِقُلُوبِهِمْ وَ النَّاطِقِينَ بِفَضْلِكَ وَ الشُّهَدَاءِ عَلَى أَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ صِدِّيقٌ صَدَقْتَ وَ نَصَحْتَ فِيمَا أَتَيْتَ بِهِ وَ أَنَّكَ ثَارُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ الدَّمُ الَّذِي لَا يُدْرِكُ ثَارَهُ [تِرَتَهُ‌] أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَ لَا يُدْرِكُهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ جِئْتُكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَافِداً إِلَيْكَ وَ أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَى اللَّهِ بِكَ فِي جَمِيعِ حَوَائِجِي مِنْ أَمْرِ دُنْيَايَ‌ وَ آخِرَتِي وَ بِكَ يَتَوَسَّلُ الْمُتَوَسِّلُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ فِي حَوَائِجِهِمْ وَ بِكَ يُدْرِكُ أَهْلُ التِّرَاتِ مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ طَلِبَتَهُمْ

Translation: Peace of Allah be on you and peace of His angels be on you along with the purified and blessed greetings which reach you at all times. Peace of Allah and peace of the proximate angels be on you as well as the peace of those whose hearts are submissive to you, those who speak of your merits, and those who testify that you are honest and truthful and that you were truthful about that which you invited to, that you are the one whom Allah will avenge on earth, and that your blood cannot be avenged by anyone from among the inhabitants of the earth and that no one but Allah shall avenge it. I have come to you, O son of Allah's Messenger as your guest, beseeching Allah through you for all my requests in this life and in the Hereafter. Verily those who beg Allah, beseech Him for their requests through you, those who seek revenge from among Allah's servants will be avenged through you.

Now walk a few steps, face the grave with your back to Qibla and recite:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْأَحَدِ الْمُتَوَحِّدِ بِالْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا خَالِقِ الْخَلْقِ فَلَمْ يَعْزُبْ عَنْهُ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَ عَالِمِ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ بِلَا [بِغَيْرِ] تَعْلِيمٍ- ضَمَّنَ الْأَرْضَ وَ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا دَمَكَ وَ ثَارَكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا وَعَدَكَ مِنَ النَّصْرِ وَ الْفَتْحِ وَ أَنَّ لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْوَعْدَ الْحَقَّ- فِي هَلَاكِ عَدُوِّكَ وَ تَمَامِ مَوْعِدِهِ إِيَّاكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ قَاتَلَ مَعَكَ رِبِّيُّونَ كَثِيرٌ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى- وَ كَأَيِّنْ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ قاتَلَ مَعَهُ رِبِّيُّونَ كَثِيرٌ فَما وَهَنُوا لِما أَصابَهُمْ‌

Translation: Praise be to Allah, the One, the Only One who runs all the affairs, the creator of creatures, who is aware of all the affairs of His creatures and the one who has knowledge of everything without learning. O son of Allah's Messenger. The earth and everyone on it is responsible for your blood and for avenging you. I bear witness that Allah will fulfil His promise of support and victory to you and that Allah will fulfil His promise to you and complete it by destroying your enemies. I bear witness that innumerable godly men fought beside you as Allah, the exalted says:

وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ قَاتَلَ مَعَهُ رِبِّيُّونَ كَثِيرٌ فَمَا وَهَنُوا لِمَا أَصَابَهُمْ

“And how many a prophet has fought with whom were many worshippers of the Lord; so, they did not become weak-hearted on account of what befell them” (3:146).

Then say Allahu Akbar seven times, walk a few steps, face the grave and recite:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ صَاحِبَةً وَ لَا وَلَداً وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ‌- خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ فَقَدَّرَهُ تَقْدِيراً أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ عَنِ اللَّهِ مَا أُمِرْتَ بِهِ وَ وَفَيْتَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَ تَمَّتْ بِكَ كَلِمَاتُهُ وَ جَاهَدْتَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ حَتَّى أَتَاكَ الْيَقِينُ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً قَتَلَتْكَ وَ أُمَّةً خَذَلَتْكَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً خَذَّلْتَ عَنْكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَشْهَدُ بِالْوَلَايَةِ لِمَنْ وَالَيْتَ وَ وَالَتْ رُسُلُكَ وَ أَشْهَدُ بِالْبَرَاءَةِ مِمَّنْ بَرِئْتَ مِنْهُ وَ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ رُسُلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا رَسُولَكَ وَ هَدَمُوا كَعْبَتَكَ وَ حَرَّفُوا كِتَابَكَ وَ سَفَكُوا دِمَاءَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكَ وَ أَفْسَدُوا عِبَادَكَ وَ اسْتَذَلُّوهُمْ اللَّهُمَّ ضَاعِفْ لَهُمُ اللَّعْنَةَ فِيمَا جَرَتْ بِهِ سُنَّتُكَ فِي بَرِّكَ وَ بَحْرِكَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُمْ فِي سَمَائِكَ وَ أَرْضِكَ- اللَّهُمَّ وَ اجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ حَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ مَشَاهِدَهُمْ- حَتَّى تُلْحِقَنِي بِهِمْ وَ تَجْعَلَهُمْ لِي فَرَطاً وَ تَجْعَلَنِي لَهُمْ تَبَعاً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ-

Translation: Praise be to Allah, Who has not taken unto Himself a consort or a son, neither has He any partner in the kingdom, the One Who created everything and determined for it a fixed measure. I bear witness that you conveyed what Allah commanded you to on His behalf, that you fulfilled the covenant of Allah, and that Allah's words are complete with you. I bear witness that you fought in the way of Allah till death came to you. Allah's curse be on the nation that killed you and on the nation that deserted you. Allah's curse be on the nation that made others desert you. O Allah, I bear witness that I love those whom You and Your messengers love. And I bear witness that I am aloof from those from whom You and Your messengers are aloof.

O Allah, curse those who falsified Your Messenger, destroyed Your Ka’aba, distorted Your Book, shed the blood of the family of Your Prophet and ruined Your slaves and disgraced them. O Allah, multiply Your curses on them based on Your traditions in Your lands and Your seas. O Allah, curse them in Your heavens and in Your earth. O Allah, appoint for me a truthful tongue among Your saints and make me love their sites until You unite me with them. O Allah, make them my leaders and appoint me among their followers in this life and in the Hereafter.

Then walk a few steps, recite Takbir seven times, recite Tahlil seven times, praise Allah seven times and sanctify Allah, seven times. Then answer Imam Al-Husayn's ('a) call by saying seven times:

لَبَّيْكَ دَاعِيَ اللَّهِ

Translation: I am at your service, O caller to Allah! Then recite:

إِنْ كَانَ لَمْ يُجِبْكَ بَدَنِي فَقَدْ أَجَابَكَ قَلْبِي وَ شَعْرِي وَ بَشَرِي وَ رَأْيِي وَ هَوَايَ- عَلَى التَّسْلِيمِ لِخَلَفِ النَّبِيِّ الْمُرْسَلِ وَ السِّبْطِ الْمُنْتَجَبِ وَ الدَّلِيلِ الْعَالِمِ وَ الْأَمِينِ الْمُسْتَخْزَنِ وَ الْمَرْضِيِّ الْبَلِيغِ [الْوَصِيِّ الْمُبَلِّغِ‌] وَ الْمَظْلُومِ الْمُهْتَضَمِ جِئْتُ انْقِطَاعاً إِلَيْكَ وَ إِلَى وَلَدِكَ وَ وَلَدِ وَلَدِكَ الْخَلَفِ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ عَلَى بَرَكَةِ الْحَقِّ- فَقَلْبِي لَكُمْ مُسَلِّمٌ وَ أَمْرِي لَكُمْ مُتَّبِعٌ وَ نُصْرَتِي لَكُمْ مُعَدَّةٌ- حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ وَ هُوَ خَيْرُ الْحاكِمِينَ‌ لِدِينِي وَ يَبْعَثُكُمْ فَمَعَكُمْ مَعَكُمْ لَا مَعَ عَدُوِّكُمْ إِنِّي مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِرَجْعَتِكُمْ لَا أُنْكِرُ لِلَّهِ قُدْرَةً وَ لَا أُكَذِّبُ لَهُ مَشِيَّةً وَ لَا أَزْعُمُ أَنَّ مَا شَاءَ لَا يَكُونُ

Translation: Even though my body could not answer your call, my heart, my hair, skin, my volition and my desire have answered your call and have submitted to the remainder of the Prophet messenger, the chosen grandson, the knowledgeable guide, the entrusted guardian, the successor who announced the divine message and the wronged and the oppressed one. I have come only to you, your son and to the son of your son, the one who, with the blessing of truth, remains after you. My heart has submitted to you. I follow you in my affairs and my support is ready for you until Allah judges for my religion, and He is the best of the judges. And until Allah resurrects you, I shall be with you and only you, and not with your enemies. Indeed, I believe in your return in the last period of time. I do not deny the power of Allah, I do not falsify His will, and I do not believe that something that Allah willed might not occur.

Then walk to the grave, stand beside it and recite:

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ذِي الْمُلْكِ وَ الْمَلَكُوتِ وَ يُقَدِّسُ بِأَسْمَائِهِ جَمِيعُ خَلْقِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ رَبِّنَا وَ رَبِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الرُّوحِ- اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي فِي وَفْدِكَ إِلَى خَيْرِ بِقَاعِكَ وَ خَيْرِ خَلْقِكَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الْجِبْتَ وَ الطَّاغُوتَ ثُمَّ

Translation: Glory be to Allah. All of Allah's creation glorify Him and glorify the names of Allah, the owner of the Kingdom and sovereignty. Glory be to Allah, the King, the most Holy, our Lord and the Lord of the angels and the spirit. O Allah, record me among Your guests who have come to the best of Your places and to the best of Your creation. O Allah, curse the tyrants and false deities.

Then raise your hands and spread your arms on the grave and recite:

ُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ طُهْرٌ طَاهِرٌ مِنْ طُهْرٍ طَاهِرٍ قَدْ طَهُرَتْ بِكَ الْبِلَادُ وَ طَهُرَتْ أَرْضٌ أَنْتَ فِيهَا وَ أَنَّكَ ثَارُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ حَتَّى يَسْتَثِيرَ لَكَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ

Translation: I bear witness that you are purity and you are pure, for purity and the pure one. Indeed, the lands have been purified through you and the land in which you are is purified by you. You are Allah's unavenged one on earth until He takes your revenge from all of His creation.

Then put your cheeks and hands on the grave; sit by his head and glorify Allah as much as you like. Request Him and ask for your needs. After that place your hands and cheeks by his feet and recite:

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى رُوحِكَ وَ بَدَنِكَ- فَلَقَدْ صَدَقْتَ وَ صَبَرْتَ وَ أَنْتَ الصَّادِقُ الْمُصَدَّقُ قَتَلَ اللَّهُ مَنْ‌ قَتَلَكَ بِالْأَيْدِي وَ الْأَلْسُنِ

Translation: Allah's blessings be on you, on your soul and your body. Indeed, you said the truth and you stayed patient. You are the truthful one whose truthfulness is certified. May Allah kill those who killed you with their hands and tongues.

Then go to the grave of his sons and praise them as much as you like; ask your Lord for your needs. After that face the graves of martyrs and recite standing:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَيُّهَا الرَّبَّانِيُّونَ أَنْتُمْ لَنَا فَرَطٌ وَ نَحْنُ لَكُمْ تَبَعٌ وَ أَنْصَارٌ أَبْشِرُوا بِمَوْعِدِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا خُلْفَ لَهُ- وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ مُدْرِكٌ بِكُمْ ثَارَكُمْ وَ أَنْتُمْ سَادَةُ الشُّهَدَاءِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ-

Translation: Peace be on you, O godly men. You have preceded us and you are our leaders while we are followers and supporters. Rejoice in the promise of Allah, which will not fail. Indeed, Allah shall avenge you. You are the chiefs of the martyrs in this life and Hereafter.

Then stand behind the grave and perform as many ritual prayers as you want.

Imam ('a) added: Every time you go to the holy shrine, recite salutation and then walk to the grave and put your hands and cheeks on the grave. Do the same when you want to leave. Perform prayers in full near his grave as long as you are there. When you want to leave the holy shrine, bid farewell to him saying:

سَلَامُ اللَّهِ وَ سَلَامُ مَلَائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أَنْبِيَائِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ عِبَادِهِ الصَّالِحِينَ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى رُوحِكَ وَ بَدَنِكَ وَ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ وَ مَنْ حَضَرَكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكَ

Translation: Peace of Allah and peace of His proximate angels and His prophet messengers and His righteous slaves be on you. O son of Allah's Messenger, on your soul and your body, on your progeny and on those of your friends who come to you.

And when you want to return, repeat this entire Ziyarah just like you recited when you first entered the holy shrine. On reaching home, recite:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي سَلَّمَنِي وَ سَلَّمَ مِنِّي الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا وَ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ- الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‌

Translation: Praise be to Allah, who kept me safe and kept others safe from me. Praise be to Allah in all the affairs and in every state. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

Then say Allahu Akbar twenty-one times reciting carefully without haste, InshaAllah.

Tradition 17: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Allah will record Hajj and Umrah for one who goes to the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a).

The narrator asked: May I be sacrificed on you, what should I recite when I go to his Ziyarah?

Imam ('a) said: Recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَوْمَ وُلِدْتَ وَ يَوْمَ تَمُوتُ وَ يَوْمَ تُبْعَثُ حَيّاً أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ حَيٌّ شَهِيدٌ تُرْزَقُ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ وَ أَتَوَالَى وَلِيَّكَ وَ أَبْرَأُ مِنْ عَدُوِّكَ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلُوكَ وَ انْتَهَكُوا حُرْمَتَكَ مَلْعُونُونَ عَلَى لِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَقَمْتَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ آتَيْتَ الزَّكَاةَ وَ أَمَرْتَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ جَاهَدْتَ فِي‌ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَ الْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ وَلِيَّكَ وَ وَلِيَّنَا أَنْ‌ يَجْعَلَ تُحْفَتَنَا مِنْ زِيَارَتِكَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا وَ الْمَغْفِرَةَ لِذُنُوبِنَا اشْفَعْ لِي يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ.

Translation: Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Peace be on you, O son of Allah's Messenger. Peace be on you on the day you were born, on the day of your death and on the day on which you will be raised alive. I bear witness that you are a martyr who is alive, you are with your Lord while you receive sustenance. I love those who love you and I remain aloof from your enemies. I bear witness that those who fought you and trespassed your sanctity are cursed by the tongue of the Prophet of Mecca. I bear witness that you established prayer, paid Zakat, enjoined good, forbade evil and fought in the way of your Lord with wisdom and good advice. I ask Allah, your master and our master, to bless our Prophet and to forgive our sins as our gift for having performed your Ziyarah. O son of Allah's Messenger. Intercede for me with your ord.

Tradition 18: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: Allah will record a thousand good deeds and erase a thousand sins for every step taken by one who goes to the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) on foot. He will also increase his rank a thousand times for every step taken.

Imam ('a) added: When you arrive at Euphrates, perform Ghusl, carry your shoes and walk barefoot like a humble servant. Once you arrive at the door of the holy shrine, say Allahu Akbar four times. Then perform prayers near his grave and ask Allah for your needs.

Tradition 19: The narrator asked Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) how he should salute Imam Al-Husayn ('a). Imam ('a) replied: recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَكَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ أَعَانَ عَلَيْكَ وَ مَنْ بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ فَرَضِيَ بِهِ إِنَّا إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ بَرِي‌ءٌ.

Translation: Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Peace be on you, O son of Allah's Messenger. Allah's curse be on those who killed you. Allah's curse be on those who helped against you and upon those who heard about your killing and were pleased with it. I seek proximity to Allah by remaining aloof from them.

Tradition 20: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: When you go to the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), recite:

Translation: Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Allah's curse be on those who killed you. Allah's curse be on those who took part in shedding your blood and on those who heard of your killing and were pleased with it. I seek proximity to Allah by remaining aloof from them.

Tradition 21: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: When you go to the Ziyarah of the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), fast on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. When you want to leave your house, gather your family and recite the supplication of travel. Perform a Ghusl before you leave and recite during it:

اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي وَ طَهِّرْ قَلْبِي وَ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَ أَجْرِ عَلَى لِسَانِي ذِكْرَكَ وَ مِدْحَتَكَ وَ الثَّنَاءَ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ وَ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ قِوَامَ دِينِي التَّسْلِيمُ لِأَمْرِكَ وَ الِاتِّبَاعُ لِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ وَ الشَّهَادَةُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَنْبِيَائِكَ وَ رُسُلِكَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ نُوراً وَ طَهُوراً وَ حِرْزاً وَ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ وَ سُقْمٍ وَ آفَةٍ وَ عَاهَةٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَخَافُ وَ أَحْذَر

Translation: O Allah, purify me and my heart. Expand my chest and allow my tongue to praise and glorify You. Indeed, there is no power except with You. I have indeed, understood that the foundation of my religion is submitting to Your orders, following the traditions of Your Prophet and testifying to the truth of all Your prophets and messengers whom You sent to all Your creation. O Allah, make this bath a light and a purification for me and make it my cure from every illness, disease, plague and disability and make it my protection against the evil of that which frightens and alerts me.

Then recite when you are leaving the house:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي إِلَيْكَ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي وَ إِلَيْكَ فَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي وَ إِلَيْكَ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَ إِلَيْكَ أَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي وَ عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ لَا مَلْجَأَ وَ لَا مَنْجَى إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ- تَبَارَكْتَ وَ تَعَالَيْتَ عَزَّ جَارُكَ وَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ

Translation: O Allah, I have turned my face to You, entrusted my affairs to You, submitted myself to You, protected my back with You and I have relied on You. There is no refuge or shelter except with You. You are blessed and exalted. Mighty is Your protection and exalted is Your praise. ·

Then recite:

سْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ وَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ إِلَيْهِ أَنَبْتُ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ احْفَظْنِي فِي سَفَرِي وَ اخْلُفْنِي فِي أَهْلِي بِأَحْسَنِ الْخَلَفِ اللَّهُمَّ إِلَيْكَ تَوَجَّهْتُ وَ إِلَيْكَ خَرَجْتُ وَ إِلَيْكَ وَفَدْتُ وَ لِخَيْرِكَ تَعَرَّضْتُ وَ بِزِيَارَةِ حَبِيبِ حَبِيبِكَ تَقَرَّبْتُ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَمْنَعْنِي خَيْرَ مَا عِنْدَكَ بِشَرِّ مَا عِنْدِي- اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَ كَفِّرْ عَنِّي سَيِّئَاتِي وَ حُطَّ عَنِّي خَطَايَايَ وَ اقْبَلْ مِنِّي حَسَنَاتِي

Translation: In the name of Allah, by Allah, from Allah, to Allah and in the way of Allah as one who is in the Ummah of Allah's Messenger. I rely on Allah and to Him I shall return. He is the Creator of the seven heavens and the seven earths and the Lord of the great throne. O Allah, bless Muhammad and Aali Muhammad ('a). Protect me on my journey and act as my replacement for my family in the best way. O Allah, I have turned to You, I am traveling to You, I am coming to You as Your guest. I have exposed myself to Your blessings and I seek proximity through the Ziyarah of the love of Your beloved. O Allah, do not deprive me of the blessings which are with You because of the sins I have committed. O Allah, forgive my sins, pardon my bad deeds, erase my errors and accept my good deeds.

Then recite three times:

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي فِي دِرْعِكَ الْحَصِينَةِ الَّتِي تَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَنْ تُرِيدُ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْحَوْلِ وَ الْقُوَّةِ

Translation: O Allah, place me in Your protective shield in which You place whomsoever You will. O Allah, I am aloof from any will and power except to you.

Then recite Surah Hamd, Surah Falaq, Surah Naas, Surah Tauhid, Surah Qadr, Ayat ul-Kursi, Surah Yasin and Verses 21 to 24 of Surah Hashr. Do not use scented oils or kohl until you reach Euphrates and speak and joke less. Glorify the Almighty Allah more and beware of quarrelling or being cheerful. Recite when you walk or ride:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ سَطَوَاتِ النَّكَالِ وَ عَوَاقِبِ الْوَبَالِ وَ فِتْنَةِ الضَّلَالِ وَ مِنْ أَنْ تَلْقَانِي بِمَكْرُوهٍ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْحَبْسِ وَ اللَّبْسِ وَ مِنْ وَسْوَسَةِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ طَوَارِقِ السَّوْءِ- وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ذِي شَرٍّ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ شَيَاطِينِ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَنْ يَنْصِبُ لِأَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَ مِنْ أَنْ يُفْرِطُوا عَلَيَّ وَ أَنْ يَطْغَوْا وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ عُيُونِ الظَّلَمَةِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ذِي شَرِكِ إِبْلِيسَ وَ مَنْ يَرُدُّ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ بِاللِّسَانِ وَ الْيَدِ

Translation: O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the punishments of the dominating powers, from the evil ends, from afflictions caused by going astray and from any misfortune that you may find with me. I seek refuge with You from imprisonment, confusion, satanic whispers, terrible misfortunes, from the evil of anyone with evil, from the evil of the demons from Jinns and men and from the evil of those who incite animosity against the Wali of Allah and from their violence and aggression against me. I seek refuge with You from the spies of the oppressors, from the evil of anyone with evil, from the traps of Iblis and from those who prevent from blessings with their hands and tongues.

If you were afraid of something, recite:

لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ بِهِ احْتَجَبْتُ وَ بِهِ اعْتَصَمْتُ اللَّهُمَّ اعْصِمْنِي مِنْ شَرِّ خَلْقِكَ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بِكَ وَ أَنَا عَبْدُكَ

Translation: There is no will or power except with Allah. I seek refuge and protect myself with Him. O Allah, protect me from the evil of Your creation, for verily I am Your servant and in Your refuge.

When you reach Euphrates, recite before crossing it:

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ وَفَدَ إِلَيْهِ الرِّجَالُ وَ أَنْتَ يَا سَيِّدِي أَكْرَمُ مَأْتِيٍّ وَ أَكْرَمُ مَزُورٍ وَ قَدْ جَعَلْتَ لِكُلِّ زَائِرٍ كَرَامَةً وَ لِكُلِّ وَافِدٍ تُحْفَةً وَ قَدْ أَتَيْتُكَ زَائِراً قَبْرَ ابْنِ نَبِيِّكَ- صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ فَاجْعَلْ تُحْفَتَكَ إِيَّايَ فَكَاكَ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَ تَقَبَّلْ مِنِّي عَمَلِي وَ اشْكُرْ سَعْيِي وَ ارْحَمْ مَسِيرِي إِلَيْكَ بِغَيْرِ مَنٍّ مِنِّي بَلْ لَكَ الْمَنُّ عَلَيَّ- إِذْ جَعَلْتَ لِيَ السَّبِيلَ إِلَى زِيَارَتِهِ وَ عَرَّفْتَنِي فَضْلَهُ وَ حَفِظْتَنِي حَتَّى بَلَّغْتَنِي قَبْرَ ابْنِ وَلِيِّكَ وَ قَدْ رَجَوْتُكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ لَا تَقْطَعْ رَجَائِي وَ قَدْ أَتَيْتُكَ فَلَا تُخَيِّبْ أَمَلِي وَ اجْعَلْ هَذَا كَفَّارَةً لِمَا كَانَ قَبْلَهُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَنْصَارِهِ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Translation: O Allah, You are the best one to whom men have travelled and You, O my master, are the most honourable one to whom one can go and the most honourable one to be visited. You have appointed a present for every visitor and a gift for every guest and I have come to You as a visitor of the grave of the son of Your Prophet, peace be on him. Therefore, make release from Hell Your gift to me. Accept my deed, appreciate my efforts and have mercy on me from traveling to You, although I do not consider this a favour from me. On the contrary, the favour is from You to me for making it possible for me to come to his Ziyarah, for allowing me to know his merits and for protecting me until I arrived at the grave of the son of Your Wali. I have wished for Your mercy; so, send Your blessings on Muhammad and Aali Muhammad ('a). Do not deprive me of that which I have wished for. I have come to You, so do not disappoint me and make this a penance for my past sins and make me among his supporters, O the Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

Then cross the Euphrates and recite:

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اجْعَلْ سَعْيِي مَشْكُوراً وَ ذَنْبِي مَغْفُوراً وَ عَمَلِي مَقْبُولًا وَ اغْسِلْنِي مِنَ الْخَطَايَا وَ الذُّنُوبِ وَ طَهِّرْ قَلْبِي مِنْ كُلِّ آفَةٍ تَمْحَقُ دِينِي أَوْ تُبْطِلُ عَمَلِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ -

Translation: O Allah, bless Muhammad and Aali Muhammad ('a). Allow my efforts to be appreciated, my sins to be forgiven and my deeds to be accepted. And cleanse me from mistakes and sins and purify my heart from any disease which destroys my religion and nullifies my deeds, O Most Merciful of merciful ones.

Then enter Nainawa and stay there. Do not use any scented oils or kohl and do not eat meat as long as you are there. After that come to the shore in its closest part to the grave of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and perform a Ghusl while you are covered. Recite during the Ghusl:

اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي وَ طَهِّرْ لِي قَلْبِي وَ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي‌ وَ أَجْرِ عَلَى لِسَانِي مَحَبَّتَكَ وَ مِدْحَتَكَ- وَ الثَّنَاءَ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ وَ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ قِوَامَ دِينِي التَّسْلِيمُ لِأَمْرِكَ وَ الشَّهَادَةُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَنْبِيَائِكَ وَ رُسُلِكَ بِالْأُلْفَةِ بَيْنَهُمْ- أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُمْ أَنْبِيَاؤُكَ وَ رُسُلُكَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لِي نُوراً وَ طَهُوراً وَ حِرْزاً وَ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ سُقْمٍ وَ دَاءٍ وَ مِنْ كُلِّ آفَةٍ وَ عَاهَةٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَخَافُ وَ أَحْذَرُ اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَ جَوَارِحِي- وَ عِظَامِي وَ لَحْمِي وَ دَمِي وَ شَعْرِي وَ بَشَرِي وَ مُخِّي وَ عَصَبِي وَ مَا أَقَلَّتِ الْأَرْضُ مِنِّي وَ اجْعَلْهُ لِي شَاهِداً يَوْمَ فَقْرِي وَ فَاقَتِي

Translation: O Allah, purify me and my heart, expand my chest and allow my tongue to praise and glorify You and to speak of Your love. Indeed, there is no will or power except with You. I have indeed, understood that the foundation of my religion is submitting to Your orders and testifying that all of _ Your prophets and messengers are united. I bear witness that they are all Your prophets and messengers who were sent to all of Your creation. O Allah, make this a light and purification for me and make it my cure from every illness, disease, plague and disability and make it my protection against the evil of that which frightens and alerts me. O Allah, purify my heart, organs, bones, flesh, blood, hair, skin, brain, nerves and my weight which is carried by the earth with this bath. Make it my witness on the day of my poverty and need.

Then wear the most purified clothes and recite Allahu Akbar thirty times. After that recite:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ قَصَدْتُ فَبَلَّغَنِي وَ إِيَّاهُ أَرَدْتُ فَقَبِلَنِي وَ لَمْ يَقْطَعْ بِي وَ رَحْمَتَهُ ابْتَغَيْتُ فَسَلَّمَنِي اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ حِصْنِي وَ كَهْفِي وَ حِرْزِي وَ رَجَائِي وَ أَمَلِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Translation: Praise be to Allah whom I sought and He allowed me to reach Him, the One whom I wanted and He accepted me and He did not deprive me, the One whose mercy I desired and He kept me safe. O Allah, You are my protective fort and cave and You are my refuge, my hope and my wish. There is no god but You, O Lord of the worlds.

Recite when you want to begin walking to the grave:

- ْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَرَدْتُكَ فَأَرِدْنِي وَ إِنِّي أَقْبَلْتُ بِوَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ فَلَا تُعْرِضْ بِوَجْهِكَ عَنِّي فَإِنْ كُنْتَ عَلَيَّ سَاخِطاً فَتُبْ عَلَيَّ وَ ارْحَمْ مَسِيرِي إِلَى ابْنِ حَبِيبِكَ أَبْتَغِي بِذَلِكَ رِضَاكَ عَنِّي فَارْضَ عَنِّي وَ لَا تُخَيِّبْنِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Translation: O Allah, I desire You so You desire me. I have turned my face to You so do not turn Your face away from me. And if You are dissatisfied with me, accept my repentance and have mercy on me for traveling to the son of Your beloved while seeking Your pleasure. Therefore, be pleased with me and do not disappoint me, O most merciful of the merciful ones.

Then walk barefoot calmly and with reverence while continuously reciting Takbir and Tahlil and glorifying, praising and extolling Allah and His Messengers. Also recite:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْمُتَوَحِّدِ بِالْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا خَالِقِ‌ الْخَلْقِ لَمْ يَعْزُبْ عَنْهُ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنْ أُمُورِهِمْ وَ عَالِمِ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ بِغَيْرِ تَعْلِيمٍ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ وَ صَلَوَاتُ مَلَائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أَنْبِيَائِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ رُسُلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ- عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْعَمَ عَلَيَّ وَ عَرَّفَنِي فَضْلَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ص

Translation: Praise be to Allah, the One, Who runs all the affairs alone. He is the creator of the creatures and none of their affairs escape Him. He knows everything without being taught. Allah's blessings and the blessings of His proximate angels and all of His prophet messengers be on Muhammad and his Ahl Al-Bayt ('a), is successors. Praise be to Allah, who bestowed His favours on me by making me understand the merits of Muhammad and his Ahl Al-Bayt ('a).

Then walk a few steps taking small steps. Once you arrive at the mound, face the grave, stop and say Allahu Akbar thirty times. After that recite:

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فِي عِلْمِهِ مُنْتَهَى عِلْمِهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ بَعْدَ عِلْمِهِ مُنْتَهَى عِلْمِهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مَعَ عِلْمِهِ مُنْتَهَى عِلْمِهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فِي عِلْمِهِ مُنْتَهَى عِلْمِهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَعْدَ عِلْمِهِ مُنْتَهَى عِلْمِهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مَعَ عِلْمِهِ مُنْتَهَى عِلْمِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فِي عِلْمِهِ مُنْتَهَى عِلْمِهِ وَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بَعْدَ عِلْمِهِ مُنْتَهَى عِلْمِهِ وَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مَعَ عِلْمِهِ مُنْتَهَى عِلْمِهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بِجَمِيعِ مَحَامِدِهِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ نِعَمِهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ حَقٌّ لَهُ ذَلِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ- وَ نُورُ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَ نُورُ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ- وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‌ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ حُجَّتِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا مَلَائِكَةَ اللَّهِ وَ زُوَّارَ قَبْرِ ابْنِ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ

Translation: There is no god except Allah, in His knowledge and in the extent of His knowledge. And there is no god but Allah, after His knowledge and in the extent of His knowledge. And there is no god but Allah with His knowledge and in the extent of His knowledge. Praise is due to Allah, in His knowledge and in the extent of His knowledge. And praise is due to Allah, after His knowledge and in the extent of His knowledge. And praise is due to Allah, with His knowledge and in the extent of His knowledge. Glorified is Allah, in His knowledge and in the extent of His knowledge. And glorified is Allah in His knowledge and in the extent of His knowledge. And glorified is Allah after His knowledge and in the extent of His knowledge. And glorified is Allah with His knowledge and in the extent of His knowledge. And praise is for Allah with all of His praises and for all of His blessings. There is no god but Allah, and Allah is the greatest and He truly is worthy of that. There is no god but Allah, the patient, the honourable. There is no god but Allah, the exalted, the great. There is no god but Allah, the light of the seven heavens, the light of the seven earths and the light of the great throne. And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Peace be on you, O Allah's proof and the son of His Proof. Peace be on you, O Allah's angels and the visitors of the grave of the son of Allah's Prophet.

Then take ten steps, say Allahu Akbar thirty times and recite while walking:

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ تَهْلِيلًا لَا يُحْصِيهِ غَيْرُهُ قَبْلَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ [أَحَدٍ] وَ بَعْدَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ وَ مَعَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ وَ عَدَدَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ وَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ تَسْبِيحاً لَا يُحْصِيهِ غَيْرُهُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ وَ بَعْدَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ وَ مَعَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ وَ عَدَدَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ وَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ وَ بَعْدَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ- وَ مَعَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ وَ عَدَدَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ أَبَداً أَبَداً أَبَداً اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ وَ كَفَى بِكَ شَهِيداً فَاشْهَدْ لِي أَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ‌ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّ رَسُولَكَ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّ حَبِيبَكَ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّ قَوْلَكَ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّ قَضَاءَكَ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّ قَدَرَكَ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّ فِعْلَكَ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّ حَشْرَكَ حَقٌّ- وَ أَنَّ نَارَكَ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّ جَنَّتَكَ حَقٌّ وَ أَنَّكَ مُمِيتُ الْأَحْيَاءِ وَ مُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى- وَ أَنَّكَ بَاعِثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ وَ أَنَّكَ‌ جامِعُ النَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ‌ وَ أَنَّكَ‌ لا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعادَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ حُجَّتِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا مَلَائِكَةَ اللَّهِ وَ يَا زُوَّارَ قَبْرِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع

Translation: There is no god but Allah, a Tahlil which cannot be counted by anyone other than Allah and which existed before anyone, which will exist after everyone, which exists with everyone and which is equal to the number of everyone. Glorified is Allah, a glorification which cannot be counted by anyone other than Allah and which I existed before anyone, which will exist after everyone, I which exists with everyone and which is equal to the I number of everyone. Glorified is Allah and praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah and Allah is the greatest I before anyone, after everyone, with everyone and equal to the number of everyone, forever and ever and ever. O Allah, I make You witness and You are sufficient as a witness. Therefore, be my witness that: I bear witness to Your truth and the truth of Your Messenger, the truth of Your words, the truth of Your will, the truth of Your destiny, the truth of Your actions, the truth of Your raising, the truth of Your Hell and the truth of Your Paradise. I bear witness that You truly take the life of those who are alive and give life to those who are dead, that You will surely raise those who are in the graves, that You will gather the people for a Day about which there is no doubt and that You do not go against Your promises. Peace be on you, O Allah's Proof and son of His Proof. Peace be on you, O Allah's angels and O visitors of the grave of Abu Abdullah.

Then walk a few steps, taking small steps calmly and with reverence while reciting Takbir and Tahlil and while glorifying, praising and extolling Allah and His Messengers. At the eastern door, stand at the entrance and recite:

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً ص عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَمِينُ اللَّهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَ أَنَّهُ سَيِّدُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ وَ أَنَّهُ سَيِّدُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ- سَلَامٌ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‌ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدانا لِهذا وَ ما كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْ لا أَنْ هَدانَا اللَّهُ لَقَدْ جاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنا بِالْحَقِ‌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ هَذَا قَبْرُ ابْنِ حَبِيبِكَ وَ صِفْوَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ أَنَّهُ الْفَائِزُ بِكَرَامَتِكَ أَكْرَمْتَهُ بِكِتَابِكَ وَ خَصَصْتَهُ وَ ائْتَمَنْتَهُ عَلَى وَحْيِكَ وَ أَعْطَيْتَهُ مَوَارِيثَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ جَعَلْتَهُ حُجَّةً عَلَى خَلْقِكَ مِنَ الْأَصْفِيَاءِ فَأَعْذَرَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ وَ بَذَلَ مُهْجَتَهُ فِيكَ لِيَسْتَنْقِذَ عِبَادَكَ مِنَ الضَّلَالَةِ وَ الْجَهَالَةِ وَ الْعَمَى وَ الشَّكِّ وَ الِارْتِيَابِ إِلَى بَابِ الْهُدَى مِنَ الرَّدَى وَ أَنْتَ تَرَى وَ لَا تُرَى وَ أَنْتَ بِالْمَنْظَرِ الْأَعْلَى حَتَّى ثَارَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ مَنْ غَرَّتْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَ بَاعَ الْآخِرَةَ بِالثَّمَنِ الْأَوْكَسِ الْأَدْنَى وَ أَسْخَطَكَ وَ أَسْخَطَ رَسُولَكَ وَ أَطَاعَ‌ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشِّقَاقِ وَ النِّفَاقِ وَ حَمَلَةِ الْأَوْزَارِ مَنِ اسْتَوْجَبَ النَّارَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ قَاتِلِي وُلْدِ رَسُولِكَ وَ ضَاعَفَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ

Translation: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. He is alone and has no partners. And I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger; that he is Allah's trustee over His creation and that he is the master of the first and the last and the master of the prophets and messengers. Peace be on Allah's Messenger. Praise be to Allah who guided us to this and if it was not for Allah's guidance, we would not have been guided. Indeed, the messengers of our Lord came with the truth. O Allah, I bear witness that this is the grave of the son of Your beloved and Your chosen one from among Your creation and he has achieved victory with Your honour. You have honoured him with Your Book, designated him and entrusted him with revelation, given him the inheritance of the prophets and appointed him to be a divine proof from among the chosen ones of Your creation. He strives to call the people to You. He gave the blood of his heart and Your way to save Your slaves from going astray, from ignorance and blindness and from doubt and confusion and to lead them to the door of guidance from rejection. Indeed, you see but cannot be seen and You are at the highest place from where You observe everything. Until some of Your creation, who were attracted by this world and who had sold their Hereafter for the lowest and least valuable of prices, rose against him and angered You and Your Messenger by obeying the tyrant rulers, hypocrites, sinful ones and those on whom Hell is made incumbent from among Your servants. Allah's curse be on the killers of the son of Your Messenger and may their painful chastisement be multiplied.

Then go closer to the grave and recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ آدَمَ صَفْوَةِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ نُوحٍ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ مُوسَى كَلِيمِ اللَّهِ- السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ عِيسَى رُوحِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ مُحَمَّدٍ حَبِيبِ اللَّهِ ص السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَصِيِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ وَلِيِّ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الزَّكِيِّ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَارِثَ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الصِّدِّيقُ الشَّهِيدُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الْوَصِيُّ الرَّضِيُّ الْبَارُّ التَّقِيُّ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الْوَفِيُّ النَّقِيُّ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَقَمْتَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ آتَيْتَ الزَّكَاةَ وَ أَمَرْتَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ عَبَدْتَ اللَّهَ مُخْلِصاً حَتَّى أَتَاكَ الْيَقِينُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ- السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى الْأَرْوَاحِ الَّتِي حَلَّتْ بِفِنَائِكَ وَ أَنَاخَتْ بِرَحْلِكَ- السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُحْدِقِينَ بِكَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ وَ زُوَّارِ قَبْرِ ابْنِ نَبِيِّ اللَّه

Translation: Peace be on you, O inheritor of Adam, the chosen one of Allah. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Nuh, the prophet of Allah. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Ibrahim, the friend of Allah. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Musa, the one addressed by Allah. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Isa,” the spirit of Allah. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Muhammad, the beloved of Allah. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Ali, the successor of Allah's Messenger. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Hasan, the pious. Peace be on you, O inheritor of Fatimah Zahra, mistress of the women of the worlds and the most truthful one. Peace be on you, O most truthful martyr. Peace be on you, O pleasant, pious pure successor. Peace be on you, O loyal and righteous one. I bear witness that you established prayers, paid Zakat, enjoined good, forbade evil and worshipped Allah sincerely until death came to you. Peace on you, O Abu Abdullah and Allah's mercy and blessings be on you. Peace be on you and on the souls who dismounted in your vicinity and stayed in your entourage. Peace be on Allah's angels who have surrounded you. Peace be on Allah's angels and the visitors of the grave of the son of Allah's Prophet.

Then enter the holy shrine and recite while entering:

السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُنْزَلِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الْمُسَوِّمِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ مُقِيمُونَ فِي هَذَا الْحَائِرِ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي هَذَا الْحَائِرِ يَعْمَلُونَ وَ لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ مُسَلِّمُونَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ أَمِينِ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ خَالِصَةِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‌ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْهِ راجِعُونَ‌ مَا أَعْظَمَ مُصِيبَتَكَ عِنْدَ جَدِّكَ [أَبِيكَ‌] رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ مَا أَعْظَمَ مُصِيبَتَكَ عِنْدَ مَنْ عَرَفَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ أَجَلَّ مُصِيبَتَكَ عِنْدَ الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَى وَ عِنْدَ أَنْبِيَاءِ اللَّهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ [عِنْدَ رُسُلِ اللَّهِ‌] السَّلَامُ مِنِّي إِلَيْكَ وَ التَّحِيَّةُ مَعَ عَظِيمِ الرَّزِيَّةِ عَلَيْكَ كُنْتَ نُوراً فِي الْأَصْلَابِ الشَّامِخَةِ وَ نُوراً فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الْأَرْضِ وَ نُوراً فِي الْهَوَاءِ وَ نُوراً فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ الْعُلَى كُنْتَ فِيهَا نُوراً سَاطِعاً لَا يُطْفَأُ وَ أَنْتَ النَّاطِقُ بِالْهُدَى -

Translation: Peace be on Allah's proximate angels. Peace be on Allah's descending angels. Peace be on Allah's distinguished angels. Peace be on Allah's angels who reside in this holy sanctuary with the permission of Allah. Peace be on Allah's angels who work in this holy sanctuary and submit to the orders of Allah. Peace be on you, O son of Allah's Messenger, son of Allah's trustee and sincere servant. Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Indeed, we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. How great your tragedy is with your grandfather, Allah's Messenger. And how great your tragedy is with those who know Allah, the Great and Almighty! And how great is your tragedy with the exalted assembly (high above) and with Allah's prophets and messengers! My salutations and greetings to you while I am much aggrieved over you. You were a light in the lofty loins, a light in the darkness of the earth, a light in the air and a light in the high heavens where you were a shining light, which will not be extinguished. Indeed, you are the announcer of guidance.

Then take a few steps, say Allahu Akbar seven times, recite Tahlil seven times, praise Allah seven times and sanctify Allah seven times. After that answer Imam Al-Husayn's ('a) call by saying seven times:

لَبَّيْكَ دَاعِيَ اللَّهِ

Translation: I am at your service, O caller to Allah.

Then recite:

إِنْ كَانَ لَمْ يُجِبْكَ بَدَنِي عِنْدَ اسْتِغَاثَتِكَ وَ لِسَانِي عِنْدَ اسْتِنْصَارِكَ- فَقَدْ أَجَابَكَ قَلْبِي وَ سَمْعِي وَ بَصَرِي وَ رَأْيِي وَ هَوَايَ عَلَى التَّسْلِيمِ لِخَلَفِ النَّبِيِّ الْمُرْسَلِ وَ السِّبْطِ الْمُنْتَجَبِ وَ الدَّلِيلِ الْعَالِمِ وَ الْأَمِينِ الْمُسْتَخْزَنِ وَ الْمُؤَدِّي الْمُبَلِّغِ وَ الْمَظْلُومِ الْمُضْطَهَدِ جِئْتُكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ انْقِطَاعاً إِلَيْكَ- وَ إِلَى جَدِّكَ وَ أَبِيكَ وَ وُلْدِكَ الْخَلَفِ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ فَقَلْبِي لَكُمْ مُسَلِّمٌ وَ رَأْيِي لَكُمْ مُتَّبِعٌ وَ نُصْرَتِي لَكُمْ مُعَدَّةٌ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بِدِينِهِ وَ يَبْعَثَكُمْ- وَ أُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ أَنَّكُمُ الْحُجَّةُ وَ بِكُمْ تُرْجَى الرَّحْمَةُ فَمَعَكُمْ مَعَكُمْ لَا مَعَ عَدُوِّكُمْ- إِنِّي بِكُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَا أُنْكِرُ لِلَّهِ قُدْرَةً وَ لَا أُكَذِّبُ مِنْهُ بِمَشِيَّةٍ.

Translation: Even though my body could not answer your call, my heart, my ears, my eyes and my thoughts and my desire have answered your call and have submitted to the remainder of the Prophet messenger, the chosen grandson, the knowledgeable guide, the entrusted guardian, the successor who announced the divine message and the wronged and the oppressed one. O my master, I have come only to you, to your grandfather, to your father and to your son who remains after you. My heart has submitted to you. I follow you in my affairs and my support is ready for you until Allah judges based on His religion, and until He resurrects you. I make Allah as witness that you are the divine proofs and that mercy can be hoped for only through you. I shall be with you and only with you and not with your enemies. I am among those who believe in you. I do not deny the power of Allah nor do I falsify His will.

Then walk to the grave in small steps until you face it.

Turn your back to the Qibla, your face to his face and recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ أَمِينِ اللَّهِ عَلَى رُسُلِهِ وَ عَزَائِمِ أَمْرِهِ الْخَاتِمِ لِمَا سَبَقَ وَ الْفَاتِحِ لِمَا اسْتُقْبِلَ وَ الْمُهَيْمِنِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ تَحِيَّاتُهُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَاحِبِ مِيثَاقِكَ وَ خَاتِمِ رُسُلِكَ وَ سَيِّدِ عِبَادِكَ وَ أَمِينِكَ فِي بِلَادِكَ [عِبَادِكَ‌] وَ خَيْرِ بَرِيَّتِكَ كَمَا تَلَا كِتَابَكَ وَ جَاهَدَ عَدُوَّكَ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ الْيَقِينُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَبْدِكَ وَ أَخِي رَسُولِكَ الَّذِي انْتَجَبْتَهُ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ جَعَلْتَهُ هَادِياً لِمَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ الدَّلِيلَ عَلَى مَنْ بَعَثْتَهُ بِرِسَالاتِكَ- وَ دَيَّانَ الدِّينِ بِعَدْلِكَ وَ فَصْلَ قَضَائِكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ وَ الْمُهَيْمِنَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ اللَّهُمَّ أَتْمِمْ بِهِ كَلِمَاتِكَ وَ أَنْجِزْ بِهِ وَعْدَكَ وَ أَهْلِكْ بِهِ عَدُوَّكَ وَ اكْتُبْنَا فِي أَوْلِيَائِهِ وَ أَحِبَّائِهِ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا لَهُ شِيعَةً وَ أَنْصَاراً وَ أَعْوَاناً عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ وَ طَاعَةِ رَسُولِكَ وَ مَا وَكَّلْتَهُ بِهِ وَ اسْتَخْلَفْتَهُ عَلَيْهِ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ- اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ وَ زَوْجَةِ وَلِيِّكَ وَ أُمِّ السِّبْطَيْنِ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ الطَّاهِرَةِ الْمُطَهَّرَةِ الصِّدِّيقَةِ الزَّكِيَّةِ سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ [أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ أَجْمَعِينَ‌]- صَلَاةً لَا يَقْوَى عَلَى إِحْصَائِهَا غَيْرُكَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَبْدِكَ- وَ ابْنِ أَخِي رَسُولِكَ الَّذِي انْتَجَبْتَهُ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ جَعَلْتَهُ هَادِياً لِمَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ الدَّلِيلَ عَلَى مَنْ بَعَثْتَهُ بِرِسَالاتِكَ وَ دَيَّانَ الدِّينِ بِعَدْلِكَ- وَ فَصْلَ قَضَائِكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ وَ الْمُهَيْمِنَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ َ‌‌

Translation: Peace of Allah be on you. And peace on Muhammad, Allah's trustee over His messengers and over His firmly determined affairs, the last of that which has passed and the one who began that which is yet to come and the absolute master over all of it. Peace be on him and Allah's mercy and blessings be on him. Peace be on you and the mercy of Allah and His greetings. O Allah, bless Muhammad and Aali Muhammad ('a), the owner of Your covenant, the last of Your messengers, the chief of Your servants, Your trustee in Your lands, and the best of Your creation, just like he recited Your Book and fought Your enemies until death came to him. O Allah, bless Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a), Your servant and the brother of Your messenger, the one whom You chose with Your knowledge and whom You appointed as a guide for whomever You willed from among Your creation, the guide to those who You sent with Your messages, the undisputed ruler of religion with Your justice, the decisive judge between Your creation and the absolute master over all of it. Peace be on him and Allah's mercy and His blessings. O Allah, complete Your words with him, fulfil Your promise through him, destroy Your enemies through him and record us among his followers and those who love him. O Allah, make us among his Shia, supporters and helpers based on Your obedience and the obedience of Your Messenger and in fulfilling that which You entrusted to him and the affairs over which you gave him authority, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, bless Fatimah, the daughter of Your Prophet, the wife of Your Wali and the mother of the two grandsons - Hasan and Husayn and the pure, the purified, the most truthful, the righteous one and the mistress of all the women of Paradise - blessings which cannot be measured except by You. O Allah, send Your blessings on Hasan Ibn Ali, Your servant, the son of the brother of Your Messenger, the one whom You chose with Your knowledge and whom You appointed as a guide for whomever You willed from among Your creation, the guide to those whom You sent with Your communications, the undisputed ruler of religion with Your justice, the decisive judge between Your creation and the absolute master over all of it. Peace be on him and Allah's mercy and His blessings. O Allah, bless Husayn Ibn Ali, Your servant, the son of the brother of Your Messenger, the one whom You chose with Your knowledge and whom You appointed as a guide for whomever You willed from among Your creation, the guide to those whom You sent with Your communications, the undisputed ruler of religion with Your justice, the decisive judge between Your creation and the absolute master over all of it. Peace be on him and Allah's mercy and His blessings.

Then invoke blessings on the rest of the Imams ('a) in the same way that you invoke blessings on Hasan and Husayn ('a). After that recite:

اللَّهُمَّ أَتْمِمْ بِهِمْ كَلِمَاتِكَ وَ أَنْجِزْ بِهِمْ وَعْدَكَ وَ أَهْلِكْ بِهِمْ عَدُوَّكَ وَ عَدُوَّهُمْ- مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ أَجْمَعِينَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْزِهِمْ عَنَّا خَيْرَ مَا جَازَيْتَ نَذِيراً عَنْ قَوْمِهِ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا لَهُمْ شِيعَةً وَ أَنْصَاراً وَ أَعْوَاناً عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ وَ طَاعَةِ رَسُولِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا لَهُمْ مِمَّنْ يَتَّبِعُ النُّورَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ مَعَهُمْ- وَ أَحْيِنَا مَحْيَاهُمْ وَ أَمِتْنَا مَمَاتَهُمْ وَ أَشْهِدْنَا مَشَاهِدَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا مَقَامٌ أَكْرَمْتَنِي بِهِ وَ شَرَّفْتَنِي بِهِ وَ أَعْطَيْتَنِي فِيهِ رَغْبَتِي عَلَى حَقِيقَةِ إِيمَانِي بِكَ وَ بِرَسُولِكَ

Translation: O Allah, complete Your words with them, fulfil Your promise through them and destroy all of Your enemies and their enemies from Jinns and men, through them. O Allah, reward them on our behalf with a reward which is better than any reward that You have ever given to a warner on behalf of his nation. O Allah, make us among their Shia, supporters and helpers based on Your obedience and the obedience of Your Messenger. O Allah, make us among those who follow the light which was brought down with them. And make us live the way they lived and die the way they died and allow us to witness their sites in this world and Hereafter. O Allah, You have honoured and exalted me by this position and You have granted that which I longed for based on my genuine belief in You and in Your messengers.

Then go closer to the grave and recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ سَلَامُ اللَّهِ وَ سَلَامُ مَلَائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أَنْبِيَائِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ كُلَّمَا تَرُوحُ الرَّائِحَاتُ الطَّاهِرَاتُ لَكَ وَ عَلَيْكَ سَلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَكَ بِقُلُوبِهِمُ النَّاطِقِينَ لَكَ بِفَضْلِكَ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ صِدِّيقٌ صَدَقْتَ فِيمَا دَعَوْتَ إِلَيْهِ وَ صَدَقْتَ فِيمَا أَتَيْتَ بِهِ وَ أَنَّكَ ثَارُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ- اللَّهُمَّ أَدْخِلْنِي فِي أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ حَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ مَشَاهِدَهُمْ وَ شَهَادَتَهُمْ- فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ- إِنَّكَ عَلى‌ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Translation: Peace be on you, O son of Allah's Messenger. And peace of Allah, peace of His proximate angels and His prophet messengers be on you along with the purified greetings which reach you at all times. Peace of those whose hearts believe in you and whose tongues speak of your merits be on you. I bear witness that you are truthful and veracious. You were truthful in that which you called to and you were truthful about that which you brought forth. And indeed, Allah will avenge you on earth. O Allah, include me among Your devoted saints and make me love being martyred like them and witnessing their sites in this life and the Hereafter. Indeed, You have power over everything.

Then recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا إِمَامَ الْهُدَى السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا عَلَمَ التُّقَى السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ حُجَّتِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ثَارَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ ثَارِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وِتْرَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ وِتْرِهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قُتِلْتَ مَظْلُوماً وَ أَنَّ قَاتِلَكَ فِي النَّارِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ جَاهَدْتَ‌ فِي اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهادِهِ‌ لَمْ تَأْخُذْكَ [لَمْ تُؤَخِّرْكَ‌] فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةُ لَائِمٍ وَ أَنَّكَ عَبَدْتَهُ حَتَّى أَتَاكَ الْيَقِينُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكُمْ كَلِمَةُ التَّقْوَى وَ بَابُ الْهُدَى وَ الْحُجَّةُ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَكُمْ سَابِقٌ فِيمَا مَضَى وَ فَاتِحٌ فِيمَا بَقِيَ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ أَرْوَاحَكُمْ وَ طِينَتَكُمْ طِينَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ طَابَتْ وَ طَهُرَتْ بَعْضُهَا مِنْ بَعْضٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ- وَ أُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَ كَفَى بِهِ شَهِيداً وَ أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي بِكُمْ مُؤْمِنٌ- وَ لَكُمْ تَابِعٌ فِي ذَاتِ نَفْسِي وَ شَرَائِعِ دِينِي وَ خَوَاتِيمِ [خَاتِمَةِ] عَمَلِي وَ مُنْقَلَبِي وَ مَثْوَايَ- فَأَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْبَرَّ الرَّحِيمَ أَنْ يُتَمِّمَ ذَلِكَ لِي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكُمْ قَدْ بَلَّغْتُمْ وَ نَصَحْتُمْ وَ صَبَرْتُمْ وَ قُتِلْتُمْ وَ غُصِبْتُمْ وَ أُسِي‌ءَ إِلَيْكُمْ فَصَبَرْتُمْ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً خَالَفَتْكُمْ وَ أُمَّةً جَحَدَتْ وَلَايَتَكُمْ وَ أُمَّةً تَظَاهَرَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ أُمَّةً شَهِدَتْ وَ لَمْ تُسْتَشْهَدْ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ النَّارَ مَثْوَاهُمْ- وَ بِئْسَ الْوِرْدُ الْمَوْرُودُ وَ بِئْسَ الرِّفْدُ الْمَرْفُودُ -

Translation: Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Allah's mercy be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Allah's blessings be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Peace be on you, O Imam of guidance. Peace be on you, O flag of piety. Peace be on you, O proof of Allah on the people of the world. Peace be on you, O proof of Allah and O son of His Proof. Peace be on you, O son of the Prophet of Allah. Peace be on you, O one whose avenger is Allah and O son of the one whose avenger is Allah. Peace be on you, O Allah's unavenged one and O son of Allah's unavenged one. I bear witness that you were killed unjustly and that your killer is in Hell. I bear witness that you fought in the way of Allah the way He should be fought for. You were not influenced by the censure of any censurer and you worshipped Allah until your last moments. I bear witness that you are words of piety, doors of guidance and the divine proofs on Allah's creation. I bear witness that you have always had these positions and they will remain in you. I bear witness that your souls and your essence are from a purified essence and they purified and blessed one another through Allah and His mercy. I make Allah, the blessed and exalted as witness and He is sufficient as a witness and I take you as witnesses that I believe in you and I follow you in my affairs, in the rulings of my religion, in the result of my deeds and in my destination and final abode. I ask Allah, the Kind, the Merciful, to fulfil this for me. I bear witness that you announced Allah's message and advised the people. You remained patient, you were killed, your rights were usurped, and you were ill-treated, but you remained patient. Allah's curse be on the nation that opposed you, on the nation that denied your Wilayat, on the nation that supported one another against you and on the nation who were present there but were not martyred with you. Praise be to Allah who made Hell their final destination. What a terrible abode Hell is and what a terrible punishment their chastisement is!

Then recite:

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثاً وَ عَلَى رُوحِكَ وَ بَدَنِكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ قَاتِلِيكَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ سَالِبِيكَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ خَاذِلِيكَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ شَايَعَ عَلَى قَتْلِكَ وَ مَنْ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِكَ وَ شَارَكَ فِي دَمِكَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ فَرَضِيَ بِهِ أَوْ سَلَّمَ إِلَيْهِ أَنَا أَبْرَأُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ وَلَايَتِهِمْ وَ أَتَوَلَّى اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ آلَ رَسُولِهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الَّذِينَ انْتَهَكُوا حُرْمَتَكَ وَ سَفَكُوا دَمَكَ مَلْعُونُونَ عَلَى لِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا رُسُلَكَ وَ سَفَكُوا دِمَاءَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ قَتَلَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ ضَاعِفْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ قَتَلَةَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ قَتَلَةَ أَنْصَارِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ أَصْلِهِمْ حَرَّ نَارِكَ وَ ذقهم [أَذِقْهُمْ‌] بَأْسَكَ وَ ضَاعِفْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ وَ الْعَنْهُمْ لَعْناً وَبِيلًا اللَّهُمَّ أُحْلُلْ بِهِمْ نَقِمَتَكَ وَ ائْتِهِمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُونَ وَ خُذْهُمْ‌ مِنْ حَيْثُ لا يَشْعُرُونَ‌ وَ عَذِّبْهُمْ‌ عَذاباً نُكْراً وَ الْعَنْ أَعْدَاءَ نَبِيِّكَ وَ آلِ نَبِيِّكَ لَعْناً وَبِيلًا اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الْجِبْتَ وَ الطَّاغُوتَ وَ الْفَرَاعِنَةَ- إِنَّكَ عَلى‌ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Translation: Allah's blessings be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Allah's blessings be on you, O Abu Abdullah. Allah's blessings be on you, O Abu Abdullah on your soul and body. Allah's curse be on those who killed you. Allah's curse be on those who looted you. Allah's curse be on those who disappointed you. Allah's curse be on those who followed the orders of killing you, those who ordered your killing and those who took part in shedding your blood. Allah's curse be on those who heard of your killing and were pleased with it or made peace with it. I seek Allah's proximity by being aloof from following them and I follow Allah, His Messenger and the family of His Messenger. I bear witness that those who trespassed your sanctity and shed your blood are cursed by the tongue of the Prophet of Mecca. O Allah, curse those who falsified Your messengers and shed the blood of the Ahl Al-Bayt of Your Prophet, may Your blessings be on them. O Allah, curse the killers of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) and increase the painful chastisement on them. O Allah, curse the killers of Husayn Ibn Ali and the killers of the supporters of Husayn Ibn Ali. Burn them with Your blazing fires, make them taste Your wrath, increase the painful chastisement on them and curse them with a severe curse. O Allah, make Your wrath fall on them, attack them where they do not expect, seize them while they are unaware and punish them with an intense chastisement. O Allah, curse the enemies of Your Prophet and the enemies of the family of Your Prophet with a severe curse. O Allah, curse the satans and tyrant rulers and Fir’awns, indeed, You have power over everything.

Then recite:

بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكَ كَانَتْ رِحْلَتِي مَعَ بُعْدِ شُقَّتِي وَ لَكَ فَاضَتْ عَبْرَتِي- وَ عَلَيْكَ كَانَ أَسَفِي وَ نَحِيبِي وَ صُرَاخِي وَ زَفْرَتِي وَ شَهِيقِي وَ إِلَيْكَ كَانَ مَجِيئِي وَ بِكَ أَسْتَتِرُ مِنْ عَظِيمِ جُرْمِي أَتَيْتُكَ وَافِداً قَدْ أَوْقَرْتُ ظَهْرِي بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي يَا سَيِّدِي بَكَيْتُكَ يَا خِيَرَةَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ خِيَرَتِهِ وَ حَقٌّ لِي أَنْ أَبْكِيَكَ وَ قَدْ بَكَتْكَ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرَضُونَ وَ الْجِبَالُ وَ الْبِحَارُ فَمَا عُذْرِي إِنْ لَمْ أَبْكِكَ وَ قَدْ بَكَاكَ حَبِيبُ رَبِّي وَ بَكَتْكَ الْأَئِمَّةُ ع- وَ بَكَاكَ مَنْ دُونَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى إِلَى الثَّرَى جَزَعاً عَلَيْكَ

Translation: May my parents be sacrificed on you, O Abu Abdullah. I have travelled to you although my home is far, I have shed tears on you, and my sorrow, my lamentation, my wailing, my sighing and my weeping was over you. I came to you and am hiding my great sins through you. I have come to you as a visitor and a guest whose back has become heavy due to sins. May my parents be sacrificed on you, O my master. I have cried over you, O best of Allah's creation and the son of the best of Allah's creation and I should be crying over you since the heavens, the earths, the mountains and the seas have cried over you. Therefore, what can be my excuse for not crying over you while the beloved of my Lord and the Imams have cried over you and everyone below Sidratul Muntaha to the earth has cried impatiently over you.

Then touch the grave and recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَا حُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ حُجَّتِهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَ أَمِينُهُ بَلَّغْتَ نَاصِحاً وَ أَدَّيْتَ أَمِيناً وَ قُلْتَ صَادِقاً وَ قُتِلْتَ صِدِّيقاً فَمَضَيْتَ شَهِيداً وَ مَضَيْتَ عَلَى يَقِينٍ لَمْ تُؤْثِرْ عَمًى عَلَى هُدًى وَ لَمْ تَمِلْ مِنْ حَقٍّ إِلَى بَاطِلٍ وَ لَمْ تُجِبْ إِلَّا اللَّهَ وَحْدَهُ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ كُنْتَ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بَلَّغْتَ مَا أُمِرْتَ بِهِ وَ قُمْتَ بِحَقِّهِ- وَ صَدَّقْتَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكَ غَيْرَ وَاهِنٍ وَ لَا مُوهِنٍ فَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ مِنْ صِدِّيقٍ خَيْراً أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الْجِهَادَ مَعَكَ جِهَادٌ- وَ أَنَّ الْحَقَّ مَعَكَ وَ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَ مَعْدِنُهُ وَ مِيرَاثُ النُّبُوَّةِ عِنْدَكَ وَ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ وَ نَصَحْتَ وَ وَفَيْتَ وَ جَاهَدْتَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ- بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَ الْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَ مَضَيْتَ لِلَّذِي كُنْتَ عَلَيْهِ شَهِيداً [شَاهِداً] وَ مُسْتَشْهَداً وَ مَشْهُوداً فَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ طُهْرٌ طَاهِرٌ مُطَهَّرٌ مِنْ طُهْرٍ طَاهِرٍ مُطَهَّرٍ طَهُرْتَ- وَ طَهُرَتْ أَرْضٌ أَنْتَ بِهَا وَ طَهُرَ حَرَمُكَ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَمَرْتَ بِالْقِسْطِ [أَمَرْتَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَ دَعَوْتَ إِلَيْهِ‌]- وَ الْعَدْلِ وَ دَعَوْتَ إِلَيْهِمَا وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ أُمَّةً قَتَلَتْكَ أَشْرَارُ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ وَ كَفَرَتُهُ وَ إِنِّي أَسْتَشْفِعُ بِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّكَ وَ رَبِّي مِنْ جَمِيعِ ذُنُوبِي- وَ أَتَوَجَّهُ بِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ فِي جَمِيعِ حَوَائِجِي وَ رَغْبَتِي فِي أَمْرِ آخِرَتِي وَ دُنْيَايَ

Translation: Peace be on you, O Abu Abdullah, O Husayn Ibn Ali, O son of Allah's Messenger. Peace be on you, O Allah's Proof and the son of His Proof. I bear witness that you are Allah's servant and His trustee. You announced Allah's message honestly and fulfilled your duties faithfully. You said the truth, you were killed as the Most Truthful One, and you died as a martyr with certainty. You did not prefer blindness over guidance, you did not lean to falsehood and away from truth and you did not answer anyone's call except Allah's. I bear witness that you had insight about your Lord, you announced that which you were commanded to and you fulfilled your duties to Him. You believed in the truth of those who preceded you without weakness and sloth. Allah's blessings and peace be on you. May Allah reward you, O Most Truthful one with the best of rewards. I bear witness that Jihad is Jihad only if it is with you. And that truth is with you and it leads to you and that you are the source of truth and from among its people. And that the inheritance of prophethood is with you and with your Ahl Al-Bayt. I bear witness that you conveyed Allah's message, advised people, remained loyal to Allah and fought in the way of Allah with wisdom and good advice. that you died the way you lived - as a martyr who desired martyrdom and who was witnessed. Allah's blessings and peace be on you. I bear witness that you are purity, you are pure and purified and that you are the son of purity, the pure and purified one. You are pure, the land in which you are is purified and your tomb is purified. I bear witness that you enjoined equity and justice and you called to it. And I bear witness that the people who killed you are the most evil and the most disbelieving creatures of Allah. I ask Allah, your Lord and my Lord, for intercession through you for all of my sins and I turn to Allah through you for all of my wishes and needs which pertain to matters of the Hereafter and this life.

Then put your right cheek on the grave and recite:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ هَذَا الْقَبْرِ وَ مَنْ فِيهِ وَ بِحَقِّ هَذِهِ الْقُبُورِ وَ مَنْ أَسْكَنْتَهَا أَنْ تَكْتُبَ اسْمِي عِنْدَكَ فِي أَسْمَائِهِمْ حَتَّى تُورِدَنِي مَوَارِدَهُمْ وَ تُصْدِرَنِي مَصَادِرَهُمْ- إِنَّكَ عَلى‌ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Translation: O Allah, I ask You through the right of this grave and he who is interned in it, and through the right of these graves and those whom You have made to dwell in them, to record my name with You among their names so that You take me to where they are and make me reach where they have reached. Indeed, You have power over everything.

Then recite:

رَبِّ أَفْحَمَتْنِي ذُنُوبِي وَ قَطَعَتْ مَقَالَتِي- فَلَا حُجَّةَ لِي وَ لَا عُذْرَ لِي فَأَنَا الْمُقِرُّ بِذَنْبِي الْأَسِيرُ بِبَلِيَّتِي الْمُرْتَهِنُ بِعَمَلِي الْمُتَجَلِّدُ فِي خَطِيئَتِي الْمُتَحَيِّرُ عَنْ قَصْدِي الْمُنْقَطَعُ بِي قَدْ أَوْقَفْتُ نَفْسِي يَا رَبِّ مَوْقِفَ الْأَشْقِيَاءِ الْأَذِلَّاءِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ الْمُجْتَرِءِينَ عَلَيْكَ الْمُسْتَخِفِّينَ بِوَعِيدِكَ يَا سُبْحَانَكَ أَيَّ جُرْأَةٍ اجْتَرَأْتُ عَلَيْكَ وَ أَيَّ تَغْرِيرٍ غَرَرْتُ‌ بِنَفْسِي وَ أَيُّ سَكْرَةٍ أَوْبَقَتْنِي وَ أَيُّ غَفْلَةٍ أَعْطَبَتْنِي مَا كَانَ أَقْبَحَ سُوءَ نَظَرِي وَ أَوْحَشَ فِعْلِي يَا سَيِّدِي فَارْحَمْ كَبْوَتِي لِحُرِّ وَجْهِي وَ زَلَّةَ قَدَمِي وَ تَعْفِيرِي فِي التُّرَابِ خَدِّي وَ نَدَامَتِي عَلَى مَا فَرَطَ مِنِّي وَ أَقِلْنِي عَثْرَتِي وَ ارْحَمْ صُرَاخِي وَ عَبْرَتِي وَ اقْبَلْ مَعْذِرَتِي وَ عُدْ بِحِلْمِكَ عَلَى جَهْلِي- وَ بِإِحْسَانِكَ عَلَى خَطِيئَاتِي وَ بِعَفْوِكَ عَلَيَّ رَبِّ أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ قَسَاوَةَ قَلْبِي وَ ضَعْفَ عَمَلِي فَامْنَحْ بِمَسْأَلَتِي فَأَنَا الْمُقِرُّ بِذَنْبِي الْمُعْتَرِفُ بِخَطِيئَتِي وَ هَذِهِ يَدِي وَ نَاصِيَتِي أَسْتَكِينُ لَكَ بِالْقَوَدِ مِنْ نَفْسِي فَاقْبَلْ تَوْبَتِي وَ نَفِّسْ كُرْبَتِي وَ ارْحَمْ خُشُوعِي وَ خُضُوعِي وَ انْقِطَاعِي إِلَيْكَ سَيِّدِي وَا أَسَفَا عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنِّي وَ تَضَرُّعِي وَ تَعْفِيرِي فِي تُرَابِ قَبْرِ ابْنِ نَبِيِّكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ فَأَنْتَ رَجَائِي وَ ظَهْرِي وَ عُدَّتِي وَ مُعْتَمَدِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Translation: O Lord, my sins have left no excuses for me and have left me dumb, so I have no argument or excuse. I admit to my sins and I am the prisoner of the afflictions, which I have inflicted on myself. I am held hostage by my actions, compelled by my mistakes, confused about my target and unable to reach it. O Lord, indeed, I have placed myself in the position of the wretched, disgraced and sinful ones who have dared You and underestimated Your promise of punishment. You are glorified. How dare I challenge You? And with what enticement have I deceived myself? And what intoxication impaired me? And what negligence overcame me? How terrible my evil thinking is! And how inhumane my actions are! O my master, have mercy on me for falling down on my face, for that which has happened to me, for the slipping of my foot, for putting my cheek on dust and for regretting my mistakes. Disregard my mistakes and have mercy on my wailing and tears. Accept my apology, overlook my ignorance with Your patience and my mistakes with Your beneficence and turn to me with Your forgiveness. O Lord, I complain to You of the harshness of my heart and the weakness of my deeds, so fulfil my requests. I am the one who has testified his sins and has admitted to his mistakes. This is my hand and my forehead and I have surrendered myself with shackles to You, so accept my repentance and relieve my anguish. O my master, have mercy on my humility, my submission and my devotion to you. And on my sorrow over that which I have done, for begging to You and for covering my face with the dust of the grave of the son of Your Prophet before You. Indeed, You are my hope, my support and my means and I rely on You. There is no god except You.

Then say Allahu Akbar thirty-five times, raise your hands and recite:

إِلَيْكَ يَا رَبِّ صَمَدْتُ مِنْ أَرْضِي وَ إِلَى ابْنِ نَبِيِّكَ قَطَعْتُ الْبِلَادَ- رَجَاءً لِلْمَغْفِرَةِ فَكُنْ لِي يَا وَلِيَّ اللَّهِ سَكَناً وَ شَفِيعاً وَ كُنْ بِي رَحِيماً وَ كُنْ لِي مَنْحاً [مُمْنِحاً] يَوْمَ لَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ارْتَضى‌ يَوْمَ لَا تَنْفَعُ‌ شَفاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ‌ وَ يَوْمَ يَقُولُ أَهْلُ الضَّلَالَةِ- فَما لَنا مِنْ شافِعِينَ وَ لا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ‌ فَكُنْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي مَقَامِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَبِّي لِي مُنْقِذاً فَقَدْ عَظُمَ جُرْمِي إِذَا ارْتَعَدَتْ فَرَائِصِي وَ أُخِذَ بِسَمْعِي وَ أَنَا مُنَكِّسٌ رَأْسِي بِمَا قَدَّمْتُ مِنْ سُوءِ عَمَلِي وَ أَنَا عَادٍ كَمَا وَلَدَتْنِي أُمِّي وَ رَبِّي يَسْأَلُنِي فَكُنْ لِي شَفِيعاً وَ مُنْقِذاً فَقَدْ أَعْدَدْتُكَ لِيَوْمِ حَاجَتِي وَ يَوْمِ فَقْرِي وَ فَاقَتِي

Translation: O Lord, I have left my homeland to come to You and I have travelled across the countries to the son of Your Prophet seeking forgiveness. Therefore, O Wali of Allah, be my peace, be my intercessor and be merciful to me. Act as my saviour on the day when no intercession shall avail with Him except for those whom he approves, on the day when the intercession of the intercessors shall not avail and on the day when those who have gone astray shall say: “So we have no intercessors, Nor a true friend.” So be my saviour on that day, the day when I will stand before my Lord with such great crimes, which will make me tremble with fear and deafen me while I have lowered my head because of the evil deeds which I have brought forth, and while I will be naked just like when my mother gave birth to me and my Lord will be questioning me. So be my saviour and intercessor on that day, for you are what I have prepared for the day of my need, my poverty and my indigence.

Then put your cheek on the grave and recite:

اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْ تَضَرُّعِي فِي تُرَابِ قَبْرِ ابْنِ نَبِيِّكَ فَإِنِّي فِي مَوْضِعِ رَحْمَةٍ يَا رَبِّ

Translation: O Allah, have mercy on me for begging to You on the dust of the grave of the son of Your Prophet, for indeed, I am in the place where Your mercy can be expected.

Also recite:

بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ قَاتِلِكَ وَ مِنْ سَالِبِكَ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ مَعَكَ‌ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزاً عَظِيماً وَ أَبْذُلُ مُهْجَتِي فِيكَ وَ أَقِيكَ بِنَفْسِي وَ كُنْتُ فِيمَنْ أَقَامَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ حَتَّى يُسْفَكَ دَمِي مَعَكَ- فَأَظْفُرَ مَعَكَ بِالسَّعَادَةِ وَ الْفَوْزِ بِالْجَنَّةِ

Translation: May my parents be sacrificed on you, O son of Allah's Messenger. I seek proximity to Allah by being aloof from your killers and those who looted you. I wish I had been there with you so that I would have achieved a great victory, given the blood of my heart for you and protected you with my life. I wish I had been among those who stood before you so that my blood would have been shed with you and that I would have earned everlasting happiness with you in Paradise.

Also recite:

لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ رَمَاكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ طَعَنَكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنِ اجْتَزَّ رَأْسَكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ حَمَلَ رَأْسَكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ نَكَتَ بِقَضِيبِهِ بَيْنَ ثَنَايَاكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ أَبْكَى نِسَاءَكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ أَيْتَمَ أَوْلَادَكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ أَعَانَ عَلَيْكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ سَارَ إِلَيْكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ مَنَعَكَ مِنْ مَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ غَشَّكَ وَ خَلَّاكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ سَمِعَ صَوْتَكَ فَلَمْ يُجِبْكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ ابْنَ آكِلَةِ الْأَكْبَادِ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ ابْنَهُ وَ أَعْوَانَهُ وَ أَتْبَاعَهُ وَ أَنْصَارَهُ وَ ابْنَ سُمَيَّةَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ جَمِيعَ قَاتِلِيكَ وَ قَاتِلِي أَبِيكَ وَ مَنْ أَعَانَ عَلَى قَتْلِكُمْ وَ حَشَا اللَّهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ وَ بُطُونَهُمْ وَ قُبُورَهُمْ نَاراً وَ عَذَّبَهُمْ عَذَاباً أَلِيماً

Translation: Allah's curse be on one that threw an arrow at you. Allah's curse be on one that stabbed you. Allah's curse be on one that beheaded you. Allah's curse be on one that carried your severed head. Allah's curse be on one that hit at your teeth with his baton. Allah's curse be on one that made your ladies weep. Allah's curse be on one that made your children orphans. Allah's curse be on one that helped your enemies against you. Allah's curse be on one that travelled to join forces against you. Allah's curse be on one that forbade you from the water of Euphrates. Allah's curse be on one that cheated and abandoned you. Allah's curse be on one that heard your voice but did not answer your call for help. Allah's curse be on the son of the eater of livers. Allah's curse be on his son and the son of Sumayyah and on his supporters, helpers and followers. Allah's curse be on all of your killers and the killers of your father and those who helped them to kill you. May Allah fill their guts, stomachs and their graves with fire and punish them with a painful chastisement.

Then recite the Tasbih of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) a thousand times besides his head.

You can also choose to move to his feet and supplicate as I will explain later. Then come back to his head and recite the Tasbih. The Tasbih should be recited after praying the Prayers of Ziyarah and it is as follows:

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا تَبِيدُ مَعَالِمُهُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا تَنْقُصُ خَزَائِنُهُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا انْقِطَاعَ‌ لِمُدَّتِهِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا يَنْفَدُ مَا عِنْدَهُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا اضْمِحْلَالَ لِفَخْرِهِ- سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا يُشَاوِرُ أَحَداً فِي أَمْرِهِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ

Translation: Glorified is He whose signs do not perish. Glorified is He whose Time does not end. Glorified is He whom that which is with Him will not vanish. Glorified is He whose glory does not fade. Glorified is He who does not consult anyone in His affairs. Glorified is He who there is no god but Him.

Then move besides his feet, place your hand on the grave and recite:

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ صَبَرْتَ وَ أَنْتَ الصَّادِقُ الْمُصَدَّقُ قَتَلَ اللَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَكُمْ بِالْأَيْدِي وَ الْأَلْسُنِ

Translation: Allah's blessings be on you, O Abu Abdullah - three times. You remained patient and you are the truthful one whose truthfulness is certified. May Allah kill those who killed you with their hands and tongues.

And recite:

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ الْأَرْبَابِ- صَرِيخَ الْأَخْيَارِ إِنِّي عُذْتُ مَعَاذاً فَفُكَّ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ جِئْتُكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهُ وَافِداً إِلَيْكَ أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَى اللَّهِ فِي جَمِيعِ حَوَائِجِي مِنْ أَمْرِ آخِرَتِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ بِكَ يَتَوَسَّلُ الْمُتَوَسِّلُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ فِي جَمِيعِ حَوَائِجِهِمْ وَ بِكَ يُدْرِكُ أَهْلُ الثَّوَابِ مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ طَلِبَتَهُمْ- أَسْأَلُ وَلِيَّكَ وَ وَلِيَّنَا أَنْ يَجْعَلَ حَظِّي مِنْ زِيَارَتِكَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ الْمَغْفِرَةَ لِذُنُوبِي اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ تَنْصُرُهُ وَ تَنْتَصِرُ بِهِ لِدِينِكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ

Translation: O Allah, Lord of the lords. O rescuer of the righteous. I have truly sought refuge; so release me from Hell. O son of Allah's Messenger, I have come to you as your guest begging Allah in all of my requests which pertain to matters of the Hereafter and this life. And those who beg Allah, beg Him through you in all of their requests. It is through you that the requests of those slaves of Allah, who are rewarded are fulfilled. I ask He, who has more authority on you and on us, to bless Muhammad and his progeny and to forgive my sins as my reward for your Ziyarah. O Allah, make us among those whom You support and use to support Your religion in this life and in the Hereafter.

Then put your cheeks on the grave and recite:

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ الْحُسَيْنِ اشْفِ صَدْرَ الْحُسَيْنِ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ الْحُسَيْنِ اطْلُبْ بِدَمِ الْحُسَيْنِ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ الْحُسَيْنِ انْتَقِمْ مِمَّنْ رَضِيَ بِقَتْلِ الْحُسَيْنِ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ الْحُسَيْنِ انْتَقِمْ مِمَّنْ خَالَفَ الْحُسَيْنَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ الْحُسَيْنِ انْتَقِمْ مِمَّنْ فَرِحَ بِقَتْلِ الْحُسَيْنِ

Translation: O Allah, O lord of Husayn, heal the breast of Husayn. O Allah, O lord of Husayn, avenge the blood of Husayn. O Allah, O lord of Husayn, take revenge from those who are pleased with the killing of Husayn. O Allah, O lord of Husayn, take revenge from those who oppose Husayn. O Allah, O lord of Husayn, take revenge from those who are happy about the killing of Husayn.

And continuously beg Allah to curse the killers of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a). Then recite the Tasbih of Fatimah Zahra (‘a) a thousand times besides his feet. And if you cannot recite it a thousand times, recite it a hundred times. It is as follows:

سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْعِزِّ الشَّامِخِ الْمُنِيفِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ الْفَاخِرِ الْعَظِيمِ [الْعَمِيمِ‌]- سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْمُلْكِ الْفَاخِرِ الْقَدِيمِ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْمُلْكِ الْفَاخِرِ الْعَظِيمِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَبِسَ الْعِزَّ وَ الْجَمَالَ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ تَرَدَّى بِالنُّورِ وَ الْوَقَارِ- سُبْحَانَ مَنْ يَرَى أَثَرَ النَّمْلِ فِي الصَّفَا وَ خَفَقَانَ الطَّيْرِ فِي الْهَوَاءِ َ.

Translation: Glorified is the owner of glory, the exalted, the great. Glorified is the owner of majesty and honour, the superior, the great. Glorified is the owner of the kingdom, the superior, the great. Glorified is He who is clothed with glory and beauty. Glorified is He who is covered with light and dignity. Glorified is He who sees the marks of an ant on flat surfaces and the flapping of wings of the birds in the sky.

Glorified is He who is like this and no one but Him is like this.

Then go to the grave of Ali Ibn Husayn ('a) located at the feet of Imam Al-Husayn ('a) and recite standing there:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ- وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ وَ ابْنَ خَلِيفَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ مُضَاعَفَةً كُلَّمَا طَلَعَتْ شَمْسٌ أَوْ غَرَبَتْ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى رُوحِكَ وَ بَدَنِكَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي مِنْ مَذْبُوحٍ وَ مَقْتُولٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ جُرْمٍ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي دَمَكَ الْمُرْتَقَى بِهِ إِلَى حَبِيبِ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي مِنْ مُقَدَّمٍ بَيْنَ يَدِي أَبِيكَ يَحْتَسِبُكَ وَ يَبْكِي عَلَيْكَ مُحْتَرِقاً عَلَيْكَ قَلْبُهُ يَرْفَعُ دَمَكَ بِكَفِّهِ إِلَى أَعْنَانِ السَّمَاءِ- لَا يَرْجِعُ مِنْهُ قَطْرَةٌ وَ لَا تَسْكُنُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَبِيكَ زَفْرَةٌ وَدَّعَكَ لِلْفِرَاقِ- فَمَكَانُكُمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَعَ آبَائِكَ الْمَاضِينَ وَ مَعَ أُمَّهَاتِكَ فِي الْجِنَانِ مُنَّعَمِينَ- أَبْرَأُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِمَّنْ قَتَلَكَ وَ ذَبَحَكَ

Translation: Peace be on you, O son of Allah's Messenger and Allah's blessings and mercy be on you. O son of Allah's Caliph and O son of the daughter of Allah's Messenger. May exceeding mercy of Allah be on you and His blessings for as long as the sun rises and sets. Peace be on you and on your soul and body. May my parents be sacrificed on you, O slaughtered one who was killed without any crime. May my parents be sacrificed on you, O one whose blood was taken up to the beloved of Allah. May my parents be sacrificed on you, you came before your father who was crying over you while being patient, expecting the reward for losing you. His heart was aching over. you and he raised your blood with his hands to the heavens and not even one drop from your blood returned to the earth. The weeping of your father over you did not stop after he bade farewell to you. Indeed, the position of the two of you with Allah is with your forefathers and with your mothers, who are blessed in the heavens. I seek proximity to Allah by being aloof from those who killed you and slaughtered you.

Now fall on the grave, place your hands on it and recite:

سَلَامُ اللَّهِ وَ سَلَامُ مَلَائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أَنْبِيَائِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ عِبَادِهِ الصَّالِحِينَ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ وَ ابْنَ مَوْلَايَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى عِتْرَتِكَ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ وَ آبَائِكَ وَ أَبْنَائِكَ وَ أُمَّهَاتِكَ الْأَخْيَارِ الْأَبْرَارِ الَّذِينَ أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَ طَهَّرَهُمْ تَطْهِيراً السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ ابْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ قَاتِلَكَ وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنِ اسْتَخَفَّ بِحَقِّكُمْ وَ قَتَلَكُمْ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ وَ مَنْ مَضَى نَفْسِي فِدَاؤُكُمْ‌ وَ لِمَضْجَعِكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً كَثِيراً

Translation: Peace of Allah and peace of His proximate angels, His prophet messengers and His righteous slaves be on you, O my master and the son of my master and may Allah mercy be on you and His blessings. Allah's blessings be on you and on your pious and righteous progeny, family, fathers, children and mothers, those from whom Allah kept away all impurities and purified them with a thorough purification. Peace to you, O son of Allah's Messenger, son of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a) and son of Husayn Ibn Ali and Allah's mercy be on you and His blessings. Allah 's curse be on your killers. Allah's curse be on those who disregarded your rights and killed you. Allah 's curse be on those among them who have died and those among them who remain.

May I be sacrificed. for you and for you r graves. Allah's blessing and increasing peace be on you.

Then put your cheek on the grave and recite:

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي أَتَيْتُكَ زَائِراً وَافِداً عَائِذاً مِمَّا جَنَيْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَ احْتَطَبْتُ عَلَى ظَهْرِي- أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ وَلِيَّكَ وَ وَلِيِّي أَنْ يَجْعَلَ حَظِّي مِنْ زِيَارَتِكَ عِتْقَ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ

Translation: Allah's blessing be on you, O Aba Al-Hasan; Allah's blessing be on you, O Aba Al-Hasan; Allah's blessing be on you, O Abu l Hasan. May my parents be sacrificed on you. I have come to your Ziyarah as your guest while I seek refuge from my crimes against myself and the sins which I carry on my back. I ask Allah, who has more authority on you and on me, to release me from Hell as my reward for your Ziyarah.

Then pray for your needs and go around Imam Al-Husayn's ('a) grave until you reach his head. Pray two Rakats there. In the first Rakat, recite Surah Hamd and Surah Yasin and in the second Rakat recite Surah Hamd and Surah Rahman. You can pray behind the grave if you want but it is better to pray besides his head. After that you can pray as many prayers as you want. But you have to pray the two Rakats of Ziyarah besides each grave. After that raise your hands and recite:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا أَتَيْنَاهُ مُؤْمِنِينَ بِهِ مُسَلِّمِينَ لَهُ مُعْتَصِمِينَ بِحَبْلِهِ عَارِفِينَ بِحَقِّهِ مُقِرِّينَ بِفَضْلِهِ مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ بِضَلَالَةِ مَنْ خَالَفَهُ عَارِفِينَ بِالْهُدَى الَّذِي هُوَ عَلَيْهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ وَ أُشْهِدُ مَنْ حَضَرَ مِنْ مَلَائِكَتِكَ إِنِّي بِهِمْ مُؤْمِنٌ وَ إِنِّي بِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ كَافِرٌ- اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِمَا أَقُولُ بِلِسَانِي حَقِيقَةً فِي قَلْبِي وَ شَرِيعَةً فِي عَمَلِي- اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ لَهُ مَعَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ قَدَمٌ ثَابِتٌ وَ أَثْبِتْنِي فِيمَنِ اسْتُشْهِدَ مَعَهُ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَتَكَ كُفْراً سُبْحَانَكَ يَا حَلِيمُ- عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَ‌ فِي الْأَرْضِ تَبَارَكْتَ وَ تَعَالَيْتَ يَا عَظِيمُ- تَرَى عَظِيمَ الْجُرْمِ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ فَلَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ تَعَالَيْتَ يَا كَرِيمُ أَنْتَ شَاهِدٌ غَيْرُ غَائِبٍ وَ عَالِمٌ بِمَا أُوتِيَ إِلَى أَهْلِ صِفْوَتِكَ وَ أَحِبَّائِكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ الَّذِي لَا تَحْمِلُهُ سَمَاءٌ وَ لَا أَرْضٌ وَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَانْتَقَمْتَ مِنْهُمْ وَ لَكِنَّكَ ذُو أَنَاةٍ وَ قَدْ أَمْهَلْتَ الَّذِينَ اجْتَرَءُوا عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى رَسُولِكَ وَ حَبِيبِكَ فَأَسْكَنْتَهُمْ‌ أَرْضَكَ وَ غَذَوْتَهُمْ بِنِعْمَتِكَ إِلَى أَجَلٍ هُمْ بَالِغُوهُ وَ وَقْتٍ هُمْ صَائِرُونَ إِلَيْهِ لِيَسْتَكْمِلُوا الْعَمَلَ الَّذِي قَدَّرْتَ وَ الْأَجَلَ الَّذِي أَجَّلْتَ لِتُخَلِّدَهُمْ فِي مَحَطٍّ وَ وَثَاقٍ وَ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ وَ حَمِيمٍ وَ غَسَّاقٍ وَ الضَّرِيعِ وَ الْإِحْرَاقِ وَ الْأَغْلَالِ وَ الْأَوْثَاقِ وَ غِسْلِينٍ وَ زَقُّومٍ وَ صَدِيدٍ مَعَ طُولِ الْمُقَامِ فِي أَيَّامِ لَظًى وَ فِي سَقَرَ الَّتِي‌ لا تُبْقِي وَ لا تَذَرُ وَ فِي الْحَمِيمِ وَ الْجَحِيمِ

Translation: O Allah, we have come to him while we believe in him, submit to him, cling to his rope, understand his rights, admit to his merits, are endowed with insight about the deviation of those who opposed him, and we are aware of the guidance on which he was. O Allah, I make You as witness and I make those of Your angels who are present as witnesses that I believe in them and I reject those who killed them. O Allah, make that which I say with my tongue and my heart as a truth and a guideline for my actions. O Allah, make me among those who have their steps steady with Husayn Ibn Ali and record me among those who were martyred with him. O Allah, curse those who changed Your blessings through ungratefulness. You are glorified, O one who remains patient despite the actions of the oppressors on the earth. O great one, You are blessed and exalted, You see the great crimes of the people but do not haste to punish them. O honourable one, You are exalted. You are a witness and You are not absent. You know that which was committed against Your chosen ones and Your loved ones, that which the heavens and the earth cannot bear. If You had willed, You would have avenged them. However, You are patient and You have given respite to those who dared You and dared Your Messenger and beloved. You allowed them to dwell in Your earth, You fed them from Your blessings until a set time which will come to them and until a time to which they are moving, such that they complete the actions which You have destined for them and that they come to the time which You have set for them. This is when You shall make them dwell eternally in destruction and in shackles in the fire of Hell, in Hamim and Ghassaq hurt by burning thorns and chained and manacled in Ghislin, Zaqqum and Sadid. They shall last forever in the time of burning in the fire of Saqar which leaves naught nor does it spare aught and they shall remain in Hamim and Hellfire forever.

Then fall on the grave and recite:

يَا سَيِّدِي أَتَيْتُكَ زَائِراً مُوقَراً بِالذُّنُوبِ أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَى رَبِّي بِوُفُودِي إِلَيْكَ وَ بُكَائِي عَلَيْكَ وَ عَوِيلِي وَ حَسْرَتِي وَ أَسَفِي وَ بُكَائِي وَ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَى نَفْسِي رَجَاءَ أَنْ تَكُونَ لِي حِجَاباً وَ سَنَداً وَ كَهْفاً وَ حِرْزاً وَ شَافِعاً وَ وِقَايَةً مِنَ النَّارِ غَداً وَ أَنَا مِنْ مَوَالِيكُمُ الَّذِينَ أُعَادِي عَدُوَّكُمْ وَ أُوَالِي وَلِيَّكُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَحْيَى وَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَمُوتُ وَ عَلَيْهِ أُبْعَثُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَ قَدْ أَشْخَصْتُ بَدَنِي وَ وَدَّعْتُ أَهْلِي وَ بَعُدَتْ شُقَّتِي وَ أُؤَمِّلُ فِي قُرْبِكُمُ النَّجَاةَ وَ أَرْجُو فِي أَيَّامِكُمُ الْكَرَّةَ وَ أَطْمَعُ فِي النَّظَرِ إِلَيْكُمْ وَ إِلَى مَكَانِكُمْ غَداً فِي جَنَّاتِ رَبِّي مَعَ آبَائِكُمُ الْمَاضِينَ

Translation: O my master, I have come to your Ziyarah carrying my sins and seeking proximity to my Lord by coming to you, crying, lamenting, grieving, mourning and weeping over you. And carrying that about which I am afraid, hoping that you will keep me away from Hell and that you will be my support, my cave, my protector and my intercessor and that you will guard me from the Fire tomorrow. I am one of your followers who dissociates himself from your enemies and loves your friends. And InshaAllah, I shall live, die and be resurrected on this (faith). Indeed, I have bid farewell to my family and have travelled to you. I am far from my home, hoping to be saved by being close to you. I hope to return in your time and I hope to look at you and your positions in the heavens of my Lord tomorrow along with your forefathers.

Then recite:

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَا حُسَيْنَ ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ جِئْتُكَ مُسْتَشْفِعاً بِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَشْفِعُ إِلَيْكَ بِوَلَدِ حَبِيبِكَ وَ بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ الَّذِينَ يَضِجُّونَ عَلَيْهِ وَ يَبْكُونَ وَ يَصْرُخُونَ‌ لا يَفْتُرُونَ‌ وَ لا يَسْأَمُونَ‌ وَ هُمْ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ مُشْفِقُونَ وَ مِنْ عَذَابِكَ حَذِرُونَ لَا تُغَيِّرُهُمُ الْأَيَّامُ وَ لَا يَنْهَزِمُونَ مِنْ نَوَاحِي الْحَيْرِ يَشْهَقُونَ وَ سَيِّدُهُمْ يَرَى مَا يَصْنَعُونَ وَ مَا فِيهِ يَتَقَلَّبُونَ قَدِ انْهَمَلَتْ مِنْهُمُ الْعُيُونُ فَلَا تَرْقَأُ وَ اشْتَدَّ مِنْهُمُ الْحَزَنُ بِحُرْقَةٍ لَا تُطْفَى

Translation: O Abu Abdullah, O Husayn, son of Allah's Messenger. I have come to you seeking your intercession with Allah. O Allah, I seek the intercession of the son of Your beloved with You. And I seek the intercession of the angels who weep, cry and scream over him, the angels who do not slacken, who are never bored, who are alert of Your fear, who are cautious of Your punishment, who do not change with time nor do they get old. They weep in the corners of the shrine and their master can see what they are doing and how restless they are. Their eyes do not stop shedding tears and their agony continues to increase and is never pacified.

Then raise your hands and recite:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مَسْأَلَةَ الْمِسْكِينِ الْمُسْتَكِينِ الْعَلِيلِ الذَّلِيلِ الَّذِي لَمْ يُرِدْ بِمَسْأَلَتِهِ غَيْرَكَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تُدْرِكْهُ رَحْمَتُكَ عَطِبَ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُدَارِكَنِي بِلُطْفٍ مِنْكَ وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي لَا يَخِيبُ سَائِلُكَ وَ تُعْطِي الْمَغْفِرَةَ وَ تَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ فَلَا أَكُونَنَّ يَا سَيِّدِي أَنَا أَهْوَنَ خَلْقِكَ عَلَيْكَ وَ لَا أَكُونُ أَهْوَنَ مَنْ وَفَدَ إِلَيْكَ بِابْنِ حَبِيبِكَ فَإِنِّي أَمَّلْتُ وَ رَجَوْتُ وَ طَمِعْتُ وَ زُرْتُ وَ اغْتَرَبْتُ رَجَاءً لَكَ أَنْ تُكَافِئَنِي إِذْ أَخْرَجْتَنِي مِنْ رَحْلِي فَأَذِنْتَ لِي بِالْمَسِيرِ إِلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ رَحْمَةً مِنْكَ وَ تَفَضُّلًا مِنْكَ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ

Translation: O Allah, I am begging to You as a poor, humble, weak and humiliated slave, who does not make his request to anyone but You and if Your mercy does not save him, he shall be destroyed. I ask You to save me with Your kindness, for verily You are the one who does not disappoint those who ask Him. You give pardon and forgive sins. O my master, do not make me the least valuable of Your slaves and do make me the least valuable of those who came to You through the son of Your beloved. Indeed, I have hoped, begged and sought Your mercy. I have abandoned my homeland and come to Ziyarah, hoping that You will reward me now that You have made me travel and have allowed me to come to this place with Your mercy and grace, O Beneficent, O Merciful.

Beg to Allah with as much sincerity as you can and pray more InshaAllah. Then leave the roofed chamber and come to the graves of the martyrs. Point to all of them and recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْقُبُورِ مِنْ أَهْلِ دِيَارٍ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ‌ بِما صَبَرْتُمْ فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَنْصَارَ اللَّهِ وَ أَنْصَارَ رَسُولِهِ وَ أَنْصَارَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ أَنْصَارَ ابْنِ رَسُولِهِ وَ أَنْصَارَ دِينِهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكُمْ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ كَأَيِّنْ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ قاتَلَ مَعَهُ رِبِّيُّونَ كَثِيرٌ فَما وَهَنُوا لِما أَصابَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ- وَ ما ضَعُفُوا وَ مَا اسْتَكانُوا فَمَا ضَعُفْتُمْ وَ مَا اسْتَكَنْتُمْ حَتَّى لَقِيتُمُ اللَّهَ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْحَقِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ عَلَى أَرْوَاحِكُمْ وَ أَبْدَانِكُمْ وَ أَجْسَادِكُمْ- أَبْشِرُوا بِمَوْعِدِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا خُلْفَ لَهُ وَ لَا تَبْدِيلَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ وَعْدَهُ وَ اللَّهُ مُدْرِكٌ بِكُمْ ثَارَ مَا وَعَدَكُمْ أَنْتُمْ خَاصَّةُ اللَّهِ اخْتَصَّكُمُ اللَّهُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنْتُمُ الشُّهَدَاءُ وَ أَنْتُمُ السُّعَدَاءُ سَعِدْتُمْ‌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَ فُزْتُمْ بِالدَّرَجَاتِ مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ لَا يَظْعَنُ أَهْلُهَا وَ لَا يَهْرَمُونَ- وَ رَضُوا بِالْمُقَامِ فِي دَارِ السَّلَامِ مَعَ مَنْ نَصَرْتُمْ جَزَاكُمُ اللَّهُ خَيْراً مِنْ أَعْوَانٍ جَزَاءَ مَنْ صَبَرَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَنْجَزَ اللَّهُ مَا وَعَدَكُمْ مِنَ الْكَرَامَةِ فِي جِوَارِهِ وَ دَارِه مَعَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ قَائِدِ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي حَمَلَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ حَتَّى أَرَانِي مَصَارِعَكُمْ أَنْ يُرِيَنِيكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ رِوَاءً مَرْوِيِّينَ وَ يُرِيَنِي أَعْدَاءَكُمْ فِي أَسْفَلِ دَرْكٍ مِنَ الْجَحِيمِ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَتَلُوكُمْ ظُلْماً وَ أَرَادُوا إِمَاتَةَ الْحَقِّ وَ سَلَبُوكُمْ لِابْنِ سُمَيَّةَ وَ ابْنِ آكِلَةِ الْأَكْبَادِ فَأَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُرِيَنِيهِمْ ظِمَاءً مُظْمَئِينَ مُسَلْسَلِينَ مُغَلْغَلِينَ يُسَاقُونَ إِلَى الْجَحِيمِ- السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَنْصَارَ اللَّهِ وَ أَنْصَارَ ابْنِ رَسُولِهِ مِنِّي مَا بَقِيتُ وَ بَقِيَ اللَّيْلُ وَ النَّهَارُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ دَائِماً إِذَا فَنِيتُ وَ بُلِيتُ لَهْفِي عَلَيْكُمْ أَيُّ مُصِيبَةٍ أَصَابَتْ كُلَّ مَوْلًى لِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ لَقَدْ عَظُمَتْ وَ خُصَّتْ وَ جَلَّتْ وَ عَمَّتْ مُصِيبَتُكُمْ أَنَا بِكُمْ لَجَزِعٌ وَ أَنَا بِكُمْ لَمُوجَعٌ مَحْزُونٌ- وَ أَنَا بِكُمْ لَمُصَابٌ مَلْهُوفٌ هَنِيئاً لَكُمْ مَا أُعْطِيتُمْ وَ هَنِيئاً لَكُمْ مَا بِهِ حُيِّيتُمْ- فَلَقَدْ بَكَتْكُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَ حَفَّتْكُمْ وَ سَكَنَتْ مُعَسْكَرَكُمْ وَ حَلَّتْ مَصَارِعَكُمْ- وَ قَدَّسَتْ وَ صَفَّتْ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا عَلَيْكُمْ لَيْسَ لَهَا عَنْكُمْ فِرَاقٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ التَّلَاقِ- وَ يَوْمِ الْمَحْشَرِ وَ يَوْمِ الْمَنْشَرِ طَافَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ رَحْمَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ بَلَغْتُمْ بِهَا شَرَفَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ أَتَيْتُكُمْ شَوْقاً وَ زُرْتُكُمْ خَوْفاً أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُرِيَنِيكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ وَ فِي الْجِنَانِ مَعَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ‌ وَ الشُّهَداءِ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ وَ حَسُنَ أُولئِكَ رَفِيقاً ِ‌

Translation: Peace be on you and Allah's mercy and His blessings. Peace be on you, O inhabitants of the graves from among the inhabitants of the land of the believers. Peace be on you because you were constant, how excellent, is then the issue of the abode. Peace be on you, O friends of Allah. Peace be on you, O supporters of Allah. O supporters of His messengers, O supporters of Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a), O supporters of the son of His Messenger an O supporters of His religion. I bear witness that you are Allah's supporters as Allah, the great and Almighty said, “And how many a prophet has fought with whom were many worshippers of the Lord; so they did not become weak-hearted on account of what befell them in Allah's way, nor did they weaken, nor did they abase themselves.” Indeed, you were not weakened and you did not humble yourself before your enemies until you met Allah on the path of truth. Allah's blessings be on you, on your souls, bodies and corpses. Rejoice in the promise of Allah which will not change or fail. “...surely Allah will not fail (His) promise.” And Allah shall avenge you as He promised you. You are Allah's chosen ones and He chose you for Abu Abdullah ('a). You are the martyrs and you are the victorious ones. You achieved victory with Allah and earned the highest ranks in the heavens, where its inhabitants do not age, do not get old and are pleased with their positions in the land of peace along with he that you supported. May Allah reward you with the best of rewards of the supporters, the reward of those who remained patient supporting Allah's Messenger. May Allah fulfil His promise of honouring you by making you neighbours with him and allowing you to dwell with him in his place along with the prophets and messengers and Amir Al-Mu’minin ('a), leader of the bright-faced. I ask Allah, who brought me to you and allowed me to see your place of martyrdom, to allow me to see you by the pool while our thirst is quenched and to allow me to see your enemies in the lowest places in Hell. Indeed, they killed you unjustly; they wanted to kill the truth; and they looted you for the son of Sumayyah and the son of the liver-eater. Therefore, I ask Allah to allow me to see them thirsty, chained and shackled as they are dragged to Hell. Peace be on you, O supporters of Allah and supporters of the son of His Messenger for as long as I live and for as long as there is night and day. Peace be on you after I die and perish and forever. I grieve on you! What a tragedy befell every follower of Muhammad and Aali Muhammad ('a). Your tragedy is great, unique and unbearable and it has encompassed everything. Indeed, I have become restless over you; I am in pain and grief. Indeed, I am afflicted with and anguished over your tragedy. Enjoy the rewards which are given to you and enjoy that with which you have been greeted. Indeed, the angels have cried over you, surrounded you, dwelled in your camp and they have remained besides your graves. They glorify you and they have placed their wings over you. They shall not leave you until Judgment Day. And on Judgment Day, you shall be surrounded by the mercy of Allah with which you earned the honour in this life and in the hereafter. I came to you yearning for you and I visited you in fear. I ask Allah to allow me to see you by the Pool and in the heavens along with the prophets, the messengers, “and the martyrs and the good, and a goodly company are they!”

Then circulate the Holy Shrine, reciting:

يَا مَنْ إِلَيْهِ‌ وَفَدْتُ وَ إِلَيْهِ خَرَجْتُ وَ بِهِ اسْتَجَرْتُ وَ إِلَيْهِ قَصَدْتُ وَ إِلَيْهِ بِابْنِ نَبِيِّهِ تَقَرَّبْتُ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَ فُكَّ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْ غُرْبَتِي وَ بُعْدَ دَارِي وَ ارْحَمْ مَسِيرِي إِلَيْكَ وَ إِلَى ابْنِ حَبِيبِكَ وَ اقْلِبْنِي مُفْلِحاً مُنْجِحاً قَدْ قَبِلْتَ مَعْذِرَتِي وَ خُضُوعِي وَ خُشُوعِي عِنْدَ إِمَامِي وَ سَيِّدِي وَ مَوْلَايَ وَ ارْحَمْ صَرْخَتِي وَ بُكَائِي وَ هَمِّي وَ جَزَعِي وَ خُشُوعِي وَ حُزْنِي وَ مَا قَدْ بَاشَرَ قَلْبِي مِنَ الْجَزَعِ عَلَيْهِ فَبِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَ بِلُطْفِكَ لِي خَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَ بِتَقْوِيَتِكَ إِيَّايَ وَ صَرْفِكَ الْمَحْذُورَ عَنِّي وَ كَلَائَتِكَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ لِي وَ بِحِفْظِكَ وَ كَرَامَتِكَ إِيَّايَ وَ كُلَّ بَحْرٍ قَطَعْتُهُ وَ كُلَّ وَادٍ وَ فَلَاةٍ سَلَكْتُهَا- وَ كُلَّ مَنْزِلٍ نَزَلْتُهُ فَأَنْتَ حَمَلْتَنِي فِي الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْرِ وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي بَلَّغْتَنِي وَ وَفَّقْتَنِي وَ كَفَيْتَنِي وَ بِفَضْلٍ مِنْكَ وَ وِقَايَةٍ بَلَغْتُ وَ كَانَتِ الْمِنَّةُ لَكَ عَلَيَّ فِي ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ وَ أَثَرِي مَكْتُوبٌ عِنْدَكَ وَ اسْمِي وَ شَخْصِي- فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا أَبْلَيْتَنِي وَ اصْطَنَعْتَ عِنْدِي اللَّهُمَّ فَارْحَمْ قُرْبِي مِنْكَ وَ مَقَامِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَ تَمَلُّقِي وَ اقْبَلْ مِنِّي تَوَسُّلِي إِلَيْكَ بِابْنِ حَبِيبِكَ وَ صِفْوَتِكَ وَ خِيَرَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ تَوَجُّهِي إِلَيْكَ وَ أَقِلْنِي عَثْرَتِي وَ اقْبَلْ عَظِيمَ مَا سَلَفَ مِنِّي وَ لَا يَمْنَعْكَ مَا تَعْلَمُ مِنِّي مِنَ الْعُيُوبِ وَ الذُّنُوبِ وَ الْإِسْرَافِ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لِي مَاقِتاً فَارْضَ عَنِّي وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ عَلَيَّ سَاخِطاً فَتُبْ عَلَيَّ- إِنَّكَ عَلى‌ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ قَدِيرٌ اللَّهُمَ‌ اغْفِرْ لِي وَ لِوالِدَيَ‌ وَ ارْحَمْهُما كَما رَبَّيانِي صَغِيراً وَ اجْزِهِمَا عَنِّي خَيْراً اللَّهُمَّ اجْزِهِمَا بِالْإِحْسَانِ‌ إِحْسَاناً وَ بِالسَّيِّئَاتِ غُفْرَاناً اللَّهُمَّ أَدْخِلْهُمَا الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ حَرِّمْ وُجُوهَهُمَا عَنْ عَذَابِكَ وَ بَرِّدْ عَلَيْهِمَا مَضَاجِعَهُمَا وَ افْسَحْ لَهُمَا فِي قَبْرَيْهِمَا- وَ عَرِّفْنِيهِمَا فِي مُسْتَقَرٍّ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ جِوَارِ حَبِيبِكَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص.

Translation: O one to whom I have come, to whom I have travelled, with whom I have sought refuge, whom I chose as my destination and to whom I sought nearness through the son of His Messenger. Bless Muhammad and Aali Muhammad ('a) and bestow Your Favors on me by sending me to Paradise and freeing me from Hell. O Allah, have mercy on my loneliness and on being far from my homeland. And have mercy on me for traveling to You and to the son of Your beloved. Allow me to return with success and victory, having accepted my apology and humility before my Imam, my master and leader. Have mercy on my wailing, my tears, grief, sadness, humility, sorrow and the restlessness of my heart over him. Indeed, I came to him through Your blessings and kindness to me, through the strength which You gave me, through Your averting harm from me, through Your keeping me safe at night and day and through Your protecting and honouring me. Any sea that I have crossed, any desert that I have passed and any place where I have stayed was because You allowed me to travel the lands and seas. You are the one who gave me the success to arrive here and kept me safe. I arrived here with Your grace and protection and You bestowed Your favours on me in every part of the journey. And my footprints, my name and my journey are recorded with You. Therefore, praise be to You for testing me and for bestowing Your favours on me. O Allah, have mercy on my fear of You and have mercy on me for standing before You and praising You. Accept my act of begging to You and turning to You through the son of Your beloved, Your chosen one and the best of Your creation. Forgive my mistakes and the great crimes which I have committed. Do not allow Your knowledge of my faults, sins and crimes, which I have committed against myself to prevent You from forgiving me. If You detested me before, be pleased with me now. And if You had been displeased with me, now accept my repentance. Indeed, You have power over everything. O Allah, forgive me and forgive my parents and “have compassion on them, as they brought me up when I was young. “And reward them with blessings on my behalf. O Allah, reward them with good for their good deeds and forgive their evil deeds. O Allah, allow them to enter Paradise with Your mercy and make it unlawful for their faces to be punished, make cool their resting place, widen their graves and introduce me to them in the dwellings of Your mercy and in the neighbourhood of Your beloved, Muhammad.