Tradition 1: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: When you intend to bid farewell to Husayn Ibn Ali ('a), recite the following:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللَّهَ وَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَ بِالرَّسُولِ وَ بِمَا جِئْتَ بِهِ وَ دَلَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ- وَ اتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ فَاكْتُبْنا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ‌ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنَّا وَ مِنْهُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَنْفَعَنَا بِحُبِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ ابْعَثْهُ مَقَاماً مَحْمُوداً تَنْصُرُ بِهِ دِينَكَ وَ تَقْتُلُ بِهِ عَدُوَّكَ وَ تُبِيرُ بِهِ مَنْ نَصَبَ حَرْباً لآِلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَإِنَّكَ وَعَدْتَهُ ذَلِكَ وَ أَنْتَ‌ لا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعادَ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكُمْ شُهَدَاءُ نُجَبَاءُ جَاهَدْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ قُتِلْتُمْ عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً أَنْتُمُ السَّابِقُونَ وَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَ الْأَنْصَارُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكُمْ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ وَ أَنْصَارُ رَسُولِهِ فَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي صَدَقَكُمْ وَعْدَهُ- وَ أَرَاكُمْ مَا تُحِبُّونَ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ- اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَشْغَلْنِي فِي الدُّنْيَا عَنْ ذِكْرِ نِعْمَتِكَ لَا بِإِكْثَارٍ تُلْهِينِي عَجَائِبُ بَهْجَتِهَا وَ تَفْتِنُنِي زَهَرَاتُ زِينَتِهَا وَ لَا بِإِقْلَالٍ يَضُرُّ بِعَمَلِي كَدُّهُ وَ يَمْلَأُ صَدْرِي هَمُّهُ أَعْطِنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ غِنًى عَنْ شِرَارِ خَلْقِكَ وَ بَلَاغاً أَنَالُ بِهِ رِضَاكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الْأَخْيَارِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ.

Translation: Peace be on you and may Allah's mercy and blessings be on you. I bid farewell to you and salute you. Indeed, we believe in Allah, in the Messenger, in that which you brought and in that which you guided (the people) to. We have followed the Messenger, so record us among those who bear witness.

O Allah! Do not make this our and his last time. O Allah! We ask You to make us benefit from his love.

O Allah! Resurrect him in a Praised Position where You support Your Religion through him, kill Your enemies through him and destroy those who wage war against the family of Muhammad through him. Indeed, You promised this to him and You do not break promises.

Peace be on you and Allah's mercy and blessings be on you.

I bear witness that you are the noble martyrs. You fought in the way of Allah and were killed following the path of Allah's Messenger - may Allah's blessings and salutation be on him and his family.

You are the foremost, those who left their homes and the supporters. I bear witness that you are the supporters of Allah and the supporters of His Messenger.

Praise be to Allah who fulfilled His promise to you and showed you that which you love and may Allah's mercy and Blessings be upon Muhammad and Aali Muhammad.

O Allah! Do not make me preoccupied with this world such that I neglect thanking You for Your blessings. Do not give me too many (worldly blessings) such that I become fond of its wondering happiness and such that I become charmed by its shining decorations. Do not give me too little such that my good deeds are affected by working too hard for this world and such that I continuously worry about it. Give me enough so that I do not need the evil ones from Your creation and enough that I can attain Your pleasure, O Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

May Allah's Mercy and Blessings be upon His Messenger, Muhammad Ibn Abdullah and upon his righteous and blessed family.

Tradition 2: Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said: When you decide to bid farewell after Ziyarah of Imam Al-Husayn ('a), recite as many Ziyarahs as you can. Ensure that you choose Nainawa or Ghadiriyyah as your residence. Before farewell, perform a Ghusl and recite the farewell Ziyarah. After Ziyarah, turn your face towards his face, touch the grave, recite:

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَلِيَّ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنْتَ لِي جُنَّةٌ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَ هَذَا أَوَانُ انْصِرَافِي عَنْكَ غَيْرَ رَاغِبٍ عَنْكَ وَ لَا مُسْتَبْدِلٍ بِكَ سِوَاكَ وَ لَا مُؤْثِرٍ عَلَيْكَ غَيْرَكَ وَ لَا زَاهِدٍ فِي قُرْبِكَ- وَ قَدْ جُدْتُ بِنَفْسِي لِلْحَدَثَانِ وَ تَرَكْتُ الْأَهْلَ وَ الْأَوْطَانَ فَكُنْ لِي يَوْمَ حَاجَتِي وَ فَقْرِي وَ فَاقَتِي وَ يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي عَنِّي وَالِدِي وَ لَا وَلَدِي وَ لَا حَمِيمِي وَ لَا رَفِيقِي وَ لَا قَرِيبِي أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي قَدَّرَ وَ خَلَقَ أَنْ يُنَفِّسَ بِكَ كَرْبِي وَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي قَدَّرَ عَلَيَّ فِرَاقَ مَكَانِكَ أَنْ لَا يَجْعَلَهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنِّي وَ مِنْ رَجْعَتِي وَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي أَبْكَى عَلَيْكَ عَيْنِي أَنْ يَجْعَلَهُ سَنَداً لِي وَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي نَقَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَحْلِي وَ أَهْلِي أَنْ يَجْعَلَهُ ذُخْراً لِي وَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي أَرَانِي مَكَانَكَ وَ هَدَانِي لِلتَّسْلِيمِ عَلَيْكَ وَ لِزِيَارَتِي إِيَّاكَ أَنْ يُورِدَنِي حَوْضَكُمْ وَ يَرْزُقَنِي مُرَافَقَتَكُمْ فِي الْجِنَانِ مَعَ آبَائِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا صِفْوَةَ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَبِيبِ اللَّهِ‌ وَ صِفْوَتِهِ وَ أَمِينِهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ سَيِّدِ النَّبِيِّينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ وَصِيِّ رَسُولِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ قَائِدِ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى الْأَئِمَّةِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَنْ فِي الْحَائِرِ مِنْكُمْ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ الْبَاقِينَ الْمُسَبِّحِينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ قَائِمُونَ- السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَ عَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِينَ- وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‌

Translation: Peace be on you, O Wali of Allah. Peace be on you, Abu Abdullah. You are my protection from the chastisement of the Hereafter. This is the time for me to leave you although I am not abandoning you, I am not replacing you with anyone other than you, nor am I giving preference to anyone else above you. I have not lost the desire to be near you.

I have put myself in danger (by traveling to you) and have left my family and homeland (to come to you). So be there for me on the day of my need, poverty and indigence; the day when my parents, my children, my intimate friends, my companions and my relatives will not help me.

I ask Allah, who willed and created, to remove my anguish through you and I ask Allah, who willed for me to be parted from your site, not to make this last time I come (to you Ziyarah) and to allow me to return.

I ask Allah, who made my eyes to cry over you, to make this crying my support (on Judgment Day). And I ask Allah, who made me travel to you from my home and family, to keep this Ziyarah reserved for me.

I ask Allah, who showed me your place and guided me to say Peace be on you and to perform your Ziyarah, to allow me to come to your Pool and to sustain me with accompanying you in the Heavens along with your righteous ancestors - Allah's blessings be on all of them.

Peace be on you, O Allah's Chosen One and son of His Chosen One. Peace be on Allah's Messenger, Muhammad Ibn Abdullah, Allah's beloved and His Chosen one, His Trustee and His Messenger and the Master of the Prophets.

Peace be on Amir Al-Mu’minin, the Successor of the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds and the Leader of those with Shinning Faces (on Judgment Day).

Peace be on the righteous and the Rightly Guided Imams. Salutation to those of you (Imams) who are in the holy shrine and Allah's mercy and blessings be on you.

Peace be on Allah's Angels who remain here sanctifying (Allah) and who are residents (in the holy shrine), the angels who fulfil the orders of their Lord.

Peace be on us and upon Allah's righteous servants and praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

Then recite:

َ سَلَامُ اللَّهِ وَ سَلَامُ مَلَائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أَنْبِيَائِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ عِبَادِهِ الصَّالِحِينَ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى رُوحِكَ وَ بَدَنِكَ وَ عَلَى ذُرِّيَّتِكَ وَ عَلَى مَنْ حَضَرَكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكَ أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللَّهَ وَ أَسْتَرْعِيكَ وَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَ بِرَسُولِهِ وَ بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ [عِنْدِهِ‌] اللَّهُمَّ اكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ

Translation: Salutation of Allah and salutation of His proximate Angels, His messenger Prophets and His righteous Servants be on you, O son of Allah's Messenger and upon you soul, your body, your progeny and upon those of your friends who were with you.

I bid farewell to you and leave you in the care of Allah and I convey my salutation to you. We believe in Allah, in His Messenger and in the message, which he brought from Allah. O Allah! Record us among those who bear witness.

Then recite:

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ لَا تَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيَارَتِي ابْنَ رَسُولِكَ- وَ ارْزُقْنِي زِيَارَتَهُ أَبَداً مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي اللَّهُمَّ وَ انْفَعْنِي بِحُبِّهِ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ- اللَّهُمَّ ابْعَثْهُ مَقَاماً مَحْمُوداً إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ قَدِيرٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ وَ التَّسْلِيمِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ لَا تَجْعَلَهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيَارَتِي إِيَّاهُ فَإِنْ جَعَلْتَهُ يَا رَبِّ فَاحْشُرْنِي مَعَهُ وَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ وَ أَوْلِيَائِهِ وَ إِنْ أَبْقَيْتَنِي يَا رَبِّ فَارْزُقْنِي الْعَوْدَ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ الْعَوْدَ إِلَيْهِ بَعْدَ الْعَوْدِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ حَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ مَشَاهِدَهُمْ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ لَا تَشْغَلْنِي عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ بِإِكْثَارٍ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا تُلْهِينِي عَجَائِبُ بَهْجَتِهَا وَ تَفْتِنُنِي زَهَرَاتُ زِينَتِهَا وَ لَا بِإِقْلَالٍ يَضُرُّ بِعَمَلِي كَدُّهُ وَ يَمْلَأُ صَدْرِي هَمُّهُ وَ أَعْطِنِي‌ بِذَلِكَ غِنًى عَنْ شِرَارِ خَلْقِكَ وَ بَلَاغاً أَنَالُ بِهِ رِضَاكَ يَا رَحْمَانُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا مَلَائِكَةَ اللَّهِ وَ زُوَّارَ قَبْرِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع

Translation: O Allah! Bless Muhammad and Aali Muhammad and do not make this the last time I come to the Ziyarah of the son of Your Messenger. Allow me to come to his Ziyarah again and again for as long as You keep me alive.

O Allah! Make me benefit from his love, O Lord of the Worlds.

O Allah! Resurrect him in a Praised Position. Indeed, You have power over all things.

O Allah! After having performed prayers and having saluted them, I ask You to bless Muhammad and Aali Muhammad and I ask You not to make this the last time I come to his Ziyarah. O Lord! If You do make it my last, then resurrect me with him, with his ancestors and his true followers. And if You keep me alive, bless me with his Ziyarah again and again with Your Mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

O Allah! Appoint for me a truthful tongue with Your Friends and make me love their sites.

O Allah! Bless Muhammad and Aali Muhammad and do not make me preoccupied with this world such that I forsake Your remembrance. Do not give me too many (worldly blessings) such that I become fond of its wondering happiness and such that I become charmed by its shining decorations. Do not give me too little such that my good deeds are affected by working too hard for this world and such that I continuously worry about it. Give me enough so that I do not need the evil ones from Your creation and enough that I can attain Your pleasure, O Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

Peace be on you, O Allah's Angels and the Visitor of the grave of Abi Abdullah.

Then place your right and left cheek on the grave and continue praying and asking for you needs.

Do not turn you back to the grave while leaving until you exit (the holy shrine).