Chapter 29 -Eight Ziyaaraat from Ziyaarat-e-Widaa (Farewell recitation)
at the time of departing from the holy shrine.[1]
Mohaddis Qummi (r.a.) says: You must know that the condition of the heart of the pilgrim becomes melancholic at the time of departing from the holy shrine whereas he/she has a pleasant mood while entering the holy shrine. They have different classes according to their love and affection with these holy personalities (a.s.). If his claim of love is true the minimum class is said to be that the existence of Holy Imam (a.s.) should be precious to him over his family, wealth and whatever is in his possession to which he is attached with.
So at the time of his departure, if he is in a state, that he is departing from his most precious and favorite thing, the tear will start flowing from his eyes and his feet would be trembling and his heart would be melancholic. So he should thank the Almighty Allah for giving such a great blessing. And if he is not in such a condition he is not genuine in his claim.[2]
(1) Farewell Ziyaarat to be Recited after Ziyaarat-e-Ameenullah
The author says: I have seen in the book Al-Iqbaal and the book Sahifa al-Saadeqiyyah written by late Sayed ibn Taaoos (r.a.) and in two manuscripts in which a farewell ziyaarat to be recited after ziyaarat-e-Ameenullah, narrated by Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a.s.) has been mentioned.
Jaabir says: When I informed Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a.s.) about the ziyaarat of Ameenullah as narrated by Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.), he (a.s.) said:
Whenever you decide to depart from the shrine of the Holy Imams (a.s.) then add in it this supplication after Ziyaarat-e-Ameenullah:
Wa sallama tasliman kathira, wa hasbunallahu wa ni'ma al-wakil.
And grant them abundant peace; and Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.
(3) Third Farewell Ziyaarat Allama Majlisi (r.a.) writes in Behaar al-Anwaar:
Whenever you decide to depart from the shrine of any of the holy Imams (a.s.) then say:
Salaamu Llahi wa taḥiyyātuhu wa raḥmatuhu wa barakātuhu ʿalā khīrati Llahi wa aṣfiyāʾihi wa aḥibbāʾihi wa ḥujajihi wa awliyāʾihi Muḥammadin rasūlihī wa Ālihi Amīri l‑muʾminīna ʿAlī, al‑Ḥasan, al‑Ḥusayn, ʿAlī, Muḥammad, Jaʿfar, Mūsā, ʿAlī, Muḥammad, ʿAlī, Ḥasan, al‑khalafiṣ‑ṣāliḥ, ʿalayhi wa ʿalayhim jamīʿan as‑salāmu wa r‑raḥmah.
May Allah’s peace, greetings, mercy and blessings be upon Allah’s chosen ones, His elect, His beloveds, His proofs and His friends: Muhammad His Messenger and his family – the Commander of the Faithful ʿAlī, al‑Ḥasan, al‑Ḥusayn, ʿAlī, Muḥammad, Jaʿfar, Mūsā, ʿAlī, Muḥammad, ʿAlī, Ḥasan, and the righteous successor – upon him and upon all of them be peace and mercy.
As‑salāmu ʿalā khāliṣati Llahi min khalqihī wa ṣafwatihī min bariyyatihī wa umanāʾihī ʿalā waḥyihī wa ḥujajihī ʿalā ʿibādihī wa khuzzānihī ʿalā ʿilmihī wa ʿalayhim mina Llahi dāʾimu ṣ‑ṣalawāti wa zākī l‑barakāti wa nāmī t‑taḥiyyāt.
Peace be upon those whom Allah has purified from His creation, His chosen from His beings, His trustees over His revelation, His proofs over His servants and the treasurers of His knowledge, and upon them from Allah are constant prayers, pure blessings and ever‑growing salutations.
As‑salāmu ʿalaykum mawāliyya aʾimmmatī wa qādatī wa niʿma l‑mawālī wa l‑aʾimmah wa l‑qādatu antum wa s‑salāmu ʿalaykum wa s‑salāmu lakum minnī qalīl.
Peace be upon you, my masters, my Imams and my leaders, and you are indeed the best of masters, Imams and leaders; peace be upon you, and any peace from me to you is but little.
As‑salāmu ʿalaykum Āla Yāsīn salāman kathīran ṭayyiban mubārakan mutatābiʿan sarmadan dāʾiman abadan kamā antum ahlahū minnī wa min wālidayya wa ahli wa waladī wa ikhwatī wa akhawātī wa min jamīʿi l‑muʾminīna wa l‑muʾmināti l‑aḥyāʾi minhum wa l‑amwāt, wa raḥmatu Llahi wa barakātuh.
Peace be upon you, O family of Yāsīn, a peace that is abundant, good, blessed, continuous, everlasting and perpetual, as you are worthy of, from me and from my parents, my household, my children, my brothers and my sisters, and from all believing men and women, the living among them and the dead, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
As‑salāmu ʿalaykum salāma muwaddiʿin lā sāʾimin wa lā qālin wa lā māll, wa raḥmatu Llahi wa barakātuh ʿalaykum Ahla l‑Bayt, innahū Ḥamīdun Majīd.
Peace be upon you, a farewell of one who is neither weary, nor disgusted, nor turning away, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings be upon you, O People of the House; surely He is Praiseworthy, Glorious.
Ghayra rāghibin ʿankum wa lā munḥarifin ʿankum wa lā muʾthirin ʿalaykum wa lā zāhidin fī qurbikum wa lā abtaghī bikum badalan wa lā ʿankum ḥiwalan wa lā attakhidhu baynakum subulan wa lā ashtarī bikum thamanan.
I am not one who turns away from you, nor one who deviates from you, nor one who prefers anyone over you, nor one who is disinterested in nearness to you; I do not seek in your place any substitute, nor turn away from you, nor take any path other than through you, nor exchange you for any price.
Lā jaʿalahu Llāhu ākhara l‑ʿahdi min ziyāratikum wa taʿẓīmi dhikrikum wa tafkhīmi asmāʾikum wa ityāni mashāhidikum wa āthārikum wa ṣ‑ṣalāti lakum wa t‑taslīmi ʿalaykum.
May Allah not make this the last covenant of visiting you, magnifying your remembrance, exalting your names, coming to your shrines and traces, sending blessings upon you and offering salutations to you.
Bal jaʿalahu Llāhu mathābatan lanā wa amnan fī dunyānā wa ākhiratina wa dhikran wa nūran limaʿādinā wa amānan wa īmānan limunqalabanā wa mathwānā.
Rather, may Allah make it a place of return for us and a source of safety in this world and the next, a remembrance and a light for our ultimate return, and a security and faith for our final outcome and dwelling.
Wa jaʿalanī Llāhu mimman inqalaba ʿan ziyāratikum wa dhikrikum wa ṣ‑ṣalāti lakum wa t‑taslīmi ʿalaykum mufliḥan munjiḥan ghāniman sāliman muʿāfan ghaniyyan fāʾizan bi‑riḍwāni Llahi wa raḥmatihī wa faḍlihī wa kifāyatihī wa naṣrihī wa amnihī wa maghfiratihī wa nūrihī wa hudāhū wa ḥifẓihī wa kilāʾatihī wa tawfīqihī wa ʿiṣmatih.
And may Allah make me among those who return from visiting you, remembering you, sending blessings upon you and saluting you as successful, prospering, gaining, safe, healthy, enriched, and victorious with the pleasure of Allah, His mercy, His bounty, His sufficiency, His help, His security, His forgiveness, His light, His guidance, His protection, His care, His enabling and His safeguarding.
Wa arzāqin min faḍlihī wāsiʿatin ṭayyibatin dārrah hanīʾatin marīʾatin salīmatin min ghayri kaddin wa lā mannin min aḥad.
And (may He grant) provisions from His bounty: vast, wholesome, lasting, pleasant, agreeable and safe, without hardship and without any favor from anyone.
Wa niʿmatan sābighah wa ʿāfiyatan sālimah wa awjaba lī mina l‑ḥayāti wa l‑karāmati wa l‑barakati wa ṣ‑ṣalāḥi wa l‑īmāni wa l‑maghfirati wa r‑riḍwān mithla mā awjaba li‑awliyāʾihī wa ṣāliḥī ʿibādihī min zuwwārihim wa wāfidīhim wa muwālihim wa muḥibbīhim wa ḥizbihim wa shīʿatihim al‑ʿārifīna ḥaqqahum al‑mūjibīna ṭāʿatahum al‑mudminīna dhikrahum ar‑rāghibīna fī ziyāratihim al‑muntazirīna ayyāmahum al‑muṭīʿīna lahum al‑mutaqarribīna bidhālika ilayka wa ilayhim.
And a complete blessing and sound well‑being, and may He ordain for me of life, dignity, blessing, righteousness, faith, forgiveness and pleasure, like that which He has ordained for His friends and righteous servants among their visitors, those who come to them, their followers, their lovers, their party and their Shīʿa, who recognize their due right, uphold their obedience, persist in their remembrance, yearn to visit them, await their days, obey them and seek nearness to You and to them through that.
Allāhumma anta khayru man wafadat ilayhi r‑rijāl wa shuddati ilayhi r‑riḥāl wa ṣurifat naḥwahu l‑ʾāmāl wa irtujī lil‑raghāʾibi wa l‑ifḍāl.
O Allah, You are the best One to whom people come as delegations, to whom mounts are driven, towards whom hopes are directed, and from whom all desires and bounties are sought.
Wa anta yā sayyidī akramu maʾtiyyin wa akramu mazūr, wa qad jaʿalta li‑kulli multamisin mā ʿindaka jazāʾan wa li‑kulli rāghibin ilayka hibatan wa li‑kulli man fazaʿa ilayka raḥmatan wa li‑kulli mutaḍarriʿin ilayka ijābatan wa li‑kulli mutawassilin ilayka ʿafwan.
And You, my Master, are the most generous of those to whom one comes and the most generous of those visited; You have made for every seeker from what is with You a recompense, for every one who desires You a gift, for everyone who flees to You a mercy, for every supplicant to You a response, and for every one who seeks a means to You a pardon.
Wa qad jiʾtuka zāʾiran li‑qubūri aḥibbāʾika wa awliyāʾika wa khīratika min ʿibādik, wāfidan ilayhim nāzilan bifināʾihim qāṣidan li‑ḥaramihim rāghiban fī shafāʿatihim multamisan mā ʿindahum rājan lahum mutawassilan ilayka bihim.
And I have come to You as a visitor to the graves of Your beloveds, Your friends and Your chosen ones among Your servants, arriving to them, alighting in their courtyard, intending their sanctuary, desiring their intercession, seeking what is with them, hoping for them and taking them as a means to You.
Wa ḥaqqun ʿalayka allā tukhayyiba sāʾilahum wa wāfidahum wa n‑nāzila bifināʾihim wa l‑munīkha bisāḥatihim min ḥizbihim wa ashyāʿihim.
And it is a right upon You that You do not disappoint those who ask them, come to them, alight in their courtyard, or camp in their precincts from among their party and followers.
Wa waqaftu bihādhā l‑maqāmi sh‑sharīf rajāʾa mā ʿindaka li‑zuwwārihim wa l‑muṭīʿīna lahum mina r‑raḥmati wa l‑maghfirati wa l‑faḍli wa l‑inʿām.
And I stand at this noble station hoping for that which is with You for their visitors and their obedient followers of mercy, forgiveness, bounty and favor.
Falā tajʿalnī min akhyabi wafdika wa wafdihim wa akrimnī bi‑l‑jannah wa munna ʿalayya bi‑l‑maghfirah wa jammilnī bi‑l‑ʿāfiyah wa ajirnī bi‑l‑ʿitqi mina n‑nār.
So do not make me among the most disappointed of those who come to You or to them; honor me with Paradise, bestow upon me forgiveness, adorn me with well‑being, and grant me protection through freedom from the Fire.
Wa awsiʿ ʿalayya rizqaka l‑ḥalāl wa faḍlaka l‑wāsiʿa l‑jazīla wa idraʾ ʿannī abadan sharra kulli dhī sharrin mina l‑jinni wa l‑ins.
And expand for me Your lawful provision and Your vast, abundant bounty, and forever repel from me the evil of every possessor of evil among the jinn and humankind.
Bi‑abī antum wa ummī yā sādatī ataqarrabu bikum ilā Llāh wa atawajjahu bikum ilā Llāh wa aṭlubu bikum ḥājatī mina Llāh, jaʿalanī Llāhu bikum wajīhan fī d‑dunyā wa l‑ākhirah wa mina l‑muqarrabīn.
May my father and mother be ransomed for you, my masters; I seek nearness to Allah through you, I turn to Allah through you, and I seek my need from Allah by means of you; may Allah, through you, make me honored in this world and the next and among those brought near.
Bi‑abī antum wa ummī wa nafsī, taḥannanu ʿalayya wa rḥamūnī wa jʿalūnī min hammikum wa udkurūnī ʿinda rabbikum.
May my father, mother and self be ransomed for you; show tenderness to me, have mercy on me, include me in your concern and remember me before your Lord.
Wa kūnū ʿiṣmatī wa ṣayyirūnī min ḥizbikum wa sharifūnī bi‑shafāʿatikum wa makkīnūnī fī dawlatikum wa uḥshurūnī fī zumratikum wa awridūnī ḥawḍakum wa akrimūnī bi‑riḍākum wa asʿidūnī bi‑ṭāʿatikum wa khaṣṣūnī bi‑faḍlikum.
And be my protection; make me of your party; ennoble me with your intercession; give me station in your dominion; gather me in your group; bring me to your pool; honor me with your pleasure; make me happy through obedience to you and single me out for your favor.
Fa bi‑dhimmati Llahi wa dhimmatikum wa jalāli Llahi wa kibriyāʾi Llahi wa mulki Llahi wa sulṭāni Llahi wa ʿaẓamati Llahi wa ʿizzi Llahi wa kalimātihī l‑mubārakāt, amtaniʿu wa aḥtarisu wa astajīru wa astaghīthu wa aḥtarizu wa ahli wa wuldī wa mālī wa ikhuwānīya l‑muʾminīn abadan fī d‑dunyā wa l‑ākhirah min kulli sūʾ.
So by the covenant of Allah and your covenant, and by Allah’s majesty, greatness, dominion, authority, might and blessed words, I seek protection, take precaution, seek refuge and cry for help for myself, my family, my children, my wealth and my believing brothers, forever in this world and the next, from every evil.
Wa bikum arjū n‑najāt wa aṭlubu ṣ‑ṣalāḥ wa āmilu n‑najāḥ wa astashfī min kulli dāʾin wa suqm, wa ilaykum mafarrī min kulli khawf, wa ʿalaykum muʿawwalī ʿinda kulli shiddatin wa rakhāʾ.
And through you I hope for salvation, seek rectitude, aspire to success, and seek healing from every illness and sickness; to you is my escape from every fear, and upon you is my reliance in every hardship and ease.
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā Āli Muḥammad kamā anta wa hum ahluh, wa adkhilnī fī kulli khayrin daʿaw ilayh wa dallū ʿalayh wa amarū bih wa raḍū bih qawlan wa fiʿlan.
O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as befits You and them, and admit me into every good to which they have called, guided, commanded and with which they have been pleased, in word and in deed.
Wa najjinī bihim min kulli makrūh, wa akhrijni min kulli sūʾ, waʿṣimnī min kulli mā nahaw ʿanhu wa ankarūh wa khawwafū minhu wa ḥadhdharūh.
And save me through them from every disliked thing, bring me out of every evil, and protect me from everything they forbade, denounced, warned and cautioned against.
Wa ʿajjil farajahum wa farajanā bihim wa ahlik ʿaduwwahum mina l‑insi wa l‑jinn, wa balligh arwāḥahum wa ajsādahum abadan minnī s‑salām wa rudd ʿalaynā minhum as‑salām, wa s‑salāmu ʿalayhim wa raḥmatu Llahi wa barakātuh.
And hasten their relief and our relief through them; destroy their enemies from among humans and jinn; convey to their souls and bodies forever my greetings of peace, and return to us from them peace; and peace be upon them, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
(4) Fourth Farewell Ziyaarat
This ziyaarat of farewell to the Imams (a.s.) is also narrated by Allama Majlisi (r.a.) in Behaar al-Anwaar:
Wa-ghfir li-wālidayya wa li-l-muʾminīn bi-raḥmatika yā arḥama r-rāḥimīn
And forgive my parents and the believers by Your mercy, O most merciful of the merciful.
(5) Fifth Farewell Ziyaarat
Allama Majlisi (r.a.) writes in Behaar al-Anwaar:
Recite farewell ziyaarat which has been narrated by Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (a.s.) which he (a.s.) had recited while departing from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). He (a.s.) said:
لَا جَعَلَهٗ اللهُ اٰخِرَ تَسْلِيْمِيْ عَلَيْكَ.
laa ja-alahul laaho aakhera tasleemee alayka.
Allah may not decide this compliment of me to be the last.
Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah.
Dont turn the face till the holy shrine is seen while you are going out of it.[8]
This farewell ziyaarat has been mentioned in the chapter of ziyaarat of Imam Reza (a.s.) by some senior scholars but in fact this is not specifically for him.
(7) Seventh Farewell Ziyaarat
Late Kafami says: While departing from (the shrine of) infallible Imams (a.s.) say:
Wa an lā yajʿalahu ākhara l-ʿahdi min ziyāratikum wa jamīʿi l-muʾminīn
And not to make this the last covenant of visiting you and all the believers.
اِنَّهٗ اَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ
Innahu arḥamu r-rāḥimīn
Surely He is the most merciful of those who show mercy.
وَ هُوَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ
Wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr
And He has power over all things.
Then implore (Almighty Allah) for your legitimate desires which surely will be fulfilled if Allah the High wills.[10]
The author says: Late Sayed Ibn Taaoos (r.a.) has written too much about the farewell of Ramazan al-Mubarak, some of which may be stated hereunder. He says:
You claim that in some of those farewell the departing of the month of Ramazan has made you sorrowful because you could not be benefitted fully from its blessings. So it is expected from you to be truthful in your claim, you should be truthful in your claim, your face should look melancholic and there should be no sign of falsehood and looseness of character in your conversation during the last days.
It is there in the duties of the Shias rather in the nation of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) that they should be fearful of the Almighty Allah and they should be mournful for the delayed reappearance of Hazrat Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) which was predicted by his honorable forefather the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and we could have achieved the blessings through his medium if he (a.s.) would have existed amongst us. There is a couplet in this regard:
I am searching with my eyes in every corner of the city but I am unable to see the face of my friend whose face I wanted to see.
In fact the occultation of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) is more severe upon the religious persons than the deprevation of the month of Ramazan.
This disappearance from a kind father or a helping brother or an obedient son must be the cause of anguish and distraction and which could be disheartening.
Although there is no comparison in their existence and the existence of Hazrat Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) because he (a.t.f.s.) is the successor of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and is the Imam of Hazrat Eesaa (a.s.) in the salaat and sovereignty. And he (a.t.f.s.) is the dispenser of disturbances and tribulations and the rectifier of the matters of all the persons living under the sky.[11]
Chapter 30
[1] All the ziyaarats mentioned in this chapter are comprehensive and farewell ziyaarats which can be recited while departing from all the infallible Imams (a.s.). Some farewell ziyaarats, which were specified only for Imam Reza (a.s.) have been mentioned in chapter twenty-six and one ziyaarat of farewell, narrated by Imam Reza (a.s.) would be described in the last chapter of the book.
[2] Hadiyyah al-Zaaereen Wa Behjah al-Naazereen, p. 409
[3] Iqbaal al-Aamaal, p. 787; al-Saheefah al-Saadeqiyyah, p. 29; Ketaab Fee al-Ziyaaraat Wa al-Adiyyah (Manuscript), p. 15
[4] Oyoon Akhbaar al-Reza (a.s.), vol. 2, p. 275; al-Mazaar al-Kabeer, p. 535; Behaar al-Anwaar, vol. 102, p. 133
[5] Behaar al-Anwaar, vol. 102, p. 157
[6] Behaar al-Anwaar, vol. 102, p. 204
[7] Behaar al-Anwaar, vol. 102, p. 50; al-Balad al-Ameen, p. 400
[8] Al-Mazaar al-Kabeer, p. 653; Behaar al-Anwaar, vol. 102, p. 48; Rawzah al-Azkaar (Manuscript), p. 74; Ketaab Fee al-Ziyaaraat Wa al-Adiyyah (Manuscript), p. 79
[9] Ibid.
[10] Behaar al-Anwaar, vol. 102, p. 207
[11] Iqbaal al-Aamaal, p. 559