Al-Kafi · Hadith 8

The Book of Supplication · Supplication for Pain, Worries, Sadness and Fear · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 55, Hadith 8

Original Arabic text

8ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا رَفَعُوهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ أَبِي (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) فِي الأمْرِ يَحْدُثُ اللهمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَزَكِّ عَمَلِي وَيَسِّرْ مُنْقَلَبِي وَاهْدِ قَلْبِي وَآمِنْ خَوْفِي وَعَافِنِي فِي عُمُرِي كُلِّهِ وَثَبِّتْ حُجَّتِي وَاغْفِرْ خَطَايَايَ وَبَيِّضْ وَجْهِي وَاعْصِمْنِي فِي دِينِي وَسَهِّلْ مَطْلَبِي وَوَسِّعْ عَلَيَّ فِي رِزْقِي فَإِنِّي ضَعِيفٌ وَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْ سَيِّئِ مَا عِنْدِي بِحُسْنِ مَا عِنْدَكَ وَلا تَفْجَعْنِي بِنَفْسِي وَلا تَفْجَعْ لِي حَمِيماً وَهَبْ لِي يَا إِلَهِي لَحْظَةً مِنْ لَحَظَاتِكَ تَكْشِفْ بِهَا عَنِّي جَمِيعَ مَا بِهِ ابْتَلَيْتَنِي وَتَرُدَّ بِهَا عَلَيَّ مَا هُوَ أَحْسَنُ عَادَاتِكَ عِنْدِي فَقَدْ ضَعُفَتْ قُوَّتِي وَقَلَّتْ حِيلَتِي وَانْقَطَعَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ رَجَائِي وَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلا رَجَاؤُكَ وَتَوَكُّلِي عَلَيْكَ وَقُدْرَتُكَ عَلَيَّ يَا رَبِّ أَنْ تَرْحَمَنِي وَتُعَافِيَنِي كَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيَّ أَنْ تُعَذِّبَنِي وَتَبْتَلِيَنِي إِلَهِي ذِكْرُ عَوَائِدِكَ يُؤْنِسُنِي وَالرَّجَاءُ لِإِنْعَامِكَ يُقَوِّينِي وَلَمْ أَخْلُ مِنْ نِعَمِكَ مُنْذُ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنْتَ رَبِّي وَسَيِّدِي وَمَفْزَعِي وَمَلْجَئِي وَالْحَافِظُ لِي وَالذَّابُّ عَنِّي وَالرَّحِيمُ بِي وَالْمُتَكَفِّلُ بِرِزْقِي وَفِي قَضَائِكَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ كُلُّ مَا أَنَا فِيهِ فَلْيَكُنْ يَا سَيِّدِي وَمَوْلايَ فِيمَا قَضَيْتَ وَقَدَّرْتَ وَحَتَمْتَ تَعْجِيلُ خَلاصِي مِمَّا أَنَا فِيهِ جَمِيعِهِ وَالْعَافِيَةُ لِي فَإِنِّي لا أَجِدُ لِدَفْعِ ذَلِكَ أَحَداً غَيْرَكَ وَلا أَعْتَمِدُ فِيهِ إِلا عَلَيْكَ فَكُنْ يَا ذَا الْجَلالِ وَالإكْرَامِ عِنْدَ أَحْسَنِ ظَنِّي بِكَ وَرَجَائِي لَكَ وَارْحَمْ تَضَرُّعِي وَاسْتِكَانَتِي وَضَعْفَ رُكْنِي وَامْنُنْ بِذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى كُلِّ دَاعٍ دَعَاكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَصَلَّى الله عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ.

Published English translation

8. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from A number of our people have narrated in a marfu’ manner from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Of the supplications of my father (a.s.) in an event was this: ‘O Lord, grant al-Salat (favors) upon Muhammad and his family, forgive me, have mercy upon me, purify my deeds, make my return easy, guide my heart, bestow upon me security against my fear, good health during all of my life, establish firmly basic proofs of my belief, forgive my sins, whiten my face, safeguard me in my religion, accept with ease my request, expand my sustenance; I am weak, overlook my evil deeds with the virtue before You, do not cause me pain in myself, or my good friends, grant me an opportunity of Your opportunities with which You will take away all such matters with which You have placed me in trial and in return for it (trials) confer upon me with the best of Your habits with me. My power has become weak, my patience is thinning out, my hope in Your creatures is lost, no hope is left except You and 1 have placed my trust before You. Your power over me, O Lord, to have mercy upon me and bestow upon me good health is just like Your power over me to punish and afflict me with misfortunes. O Lord, speaking of Your kindness comforts me; the hope in Your reward strengthens me. I have never been without Your bounties from the time You created me. You are my Lord, my master, my source of help, my refuge, my protector, my defender, my benevolent, and the undertaker of my sustenance. In Your determinations and decisions whatever is about me, O my Lord, my master, in whatever way You are to determine or decide or finalize make it to be a quick relief for me from all of my sufferings, and good health for me; I do not find anyone to remove it from me except You and no one to rely on except You. O Possessor of glory and magnanimity be with the best of my hopes in You and my wishes, have mercy upon me as I plead, upon my desperation, upon the weakness of my foundation (body), and oblige me with such kindness and all supplicants to You, O the Most Beneficent of the benefactors, and bestow al-Salat (favors) upon Muhammad and his family.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مرفوع

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/421)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

Source records non-inclusion in this scholar's selection; this is not itself a weak or authentic grade.

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