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Al-Kafi · Hadith 15

The Book of Supplication · Supplication for Pain, Worries, Sadness and Fear · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 55, Hadith 15

Original Arabic text

15ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيهِما السَّلام) يَقُولُ لإبْنِهِ يَا بُنَيَّ مَنْ أَصَابَهُ مِنْكُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ أَوْ نَزَلَتْ بِهِ نَازِلَةٌ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وَلْيُسْبِغِ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ أَوْ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ فِي آخِرِهِنَّ يَا مَوْضِعَ كُلِّ شَكْوَى وَيَا سَامِعَ كُلِّ نَجْوَى وَشَاهِدَ كُلِّ مَلأ وَعَالِمَ كُلِّ خَفِيَّةٍ وَيَا دَافِعَ مَا يَشَاءُ مِنْ بَلِيَّةٍ وَيَا خَلِيلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَيَا نَجِيَّ مُوسَى وَيَا مُصْطَفِيَ مُحَمَّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) أَدْعُوكَ دُعَاءَ مَنِ اشْتَدَّتْ فَاقَتُهُ وَقَلَّتْ حِيلَتُهُ وَضَعُفَتْ قُوَّتُهُ دُعَاءَ الْغَرِيقِ الْغَرِيبِ الْمُضْطَرِّ الَّذِي لا يَجِدُ لِكَشْفِ مَا هُوَ فِيهِ إِلا أَنْتَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ فَإِنَّهُ لا يَدْعُو بِهِ أَحَدٌ إِلا كَشَفَ الله عَنْهُ إِنْ شَاءَ الله.

Published English translation

15. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from certain individuals of his people from ibn abu Hamza who has said the following: “I heard Ali ibn al-Husayn saying to his son, ‘My son, if anyone of you faces a misfortune, or an incident, he should complete a Wudu and perform two or four Rak’at (a prayer consisting of four times bowing down on one’s knees) prayer and then say at the end, “O the One who is the right one to complain to, O the One who hears all the whispers, observes every group, knows all secrets, and O the One who removes misfortunes as He wills, O friend of Ibrahim, O the party of special conversation with Moses, O the One who has chosen Muhammad (a.s.) I plead before You like one whose poverty has become intense, his patience has run thin, his power has weakened, like the pleading of a drowning person who is alien and helpless and cannot find anyone to save him from his suffering except You, O the Beneficent, the Merciful.’ Whoever pleads before Allah with this supplication Allah will remove his hardship, if Allah so wills.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: صحيح

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/424)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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