Al-Kafi · Hadith 24

The Book of Supplication · Concise Supplications for Worldly Needs and the Hereafter · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 60, Hadith 24

Original Arabic text

24 - علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن الحسن بن علي، عن كرام، عن ابنأبي يعفور، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) أنه كان يقول: " اللهم املا قلبي حبا لك وخشية منك وتصديقا وإيمانا بك وفرقا منك (1) وشوقا إليك يا ذا الجلال والاكرام اللهم حبب إلي لقاءك واجعل لي في لقائك خير الرحمة والبركة وألحقني بالصالحين ولا تؤخرني (2) مع الأشرار وألحقني بصالح من مضى واجعلني مع صالح من بقي وخذ بي سبيل الصالحين وأعني على نفسي بما تعين به الصالحين على أنفسهم ولا تردني في سوء استنقذتني منه يا رب العالمين، أسألك إيمانا لا أجل له دون لقائك، تحييني وتميتني عليه وتبعثني عليه إذا بعثتني وابرأ قلبي من الرياء والسمعة والشك في دينك اللهم اعطني نصرا في دينك وقوة في عبادتك وفهما في خلقك (3) وكفلين من رحمتك وبيض وجهي بنورك واجعل رغبتي فيما عندك وتوفني في سبيلك على ملتك وملة رسولك، اللهم إني أعوذ بك من الكسل والهرم والجبن والبخل والغفلة والقسوة والفترة والمسكنة وأعوذ بك يا رب من نفس لا تشبع ومن قلب لا يخشع ومن دعاء لا يسمع ومن صلاة لا تنفع وأعيذ بك نفسي وأهلي وذريتي من الشيطان الرجيم، اللهم إنه لا يجيرني منك أحد ولا أجد من دونك ملتحدا فلا تخذلني ولا تردني في هلكة ولا تردني بعذاب، أسألك الثبات على دينك والتصديق بكتابك و اتباع رسولك، اللهم اذكرني برحمتك ولا تذكرني بخطيئتي وتقبل مني وزدني من فضلك إني إليك راغب، اللهم اجعل ثواب منطقي وثواب مجلسي رضاك عني واجعل عملي ودعائي خالصا لك واجعل ثوابي الجنة برحمتك واجمع لي جميع ما سألتك وزدني من فضلك إني إليك راغب، اللهم غارت النجوم ونامت العيون وأنت الحي القيوم، لا يواري منك ليل ساج ولا سماء ذات أبراج ولا أرض ذات مهاد (4)ولا بحر لجي (1) ولا ظلمات بعضها فوق بعض تدلج الرحمة على من تشاء من خلقك تعلم خائنة الأعين وما تخفي الصدور، أشهد بما شهدت به على نفسك وشهدت ملائكتك وأولو العلم لا إله إلا أنت العزيز الحكيم ومن لم يشهد بما شهدت به على نفسك وشهدت ملائكتك وأولو العلم فاكتب شهادتي مكان شهادتهم، اللهم أنت السلام ومنك السلام، أسالك يا ذا الجلال والاكرام أن تفك رقبتي من النار ".

Published English translation

24. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Hassan ibn Ali from Karram from ibn abu Ya’fur from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “O Lord, fill my heart with love for You, concern about You, affirmation of and belief in Your existence, fear from You and longing toward You, O Glorious, O Magnanimous. O Lord, make me love meeting You, and such meeting to be good, mercy, and full of blessings, join me with the virtuous and do not leave me behind with the wicked ones. Join me with the virtuous of the past and those to come, lead me on the path of virtuous ones, assist me against my soul by that with which You assist the virtuous ones against their souls, do not turn me in the evil from which You want to rescue me, O Lord of the worlds. I plead before You for a belief free of timing before meeting You, with which You will keep me living, cause me to die, and raise me up with it when You will resurrect me. Free my heart from showing off, desire for popularity, and doubt in Your religion. “O Lord, give me victory in Your religion, energy to worship, understanding of Your creatures, support me twice with Your kindness (in this life and hereafter), brighten my face with Your light, make me interested in what is with You, cause me to die in Your way and in Your religion, the religion of Your Messenger. “O Lord, I seek protection against laziness, old age, cowardice, stinginess, carelessness, hardheartedness, weakness, and destitution. I seek protection with You, O Lord against a soul that does not become satisfied, the heart that does not become humble, the supplication that is not heard, and the prayer (formal) that does not yield any benefit. I seek protection with You for myself, my family, and my children against condemned Satan. “O Lord, no one can protect me against Y ou, I do not find any place to hide from You, do not humiliate me and do not throw me in perdition and in torment. I plead before You to keep me to remain steadfast in Your religion, affirm Your book, and follow Y our messenger. “O Lord, speak of me with Your mercy and do not speak of me with my sins, accept from me (my good deeds), increase for me from Your generosity; I am interested toward You. O Lord, make my reward for speaking and sitting to be Your happiness with me, make my deeds and supplication purely for You, make my reward paradise through Y our mercy, place me together with all I pleaded for before You and increase for me through Your favor; I am greatly interested toward You. O Lord, the stars have disappeared, eyes have gone to sleep, You are living and guarding, the dark night cannot disappear from You nor the starry skies or the well-stretched earth, the choppy ocean, or the darkness upon darkness. You send mercy upon whomever You will among Your creatures; You know the secret glance of the eyes and what the hearts conceal. I testify to what You have testified for yourself, to what Your angels have testified, and people of knowledge have testified that no one deserves to be worshipped except You, the Majestic, the Wise. Whoever does not testify to what You have testified for yourself. Your angels have testified, and people of knowledge have testified, then write my testimony in place of their testimony. O Lord, You are the Peace, and from You is peace. I plead before You, O the Owner of glory and magnanimity to set my neck free of the fire.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن أو موثق

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/460)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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