Al-Kafi · Hadith 17

The Book of Prayer · Sajdah, Readings and Recitations therein in Obligatory Salah (prayer) and Optional Salah (prayer) and Readings between the Two Sajdah · Volume 3, book 4, chapter 25, Hadith 17

Original Arabic text

17ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الْمَاضِيَ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَمَّا أَقُولُ فِي سَجْدَةِ الشُّكْرِ فَقَدِ اخْتَلَفَ أَصْحَابُنَا فِيهِ فَقَالَ قُلْ وَأَنْتَ سَاجِدٌ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ وَأُشْهِدُ مَلاَئِكَتَكَ وَأَنْبِيَاءَكَ وَرُسُلَكَ وَجَمِيعَ خَلْقِكَ أَنَّكَ الله رَبِّي وَالإِسْلاَمَ دِينِي وَمُحَمَّداً نَبِيِّي وَعَلِيّاً وَفُلاَناً وَفُلاَناً إِلَى آخِرِهِمْ أَئِمَّتِي بِهِمْ أَتَوَلَّى وَمِنْ عَدُوِّهِمْ أَتَبَرَّأُ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَنْشُدُكَ دَمَ الْمَظْلُومِ ثَلاَثاً اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَنْشُدُكَ بِإِيوَائِكَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ لأَوْلِيَائِكَ لِتُظْفِرَنَّهُمْ بِعَدُوِّكَ وَعَدُوِّهِمْ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى الْمُسْتَحْفَظِينَ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْيُسْرَ بَعْدَ الْعُسْرِ ثَلاَثاً ثُمَّ ضَعْ خَدَّكَ الأيْمَنَ عَلَى الأرْضِ وَتَقُولُ يَا كَهْفِي حِينَ تُعْيِينِي الْمَذَاهِبُ وَتَضِيقُ عَلَيَّ الأرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَيَا بَارِئَ خَلْقِي رَحْمَةً بِي وَقَدْ كَانَ عَنْ خَلْقِي غَنِيّاً صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى الْمُسْتَحْفَظِينَ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ثُمَّ ضَعْ خَدَّكَ الأيْسَرَ وَتَقُولُ يَا مُذِلَّ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ وَيَا مُعِزَّ كُلِّ ذَلِيلٍ قَدْ وَعِزَّتِكَ بَلَغَ بِي مَجْهُودِي ثَلاَثاً ثُمَّ تَقُولُ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا كَاشِفَ الْكُرَبِ الْعِظَامِ ثَلاَثاً ثُمَّ تَعُودُ لِلسُّجُودِ فَتَقُولُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ شُكْراً شُكْراً ثُمَّ تَسْأَلُ حَاجَتَكَ إِنْ شَاءَ الله تَعَالَى.

Published English translation

17. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ‘Abd Allah ibn Jundab who has said the following: “I asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about what to say in prostration for thanksgiving because our people are not of the same idea about it. He told me to say the following in a prostrating position: ‘O Lord, I beg You to bear witness, I beg Your angels, Your prophets, messengers and all of Your creatures to bear witness (to my testimony) that You are Allah. You are my Lord. Islam is my religion and Muhammad is my prophet. Ali and all of my ’A’immah so and so’ - mentioning one by one - ‘al- Hassan, al-Husayn, Ali ibn al-Husayn, Muhammad ibn Ali, Ja‘far ibn Muhammad, Musa ibn Ja‘far, Ali ibn Musa, Muhammad ibn Ali, Ali ibn Muhammad, al-Hassan ibn Ali and al-Mahdi are my ’A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam. I have acknowledged their divine authority and as my guardians, I love them and I denounce their enemies. O Lord, I plead before You through the blood of the one who suffered injustice,’ - three times - ‘O Lord I plead before You through Your firm undertaking of granting victory to Your friends - those whom You have entrusted with Your Authority- over Your enemy as well as their enemy. O Allah, I appeal before You to grant Muhammad and those members of his family who have safeguarded their trust compensation. Grant them a compensation worthy of their services to Your cause. O Lord, I request You to grant me comfort after suffering’ - three times. Then place the right side of your face on the ground. Say, ‘O my protector at times when all means become useless and the whole wide world seems to have become narrow, O my creator due to His mercy not because of being in need of such creation, O Allah, grant proper compensation to Muhammad and those members of his family who have safeguarded their trust.’ Then place the left side of your face on the ground and say, ‘O subjugator of tyrants and bestowing honor to the oppressed ones. I swear by Your majesty that my efforts are exhausted’ - three times. Then say, ‘O the affectionate one, the One who grants favors, O the One who removes great hardships’ - three times. Then bow down for prostration and say one hundred times, ‘Shukran’ (I thank You, O Lord); then ask from Allah what you need by the will of Allah, the most High.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/135)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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