The Ziyarah Of Muslim Ibn Aqil

الحَمْدُ للهِ المَلِكِ الحَقِّ المُبِينِ المُتَصاغِرِ لِعَظَمَتِهِ جَبابِرَةُ الطَّاغِينَ المُعْتَرِفِ بِرُبُوبِيَّتِهِ جَمِيعُ أَهْلِ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرَضِينَ المُقِرِّ بِتَوْحِيدِهِ سائِرُ الخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ ، وَصَلّىْ الله عَلى سَيِّدِ الأنامِ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الكِرامِ صَلاةً تَقَرُّ بِها أَعْيُنُهُمْ وَيَرْغَمُ بِها أَنْفُ شانِئِهِمْ مِنَ الجِنِّ وَالاِنْسِ أَجْمَعِينَ سَلامُ الله العَلِيِّ العَظِيمِ وَسَلامُ مَلائِكَتِهِ المُقَرَّبِينَ وَأَنْبِيائِهِ المُرْسَلِينَ وَأَئِمَّتِهِ المُنْتَجَبِينَ وَعِبادِهِ الصَّالِحِينَ وَجَمِيعِ الشُّهداء وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالزَّاكِياتِ الطَّيِّباتِ فِيما تَغْتَدِي وَتَرُوحُ عَلَيْكَ يا مُسْلِمَ بْنَ عَقِيلِ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ وَرَحْمَةُ الله وَبَرَكاتُهُ.

All praise be to Allah: the Lord and the evident Truth.All the tyrannical oppressors are subservient to His almightiness.All the inhabitants of the heavens and the layers of the earth admit His Godhead.All the created beings confess of His Oneness.May Allah send blessings upon the master of all created beingsand upon the members of his Household; the noble ones,such blessings that delight themand humiliate all those who antagonize themfrom all jinn and mankind.Peace of Allah the All-high and All-great,and peace of His favorite angels,His missioned Prophets,His choice Imams,His righteous servants,and all the martyrs andveracious ones,and all blessings that are pure and delightful,that are coming and going,be upon you, Muslim the son of `Aqil the son of Abutalib.Allah’s mercy and benedictions be upon you.

أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَقَمْتَ الصَّلاةَ وَآتَيْتَ الزَّكاةَ وَأَمَرْتَ بِالمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهَيْتَ عَنِ المُنْكَرِ وَجاهَدْتَ فِي الله حَقَّ جِهادِهِ ، وَقُتِلْتَ عَلى مِنْهاجِ المُجاهِدِينَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ حَتّى لَقِيتَ الله عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَهُوَ عَنْكَ راضٍ ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ وَفَيْتَ بِعَهْدِ الله وَبَذَلْتَ نَفْسَكَ فِي نُصْرَةِ حُجَّةِ الله وَابْنَ حُجَّتِهِ حَتّى أَتاكَ اليَقِينُ أَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ وَالوَفاءِ وَالنَّصِيحَةِ لِخَلَفِ النَّبِيِّ المُرْسَلِ وَالسِّبْطِ المُنْتَجَبِ وَالدَّلِيلِ العالِمِ وَالوَصِيِّ المُبَلِّغِ وَالمَظْلُومِ المُهْتَضَمِ ، فَجَزاكَ الله عَنْ رَسُولِهِ وَعَنْ أَمِيرِ المُؤْمِنِينَ وَعَنِ الحَسَنِ وَالحُسَيْنِ أَفْضَلَ الجَزاءِ بِما صَبَرْتَ وَاحْتَسَبْتَ وَأَعَنْتَ ، فَنِعْمَ عُقْبى الدَّارِ.

I bear witness that you performed the prayers,defrayed the zakat,enjoined the right,forbade the wrong,strove in the way of Allah in the best manner of striving,and you were slain following the course of those who strive in Allah’s wayuntil you met Allah, to Whom belong all might and majesty, while He is pleased with you.And I bear witness that you fulfilled your covenant with Allahand sacrificed yourself for the sake of supporting Allah’s argument and the son of Allah’s argument (namely, Imam al- Husayn)until death came upon you.I bear witness that you submitted and acted loyally to himand that you acted sincerely to the successor of the missioned Prophet,the select grandson (of the Prophet),the guide (to the right path), the knowledgeable,the Prophet’s successor, the conveyor (of his mission),the wronged, and the oppressed Imam.May Allah reward you on behalf of His Messenger,on behalf of the Commander of the Faithful,and on behalf of al-Hasan and al-Husayn with the best of rewardingthat befits your steadfastness, reliance (on Allah), and assistance.How excellent is the final home!

وَلَعَنَ الله مَنْ قَتَلَكَ وَلَعَنَ الله مَنْ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِكَ وَلَعَنَ الله مَنْ ظَلَمَكَ وَلَعَنَ الله مَنْ افْتَرى عَلَيْكَ وَلَعَنَ الله مَنْ جَهِلَ حَقَّكَ وَاسْتَخَفَّ بِحُرْمَتِكَ وَلَعَنَ الله مَنْ بايَعَكَ وَغَشَّكَ وَخَذَلَكَ وَأَسْلَمَكَ وَمَنْ أَلَّبَ عَلَيْكَ وَلَمْ يُعِنْكَ الحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ النَّارَ مَثْواهُمْ وَبِئْسَ الوِرْدِ المَوْرُودُ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قُتِلْتَ مَظْلُوماً وَأَنَّ الله مُنْجِزٌ لَكُمْ ما وَعَدَكُمْ.

May Allah curse him who slew you.May Allah curse him who ordered of slaying you.May Allah curse him who wronged you.May Allah curse him who forged lies against you.May Allah curse him who underestimated your positionand belittled your sanctity.May Allah curse those who cheated you after they had sworn allegiance to you,those who disappointed and let you down,and those who allied against you instead of assisting you.All praise be to Allah Who decided Hellfire to be the eternal abode of those peoples.Woeful indeed will be the place to which they are led!I bear witness that you were slain wronglyand that Allah shall fulfill His promise to you.

جِئْتُكَ زائِراً عارِفاً بِحَقِّكُمْ مُسَلِّما لَكُمْ تابِعاً لِسُنَّتِكُمْ وَنُصْرَتِي لَكُمْ مُعَدَّهٌ حَتّى يَحْكُمَ الله وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الحاكِمِينَ فَمَعَكُمْ مَعَكُمْ لا مَعَ عَدُوِّكُمْ صَلَواتُ الله عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَلى أَرْواحِكُمْ وَأَجْسادِكُمْ وَشاهِدِكُمْ وَغائِبِكُمْ وَالسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ الله وَبَرَكاتُهُ ، قَتَلَ الله اُمَّةً قَتَلَتْكُمْ بِالأيْدِي وَالألْسُنِ.

As I am visiting you, I recognize your right,I am submissive to you, I am imitating your course,and I am preparing myself for supporting youuntil Allah judges, and He is the best of judges.So, I am always with youand I never am with your enemies.May Allah’s peace be upon youand upon your souls and bodiesand upon the present from you and the absent one.Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you.May Allah kill the groups that have killed you with deeds and words.

السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّها العَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ المُطِيعُ للهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلاِ مِيرِ المُؤْمِنِينَ وَالحَسَنِ وَالحُسَيْنِ عليهم‌السلام ، الحَمْدُ للهِ وَسَلامٌ عَلى عِبادِهِ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَالسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ الله وَبَرَكاتُهُ وَمَغْفِرَتُهُ وَعَلى رُوحِكَ وَبَدَنِكَ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ مَضَيْتَ عَلى ما مَضى عَلَيْهِ البَدْرِيُّونَ المُجاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ الله المُبالِغُونَ فِي جِهادِ أَعْدائِهِ وَنُصْرَةِ أَوْلِيائِهِ ؛

Peace be upon you, O righteous servant (of Allah),who is obedient to Allah, to His Messenger, to the Commander of the Faithful,to al-Hasan, and to al-Husayn, peace be upon them.All praise be to Allahand all peace be upon His servants whom He has chosen:Muhammad and his Household.Peace, Allah’s mercy,blessings, and forgiveness be upon youand upon your soul and your body.I bear witness that you died for the same principles for which the martyrs of the Battle of Badr died:those who strove in Allah’s wayand did their best in struggling against Allah’s enemiesand in supporting Allah’s friends.

فَجِزاكَ الله أَفْضَلَ الجَزاءِ وَأَكْثَرَ الجَزاءِ وَأَوْفَرَ جَزاءِ أَحَدٍ مِمَّنْ وَفى بِبَيْعَتِهِ وَاسْتَجابَ لَهُ دَعْوَتَهُ وَأَطاعَ وُلاةَ أَمْرِهِ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بالَغْتَ فِي النَّصِيحَةِ وَأَعْطَيْتَ غايَةَ المَجْهُودِ حَتّى بَعَثَكَ الله فِي الشُّهداء وَجَعَلَ رُوحَكَ مَعَ أَرْواحِ السُّعَداءِ وَأَعْطاكَ مِنْ جِنانِهِ أَفْسَحَها مَنْزِلاً وَأَفْضَلَها غُرَفاً وَرَفَعَ ذِكْرَكَ فِي العِلِّيِّينَ وَحَشَرَكَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهداء وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ اُولئِكَ رَفِيقاً ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ لَمْ تَهِنْ وَلَمْ تَنْكُلْ وَأَنَّكَ قَدْ مَضَيْتَ عَلى بَصِيرَةٍ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ مُقْتَدِياً بِالصَّالِحِينَ وَمُتَّبِعاً لِلْنَبِيِّينَ ، فَجَمَعَ الله بَيْنَنا وَبَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِهِ وَأَوْلِيائِهِ فِي مَنازِل المُخْبِتِينَ فَإِنَّهُ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

So, may Allah reward you with the best rewarding,with the most abundant rewarding,and with the most affluent rewarding that He grants to one who fulfilled his allegiance to Himresponded to His invitation,and obeyed His representatives.I bear witness that you exerted all efforts in acting sincerelyand you put forth all possible endeavorsso that Allah has included you with the martyrs, So, may Allah reward you with the best rewarding,with the most abundant rewarding,and with the most affluent rewarding that He grants to one who fulfilled his allegiance to Himresponded to His invitation,and obeyed His representatives.I bear witness that you exerted all efforts in acting sincerelyand you put forth all possible endeavorsso that Allah has included you with the martyrs,put your soul with the souls of the delighted ones,has decided for you the most spacious abode in the gardens of His Paradiseand the best rooms therein,raised your name to the `illiyyin (the loftiest place),and added you to the group of the Prophets, the veracious ones,the martyrs, and the righteous ones.How excellent is the company of these.I bear witness that you never slackened or recoiled (from your duty) and that you died while you are certain of your doctrineas you followed the righteous onesand imitated the Prophets.So, may Allah gather us with youand with His Messenger and intimate servantsin the abodes of the modest ones.Surely, He is the most merciful of all those who show mercy.

اللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَلا تَدَعْ لِي ذَنْباً

O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammadand, as I am in this noble place