The Location of the Grave of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 157
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 157
The Location of the Grave of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام
[الوداع] مِنْ رِوَايَةِ يُوسُفَ اَلْكُنَاسِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تُوَدِّعَهُ فَقُلْ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اَللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ نَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اَللَّهَ وَ نَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ اَلسَّلاَمَ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَ بِالرَّسُولِ وَ بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ وَ دَلَّ عَلَيْهِ «وَ اِتَّبَعْنَا اَلرَّسُولَ » يَا رَبِّ «فَاكْتُبْنٰا مَعَ اَلشّٰاهِدِينَ» اَللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ اَلْعَهْدِ مِنَّا وَ مِنْهُ اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَنْفَعَنَا بِحُبِّهِ اَللَّهُمَّ اِبْعَثْهُ مَقَاماً مَحْمُوداً تَنْصُرُ بِهِ دِينَكَ وَ تَقْتُلُ بِهِ عَدُوَّكَ وَ تُبِيرُ بِهِ مَنْ نَصَبَ حَرْباً لآِلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَإِنَّكَ وَعَدْتَهُ ذَلِكَ وَ أَنْتَ «لاٰ تُخْلِفُ اَلْمِيعٰادَ» اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اَللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكُمْ شُهَدَاءُ نُجَبَاءُ جَاهَدْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اَللَّهِ وَ قُتِلْتُمْ عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ اِبْنِ رَسُولِهِ كَثِيراً وَ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ اَلَّذِي صَدَقَكُمْ وَعْدَهُ وَ أَرَاكُمْ مَا تُحِبُّونَ وَ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَيْهِمُ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ رَحْمَةُ اَللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ اَللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَشْغَلْنِي فِي اَلدُّنْيَا عَنْ شُكْرِ نِعْمَتِكَ وَ لاَ بِإِكْثَارٍ فِيهَا فَتُلْهِيَنِي عَجَائِبُ بَهْجَتِهَا وَ تَفْتِنَنِي زَهْرَتُهَا وَ لاَ بِإِقْلاَلٍ يُضِرُّ بِعَمَلِي ضَرُّهُ وَ يَمْلَأُ صَدْرِي هَمُّهُ أَعْطِنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ غِنًى عَنْ شِرَارِ خَلْقِكَ وَ بَلاَغاً أَنَالُ بِهِ رِضَاكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ اَلرَّاحِمِينَ ».
Farewell: Narrated by Yusuf al-Kunasi from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: "When you wish to bid him farewell, say: 'Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and His blessings. We entrust you to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, and we send peace upon you. We believe in Allah سبحانه وتعالى, in the Messenger, and in what he brought and guided toward. ‘We followed the Messenger.’ O Lord عز وجل, ‘so write us among the witnesses.’ O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, do not make this the last encounter between us and him. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, we ask You to grant us benefit through his love. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, raise him to the praised station through which You support Your religion, destroy Your enemies, and annihilate those who wage war against the family of Muhammad. Indeed, You have promised him that, and You ‘never break Your promise.’ Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and His blessings. I bear witness that you are noble martyrs who strove in the path of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and were martyred following the path of the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, peace be upon him and his family. Praise be to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, who fulfilled His promise to you and showed you what you love. Blessings of Allah سبحانه وتعالى be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad عليه السلام and His mercy and blessings. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, do not let me become distracted in this world from thanking You for Your blessings. Do not let the allure of its wonders or the temptation of its beauty divert me if I have abundance, nor let its hardship harm my deeds or fill my heart with worry if I face scarcity. Grant me sufficiency away from the evil among Your creation and the means to attain Your pleasure, O Most Merciful of the merciful.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh