Chapter on Supplication for Seeking Offspring
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 46
قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ: "قُلْ فِي طَلَبِ اَلْوَلَدِ "رَبِّ لاٰ تَذَرْنِي فَرْداً وَ أَنْتَ خَيْرُ اَلْوٰارِثِينَ" وَ اِجْعَلْ "لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِيًّا يَرِثُنِي" فِي حَيَاتِي وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لِي بَعْدَ مَوْتِي وَ اِجْعَلْهُ لِي خَلْقاً سَوِيّاً وَ لاَ تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ فِيهِ نَصِيباً اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ اَلْغَفُورُ اَلرَّحِيمُ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ هَذَا اَلْقَوْلِ رَزَقَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى مَا تَمَنَّى مِنْ مَالٍ وَ وَلَدٍ وَ مِنْ خَيْرِ اَلدُّنْيَا وَ اَلْآخِرَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يَقُولُ اِسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كٰانَ غَفّٰاراً يُرْسِلِ اَلسَّمٰاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرٰاراً وَ يُمْدِدْكُمْ بِأَمْوٰالٍ وَ بَنِينَ وَ يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ جَنّٰاتٍ وَ يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ أَنْهٰاراً "
Ali ibn Al-Husayn (peace be upon them) said to one of his companions: "When seeking a child, say: 'My Lord عز وجل, do not leave me alone [without offspring], and You سبحانه وتعالى are the best of inheritors' and add; 'Grant me from Yourself سبحانه وتعالى a successor who will inherit from me during my life and seek forgiveness for me after my death. Make him well-formed in creation and do not allow Satan to have any share in him. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, I seek Your سبحانه وتعالى forgiveness and repent to You سبحانه وتعالى. Indeed, You سبحانه وتعالى are the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.' Repeat this seventy times. For whoever frequently says this supplication, Allah سبحانه وتعالى the Exalted will grant him whatever he wishes of wealth, children, and the goodness of this world and the Hereafter. For Allah سبحانه وتعالى says: 'Seek forgiveness from your Lord عز وجل; indeed, He سبحانه وتعالى is ever Forgiving. He سبحانه وتعالى will send rain to you in abundance and supply you with wealth and children and make for you gardens and make for you rivers' (Surah Nuh 71:10-12)."
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