Instructions
DUA AL HAJJ In al-Kafi, al-Kulayni has narrated on the authority of Abu- Basir that Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) used to say the following supplicatory prayer in Ramadan:
DUA ABU HAMZAH AL THUMALI Nne: Katika Misbah al-Mutahajjid, imepokewa kutoka kwa Abu-Hamzah al-Thumali kwamba Imam Ali bin al-Husayn Zayn al'Abidin (a.s.) alikuwa akiswali Swalah
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّي بِكَ وَمِثْكَ اَطلُبُ حَاجَتِيْ،
Oh God, I seek my needs in You and in You.
Ee Mungu, natafuta mahitaji yangu kwako na kwako.
وَمَنْ طَلَبَ حَاجَةً اِليَ النَّاسِ
And whoever asks for a need from people
Na anayeomba haja kwa watu
فَانَّي لَا اَطلُبُ حَاجَتي اِلَّا مِئْكَ
For I do not ask for my need except for your water.
Kwani siombi haja yangu isipokuwa maji yako.
وَخَدَكَ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَكَ،
And you have no partner,
Na ndani yako nilitafuta msaada
وَاَسْاَلُكَ بِفَضْلِكَ وَرِضْوَانِكَ
I ask you by your grace and pleasure
Ninakuomba kwa neema na radhi zako
آَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآهْلِ بَيْتِهِ،
To bless Muhammad and his family,
Kumbariki Muhammad na familia yake,
وَآَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِي فِيْ عَامِيْ هَذْ اِلْى بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ سَبِيْلًا
And that You make for me a way in this year of mine to Your Sacred House
Na kwamba Unifanyie njia katika mwaka wangu huu kwenye Nyumba yako Takatifu
حِجَّةً مَبْرُوْرَةً
A justified argument
Hoja yenye haki
مُتَقَبَلَةً رَاكِيَةً
Accepted and steadfast
Imekubaliwa na thabiti
خَالِصَةَ لَكَ
Sincerely yours
Wako mwaminifu
تَقَرُّ بِهَا عَيْنِيْ،
It pleases my eye,
Inapendeza macho yangu,
وَتَزْفعُ بِهَا دَرَجَتِيْ،
And it raises my rank,
Na inainua daraja yangu,
وَتَرزُقَنِي اَنْ اغْضَّ بَصَرِيْ،
And You enable me to lower my gaze,
Na umeniwezesha kuinamisha macho yangu,
وَاَنْ اخفَظَ فَرْجِيْ،
And if I keep my private parts,
Na ikiwa nitashika sehemu zangu za siri,
وَاَنْ آَكُفَّ بِهَا عَنْ جَمِيْعِ مَحَارِمَكَ،
And to abstain thereby from all your forbidden acts,
Na kujiepusha kwayo na vitendo vyenu vyote vilivyoharamishwa.
حَثّى لَايَكُوْنَ شَيْءُ أَثَرَ عِنْدِيْ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ وَخَشْيَتِكَ،
So that nothing will impress me more than your obedience and your fear,
Ili kwamba hakuna kitu kitakachonivutia zaidi kuliko utii wako na hofu yako,
وَالْعَمَلِ بِمَا اَحْبَبْتَ،
And work with what you love,
Na fanya kazi na kile unachopenda,
وَالتَّرْكِ لِمَا كَرِهْتَ وَنَهَيْتَ عَنْهُ،
And abandoning what you dislike and forbid,
Na kuacha msiyo yapenda na kukataza.
وَاجْعَل ذَلِكَ فِيْ يُسْرٍ وَيَسَارٍ
And make that easy and easy
Na kufanya hivyo rahisi na rahisi
وَ عَافِيَةٍ وَمَآ اَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ،
And good health and what you have bestowed upon me,
Na afya njema na uliyonineemesha,
وَاَسْاَلُكَ آَنْ تَجْعَلَ وَفَاتِي قَثْلًا فِيْ سَبِيْلِكَ،
And I ask You to make my death an example in Your cause.
Na nakuomba Ufanye kifo changu kiwe mfano katika njia Yako.
نَحتَ رَايَةٍ نَبِيِّكَ مَعَ اَوْلِيَآئِكَ،
Carve the banner of your Prophet with your saints,
Chongeni bendera ya Mtume wenu pamoja na walii wenu.
وَاسْاَلُكَ آَنْ تَقْثُلَ بِي آَعْدَاءَكَ وَاَعْدَاءَ رَسُوْلِكَ،
I ask you not to make your enemies and the enemies of your Messenger slander me.
Ninakuomba usiwafanye maadui zako na maadui wa Mtume wako kunitukana mimi.
وَاَسْاَلُكَ اَنْ تُكْرِمَنِيْ بِهَوَانِ مَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ،
I ask You to honor me with the humiliation of whomever You wish of Your creation.
Ninakuomba uniheshimu kwa kumdhalilisha umtakaye katika viumbe Wako.
وَلَا تُهِنَّي بِكَرَامَةِ آَحَدٍ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءِكَ
Do not disgrace the dignity of any of your guardians.
Msivunjishe heshima ya yeyote katika walii wenu.
اَللّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِي مَعَ الرَّسُوْلِ سَبِيْلًا،
Oh God, make a way for me with the Messenger,
Ewe Mola wangu nifanyie njia pamoja na Mtume.
حَسبيَ اللّهُ مَا شَاَءَ اللّهُ.
God is sufficient for me, God willing.
Mungu ananitosha, Mungu akipenda.
