Third Of Sha'ban

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THIRD OF SHABAN About this blessed day, Shaykh al-Tusi says in Misbah al- Mutahajjid: Imam al-Husayn ibn Ali(a.s.) was born on the third of Sha'ban. Abu'l-Qasim ibn 'Ala' al-HaMadani, the
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representative of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari(a.s.), received a document telling that our master, Imam al-Husayn ibn Ali(a.s.), was born on the third of Sha'ban, therefore, you should observe fasting on this day and say the following
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supplicatory prayer.
اَللّهُمّ إِنَّيّ اَسْاَلُكَ بِحَقَّ الْمَوْلُوْدِ فِيْ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ
Oh God, I ask you by the right of someone born on this day.
الْمَؤْعُوْدِ بِشَهَادَتِهِ قَبْلَ اسْتِهْلَالِهِ وَ وَلَادَتِهِ
The one who is promised his testimony before his initiation and birth
بَكَتْهُ السَّمَاءُ وَ مَنْ فِيْهَا
The sky and everyone in it cried for him
وَ الْاَرْضُ وَ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا
And the earth and those on it
وَ لَمَّا يَطَأ لَا بَتَيْهَا
And when he stepped on her house
قَتِيْلِ الْعَبْرَةِ
The murderer of the lesson
وَ سَيِّدِ الأُسْرَةِ
And the master of the family
المَمْدُوْدِ بِالنُّصْرَةِ يَوْمَ الكَرَّةِ
Extended with victory on the Day of Resurrection
الْمُعَوَّضِ مِنْ قَثْلِهِ اَنَّ الاَئِمَّةَ مِنْ نَسْلِهِ
The one who compensates for his loss is that the Imams are from his descendants.
وَ الشَّفَاءَ فِيْ تُرْبَتِهِ
And healing is in its soil
وَ الْفَوْزَ مَعَهُ فِيْ اَوْبَتِهِ
And victory is with him in his times
وَ الْاَوْصِيَاءَ مِنْ عِثْرَتِهِ
And the guardians are his offence
بَعَدَ قَائِمِهِمْ وَ غَيْبَتِهِ
After their leader and his absence
حَثَّى يُذْرِكُوْا الْاَوْتَارَ
Until they forget the strings
وَ يَثْارُوْا الثَّارَ
And they revolt
وَ يَرْضُوْا الْجَبَّارَ
And they please the tyrant
وَ يَكُوْنُوْا خَيْرَ اَنْصَارٍ
And they will be the best supporters
صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مَعَ اخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ
May God bless them with the difference between day and night.
اَللَّهُمَ فَبِحَقَّهِمْ اِلَيْكَ اَتَوَسَّلُ
Oh God, for their right, I beg of You
وَ اَسْاَلَ سُؤَالَ مُقْتَرِفِ مُعْتَرِفِ
And ask the question of a confessor who confesses
مُسِيّءِ إِلَى نَفْيٍهِ
Offensive to deny it
مِمَّا فَرَّطَ فِي يَوْمِهِ وَ أَمْسِهِ
Of what he neglected in his day and yesterday
يَسْاَلُكَ الْعِضمَةَ اِلَى مَحَلَّ رَمْسِهِ،
He asks you for greatness to the place of his arrow,
اَللَّهُمَّ فَصَلّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عِثْرَتِهِ
Oh God, bless Muhammad and his misfortune
وَ اخشُّرْنَا فِيْ زُمْرَتِهِ
And make us fear in his company
وَ بَوِّتَّنَا مَعَهُ دَارَ الْكَرَامَةِ
And we settled with him in a house of dignity.
وَ مَحَلَّ الْإِقَامَةِ
And the place of residence
اَللَّهُمَ وَ كَمَا اَكْرَمْتَنَا بِمَعْرِفَتِهِ فَآكْرِمُنَا بِزُلْفَتِهِ
Oh God, just as you have honored us by knowing him, honor us by being close to him.
وَ ازْزُقْنَا مُرَافَقَتَهُ وَ سَابِقَتَهُ
And We were blessed to accompany it and precede it.
وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يُسَلَّمُ لامْرِهِ
And make us among those who submit to His command
وَ يُكْثِرُ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِهِ
And many blessings be upon him when he is mentioned.
وَ عَلَى جَمِيْعِ اَوْصِيَآئِهِ وَ اَهْلِ اَضفِيَآئِهِ
And upon all his guardians and the people of his friends.
الْمَمْدُوْدِيْنَ مِنْكَ بِالْعَدَدِ الْاِثْنَي عَشَرَ
Extended by you in number twelve
النُّجُوْمِ الزّهَرِ
The stars are blossoming
وَ الْحُجَجِ عَلَى جَمِيْعِ الْبَشَرِ
And the proofs apply to all people
اَللَّهُمَّ وَهَبْ لَنَا فِيْ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ خَيْرَ مَؤْهِبَةٍ
Oh God, grant us the best gift on this day.
وَ انْجِحْ لَنَا فِيْهِ كُلِّ طَلِبَةٍ
And grant us success in every request
كَمَا وَهَبْتَ الْحُسَيْنَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ جَدِّهِ
Just as you gave Al-Hussein to Muhammad, his grandfather.
وَ عَاذَ فَطْرُسُ بِمَهْدِهِ
And Petros took refuge in his cradle
فَنَخْنُ عَائِذُوْنَ بِقَبْرِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ
So we will seek refuge in his grave after him.
نَشْهَدُ تُرْبَتَهُ وَ نَنْتَظِرُ اَوْبَتَهُ
We witness its soil and await its return.
أمِيْنَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ.
Amen, Lord of the Worlds.
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After that, you may say Dua al-Husayn (Supplicatory prayer of
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Imam al-Husayn), which is the last supplicatory prayer he
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said when his enemies surrounded him in large numbers on
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the Day of 'Ashura (the tenth of Muharram):
اَللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ مُتَعَالِي الْمَكَانِ
Oh God, You are exalted in place
عَظِيْمُ الْجَبَرُوْتِ
Great might
شَدِيْدُ الْمِحَالِ
Very impossible
غَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْخَلَايِقِ
He is rich in need of creation
عَرِيْضُ الكِبْرِيَاءِ
High pride
قَادِرٌ عَلَى مَا تَشَآءُ
You are capable of whatever you want
قَرِيْبُ الرَّحْمَةِ
Close in mercy
صَادِقُ الْوَعْدِ
He is faithful to his promise
سَابِغُ النَّعْمَةِ
I am blessed
حَسَنُ الْبَلَآءِ
Good affliction
قَرِيْبٌ اِذَا دُعِيْتَ
Nearby when you are called
مُحِيْطُ بِمَا خَلَقْتَ
Surrounding what you have created
قَابِلُ التَّوْبَةِ لِمَنْ تَابَ اِلَيْكَ
Accepting repentance for whoever repents to you
قَادِرٌ عَلَى مَآ اَرَذْتَ
Able to do what you want
وَ مُدْرِكٌ مَا طَلَبْتَ
And I realize what you asked for
وَ شَكُوْرٌ اِذَا شُكِرْتَ
And make our faces white with it,
وَ ذَكُوْرٌ اِذَا ذُكِرْتَ
And mention if you mention
اَذْعُوْكَ مُخْتَاجًا
I appeal to you in need
وَ اَرْغَبُ اِلَيْكَ فَقِيْرًا
And I desire You as a poor person
وَ اَفْزَعُ اِلَيْكَ خَائِفًا
And I turn to you in fear
وَ اَبْكِيّ اِلَيْكَ مَكْرُوْبًا
And I cry to you in distress
وَ اَسْتَعِيْنُ بِكَ ضَعِيْفَا
And I seek Your help, weak
وَاَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ كَافِيَّا
And I trust in you sufficiently
أَخْكُمْ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا [بِالْحَق]
Your brother between us and our people [in truth]
فَاِنَّهُمْ غَرُّوْنَا وَ خَدَعُوْنَا
For they deceived us and deceived us
وَ خَذَلُوْنَا وَ غَدَرُوْا بِنَا وَ قَتَلَوْنَا
They let us down, betrayed us, and killed us.
وَ نَخْنُ عِثْرَةُ نَبِيِّكَ
And we betray the stumbling block of your Prophet
وَ وَلَدُ حَبِيْبِكَ
And your lover was born
مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ
Muhammad bin Abdullah
الَّذِيْ اضطَفَيْتَهُ بِالرِّسَالَةِ
Which you added with the message
وَ اتْتَمَنْتَهُ عَلَى وَخِيِكَ
And you entrusted it to your brother
فَاجْعَلَ لَنَا مِنْ اَمْرِنَا فَرَجًا وَ مَخْرَجًا
So make for us a relief and a way out of our affair.
بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.
By your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.