Tawassul with the Holy Prophet (s) and Hazrat Ali ('a)

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مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية والزيارات المعتبرة.
Virtues, description, and recitation method of TAWASSUL WITH HOLY PROPHET (S) AND H. ALI (S) as recorded in Shia traditions.
يَا مَنْ يَكْفِّى مِنْ كُلَّشَءِ
Surprisingly, I said to him, "O Allah's Messenger, what kind of supplication is this?" He (s) answered, "Can I find any other person who is dearer to Allah than you are so that | can beseech Him in his name?" Within the supplicatory prayers of the Thanksgiving Prostration in the first section of the book, l have mentioned
وَلَا يَكْفِى مِنْهُ شَيْى ءٌ
a number of related supplicatory prayers. O He Who saves from all things but nothing can ever save from Him,
اِكْفِنِى مَا اَهَمَّنِنْ.
(please) save me from what has distressed me.
يَا مَوْضِعَ كُلَ شَكْوْى
O target of all complaints!
وَ يَا سَامِعَ كُلَّ نَجْوْى
O hearer of all confidential talks!
وَ يَا شَاهِدَ كُلِّ مَلَا
O witness of all gatherings!
وَ يَا عَالِمَ كُلَّ خَفِيَّةٍ
O knower of all hidden things!
وَ يَا دَافِعَ مَا يَشَاءُ مِنْ بَلِيَّةٍ
O repelling of whatever tribulation You will to repel!
يَا خَلِيْلَ اِبْرَاهِيْمَ
O friend of Abraham!
وَ يَا نَجِىَّ مُؤْسى
O talker to Moses!
وَ يَا مُصْطَفِىَ مُحَمَّدٍ
O chooser of Muhammad,
صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَلِهِ
may Allah bless him and his Household!
اَدْعُوْكَ دُعَآءَ مَنِ اشْتَدَّثْ فَاقَتُهُ
I supplicate You with the supplication of one whose indigence is extreme,
وَ قَلَّثْ وَ جِيْلَتُهُ
whose stratagem has failed,
وَ ضَعْفَتْ قُوَّتُهُ
and whose ability has fallen short,
دُعَآءَ الْغَرِيْبِ الْغَرِيْقِ الْمُضْطَرُ
the supplication of one who is stranger, drowned, distressed;
الَّذِى لَايَجِدُ لِكَشفِ مَا هُوَ فِيْهِ اِلَّا آَنْتَ
one who has no one at all to relieve him from what he is suffering save You,
يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.
O most merciful of all those who show mercy!
يَا فَارِجَ الَهَمَّ
O Reliever of distress
وَ يَا كَاشِفَ الْغَمِّ
and Remover of agony!
يَا رَحْمْنَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْأَخِرَةِ وَ رَحِيْمَهُمَا
O Beneficent and Merciful of this world and the Hereafter,
فَرَّجْ هَمِّى
(please) relieve my distress
وَاكْشِفْ غَمَّن
and remove my agony.
يَآ اَللهُ الْوَاحِدُ
O Allah Who is the One,
الْاَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ
the One and Only, and the eternally besought of all;
الَّذِى لَمْ يَلِذْ وَ لَمْ يُوْلَدْ
Who begets not nor was begotten
وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوَا اَحَدٌ
and there is none comparable unto Him,
اِغْصِمْنِن وَ طَهَّرْنِىْ
(please) protect me, purify me,
وَ اذْهَبْ بِبَلِيَّتِى.
and eliminate my tribulation.
يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّوْمُ
O He Who is ever-living! O He Who is self-subsisting!
يَا لَا اِلْهَ اِلَّا آَنْتَ
O He save Whom there is no god!
بِرَحْمَتِكَ اَسْتَغِيْتُ
In the name of Your mercy do l seek aid;
فَاكْفِنِن مَا اَهَمَّنِى
so, (please) save me from what has distressed me
وَلَا تَكِلْنِى اِلْى نَفْسِىْ.
and do not refer me to myself.
اَللَّهُمَّ اِنَّى اسْئَلُكَ
O Allah, I beseech You
بِحَقَّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ
in the name of Muhammad and 'Ali,
فَاِنَّ لَهُمَا عِنْدَكَ شَانَا مِنَ الشَّانِ
for they bothenjoy a remarkable standing with You
وَ قَدْرًا مِنَ الْقَدْرِ
and a significant status;
فَبِحَقُّ ذَلِكَ الْشَّأْنِ
so, (I beseech You) in the name of this standing
وَ بِحَقَّ ذلِكَ القَذْرِ
and in the name of this status
آَنْ تُصَلَّىَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آَنْ تَفْعَلْ.
(please) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and... O Allah, (l beseech You) in the name of 'Ali's standing with
اَللَّهُمَّ بِحَقُّ عَلِيّ عِنْدَكَ اِغْفِرْ لِعَلِيِّ
You, (please) forgive 'AIL Surprisingly, I said to him, "O Allah's Messenger, what kind of supplication is this?" He (s) answered, "Can I find any other person who is dearer to Allah than you are so that | can beseech Him in his name?" Within the supplicatory prayers of the Thanksgiving Prostration in the first section of the book, I have mentioned a number of related supplicatory prayers.