Bidding Farewell to the Holy Imams

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توديع الأئمة الأطهار كما سبق أن من آداب الزيارة أن يودع الزائر الذي يريد الخروج إلى بلده، المزور بصيغ الوداع التي وردت عنهم.
BIDDING FAREWELL TO THE HOLY IMAMS As has been previously mentioned, one of the etiquettes of ziyarah is that the visitor, intending to leave for his hometown, should farewell to the visited person by saying the forms of bidding farewell that have been reported from
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الأئمة الأطهار (ع). ومن الملاحظ أن أغلب أشكال الزيارة تنتهي بكلمات الوداع.
the Holy Imams ('a). It is noticeable that most of the forms of ziyarah end with statements of bidding farewell.
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وبعد أن ذكرت صيغ زيارة كل واحد من الأئمة الأطهار، ذكرت شكلاً من أشكال توديعهم. وأما الإمام الحسين عليه السلام فقد ذكرت أيضاً شكلاً من آداب توديعه وهي الآداب العشرون لزيارته.
After citing the forms of ziyarah of each of the Holy Imams, 1 have mentioned a form of bidding farewell to them. As to Imam al-Husayn, peace be upon him, I have also mentioned a form of bidding farewell to him as the twentieth etiquette of visiting him.
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وسأذكر بعد ذلك شكلاً آخر من أشكال توديع الأئمة عليهم السلام، نقله الشيخ محمد المشهدي في كتابه المزار الكبير، باب الوداع. وكذا رواه السيد ابن طاووس بعد الصيغة الشاملة المذكورة
Hereinafter, I will cite another form of bidding farewell to the Holy Imams, which has been reported by Shaykh Muhammad al-Mashhadi in his book of al-Mazar al-kabir, Chapter: Bidding Farewell. The same form has been reported by Sayyid Ibn Tawus after the aforementioned comprehensive form of
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الزيارة المعروفة بزيارة أئمة المؤمنين.
ziyarah known as Ziyarah of the Imams of the Believers.
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وسأذكره الآن كما جاء في كتاب مصباح الزعير:
I will now cite it as exactly as it has been mentioned in the book of Misbah al-Za'ir:
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عندما تنوي توديع أي من المقامات المقدسة والخروج منها، يمكنك أن تقول الكلمات التالية:
When you intend to bid farewell to and leave any of the holy shrines, you may say the following words:
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا اَهْلَ بَيْتِ النُّبْوَّةِ وَ مَعْدِنَ الرِّسَالَةِ سَلَامَ مُوَدَّعِ لَا سَئِمِ وَ لَا قَالٍ وَ
Peace be upon you, O people of the House of prophecy and the source of the message. A farewell greeting, not one who is weary or talkative.
رَخْمَةُ اللهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ اَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ إِنَّهُ حَمِيْدٌ مَجِيْدٌ سَلَامَ وَلِيَّ غَيْرٍ رَاغِبٍ
May God’s mercy and blessings be upon you, O People of the House. Indeed, He is Praiseworthy, Glorious, Peace, and My Guardian is not unwilling.
عَنْكُمْ وَلَا مُنْحَرِفِ عَنْكُمْ وَ لَا مُسْتَبْدِل بِكُمْ وَ لَا مُؤْثِرٍ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ لَا زَاهِدٍ فِيْ قُرْبِكُمْ
There is no one who deviates from you, there is no one who replaces you, there is no one who has influence over you, and there is no ascetic near you.
لَا جَعَلَهُ اللهُ أَخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيَارَةِ قُبُوْرِكُمْ وَ اِثْيَانِ مَشَاهِدِكُمْ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ
No, may God make it the last of the covenant of visiting your graves and showing your sights and peace be upon you and
حَشَرَنِيَ اللهُ فِي زُمْرَتِكُمْ وَ ٱَوْرَدَنِن حَوْضَكُمْ وَ آَرْضَاكُمْ عَنَي وَ مَكِّنَنِيْ فِيْ
God has gathered me into your group, made us enter your basin, made you comfortable with me, and enabled me to
دَوْلَتِكُمْ وَ اَخِيَانِي فِيْ رَجْعَتِكُمْ وَ مَلَّكَنِي فِيْ آَيَّامِكُمْ وَ شَكَرَ سَعِينْ لَكُمْ وَ غَفَرَ
Your government, and my brotherhood when you returned, and made me king in your days, and gave thanks and sought you, and forgave.
ذُنُوْبِي بِشَفَاعَتِكُمْ وَ آَقَالَ عَثْرَتِيْ بِحْبَكُمْ وَ اَغْلَى كَعْبِيْ بِمُوَالَاتِكُمْ وَ شَرَفَنِيْ
My sins are healed by your intercession, my stumbles are healed by your love, my heels are healed by your loyalty and you honor me.
بِطَاعَتِكُمْ وَ اَعَزَّنِيْ
By your obedience and comfort me
بِهُذْئْكُمْ وَ جَعَلَنِي مِمَّنْ يَنْقَلِبُ مُفْلِحًا مُنْجِحًا سَالِمًا غَانِمًا مُعَافًا غَنِيًا فَآئِزًا بِرِضْوَانِ
With this, and make me of those who turn, prosperous, prosperous, prosperous, well-off, wealthy, and attaining satisfaction.
اللهِ وَ فَضْلِهِ وَ كِفَايَتِهِ، بِاَفْضَلِ مَا يَنْقَلِبُ بِهِ آَحَدٌ مِنْ زُوَارِكُمْ وَ مَوَالِيْكُمْ وَ
God, His grace, and His sufficiency, with the best of which one of your visitors, your friends, and
مُحِبِّيْكُمْ وَ شِيْعَتِكُمْ وَ رَزَقَنِيَ اللهُ الْعَوْدَ ثُمَّ الْعَوْدَ ثُمَّ الْعَوْدَ مَا آبْقَانِي رَبَّي بِنِيَّةِ
Your lovers and your Shiites, and God has blessed me with the promise, then the promise, then the return, as long as my Lord has left me with the intention of
صَادِقَةٍ وَ اِيْمَانٍ وَ تَقْوْى وَ إِخْبَاتٍ وَ رِزْقٍ وَاسِعٍ حَلَالٍ طَيِّبِ اَللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْهُ أُخِرَ
Honesty, faith, piety, patience, and ample, lawful, and good provision. Oh God, do not make it another.
الْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيَارَتِهِمْ وَ ذِكْرِهِمْ وَ الصَّلُوةِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ اَوْجِبُ لِيَ الْمَغْفِرَةَ وَ الرَّحْمَةَ وَ
The covenant of visiting them, remembering them, and praying for them, and enjoin for me forgiveness and mercy and
الْخَيْرَ وَ الْبَرَكَةَ وَ النُّوْرَ وَ الْاِيْمَانَ وَ حُسْنَ الْإِجَابَةِ كَمَا أَوْجَبْتَ لِاوْلِيَآئِكَ الْعَارِفِيْنَ
Goodness, blessing, light, faith, and good response, as You have commanded for those who know.
بِحَقَّهِمُ الْمُوْجِبِيْنَ طَاعَتَهُمْ وَ الرَّاغِبِينَ فِيْ زِيَارَتِهِمُ الْمُتَقَرِّبِيْنَ إِلَيْكَ وَ اِلَيْهِمْ بِابِيّ
By their right, those who oblige their obedience, and those who wish to visit them, those who are close to you and to them, my door.
آَنْثَمْ وَ أُمَّنْ وَ نَفْسِيْ وَ مَالِي وَ اَهْلِيّ اِجْعَلُوْنِي مِنْ هَمَّكُمْ وَ صَيَّرُوْنِي فِيْ حِزْبِكُمْ
My soul, my security, my life, my money, and my family, make me one of your concerns and join me in your party.
وَ اَدْخِلُوْنِي فِي شَفَاعَتِكُمْ وَ اذْكُرُوْنِي عِنْدَ رَبَّكُمْ اَللَّهُمَّ صَلَّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ألِ
And include me in your intercession and remember me before your Lord. O God, bless Muhammad and his family.
مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آَبْلِغْ ٱَرْوَاحَهُمْ وَ اَجْسَادَهُمْ عَنَيْ تَجِيَّةً كَثِيْرَةً وَ سَلَامًا وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ
Muhammad, and I convey to their souls and bodies much blessings and peace, and peace be upon you.
رَخمَةُ اللّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ
God's mercy and blessings
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توديع الأئمة الأطهار كما سبق أن من آداب الزيارة أن يودع الزائر الذي يريد الخروج إلى بلده، المزور بصيغ الوداع التي وردت عنهم.
BIDDING FAREWELL TO THE HOLY IMAMS As has been previously mentioned, one of the etiquettes of ziyarah is that the visitor, intending to leave for his hometown, should farewell to the visited person by saying the forms of bidding farewell that have been reported from
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الأئمة المقدسة (ع). ومن الملاحظ أن أغلب أشكال الزيارة تنتهي بكلمات الوداع.
the Holy lmams ('a). It is noticeable that most of the forms of ziyarah end with statements of bidding farewell.
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وبعد أن ذكرت صيغ زيارة كل واحد من الأئمة الأطهار، ذكرت شكلا من أشكال توديعهم. وأما الإمام الحسين عليه السلام فقد ذكرت أيضاً شكلاً من توديعه من الآداب العشرين لزيارته.
After citing the forms of ziyarah of each of the Holy Imams, l have mentioned a form of bidding farewell to them. As to Imam alHusayn, peace be upon him, I have also mentioned a form of bidding farewell to him as the twentiethetiquette of visiting him.
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وسأذكر بعد ذلك شكلاً آخر من أشكال توديع الأئمة عليهم السلام، نقله الشيخ محمد المشهدي في كتابه المزار الكبير، باب: الوداع. وكذا رواه السيد ابن طاووس بعد الصيغة الشاملة المذكورة
Hereinafter, I will cite another form of bidding farewell to the Holy Imams, which has been reported by Shaykh Muhammad alMashhadi in his book of alMazar alkabir, Chapter: Bidding Farewell. The same form has been reported by Sayyid Ibn Tawus after the aforementioned comprehensive form of
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الزيارة المعروفة بزيارة أئمة المؤمنين.
ziyarah known as Ziyarah of the Imams of the Believers.
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وسأذكره الآن كما جاء في كتاب مصباح الزعير:
I will now cite it as exactly as it has been mentioned in the book of Misbah alZa'ir:
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عندما تنوي توديع أي من المقامات المقدسة والخروج منها، يمكنك أن تقول الكلمات التالية:
When you intend to bid farewell to and leave any of the holy shrines, you may say the following words:
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السلام عليكم جميعاً يا أهل بيت النبوة وجوهر الرسالة. أسلّم عليك من عليه أن يودعك وهو لا يمل منك ولا يمل منك. السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته يا أهل البيت. فهو حقا يستحق
Peace be upon you all, O household of prophethood and essence of the (divine) Message. I Offer you the salutation of one who has to bid farewell to you although he is neither bored with you nor tired of you. Allah's mercy and blessings be upon you, O People of the Household. He is verily worth of
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تسبيحًا مملوءًا مجدًا. أحييك بتحية الولي الذي لا يخذلك، ولا ينحرف عنك، ولا يستبدلك، ولا يختار غيرك، ولا يمل من جوارك. أسأل الله أن لا يجعل هذه المرة آخر زيارة لي لمقابركم
praise, full of glory. [l greet you] with the greeting of a loyalist to you who never forsakes you, never deviates from you, never substitutes you, never chooses others than you, and never becomes weary of being in your vicinity. May Allah never decide this time to be my last visit to your tombs and
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القادمة إلى مزاراتكم. السلام عليكم جميعا. اللهم أدخلني في زمرتك، وأذن لي في حوضك، وأرضني عني، وسلطني في حكومتك، وأحييني بعودتك، وقويني في أيام سلطانك، واشكر ربي.
coming to your shrines. Peace be upon you all. May Allah include me with your group, allow me to come to your pond, make you to be pleased with me, give me authority in your (expected) government, restore me to life at your Return, grant me power on the days of your authority, thank my
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جهد زيارتك، واغفر لي ذنوبي بشفاعتك، وامح زلتي بحبي لك، وارفع درجتي بولائي لك، وأكرمني بطاعتي لك، وعزني باتباع هداك، واجعلني ممن
efforts for visiting you, forgive my sins through your intercession, absolve my slips on account of my love for you, raise my rank on account of my loyalty to you, endue me with honor due to my obedience to you, grant me dignity due to my following your right guidance, make me of those who
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ارجع إلى ديارك بالنجاح والازدهار والسلامة والأرباح والعافية والغنى والفوز برضوان الله وفضله وأمانه بأفضل ما يمكن أن يعود به أي من زوارك ومواليك ومحبيك ومواليك. وأسأل الله أن يمنحني المزيد والمزيد من الفرص لزيارتك مرة أخرى
return homes with success, prosperity, safety, profits, wellbeing, riches, and winning of Allah's pleasure, favors, and security with the most favorable thing that any of your visitors, loyalists, lovers, and adherents may return with. May Allah grant me more and more chances to re-visit you, as
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ما دام ربي حيا، حاملا صدق النية، والإيمان، والتقوى، والخضوع، والرزق الموسع، الحلال، الطيب. اللهم لا تجعل هذه المرة تكون آخر زيارة لي لقبورهم وذكرهم والصلاة عليهم. جعل المغفرة لا مفر منها،
long as my Lord keeps me alive, bearing honest intention, faith, piety, submission, and sustenance that is expansive, legally gotten, and pleasant. O Allah, do not decide this time to be my last visit to their tombs, mentioning them, and invoking blessings upon them. Make inevitable forgiveness,
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الرحمة والخير والبركة والنور والإيمان وحسن الإجابة لي، كما جعلت ذلك كله لعبادك المقربين الذين عرفوا حالهم، وفرضوا على أنفسهم طاعتهم، ورغبوا في زيارتهم، ورغبوا في زيارتهم.
mercy, goodness, blessing, light, faith, and excellent response for me, just as You have made inevitable all that for Your intimate servants who recognize their actual status, who made obedience to them to be obligatory upon themselves, who have desire to visit them, and who seek
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القرب منك ومنهم. فداك أبي وأمي ونفسي وأهلي ومالي. (يا سادتي) أدخلوا أمري إلى أموركم، وألحقوني بحزبكم، واشملوني بشفاعتكم، واذكروني عند ربك. يا الله
nearness to You and to them. May my father, mother, soul, family members, and property be ransoms for you. (Please, 0 my masters,) include my issue with the matters of your concern, make me join your party, include me with your intercession, and remember me before your Lord. O Allah,
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(صلى على محمد وآل محمد، وبلّغ في أرواحهم وأجسادهم الكثير من السلام والتحية). السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته جميعا.
(please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and convey to their souls and bodies many greetings and salutations. Peace and Allah's mercy and blessings be upon you all.