Bidding Farewell (Wida') to Imam Husayn ('a)

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مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية والزيارات المعتبرة.
Virtues, description, and recitation method of BIDDING FAREWELL (WIDA) TO IMAM HUSAYN (A) as recorded in Shia traditions.
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَؤْلَايَ
Peace be upon you, O my master. Peace be upon you, O
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَةَ اللهِ
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا صَفْوَةَ اللهِ
Allah's Argument (against His creatures). Peace be upon you,
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا خَالِصَةَ اللهِ
O Allah's choice. Peace be upon you, O Allah's select. Peace
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا قَتِيْلَ الظَّمَاءِ
be upon you, O victim of thirst. Peace be upon you, O
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا غَرِيْبَ الْغُرَبَاءِ
strangest of all strangers. Peace be upon you, this is the
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ سَلَامَ مُوَدَّعِ
greeting of one who has to bid farewell to you although he is
لَا سَئِمِ وَ لَا قَالٍ
neither bored with you nor tired of you. If I leave (you), this is
فَاِنْ آَمْضِ فَلَا عَنْ مَلَالَةٍ
not because of weariness, and if I reside, this is not because
وَ اِنْ أُقِمْ فَلَا عَنْ سُوَءِ ظَنِّ بِمَا وَعَدَ الله الصَابِرِيْنَ
of mistrusting the promise that Allah has made for the
لا جَعَلَهُ اللهُ أَخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنَّيْ لِزِيَارَتِكَ
serene ones. May Allah not decide this time of my visit to be
وَ رَزَقَنِيَ اللَهُ الْعَوْدَ إِلَى مَشْهَدِكَ
the last. May He endue me with more chances to return to
وَ المَقَامَ بِفِنَآئِكَ
وَ الْقِيَامَ فِيْ حَرَمِكَ
your shrine, to reside in your courtyard, and to stay in your
وَ اِيَّاهُ اَسْاَلَ أَنْ يُسْعِدَنِيْ بِكُمْ
sanctuary. To Him do I pray to make me delightful with you
وَ يَجْعَلَنِي مَعَكُمْ فِيْ الدُّثْيَا وَ الْأخِرَةِ.
and to include me with you in this world and in the Hereafter.