" 20)The method of `Seeking the Best' as practiced by Imam...
" 20)The method of `Seeking the Best' as practiced by Imam Jafar al‑Sadiq (as) قَالَ الإِمَامُ الصَّادِقُ عَليهِ السَلامْ: تُعَظِّمُ اللهَ وَ تُمَجِّدُهُ وَ تَحْمِدُهُ وَتُصَلِّيَ عَلىَ النَّبِيِّ وَآلِهِ (عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلامُ) ثُمَّ تَقُولُ: ((أَللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ أَسْتَخِيرُ اللهَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ.)) إِنْ كَانَ الأَمْرُ شَدِيداً تَخَافُ فِيهِ قُلْتَهُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ فَثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ.
al‑Imam al‑Sadiq (as) said: "There is no servant of Allah 'that honor, glorifies and praises Allah, and sends blessings on the Prophet and his family (as) and says: أَللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوب أَسْتَخِيرُ اللهَ برَحْمَتِهِ "O' Allah! Verily I ask you since verily You are the knower of the hidden and the apparent, the Beneficent, the Merciful and You are the knower of all the Unknowns.
I seek the best from Allah by His mercy. " If the matter is something important in which there is some fear or distress, then the above supplication should be read one hundred times and in other than this, it can be read three times.
" [^5]28 21) The method of `Seeking the Best' from Imam Musa ibn Jafar al‑Kazim (as *)* أَتَاهُ(مُو سَىَ بْنُ جَعْفِرِ عَليهِ السَلامْ ) فَقَال لَه: جَعِلْتُ فِدَاك أرِيدُ وَجْهَ كَذَا و كَذَا فَعَلَّمْنِي اسْتخَارَةً إنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ الْوجْهُ خَيْرَةٌ أَنْ يُسَيَّرُهُ اللهُ لِي وَإِنْ كَانَ شَرّاً صَرَّفَهُ اللهُ عَنِّي. فَقَالَ لَهُ: وَتُحِّبُ أَنْ تَخْرُجُ فِي ذَالِك الْوجهِ؟ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: قُلْ ((أَللَّهمَّ قَدِّرْ لِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا واجْعَلْهُ خيراً لِي.
فَإِنَّك تَقْدِرُ عَلىَ ذَالِكَ.)) A man enter into the presence of him (Musa ibn Jafar (as)) and said to him, `May 1 be sacrificed for you! I want to perform a certain task. Please teach me the way to ask the best (from Allah) such that if in that work, there is good for me, that Allah makes it easy for me, and if there is bad in it for me, then Allah makes me turn away from it. The Imam (as) said to the man, "Do you want to do that task? " The man replied, "Yes.
" The Imam replied, "Say the following (so that Allah makes what is good for you in the performance of that act): [^6] أَللَّهُمَّ قَدِّرْ لِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ اجْعَلْهُ خَيْراً لِي. فَإنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ عَلىَ ذَالِكَ. "O' Allah!
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