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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Uyun Akhbar Ar-Ridha Volume 2 Chapter 68: On Visiting Ar-Ridha’(a.s.) in Toos 68-1 My master - Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan - may God have mercy upon him - narrated in the book Jami’a*:* Whenever you intend to visit (Imam) Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) in Toos, then perform the ritual bath ( Ghusl ) before you leave your house (hometown) and say the following while you are performing the ritual bath: “O God! Please cleanse me, and cleanse my heart!

(Please) ‘expand my breast’[^1], and let Thy praise and eulogy flow out from my tongue, since indeed there is no power but in Thee. O God!

Please establish it as a means of cleansing and treatment for me.” 68 باب في ذكر زيارة الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ بطوس 1- ذكرها شيخنا مُحَمَّد بن الحَسَن في جامعه فَقالَ: إِذَا أَرَدْتَ زِيَارَةَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ بِطُوسَ فَاغْتَسِلْ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِكَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِكَ وَقُلْ حِينَ تَغْتَسِلُ: اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي وَطَهِّرْ لِي قَلْبِي وَاشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَأَجْرِ عَلَى لِسَانِي مِدْحَتَكَ وَالثَّنَاءَ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّهُ لا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِكَ. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لِي طَهُوراً وَشِفَاءً.

Say the following as you leave your house: “In the Name of God the Beneficent, the Merciful. In the name of God, and by God, I turn to God and towards the son of God’s Prophet (Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.)): God suffices me, and I rely on God. O God! I have set out to Thee. And I have decided (to get) what is near Thee.” When you go out, stop at the door of your house and say: “O God! I have turned my face towards Thee. And I have left behind my family, wealth and whatever Thee have granted me.

I have trusted Thee. Then (please) do not turn me into a loser, O the One who would not make a loser anyone whom Thee wish, and will not ruin whatever he possesses. Blessings be upon Muhammad and Muhammad’s Household (a.s.). And (please) guard me under Thy Custody, since nothing that Thee guard gets ruined.” When You Want to Visit the Shrine Then whenever you want to go to visit[^2], perform the ritual bathing and while you are bathing say: “O God! Please cleanse me, and cleanse my heart!

(Please) ‘expand my breast’, and let Thy praise, love and eulogy flow out of my tongue since indeed there is no power but in Thee. I have indeed realized that the strength of my religion depends upon my submission to Thy Decrees, and the obeying of Thy Prophet’s traditions, and bearing witness (to this) for all Thy creatures. O God!

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