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be careful of (your duty to) Allah and seek means of nearness to Him and strive hard in His way that you may be successful.” (Qur’an, Surah Maidah 5:35) And this verse has introduced three things that make one eligible for salvation and all three are found in Dua for His Eminence, the Master of the Time (aj) because: The first is the position of faith. And without any doubt Dua for His Eminence is a sign of faith and the cause if its perfection.

And also: It is a type of Jihad by the tongue, in the same way it is a means towards the Beneficent Lord, which could be explained in two ways: First: Meaning of Waseela (means) – as mentioned in Majmaul Bayan [^1] – is a relationship of connection and nearness, and there is no doubt that this Dua is a relationship of attachment and gaining nearness to Allah, the Mighty and the High, just as the other worship acts through which one can obtain the proximity of Allah.

Although this Dua is one of the most important means of proximity and the nearest path of connection and the most valuable of them, as will be explained in this book by the help of Allah. Second: It is that Waseela implies – especially in this blessed verse – that same Imam (as), as explained in the Tafseer of Ali Ibne Ibrahim Qummi: “Seek His nearness through the Waseela of the Imam.”[^2] As evident, this statement is from a traditional report of Imam (as).