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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Elixir of Love Supplications of the Friends of God One of the most important instructions of the Shaykh was planning regular periods to spend in seclusion with God for supplications and whispered prayers which he referred to as "begging at the doorstep of God" and stressed: "Recite supplications for an hour every night; even if you are not in the right mood for it, do not give up seclusion with God." He also said: "There are amazing blessings in waking up at dawn and the last one third of the night.

Whatever you want from God can be obtained through begging at dawns. Do not be negligent of begging at dawns; whatever blessings you achieve can be gained by that. A lover hardly goes to sleep and yearns nothing but union with the beloved. Dawn is the time of meeting and union with Him." Any treasure of happiness that God granted to Hafiz. Was by virtue of supplications at nights and litanies at dawns.

Supplications of the Shaykh The reverend Shaykh would recite the following supplications very frequently and recommended his disciples to recite them too: supplications of Yastashir , Adila, Tawassul; whispered prayers of Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (a) in the Masjid of Kufa which begins with, "اللهم اني أسألك الأمان يوم لاينفع مال ولا بنون" "Allahumma inni as 'aluka al- aman yawma la yanfa 'u malun wa la banun (O Lord!

I beseech You to bestow safety on me the day neither property nor children will be of any benefit)," as well as the fifteen whispered prayers (Munajat Khamsa 'Ashar) of Imam al-Sajjad (a). From among the latter, the Shaykh stressed reciting 'The Whispered Prayer of the Utterly Poor' (Munajat al- Mufta qirin) and especially 'The Whispered Prayer of the Devotees', (Munajat al-Muridin).

He would say: "Any of these fifteen Munajats (whispered prayers) has got its own virtues (blessing)." His Regular Supplication Dr. Farzam narrated that one of the Shaykh's regular supplications was the following one: "O Lord! Teach, perfect, and train us for Thyself O Lord! O Sustainer!

Prepare us for meeting with Thyself." Thursday evenings, after prayers the reverend Shaykh would usually recite the Supplication of Kumayl or one of the above mentioned whispered prayers or supplications, and commented on them. "Recite the Supplication of Yastashir!" Ayatollah Fahri[^1] quoted the reverend Shaykh as saying: "I said to God: O God!