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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Mikyalul Makarim Fee Fawaaid ad-Duaa Lil Qai’m vol. 2 78: Excessively Cursing The Umayyads, Openly And Secretly If there is no occasion for Taqayyah, fear or personal or social constraint it is recommended to narrate the evil deeds of Bani Umayyah and curse them from the pulpits and in gatherings. It is one of those acts that make one eligible for Allah’s proximity. Shaykh Sadooq writes in Khisaal that the Messenger of Allah (S) told Ali (as), “O Ali!

Bani Umayyah will curse you and for each of their curse an angel will curse them a thousand times. After his reappearance Qaim (aj). will curse them for forty years.”[^1] I say: It means Imam (as) will command his followers to curse the Bani Umayyah from every pulpit and in every gathering throughout the world. The period so mentioned is in retaliation of the hate propaganda unleashed by Bani Umayyah to malign the name of Ali (as). It is the worldly punishment of the evil deeds of Bani Umayyah.

And if it meant that His Eminence, himself alone curses the Bani Umayyah, it was not restricted to a time limit. It is not restricted to the period of reappearance of His Eminence, because he curses them all his life. We can conclude that this tradition proves the excellence of arranging for cursing Bani Umayyah and it is one of the ways of gaining proximity to the Imam of the Time (aj).

Thus it is appropriate that a believer must arrange for this regularly, especially at the beginning of the day and night after obligatory prayers and also continue it at all times.

That which proves our point is a narration that Shaykh Tusi has mentioned through the author’s own chain of narrators from, Imam Muhammad Baqir (as) that he said: When you conclude the obligatory prayer, do not move till you have cursed Bani Umayyah.[^2] Among all the things that prove that cursing Bani Umayyah and other enemies of the Holy Imams (as) is a type of help to the Imams (as) through our tongue, it is mentioned in Tafseer Imam Askari (as) that: O son of Allah’s Messenger!

I am unable to help you physically, except that I am fed up with your enemies and curse them. This is only what I can do. So what about my fate?