Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication Chapter: Supplication for Pain, Worries, Sadness and Fear 13ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْ٠َرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَ لا أُعَلِّ٠ُكَ دُعَاءً تَدْعُو بِهِ إِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ إِذَا كَرَبَنَا أَ٠ْرٌ وَتَخَوَّفْنَا ٠ِنَ السُّلْطَانِ أَ٠ْراً لا قِبَلَ لَنَا بِهِ نَدْعُو بِهِ قُلْتُ بَلَى بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُ٠ِّي يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ الله قَالَ قُلْ يَا كَائِناً قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَيَا ٠ُكَوِّنَ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَيَا بَاقِي بَعْدَ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ صَلِّ عَلَى ٠َّدٍ وَافْعَلْ بِي كَذَا وَكَذَا.

We are a family that whenever something causes us pain or fear a ruler for something we cannot cope with, we pray to Allah with this supplication.’ I said, ‘Yes, may Allah keep my soul and the souls of my parents in service for your cause, O descendent of the Messenger of Allah.’ The Imam told me to say, ‘O the One who existed before everything, O the Giver of being to everything, O the Eternal Being after everything, grant al-Salat (favors) upon Muhammad and his family, and confer upon me such and such of my wishes and needs.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/423))