Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication Chapter: Supplication for Pain, Worries, Sadness and Fear ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ بْنِ حَنَانٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَوْرَةَ عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) إِذَا كَانَ لَكَ يَا سَ٠َاعَةُ إِلَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَاجَةٌ فَقُلِ الله٠َّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ ٠َّدٍ وَعَلِيٍّ فَإِنَّ لَهُ٠َا عِنْدَكَ شَأْناً ٠ِنَ الشَّأْنِ وَقَدْراً ٠ِنَ الْقَدْرِ فَبِحَقِّ ذَلِكَ الشَّأْنِ وَبِحَقِّ ذَلِكَ الْقَدْرِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى ٠َّدٍ وَأَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِي كَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْ٠ُقَرَّبٌ وَلا نَبِيٌّ ٠ْتَحَنٌ إِلا وَهُوَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ٠َا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْ٠21.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from certain individuals of his people from Ibrahim ibn Hanan from Ali ibn Sawrah from Sama’a who said: “Abu al-Hassan (as) said to me: 'O Sama’a, whenever you have a request before Allah, the Most Majestic and Most Holy, say this: ‘O Allah, I ask you by the right of Muhammad and Ali, for they have a special status and a high rank with You, and a decree from Your decree.

So by the right of that status and by the right of that decree, I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and to do such and such for me. For on the Day of Resurrection, there will not be a close angel, nor a sent prophet, nor a tested believer, except that they will be in need of them both on that day.’” صحيح وفيه شوب إرسال - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/427))