The Commander of the Faithful ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib is my Imam...
The Commander of the Faithful ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib is my Imam, al-Ḥasan al-Mujtabā is my Imam, al-Ḥusayn the Martyr of Karbala is my Imam, ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn is my Imam, Muḥammad al-Bāqir is my Imam, Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq is my Imam, Mūsā al-Kāẓim is my Imam, ʿAlī al-Riḍā is my Imam, Muḥammad al-Jawād is my Imam, ʿAlī al-Hādī is my Imam, al-Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī is my Imam, and al-Ḥujjah al-Muntaẓar is my Imam.
All of them – may Allah’s blessings be upon them – are my Imams, my masters, my leaders, and my intercessors. I befriend only them and I have hatred only for their enemies in this world and the Hereafter. Then know, O ___. In the blank space, he should say the name of the deceased person and the name of his father.
Then, he should say: أَنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَیٰ نِعْمَ الرَّبُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ نِعْمَ الرَّسُوْلُ، وَأَنَّ عَلِيَّ ابْنَ أَبِيْ طَالِبٍ وَأَوْلَادَهُ الْمَعْصُوْمِيْنَ الْأَئِمَّةَ الْإِثْنَیْ عَشَرَ نِعْمَ الْأَئِمَّةُ، وَأَنَّ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَقٌّ، وَأَنَّ الْمَوْتَ حَقٌّ، وَسُؤَالَ مُنْكَرٍ وَنَكِيْرٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ حَقٌّ، وَالْبَعْثَ حَقٌّ، وَالنُّشُوْرَ حَقٌّ، وَالصِّرَاطَ حَقٌّ، وَالْمِيَزَانَ حَقٌّ، وَتَطَايُرَ الْكُتُبِ حَقٌّ، وَأَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ حَقٌّ، وَالنَّارَ حَقٌّ، وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْهَا، وَأَنَّ اللهَ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُوْرِ annal lāha tabāraka wa taʿālā niʿmar rabb, wa anna muḥammadan ṣallal lāhu ʿalayhi wa ālihi wa sallama niʿmar rasūl, wa anna ʿaliyyabna abī ṭālib wa awlādahul maʿsūmīnal aʾimmatal ithnay ʿashara niʿmal aʿimmah, wa anna mā jāʾa bihi muḥammadun ṣallal lāhu ʿalayhi wa ālihi wa sallama ḥaqq, wa annal mawta ḥaqq, wa suʾāla munkarin wa nakīrin fil qabri ḥaqq, wal baʿtha ḥaqq, wan nushūra ḥaqq, waṣ ṣirāṭa ḥaqq, wal mīzāna ḥaqq, wa taṭāʾural kutubi ḥaqq, wa annal jannata ḥaqq, wan nāra ḥaqq, wa annas sāʿata ātiyatun lā rayba fīhā, wa annal lāha yabʿathu man fil qubūr Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted, is the best Lord, and Muḥammad – may Allah’s blessing and peace be upon him and his progeny – is the best messenger, and ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib and his infallible descendants, [together being] the twelve Imams, are the best Imams.
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