Thus, for their -asws sake, bless me with respect in this...

Thus, for their -asws sake, bless me with respect in this world as well as in the hereafter. Bring me closer to You -azwj and award me their -asws ‘Marafat’ (recognition) by extending Your -azwj Kindness. And end my life in their -asws submission, recognition and mastership. Indeed, this is great achievement for me, You -azwj are worthy of blessing it all. And then offer your salat.

Upon completing your salat, one should say, Ya Allah -azwj , keep me with Mohammed -saww and Alay Mohammed -asws in peace as well as in difficulties and I may be with them -asws at every place and at every destination. Ya Allah -azwj , may my life and death be in their -asws way and I shall be with them -asws at all places during the final day of Judgement and I shall never depart from them -asws at any place. Verily You -azwj have every thing under your control.

[61] Additional Prayers are included in Appendix III On Nazar/Mannat (Spiritual Vow and Offerings) The meanings of NAZAR in Arabic are to ‘Vow or undertake/promise’, thereby making a non-obligatory act obligatory on oneself, through commitment.

Nazar has usually no limits or procedures, of course within Islamic domain, and it depends on an individual’s wish to commit to an act of worship after his prayers have been answered, i.e., to thank Allah -azwj through holding a majlis/milad and offering food to momaneen, or recitation of prayers, supplications, or performing Sunna salat, keeping fasts. We present few examples below from the Holy Quran and then present some practices under Nazr.

يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِي أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَإِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ (2:40) Children of Israel, remember My favour which I have shown you, and fulfil My agreement! I shall fulfil your covenant. I am the One you should reverse!

[62] It is in Tafseer Safi and Tafseer Ayashi that Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws was asked about the meanings of this Verse and Imam -asws replied, ‘It means, if you submit to the Wilayat of Ali -asws , which has been made compulsory by Your Lord -azwj on to you then Allah -azwj will enter you into Paradise.

[63] وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ عَاهَدَ اللَّهَ لَئِنْ آَتَانَا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَلَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ (9:75) Some of them have pledged to God: If He gives us some of His bounty, we will act charitably and be loyal’. The above Verse is also says the importance of Nazar and keeping up promises.

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