And when they came again to see Imam -asws on the Day of...

And when they came again to see Imam -asws on the Day of Sacrifice (Eid ul Zaha) Imam -asws greeted them: O so-and-so accepted Allah -azwj from ourselves -asws and from yourselves. I asked Imam -asws : O Ibn Rasoul Allah -saww on the day of Eid-ul-Fitar you -asws greeted us differently as when we visited you on the Day of Sacrifice.

Imam -asws replied: ‘Yes, I -asws said for the Eid-ul-Fitar that Allah -azwj accepted from you and from us -asws because yourself and myself -asws did the same thing (fasting), And I -asws said for on the Day of Sacrifice : Allah -azwj accepted from ourselves -asws and from yourselves. This is due to the fact that we -asws are able to offer the sacrifice (Qurbani) and (some of) you are unable of offer (an animal) on the day.

[39] Appendix III: Supplications of Imam Zain-ul-Abadeen -asws on the Day of Sacrifice and on Friday [40] (1)اللَّهُمَّ هَذَا يَوْمٌ مُبَارَكٌ مَيْمُونٌ، وَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فِيهِ مُجْتَمِعُونَ فِي أَقْطَارِ أَرْضِكَ، يَشْهَدُ السَّائِلُ مِنْهُمْ وَ الطَّالِبُ وَ الرَّاغِبُ وَ الرَّاهِبُ وَ أَنْتَ النَّاظِرُ فِي حَوَائِجِهِمْ، فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِجُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ وَ هَوَانِ مَا سَأَلْتُكَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ. O Allah -azwj !

This is a day, Blessed and fortunate, and the Muslims therein in the horizons of the earth, attended by the beseecher from them, and the seeker, and the wisher, and the fearful, and You -azwj are the Watcher with regards to their needs. Therefore, I ask You -azwj by Your -azwj Benevolence, and Your -azwj Generosity, and it is easy upon You -azwj what I am asking for, that You -azwj (Please) Send Blessings upon Muhammad -saww and his -saww Progeny -asws .

(2)وَ أَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْمُلْكَ، وَ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ الْحَنَّانُ الْمَنَّانُ‏ ذُو الْجَلالِ وَ الْإِكْرامِ‏، بَدِيعُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ‏، مَهْمَا قَسَمْتَ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: مِنْ خَيْرٍ أَوْ عَافِيَةٍ أَوْ بَرَكَةٍ أَوْ هُدًى أَوْ عَمَلٍ بِطَاعَتِكَ، أَوْ خَيْرٍ تَمُنُّ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ تَهْدِيهِمْ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ، أَوْ تَرْفَعُ لَهُمْ عِنْدَكَ دَرَجَةً، أَوْ تُعْطِيهِمْ بِهِ خَيْراً مِنْ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ أَنْ تُوَفِّرَ حَظِّي وَ نَصِيبِي مِنْهُ.

And I ask you -azwj , O Allah -azwj , our Lord -azwj , for You -azwj being the Kingdom and for You -azwj being the Praise.

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