Hadiths for Category: Istighatha
حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَ أَخِي وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ غَيْرُهُمْ رَحِمَهُمُ اللَّهُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ زِيَارَةَ الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) فَزُرْهُ وَ أَنْتَ كَئِيبٌ حَزِينٌ مَكْرُوبٌ شَعِثاً مُغْبَرّاً جَائِعاً عَطْشَاناً فَإِنَّ الْحُسَيْنَ قُتِلَ حَزِيناً مَكْرُوباً شَعِثاً مُغْبَرّاً جَائِعاً عَطْشَاناً- وَ سَلْهُ الْحَوَائِجَ وَ انْصَرِفْ عَنْهُ وَ لَا تَتَّخِذْهُ وَطَناً
My father, my brother, ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain, and others all narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Abī Khalaf, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā Al-Ash’ari, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from some of our companions, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s)) said: When you want to go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s), go to his Ziyārah while you are saddened, anguished, grief-stricken, disheveled, covered with dust, hungry, and thirsty, for verily Ḥusain (a.s) was killed while he was saddened, anguished, disheveled, covered with dust, hungry, and thirsty. (After you perform your Ziyārah), ask him for your needs and then leave. Do not settle in Karbalā.
Ref: Kāmil Al-Ziyārat p. 131
Posted By: Sarim Jafri
عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: إذا كانت لأحدكم استغاثة إلى الله تعالى فليصل ركعتين، ثم يسجد ويقول " يا محمد يا رسول الله، يا علي يا سيد المؤمنين والمؤمنات، بكما أستغيث إلى الله تعالى، يا محمد يا علي أستغيث بكما يا غوثاه بالله وبمحمد وعلي وفاطمة - وتعد الأئمة عليهم السلام - بكم أتوسل إلى الله عز وجل " فإنك تغاث من ساعتك بإذن الله تعالى.
Imām Abū ʿAbdillāh Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (ʿalayhis-salām) said: "If any of you is in distress and seeks deliverance from Allāh, let him perform two rakʿahs of ṣalāh, then prostrate and say: ‘O Muḥammad! O Messenger of Allāh! O ʿAlī! O Master of the believing men and believing women! Through you both, I seek deliverance from Allāh, the Most High. O Muḥammad! O ʿAlī! I seek help through you both. O Helper! (Ghuthāh), by Allāh, by Muḥammad, by ʿAlī, and by Fāṭimah’—and then mention the names of the Imāms (ʿalayhim as-salām). ‘Through you all, I seek intercession with Allāh, the Almighty and Glorious.’ For indeed, you shall be granted relief immediately by the permission of Allāh, the Exalted."
Ref: Biḥār al-Anwār Vol. 88, Page 357
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مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ (عليه السلام) قَالَ قَالَ لِي إِنِّي لَمَوْعُوكٌ مُنْذُ سَبْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَ لَقَدْ وُعِكَ ابْنِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ شَهْراً وَ هِيَ تَضَاعَفُ عَلَيْنَا أَ شَعَرْتَ أَنَّهَا لَا تَأْخُذُ فِي الْجَسَدِ كُلِّهِ وَ رُبَّمَا أَخَذَتْ فِي أَعْلَى الْجَسَدِ وَ لَمْ تَأْخُذْ فِي أَسْفَلِهِ وَ رُبَّمَا أَخَذَتْ فِي أَسْفَلِهِ وَ لَمْ تَأْخُذْ فِي أَعْلَى الْجَسَدِ كُلِّهِ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنْ أَذِنْتَ لِي حَدَّثْتُكَ بِحَدِيثٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ جَدِّكَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا وُعِكَ اسْتَعَانَ بِالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ فَيَكُونُ لَهُ ثَوْبَانِ ثَوْبٌ فِي الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ وَ ثَوْبٌ عَلَى جَسَدِهِ يُرَاوِحُ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ يُنَادِي حَتَّى يُسْمَعَ صَوْتُهُ عَلَى بَابِ الدَّارِ يَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَ صَدَقْتَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَمَا وَجَدْتُمْ لِلْحُمَّى عِنْدَكُمْ دَوَاءً فَقَالَ مَا وَجَدْنَا لَهَا عِنْدَنَا دَوَاءً إِلَّا الدُّعَاءَ وَ الْمَاءَ الْبَارِدَ إِنِّي اشْتَكَيْتُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِطَبِيبٍ لَهُ فَجَاءَنِي بِدَوَاءٍ فِيهِ قَيْءٌ فَأَبَيْتُ أَنْ أَشْرَبَهُ لِأَنِّي إِذَا قَيَيْتُ زَالَ كُلُّ مَفْصِلٍ مِنِّي.
From Qabas al-Misbah by al-Sihreshti, a student of Shaykh al-Ta’ifah, from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar, from al-Sadiq (peace be upon him):‘I (a.s) have had fever for seven months and my (a.s) son has had fever for twelve months and it has been increasing for us. I (a.s) feel that it does not affect the whole body. Sometimes it affects in the upper part of the body and does not affect in the lower of it, and sometimes it affects in the lower part of it and does not affect in all of the upper body’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you. If you (a.s) allow me, I would narrate to you (a.s) a Hadeeth from Abu Baseer from your (a.s) grandfather (a.s) when he (a.s) had fever, he (a.s) sought help by the cold water. So he (a.s) would take two pieces of cloth, one immerse it in the cold water and one on the body and rotate between them. Then he (a.s) would call out until his (a.s) voice would be heard at the door of the house; ‘يَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ’ ‘O Fatima (s.a) daughter (a.s) of the Muhammad ﷺ’. He (a.s) said: ‘You have spoken the truth’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (a.s). Have you (a.s) not found a cure for the fever?’ So he (a.s) said: ‘We (a.s) have not found a cure for it except for the supplication and the cold water. I (a.s) complained of it, so Muhammad Bin Ibrahim sent a doctor to me for it. So he came to me (a.s) with a medicine which made me (a.s) vomit, so I refused to drink it, because if I vomit, all of my (a.s) joints hurt’.
Ref: Al-Kāfi - Volume 8, p. 109
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عَنْ قَبَسِ اَلْمِصْبَاحِ لِلصِّهْرِشْتِيِّ تِلْمِيذِ شَيْخِ اَلطَّائِفَةِ عَنِ اَلْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ اَلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ قَالَ : إِذَا كَانَتْ لَكَ حَاجَةٌ إِلَى اَللَّهِ وَ ضِقْتَ بِهَا ذَرْعاً فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَإِذَا سَلَّمْتَ كَبِّرِ اَللَّهَ ثَلاَثاً وَ سَبِّحْ تَسْبِيحَ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلاَمُ ثُمَّ اُسْجُدْ وَ قُلْ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ يَا مُوَلاَتِي فَاطِمَةُ أَغِيثِينِي ثُمَّ ضَعْ خَدَّكَ اَلْأَيْمَنَ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ وَ قُلْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ عُدْ إِلَى اَلسُّجُودِ وَ قُلْ ذَلِكَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ اُذْكُرْ حَاجَتَكَ فَإِنَّ اَللَّهَ يَقْضِيهَا
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad Al-Jowhary, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, who has said: Abu Ibrahim (as) having said to me:"If you have a need from Allah and you are overwhelmed by it, then perform two units of prayer. When you finish, say ‘Allahu Akbar’ three times and recite the Tasbih of Fatima (peace be upon her). Then, prostrate and say 100 times: ‘O my Chieftess Fatima, help me!’ (يَا مُوَلاَتِي فَاطِمَةُ أَغِيثِينِي) Then, place your right cheek on the ground and say the same. Then, return to the prostration and say it 110 times. Afterward, mention your need, and indeed Allah will fulfill it."
Ref: Bihār Al-Anwār Volume 91 page 30
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