هَذِهِ الدَّعَوَاتِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَعْلَمْتَ سَبِيلًا مِنْ سُبُلِكَ جَعَلْتَ فِيهِ رِضَاكَ وَ نَدَبْتَ إِلَيْهِ أَوْلِيَاءَكَ وَ جَعَلْتَهُ أَشْرَفَ سُبُلِكَ عِنْدَكَ ثَوَاباً وَ أَكْرَمَهَا لَدَيْكَ مَآباً وَ أَحَبَّهَا إِلَيْكَ مَسْلَكاً ثُمَّ اشْتَرَيْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيَقْتُلُونَ وَ يُقْتَلُونَ وَعْداً عَلَيْكَ حَقّاً فَاجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ اشْتَرَى فِيهِ مِنْكَ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ وَفَى لَكَ بِبَيْعِهِ الَّذِي بَايَعَكَ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرَ نَاكِثٍ وَ لَا نَاقِضٍ عَهْداً وَ لَا مُبَدِّلًا تَبْدِيلًا بَلِ اسْتِيجَاباً لِمَحَبَّتِكَ وَ تَقَرُّباً بِهِ إِلَيْكَ فَاجْعَلْهُ خَاتِمَةَ عَمَلِي وَ صَيِّرْ فِيهِ فَنَاءَ عُمُرِي وَ ارْزُقْنِي فِيهِ لَكَ وَ بِهِ مَشْهَداً تُوجِبُ لِي بِهِ مِنْكَ الرِّضَا وَ تَحُطُّ بِهِ عَنِّي الْخَطَايَا وَ تَجْعَلُنِي فِي الْأَحْيَاءِ الْمَرْزُوقِينَ بِأَيْدِي الْعُدَاةِ وَ الْعُصَاةِ تَحْتَ لِوَاءِ الْحَقِّ وَ رَايَةِ الْهُدَى مَاضِياً عَلَى نُصْرَتِهِمْ قُدُماً غَيْرَ مُوَلٍّ دُبُراً وَ لَا مُحْدِثٍ شَكّاً اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ عِنْدَ مَوَارِدِ الْأَهْوَالِ وَ مِنَ الضَّعْفِ عِنْدَ مُسَاوَرَةِ الْأَبْطَالِ وَ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ الْمُحْبِطِ لِلْأَعْمَالِ فَأَحْجُمَ مَنْ شَكَّ أَوْ مَضَى بِغَيْرِ يَقِينٍ فَيَكُونَ سَعْيِي فِي تَبَابٍ وَ عَمَلِي غَيْرَ مَقْبُولٍ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Al Qaddah, from his father Maymoun, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> that whenever Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> intended the fighting, said: ‘This is the supplication, ‘O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! You<sup>azwj</sup> Notified a Way from Your<sup>azwj</sup> Ways (and) Made Your<sup>azwj</sup> Pleasure to be therein, and Authorised Your<sup>azwj</sup> Guardians<sup>asws</sup> upon it, and Made it the noblest of Your<sup>azwj</sup> Ways with Rewards in Your<sup>azwj</sup> Presence, and most honourable of it as an ending, and the most Beloved it to You<sup>azwj</sup> as a pathway. Then You<sup>azwj</sup> Bought from the Believers, their own souls and their wealth with the (price) that the Paradise would be for them, fighting in the Way of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>. So they are killing and are being killed based on a promise upon You<sup>azwj</sup> which is true. Therefore, Make me to be from the ones whom You<sup>azwj</sup> have Bought their own selves, then they fulfil the pledge which You<sup>azwj</sup> Pledged upon it, not being from the breaker and contradictors of an oath, nor Replace me with a replacement. But, (Make me) as a responder to Your<sup>azwj</sup> Love, and to be closer to You<sup>azwj</sup> by it. Therefore, Make it a conclusion of my deeds, and Make therein an annihilation of my lifetime, and Grace me in it and by it, a martyrdom for You<sup>azwj</sup>, and Obligate to me by it, the Pleasure from you, and Delete from me, the errors by it. And Make me to be among the living Sustained ones (martyred) by the hands of the enemies and the disobedient ones, beneath the flag of the Truth and a flag of the Guidance, going to their (Believers) for their help, forward without turning backwards, nor encountering any doubts. O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! And I seek Refuge with You<sup>azwj</sup> during that, from the cowardice during the turning conditions, and from the weakness during encounters with the champions (of the enemies), and from the sins which frustrate the deeds so I can refrain from doubts, or die without conviction in my quest in ruination, and my deeds would be without Acceptance’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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