ANOTHER FORM OF ZIYARAH OF IMAM AL-KAZIM

Shaykh al-Mufid, al-Shahid, and Muhammad ibn al-Mashhadi have said the following:

If you intend to visit Imam al-Kazim (‘a) in Baghdad, you may first bathe yourself with the intention of visiting him, direct to the holy shrine, stop at its gate, ask permission of entrance, and then enter there while saying the following words:

You may then walk until you stop in front of the grave of Musa ibn Ja’far (‘a). When you stop there, you may say the following words:

You may then throw yourself on the grave, kiss it, place both your cheeks on it, turn to the side of the Imam’s head, stop there, and say the following words:

You may then kiss the grave and offer a two-unit prayer. You may then offer any prayer you like. After that, you may prostrate yourself and say the following supplicaroty words:

You may then put your right cheek on the ground and say the following supplicatory words:

You may then put your left cheek on the ground and say the following supplicaroty words:

You may then return to the position of prostration and repeat the following word one hundred times:

You may then raise your head from prostration and pray for whatever you wish and whomever you wish.