BIDDING FAREWELL TO IMAM MUSA KAZIM (A) & IMAM MOHAMMED TAQI (A)
When a visitor of Imam al-Kazim (‘a) and Imam al-Jawad (‘a) intends to leave, he/she may say the forms of bidding farewell (wada’) some of which have been previously cited in this book. The following is one of these forms, which is reported by Shaykh al-Tusi, in his book of Tahdhib al-Ahkam, where he says:
When you intend to bid farewell to Imam Musa al-Kazim (‘a), you may stop near the tomb and say the following words:
وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ
اَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللّٰهَ
وَ اَقْرَاُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ
اٰمَنَّا بِاللّٰهِ وَ بِالرَّسُوْلِ
وَ بِمَا جِئْتَ بِهِ وَ دَلَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ
اَللّٰهُمَّ اكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِيْنَ۔
In bidding farewell to Imam al-Jawad (‘a), you may say the following words:
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ
وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ
اَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللّٰهَ
وَ اَقْرَاُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ
اٰمَنَّا بِاللّٰهِ وَ بِرَسُوْلِهِ
وَ بِمَا جِئْتَ بِهِ وَ دَلَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ
اَللّٰهُمَّ اكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِيْنَ۔
You may then pray Almighty Allah not to decide this time of visit to be the last and beseech Him to grant you another opportunity to visit them. You may then kiss the tomb and place your both cheeks on it.
