NAMAZ E HAAJAT

The author of Mafaateehul Jenaan says: In some unauthentic books which are known among the people, it is narrated that at this place one should perform that act which Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s.) has taught to some of his companion. But this act does not have any preference at this place. It is narrated from Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s.) that he told one of his companions:

When you have any need and if you pass by the Kufa Mosque then recite 4 rakats of Namaz and after it recite this dua:

Then say:

However, the Shaykh Shaheed (r.a.) and Mohammad Mashhadi (r.a.) has related this Aamal after the Aamal of the fourth pillar for the courtyard of the Masjid. In 2 rakats recite surah Hamd and surah Tawheed and in the next 2 rakats recite surah Hamd and surah Qadr and after the Salaam, the Tasbeeh of Fatemah Zahra (s.a.) is mentioned.

It is related by Abu Hamza Sumali (r.a.) in reliable tradition that he said: I was sitting in the Kufa Masjid. Suddenly I saw that a person entered the Masjid from Daar-e-Kunda. He was extremely handsome and he was elegantly dressed and wore a nice perfume also. He had a turban over his head, a long dress and had Arab shoes on his feet. He slipped off his shoes and went to stand near the seventh pillar. He raised his hands to his ears and recited the Takbeer. Every hair of his body stood up due to fear. He recited 4 rakats namaz. He performed the rukus and Sajdahs in the best way and then recited this dua:

When he reached

he went into Sajdah and went on repeating YAA KAREEMO till he was out of breath. Then he recited the dua of

and then recited YAA SAYYEDEE 70 times as mentioned in the Aamals of the seventh pillar. When he raised his head from the Sajdah, I saw that he was Imam Zainul Aabedeen (a.s.). I kissed his blessed hand and said: Why have you come here?

For the thing that you saw, that is to pray in the Kufa Masjid.

The narration we have quoted for the Seventh Ziarat says that he took Abu Hamza Sumali for the Ziarat of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.).