COMMON ZIYARAT OF IMAM MUSA KAZIM (A) & IMAM MOHAMMED TAQI (A)

There are two types of common forms of ziyarah. The first is said to each Imam independently.

The sublime Shaykh Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Qawlawayh al-Qummi has reported in his book of Kamil al-Ziyarah that Imam ‘Ali al-Naqi (al-Hadi) instructed to say the following form of ziyarah for each of the two Imams (i.e. al-Kazim and al-Jawad) separately:

Actually, this form of ziyarah is highly considered; it has been also reported by al-Saduq, al-Kulayni, and al-Tusi with very little difference.

The following are some forms of ziyarah addressed to the two Imams (‘a) altogether.

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

When visiting the two Imams (‘a) together, you may say the following words after you stop at the holy tomb:

You may then kiss the holy dust (of their graves) and put your right cheek on it. You may then turn to the side of the Imam’s head and say the following words:

You may then offer a two-unit prayer for each Imam and then pray Almighty Allah for anything you wish.

SHORT FORMS OF ZIYARAH

The age in which these short forms of ziyarah were issued was an age of terrible persecution (against the holy Imams); therefore, they used to practice taqiyyah (self-protection by showing pious dissimulation). The Holy Imams (‘a) therefore taught their followers such short forms of ziyarah so as to protect them against the tyrannical rulers of these ages.

If a visitor wishes to say a long form of ziyarah, he may say the comprehensive (jami’ah) forms of ziyarah, which will be cited in this book. These comprehensive forms are in fact the best forms of ziyarah addressed to the Holy Imams (‘a). The first of these forms (namely; al-Ziyarah al-Jami’ah al-Kabirah –the Major Comprehensive Form of Ziyarah) is best advisable for the visitors of Imam al-Kazim (‘a), because its report shows some peculiarity to this holy Imam.