Important Prayer for Fulfilment of Wishes (Hajaat) | Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli
A salah recommended by Imam Sadiq (a) for the fulfilment of wishes, emphasised by marajie and well-known scholars
Method:
You should bathe yourself and offer a two-unit prayer, beginning it with the prefatory part of obligatory prayers and say the tashahhud statement of obligatory prayers. When you finish saying the tashahhud and tasl¢m statements, you should say the following:
allahumma anta alssalamu
O Allah, You are the (source of) peace;
وَمِنْكَ ٱلسَّلاَمُ
wa minka alssalamu
from You does peace come;
وَإِلَيْكَ يَرْجِعُ ٱلسَّلاَمُ
wa ilayka yarji`u alssalamu
and to You does peace return.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
allahumma ¥alli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin
O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
وَبَلِّغْ رُوحَ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنِّي ٱلسَّلاَمَ
wa balligh ruha muhammadin minn¢ alssalama
convey my greetings to the soul of Muhammad
وَارْوَاحَ ٱلائِمَّةِ ٱلصَّادِقِينَ سَلاَمِي
wa arwaha al-a'immati al¥¥adiq¢na salam¢
and the souls of the veracious Imams,
وَٱرْدُدْ عَلَيَّ مِنْهُمُ ٱلسَّلاَمَ
wardud `alayya minhum alssalama
and convey to me their response of my greetings.
وَٱلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّه وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
walssalamu `alayhim wa rahmatu allah wa barakatuhu
Peace and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon them.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ ٱلرَّكْعَتَيْنِ
allahumma inna hatayni alrrak`atayni
O Allah, these two units of prayer
هَدِيَّةٌ مِنِّي إِلَىٰ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ
hadiyyatun minn¢ ila rasuli allah
are present from me to Allah’s Messenger,
صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
¥alla allahu `alayhi wa alih¢
peace and greetings of Allah be upon him and his Household.
فَاثِبْنِي عَلَيْهِمَا مَا امَّلْتُ
fa'athibn¢ `alayhima ma ammaltu
S0, (please) decide Your reward to be that You grant me what I have hoped
وَرَجَوْتُ فِيكَ وَفِي رَسُولِكَ
wa rajawtu f¢ka wa f¢ rasulika
and expected from You and Your Messenger.
يَا وَلِيَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
ya waliyya almu'min¢na
O Guardian of the believers.
You may then prostrate and repeat the following forty times:
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّوْمُ
ya hayyu ya qayyumu
O Ever-living! O Self-Subsisting!
يَا حَيّاً لاَ يَمُوتُ
ya hayyan la yamutu
O Ever-living One Who never dies!
يَا حَيّاً لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاََّ انْتَ
ya hayyan la ilaha illa anta
O Ever-living One; there is no god save You!
يَا ذَا ٱلْجَلاَلِ وَٱلإِكْرَامِ
ya dha aljalali wal-ikrami
O Lord of majesty and honoring!
يَا ارْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
ya arhama alrrahim¢na
O most Merciful of all those who show mercy.
right cheek forty times. left cheek forty times.
You may then raise your head from prostration, repeat the supplication forty times. You may then pull your hands to your neck, point out with your forefinger, and repeat the supplication forty times. You may then hold your beard with your left hand and weep, or try to weep, and say the following:
يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ
ya muhammadu ya rasula allahi
O Muhammad! O Allah’s Messenger!
اشْكُو إِلَىٰ اللَّه وَإِلَيْكَ حَاجَتِي
ashku ila allah wa ilayka hajat¢
I complain to Allah and to you about my need
وَإِلَىٰ اهْلِ بَيْتِكَ ٱلرَّاشِدِينَ حَاجَتِي
wa ila ahli baytika alrrashid¢na hajat¢
and I complain to your Household, the rightly guided, about my need,
وَبِكُمْ اتَوَجَّهُ إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ فِي حَاجَتِي
wa bikum atawajjahu ila allahi f¢ hajat¢
and through you all I turn my face towards Allah to grant me my need.
You should then prostrate and repeat the following word as much as one breath can take:
يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ
ya allahu ya allahu
O Allah! O Allah!
You may then say the following:
صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ…
¥alli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin…
Please, send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and...
You may now mention your need.
If you do so, Imam al-Sadiq (`a) added, I guarantee that Allah the Almighty and Majestic will settle your need before you leave your place.
