The venerable Sayyid, Ali bin Taaoos has narrated in the
book of Iqbal from Muhammad bin Abil Ruwad Rawasi that he said:
He went out with Muhammad bin Ja’far Dahhaan towards Masjid
Sahla on one of the days of the month of Rajab.
He said: Take me to Masjid Saasa as it is a blessed Masjid
and Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) has prayed over there and the holy proofs have
stepped on those blessed precincts.
So I became inclined to that Masjid. I was praying there
when I saw a man alight from his camel and tie it under the shade. Then he
entered and offered two units of prayer and prolonged those two units. Then he
raised his hands and recited as follows:
“Allaahumma Yaa zal manna…”
Till the end… then he arose and went to his camel and
mounted it.
Ibne Ja’far Dahhaan asked me: Should I not get up and
approach him? Should I not ask him who he is?
So we arose and went to him. Then we asked him: We adjure
you by Allah, to tell us who you are?
He replied: I adjure you by the Almighty Allah, who do you
think I am?
Ibne Ja’far Dahhaan replied: I think that you are Khizr.
Then he asked: Have you also thought so?
I replied: I thought that you are Khizr.
He said: By Allah, I am indeed one that Khizr is needful of
seeing. Return as I am the Imam of your time.
Shaykh Muhammad bin Mashadi in his Mazaar Kabeer[1]
and Shaykh Shaheed Awwal has narrated in Mazaar[2]
from Ali bin Muhammad bin Abdur Rahman Shustari that he said: I passed by the
Bani Rawas clan.
Some brothers said: If only you take us to Masjid Saasa so
that we can pray over there, because it is the month of Rajab and it is
recommended to perform the Ziyarat of that place in this month as the Imams
have passed over these places during these times and prayed there and Masjid
Saasa is one of those places.
Thus, we became inclined to him towards the Masjid when
suddenly we saw a camel whose legs were tied and carrying the litter on its
back was sleeping at the gate of the Masjid.
We entered and suddenly decried a man in Hijazi clothes
having a headgear resembling the people of Hijaz. He was seated and reciting
the following supplication, which I and my friend memorized; it is as follows:
“Allaahumma yaa zal menanis saabegha…and so on”
Then he prolonged the prostration. After that he arose,
mounted his camel and went away.
My friend said: I think that he was Khizr. Then what
happened to us that we did not speak to him? As our tongue was tied up.
We came out and met Ibne Abil Rawad Rawasi; he asked: Where
are you coming from?
We replied: From Masjid Saasa and we narrated the report.
He said: This camel rider visits Masjid Saasa every two or
three days and he does not speak.
We asked: Who is he?
He asked: Who do you think it is?
We said: We thought that he is Khizr.
Then he said: By Allah, I don’t know of anyone to see whom
Khizr is needful of. Return with guidance and direction.
My friend said to me: He, by Allah, is the Master of the Age
(a.s.).
The author says: Apparently these are two incidents
and twice this supplication was heard from the Imam in that Masjid during Rajab
especially by Ali bin Muhammad Shushtari in a way that His Eminence spoke to
him and he also interacted with the Imam. The famous scholars have included
this supplication among the famous devotions of Masjid Saasa in books of
supplications and rituals of the month of Rajab and this story is sometimes
narrated in that connection and sometimes in this connection.
It seems that Imam’s reciting of this supplication over
there is by way of its special significance as will be mentioned after the
rituals of the Masjid and it also comprises of special significance of the
time, after supplication of month of Rajab and therefore it is mentioned in
both places and the first is more likely; although it seems that it is from the
absolute supplications and has no restriction of time and place and the
supplication is as follows:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
اَللّٰهُمَّ يَا ذَا الْمِنَنِ السَّابِغَةِ وَ الْآلَاءِ الْوَازِعَةِ وَ
الرَّحْمَةِ الْوَاسِعَةِ وَ الْقُدْرَةِ الْجَامِعَةِ وَ النِّعَمِ الْجَسِيمَةِ
وَ الْمَوَاهِبِ الْعَظِيْمَةِ وَ الْاَيَادِي الْجَمِيلَةِ وَ الْعَطَايَا
الْجَزِيْلَةِ يَا مَنْ لَا يُنْعَتُ بِتَمْثِيْلٍ وَ لَا يُمَثَّلُ بِنَظِيْرٍ وَ
لَا يُغْلَبُ بِظَهِيْرٍ يَا مَنْ خَلَقَ فَرَزَقَ وَ اَلْهَمَ فَاَنْطَقَ وَ
ابْتَدَعَ فَشَرَعَ وَ عَلَا فَارْتَفَعَ وَ قَدَّرَ فَاَحْسَنَ وَ صَوَّرَ فَاَتْقَنَ
وَ احْتَجَّ فَاَبْلَغَ وَ اَنْعَمَ فَاَسْبَغَ وَ اَعْطَى فَاَجْزَلَ وَ مَنَحَ
فَاَفْضَلَ يَا مَنْ سَمَا فِي الْعِزِّ فَفَاتَ نَوَاظِرَ الْاَبْصَارِ وَ دَنَا
فِي اللُّطْفِ فَجَازَ هَوَاجِسَ الْاَفْكَارِ يَا مَنْ تَوَحَّدَ بِالْمُلْكِ
فَلَا نِدَّ لَهٗ فِي مَلَكُوْتِ سُلْطَانِهٖ وَ تَفَرَّدَ بِالْآلَاءِ وَ
الْكِبْرِيَاءِ فَلَا ضِدَّ لَهٗ فِيْ جَبَرُوْتِ شَاْنِهٖ يَا مَنْ حَارَتْ فِيْ
كِبْرِيَاءِ هَيْبَتِهٖ دَقَائِقُ لَطَائِفِ الْاَوْهَامِ وَ انْحَسَرَتْ دُوْنَ اِدْرَاكِ
عَظَمَتِهٖ خَطَائِفُ اَبْصَارِ الْاَنَامِ يَا مَنْ عَنَتِ الْوُجُوْهُ
لِهَيْبَتِهٖ وَ خَضَعَتِ الرِّقَابُ لِعَظَمَتِهٖ وَ وَجِلَتِ الْقُلُوْبُ مِنْ
خِيفَتِهٖ اَسْاَلُكَ بِهٰذِهِ الْمِدْحَةِ الَّتِيْ لَا تَنْبَغِيْ اِلَّا لَكَ
وَ بِمَا وَاَيْتَ بِهٖ عَلٰى نَفْسِكَ لِدَاعِيْكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَ بِمَا
ضَمِنْتَ الْاِجَابَةَ فِيْهِ عَلٰى نَفْسِكَ لِلدَّاعِيْنَ يَا اَسْمَعَ
السَّامِعِيْنَ وَ اَبْصَرَ النَّاظِرِيْنَ وَ اَسْرَعَ الْحَاسِبِيْنَ يَا ذَا
الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِيْنَ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ
النَّبِيِّيْنَ وَ عَلٰى اَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ وَ اقْسِمْ لِيْ فِيْ شَهْرِنَا هٰذَا
خَيْرَ مَا قَسَمْتَ وَ احْتِمْ لِيْ فِيْ قَضَائِكَ خَيْرَ مَا حَتَمْتَ وَ
اخْتِمْ لِي بِالسَّعَادَةِ فِيْمَنْ خَتَمْتَ وَ اَحْيِنِيْ مَا اَحْيَيْتَنِيْ
مَوْفُوْرًا وَ اَمَتَّنِيْ مَسْرُوْرًا وَ مَغْفُوْرًا وَ تَوَلَّ اَنْتَ
نَجَاتِيْ مِنْ مُسَائَلَةِ الْبَرْزَخِ وَ ادْرَاْ عَنِّيْ مُنْكَرًا وَ نَكِيْرًا
وَ اَرِ عَيْنِيْ مُبَشِّرًا وَ بَشِيْرًا وَ اجْعَلْ لِيْ اِلٰى رِضْوَانِكَ وَ
جِنَانِكَ مَصِيْرًا وَ عَيْشًا قَرِيْرًا وَ مُلْكًا كَبِيْرًا وَ صَلَّى اللهُ
عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهٖ بُكْرَةً وَ اَصِيْلًا يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ يَا اَرْحَمَ
الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O Allah,
O one, who blesses fully and who is the alloter of bounty and widespread mercy
and comprehensive power and a great bounty and a magnificent gift and beautiful
hands and tremendous bounty. O One, who cannot be described through a simile.
And cannot be compared to a likeness. And cannot be defeated with anyone’s
help. O one, who created and then provided sustenance. And inspired and He made
to speak and He created and initiated. And He raised and made high. And He
estimated and made good. And shaped and then strengthened. He intended and then
He conveyed. And He bestowed and then perfected it. And He bestowed it and then
made it heavy. And he bestowed and favored it. O one, who is high in honor and
is out of the bounds of vision and His grace is near. And crossed the limits of
thoughts. O one, who is unique in His kingdom in rulership. And no one is His
equal in His sphere of dominion and He is only One in His greatness and
loftiness. There is no opponent in His honor. O One, who is intense in the
greatness of His greatness, and the fineness of the thoughts fail to achieve
His understanding. O one, who attracts the eyes of the creatures. O one for
whom the faces are humiliated due to His awe. And the necks are bent before His
greatness. And the hearts shiver because of His fear. I ask You through this
praise, which is only appropriate for You. Through which You bestowed to Your
callers from the believers. And what You have guaranteed its acceptance upon
You self. O the most hearing of the hearing ones. And O the most perceptive one
of the perceptive ones. And O the most looking of the looking. O most swift in
accounting. And O the ruler of rulers. And O the most merciful of the merciful ones.
May Allah bless Muhammad, the seal of the prophets and bestow on purified Ahle
Bayt (a.s.) the good. And distribute for me in this month the good better than
which You distributed. And seal for me Your judgment to be favorable of what
You judge and make success complete for me in what You have sealed. And make
alive from what You have enlivened from. And give me a good and blessed death.
And be the Wali of my salvation from the questioning of grave and keep Munkar
and Nakeer away from me. And make me see Mubashshir and Bashir. And make me as
Your satisfaction and make Paradise as my
abode and make me dwell there. And the great kingdom and may Allah bless
Muhammad and his progeny morning and evening, O the most merciful of the
merciful ones. O the most merciful of the merciful ones.[3]