Short Prayers from Imam Rida (AS)

Here are three short Ad’iyah from Hadrat Imam Ali bin Moosa Al-Rida (as), Gharibul Ghuraba, Moghith-ush-shiiatay waz’zuwwaray fee Yomil Jaza, whose holy mausoleum is situated in the holy city of Mashhad, Iran:

1. For seeking well being and thanking for it

He said that once `Ali b. al-Hussein (A.S.) saw a person doing tawaaf of al-Ka`bah and saying: O God I ask from You the patience (as-Sabr).

The Imam stroked his shoulder and said: you have asked for affliction (balaa'), [Instead] say:

O Allah I ask from You the well-being, and to be grateful for the well-being.

2. For seeking richness

From Imam Al-Rida (A.S.) On the authority of his forefathers who said that the Prophet (p.b.u.h.h.) said: He who says every day 100 times [the following] will attract richness through it and drive away poverty:

(There is no god, except Allah, the Ruler, the Real, the Manifest)

3. Cure from all sorts of pain

Khalid b. al-`Absee has narrated that: `Ali b. Moosa (A.S.) taught me the following instructing me to teach fellow believers for it works with all sort of pains and aches.

I seek protection for my soul in the Lord of the earth and the Lord of the heavens I seek protection for my soul in the One in whose name no sickness can hurt I seek protection for my soul in the One whose name is Blessed and a Cure.