Question 1008: Does the 'Khatm of Nad Ali' have a basis in narrations?

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✅Al-Kaf'ami in the book Misbah has stated the following:

وَ رَأَيْتُ بِخَطِّ الشَّهِيدِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ" ذَكَرَ لِرَدِّ الضَّائِعِ وَ الْآبِقِ تَكْرَارَ هَذَيْنِ الْبَيْتَيْنِ

نَادِ عَلِيّاً مَظْهَرَ الْعَجَائِبِ تَجِدْهُ عَوْناً لَكَ فِي النَّوَائِبِ كُلُّ هَمٍّ وَ غَمٍّ سَيَنْجَلِي بِوَلَايَتِكَ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَلِيُ

📚Al-Misbah lil-Kaf'ami, p. 182.

✅In the book Bihar, quoting from the book Sharh Diwan attributed to Imam Ali (peace be upon him), written by Qadhi Kamal al-Din Mir Husayn ibn Mu'in al-Din Maybudi Yazdi 'who passed away in 909 A.H.', it is stated that he says:

قَالَ: وَ یُقَالُ إِنَّ النَّبِیَّ صلی الله علیه و آله نُودِیَ فِی هَذَا الْیَوْمِ:

نَادِ عَلِیّاً مَظْهَرَ الْعَجَائِبِ*** تَجِدْهُ عَوْناً لَکَ فِی النَّوَائِبِ

کُلُّ غَمٍّ وَ هَمٍّ سَیَنْجَلِی*** بِوَلَایَتِکَ یَا عَلِیُّ یَا عَلِیُّ یَا عَلِیُّ

✅The two lines of poetry above have become famous as the 'Nad Ali Saghir' (Small Nad Ali), and in some other books, phrases have been added to the above poems and they have been referred to as the 'Nad Ali Kabir' (Large Nad Ali), for which numerous properties and rituals have been mentioned, though none of the mentioned rituals and properties are from hadith or narration!

✅However, since the 'Khatm' (ritual), properties, and rituals of these poems, which are known as the 'Nad Ali Saghir', and also the 'Nad Ali Kabir' which is narrated with additions to these poems, are not found in authentic sources and are not attributed to the infallible ones, they have no jurisprudential value for practice. Inventing a 'Khatm' and fabricating properties for reciting it a specific number of times, at specific times, and for specific needs, has no basis in narrations, and therefore, it has no place for practice.

✅However, seeking intercession with Allah through the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) for the fulfillment of needs and the removal of sorrows is established, but it must be done through correct ways and authentic and narrated supplications and deeds:

1 عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: نَحْنُ نَقُولُ بِظَهْرِ الْكُوفَةِ قَبْرٌ لَا يَلُوذُ بِهِ ذُو عَاهَةٍ إِلَّا شَفَاهُ اللَّهُ.

📚Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 6, p. 34

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: We say that behind Kufa there is a grave to which no one afflicted with an ailment or pain seeks refuge except that Allah heals him!

2 عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ: إِنَّ إِلَى جَانِبِ كُوفَانَ قَبْراً مَا أَتَاهُ مَكْرُوبٌ قَطُّ فَصَلَّى عِنْدَهُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ أَوْ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ إِلَّا نَفَّسَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَرْبَتَهُ وَ قَضَى حَاجَتَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ قَبْرُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ علیهما السلام فَقَالَ لِي بِرَأْسِهِ لَا فَقُلْتُ قَبْرُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ علیه السلام فَقَالَ بِرَأْسِهِ نَعَمْ.

📚Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 6, p. 35

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Indeed, near Kufa there is a grave to which no grieving person goes and prays two or four rak'ahs near it except that Allah removes his grief and fulfills his need!

The narrator said: I said: Is it the grave of Imam Husayn (peace be upon him)? He gestured with his head: No! I said: Is it the grave of the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him)? He gestured with his head: Yes!

✅It must be noted that:

3 عَنْ هَاشِمٍ صَاحِبِ الْبَرِيدِ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي حَدِيثٍ أَمَا إِنَّهُ شَرٌّ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَقُولُوا بِشَيْءٍ مَا لَمْ تَسْمَعُوهُ مِنَّا.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 401

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said in a hadith: Indeed, it is evil for you to say and believe something until you have heard it from us!

اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ

Pray 'abundantly' for the hastening of the relief (of Imam Mahdi),

What does 'abundant' mean?

✅ وَرَدَ مِنَ النَّاحِیَةِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ :

وَ أَکْثِرُوا الدُّعَاءَ بِتَعْجِیلِ الْفَرَجِ

فَإِنَّ ذَلِکَ فَرَجُکُمْ

📚Kamal al-Din, Vol. 2, p. 162

It was received from the sacred side that

Imam Mahdi (may Allah hasten his reappearance) commanded:

Pray 'abundantly' for the hastening of the relief, for indeed, that is your relief!

✅Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: Send many blessings upon me on the magnificent night and the bright day, which are the night of Friday and the day of Friday.

Then it was asked: How much is 'many' (kathir)?

He said: A hundred, and whatever is more is better!

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 428

✅Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said regarding the saying of Allah the Almighty (in Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 41) which says: 'O you who have believed, remember Allah with much remembrance.'

Meaning 'remember Allah, a much (abundant) remembrance', he said:

When a servant remembers his Lord a hundred times during the day, that is 'much'!

📚Bihar, Vol. 93, p. 159

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