Question 1512: What is the prayer of Imam al-Zaman (peace be upon him) and is it documented?

Answer
✅ Answer:
Ali ibn Musa (Ibn Tawus) said in the book Muhaj al-Da'awat: 'I saw in the book Kunuz al-Najah, authored by the jurist Abu Ali Fadl ibn Hasan Tabarsi, from our master Al-Hujjah, may God hasten his advent, that its text was as follows: Ahmad ibn Darabi narrated from Khuzamah from Abu Abdillah Husayn ibn Muhammad Buzufri that it came from the holy side (al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa) that: Whoever has a need from God Almighty, he should perform ghusl on a Friday night after midnight and come to his place of prayer and perform two rak'ahs of prayer. In the first rak'ah, he recites Surat al-Hamd (Al-Fatiha), and when he reaches the verse 'You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help,' he should repeat it 100 times, and after that, complete the rest of the surah and then recite Surat al-Tawhid (Al-Ikhlas) once. And in these two rak'ahs, he says the glorifications (in bowing and prostration) seven times each, and the second rak'ah is like the first. And (after the prayer) he recites this supplication, for God Almighty will certainly fulfill his need, whatever it may be, unless it is related to severing ties of kinship. And the supplication after the prayer is:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ أَطَعْتُکَ فَالْمَحْمَدَةُ لَکَ وَ إِنْ عَصَیْتُکَ فَالْحُجَّةُ لَکَ مِنْکَ الرَّوْحُ وَ مِنْکَ الْفَرَجُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ أَنْعَمَ وَ شَکَرَ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ قَدَرَ وَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ کُنْتُ قَدْ عَصَیْتُکَ فَإِنِّی قَدْ أَطَعْتُکَ فِی أَحَبِّ الْأَشْیَاءِ إِلَیْکَ وَ هُوَ الْإِیمَانُ بِکَ لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ لَکَ وَلَداً وَ لَمْ أَدْعُ لَکَ شَرِیکاً مَنّاً مِنْکَ بِهِ عَلَیَّ لَا مَنّاً مِنِّی بِهِ عَلَیْکَ وَ قَدْ عَصَیْتُکَ یَا إِلَهِی عَلَی غَیْرِ وَجْهِ الْمُکَابَرَةِ وَ لَا الْخُرُوجِ عَنْ عُبُودِیَّتِکَ وَ لَا الْجُحُودِ لِرُبُوبِیَّتِکَ وَ لَکِنْ أَطَعْتُ هَوَایَ وَ أَزَلَّنِی الشَّیْطَانُ فَلَکَ الْحُجَّةُ عَلَیَّ وَ الْبَیَانُ فَإِنْ تُعَذِّبْنِی فَبِذُنُوبِی غَیْرَ ظَالِمٍ وَ إِنْ تَغْفِرْ لِی وَ تَرْحَمْنِی فَإِنَّکَ جَوَادٌ کَرِیمٌ یَا کَرِیمُ یَا کَرِیمُ ( به اندازه یک نفس یَا کَرِیم می گوید)
Then he says:
یَا آمِناً مِنْ کُلِّ شَیْءٍ وَ کُلُّ شَیْءٍ مِنْکَ خَائِفٌ حَذِرٌ أَسْأَلُکَ بِأَمْنِکَ مِنْ کُلِّ شَیْ ءٍ وَ خَوْفِ کُلِّ شَیْءٍ مِنْکَ أَنْ تُصَلِّیَ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تُعْطِیَنِی أَمَاناً لِنَفْسِی وَ أَهْلِی وَ وُلْدِی وَ سَائِرِ مَا أَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَیَّ حَتَّی لَا أَخَافَ أَحَداً وَ لَا أَحْذَرَ مِنْ شَیْ ءٍ أَبَداً إِنَّکَ عَلی کُلِّ شَیْ ءٍ قَدِیرٌ وَ حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَکِیلُ
یَا کَافِیَ إِبْرَاهِیمَ نُمْرُودَ وَ یَا کَافِیَ مُوسَی فِرْعَوْنَ وَ یَا کَافِیَ مُحَمَّدٍ صلی الله علیه و آله الْأَحْزَابَ أَسْأَلُکَ أَنْ تُصَلِّیَ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَکْفِیَنِی شَرَّ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ.
Here (in place of 'so-and-so, son of so-and-so'), he mentions the name of the person whose evil he seeks protection from, and he asks for protection from the evil of the one whose evil he fears. God willing.
Then he goes into prostration and asks for his need and supplicates to the divine court, for there is no believing man or woman who performs this prayer and recites this supplication except that the gates of heaven are opened for them for its acceptance and they are answered at that very moment and on that very night, and this is from the divine grace upon us and upon the people!
📚 Muhaj al-Da'awat, p. 366
✅ The prayer famous as the prayer of Imam al-Zaman (peace be upon him) is narrated in the manner mentioned above.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر