Question 416: Is it problematic to perform a ختم قرآن (completion of the Quran recitation) for the relief of Imam Zaman (peace be upon him)?

89 13 Feb 2021
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✅ Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الرِّجَالِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ الْحَالُّ الْمُرْتَحِلُ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا الْحَالُّ الْمُرْتَحِلُ قَالَ الْفَاتِحُ الْخَاتِمُ الَّذِي يَفْتَحُ الْقُرْآنَ وَ يَخْتِمُهُ فَلَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ دَعْوَةٌ مُسْتَجَابَةٌ.

📚 Thawab al-A'mal, p. 127

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'It was said to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): 'Which people are the best?' He said: 'The one who descends and departs!' It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), who is the one who descends and departs?' He said: 'The one who opens and begins, and completes and finishes! The one who opens and begins the Quran and completes it (and recites it until the end), for such a person, there is a granted supplication with Allah.'

2 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ مِائَةَ آيَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ- مِنْ أَيِّ الْقُرْآنِ شَاءَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا اللَّهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَلَوْ دَعَا عَلَى الصَّخْرَةِ لَقَلَعَهَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.

📚 Thawab al-A'mal, p. 130

Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) said: 'Whoever recites a hundred verses, from wherever in the Quran he wishes, then says 7 times: 'Ya Allah,' then if he supplicates upon a great rock, by the will of Allah, Allah will move it from its place!'

(An idiom meaning his supplication is answered)

3 عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ: اغْتَنِمُوا الدُّعَاءَ عِنْدَ خَمْسَةِ مَوَاطِنَ عِنْدَ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ وَ عِنْدَ الْأَذَانِ وَ عِنْدَ نُزُولِ الْغَيْثِ وَ عِنْدَ الْتِقَاءِ الصَّفَّيْنِ لِلشَّهَادَةِ وَ عِنْدَ دَعْوَةِ الْمَظْلُومِ فَإِنَّهَا لَيْسَ لَهَا حِجَابٌ دُونَ الْعَرْشِ.

📚 Amali al-Saduq, p. 97

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) narrated from his ancestors from Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) that he said: 'Take advantage of supplication in five places: after the recitation of the Quran, after the call to prayer (adhan), at the time of rain falling, at the time of the two ranks clashing (the believers with the polytheists) for martyrdom, and at the time of the supplication and request of the oppressed person, for there is no barrier for it until the Throne.'

✅ Given that, according to the first narration, a person who completes the Quran has a granted supplication, and according to the second narration, if a person recites a hundred verses from anywhere in the Quran he wishes and then says 'Ya Allah' 7 times and supplicates, by the will of Allah, it will be granted, and also according to the third narration, after the recitation of the Quran is one of the places to take advantage of supplication, for our action to be exactly according to the tradition, we complete the Quran and after that we supplicate for the relief of our master Imam Zaman (peace be upon him), or after reciting 100 verses and saying 'Ya Allah' 7 times, we supplicate for the relief, or in general, we do this after reciting the Quran so that, by the will of Allah, our supplication is granted and our eyes are adorned with kohl by looking at the face of Baqiyyatullah (the Remnant of Allah), peace be upon him.

So it is better to spread and state the phrase in question in this way:

'Since, according to the hadith in 📚 Thawab al-A'mal, p. 127 from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), there is a granted supplication for us at the time of completing the Quran, we complete the Quran and after that, we supplicate for the relief of Imam Zaman (peace be upon him).'

اَللّهُمَّ عَجِّل لِوَلیِّکَ الفَرَجَ وَ العافیَةَ وَ النَّصرَ