Ziyarat of Umm al-Banin (a)

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ يَا زَوْجَةَ وَلِىِّ اللهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ يَا زَوْجَةَ اَمِيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ

assalaamo a'layke yaa zawjata waliyyil laahe assalaamo a'layke yaa zawjata ameeril moa-meneena

Peace be on you, the wife of the beloved one of Allah,Peace be on you, the wife of the Commander of the Faithful,

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ يَا اُمَّ الْبَنِيْنَ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ يَا اُمَّ الْعَبَّاسِ ابْنِ اَمِيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ عَلِىِّ بْنِ اَبِىْ طَالِبٍ

assalaamo a'layke yaa ummal baneena assalaamo a'layke yaa ummal a'bbaasibne ameeril moa-meneena a'liyyibne abee taalebin

Peace be on you, O Ummul Baneen Peace be on you, the mother of Abbas, son of Amir al-Mu'minin, Ali ibn Abu Talib,

رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَنْكِ وَ جَعَلَ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْزِلَكِ وَ مَاْوٰيكِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهٗ

razeyal laaho ta-a'alaa a'nke wa ja-a'lal jannata manzelake wa maawaake wa rahmatul laahe wa barakaatohu

May Allah be pleased with you and make Jannat your home and resting place, with God’s mercy and blessings.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In the Name of Allah the Most Benefecient & the Most Merciful

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ أَيتهَا الطَيِّبَة الطَّاهِرَة ،

Peace be on you, the pure purified,

اَلسَّلاَمُ ععَلَيْكِ أيتُهَا الصَّابِرَةُ الشَّاكِرَة ،

Peace be on you, O the Patient & Thankful

اَلسَّلاَمُ ععَلَيْكِ أيتُهَا الْعَالمَةُ الْعَامِلَة ،

Peace be on you O the Knowledgeable & who acted on the knowledge

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ أيتُهَا الْفَاضِلَةُ الزَّكِيَة ،

Peace be on you O Honored (Fazila) & Purified(Zakiya)

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ أيتُهَا الْتَقَيَّةُ النَّقِيَّةْ ،

Peace be upon you O Pious(Taqiya)& Naqia

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ أيتُهَا الْرَضِيَّةُ الْمَرْضِيَّةْ ،

Peace be upon you O Razia & Marziya (Pleased with HIS decree)

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ يَا زَوْجَة وَّلُيِ الله ،

Peace be upon you the wife of the Vicergent of Allah,

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ يَا حَلِيْلَة أمِيْرُ الْمُؤمِنِينِ ،

Peace be upon you o companion of Ameer ul Momineen

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ يا أُمُّ الْبَنِيْنِ ،

Peace be on you, O Ummul Baneen

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ يَا أمُّ الْعَبَّاسْ بْنِ أَمِيْرَ اْلمُؤمِنِيْن عَلِيْهِ السَّلاَمْ ،

Peace be on you, the mother of Abbas, son of Amir al-Mu'minin, Ali ibn Abu Talib,

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكِ وَعَلِى أوْلاَدِك الأَرْبَعةُ الْمُسْتَشْهَدَيْنِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ الْإِمَام الحْسُيَنْ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَوُمَ عَاشُوْرَاء ،

Peace be upon you & your four sons who sacrificed their lives on Imam Husayn (a) on the day of Ashura

رِضْوَانُ اللهِ تَعَالىَ عَلَيْك ،وَجَعَلَ الله أعَالِيْ الجْنَةُ مَنْزَلِكِ وَمَأوَاكِ ،

May Allah be pleased with you and make Heaven your home and resting place, with God’s mercy and blessings.

يَا وَجِيْهَة عِنْدَ الله ، اِشْفَعَي لَنَا عِنْدَ اللهِ ،

O intimate of Allah, Stand by us when Allah sits in judgment over us.

وَصَلىَّ اللهُ عَلىَ محُمَّدْ وَآلهِ الطَّيَّبِيْنَ الْطَاهِرِيْن .

Send Blessings on Muhammad & his pure family

أَشهَدُ أَن لا إلهَ إلا الله وَحدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ

Ashhadu an lā ilāha illa Allāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, alone with no partner

وَأَشهَدُ أنَّ مُحَمَّدَاً عَبدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

Wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa rasūluh

And I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger

السَّلامُ عَلَيكَ يَا رَسُولَ الله

Assalāmu ʿalayka yā Rasūlallāh

Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah

السَّلامُ عَلَيكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الُمؤمِنين

Assalāmu ʿalayka yā Amīra alMuʾminīn

Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful

السَّلامُ عَلَيكِ يَا فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهرَاءِ سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ العَالَمِين

Assalāmu ʿalayki yā Fāṭimata azZahrāʾ sayyidati nisāʾi alʿālamīn

Peace be upon you, O Fatima alZahra, Lady of the Women of the Worlds

السَّلامُ عَلَى الحَسَنِ وَالحُسَينِ سَيِّدي شَبَابِ أَهلِ الجَنَّة

Assalāmu ʿalā alḤasani wa alḤusayn sayyiday shabābi ahl aljannah

Peace be upon Hasan and Husayn, the lords of the youth of Paradise

السَّلامُ عَلَيكِ يَا زَوجَةَ وَصِيِّ رَسُولِ الله

Assalāmu ʿalayki yā zawjata waṣīyyi Rasūlillāh

Peace be upon you, O wife of the successor of the Messenger of Allah

السَّلامُ عَلَيكِ يَا عَزِيزَةَ الزَّهرَاءِ عَلَيهَا السَّلام

Assalāmu ʿalayki yā ʿazīzata azZahrāʾ ʿalayhā assalām

Peace be upon you, O beloved of alZahra, peace be upon her

السَّلامُ عَلَيكِ يَا أُمَّ البُدُورِ السَّوَاطِع

Assalāmu ʿalayki yā umma albudūri assawāṭiʿ

Peace be upon you, O mother of the radiant full moons

فَاطِمَةَ بِنتَ حزَام الكلابيّة

Fāṭimata bint Ḥizām alKilābiyyah

Fatima, daughter of Ḥizām alKilābiyya

المُلَقَّبةُ بِأُمّ البَنِين وَبَاب الحَوَائِج

Almulaqqabah biʾUmm alBanīn wa bāb alḥawāʾij

Nicknamed Umm alBanīn and the Gate of Needs

أُشهِدُ اللهَ وَرَسُولهُ أَنَّكِ جَاهَدتِ في سَبِيلِ اللهِ

Ush'hidu Allāha wa Rasūlahū annaki jāhadti fī sabīli Allāh

I bear witness before Allah and His Messenger that you struggled in the way of Allah

إِذ ضَحّيتِ بِأَولَادَكِ دُونَ الحُسَين

Idh ḍaḥḥayti biawlādiki dūna alḤusayn

As you sacrificed your sons for the sake of Husayn

بنَ بِنتِ رَسُولِ الله

Ibna binti Rasūlillāh

The son of the daughter of the Messenger of Allah

وَعَبَدتِ اللهَ مُخلِصَةً لَهُ الدِّين

Wa ʿabadti Allāha mukhliṣatan lahū addīn

And you worshipped Allah, sincerely devoted in religion

بِولائكِ لِلأَئِمَّةِ المَعصُومِين عَلَيهمُ السَّلام

Biwalāʾiki lilaʾimmah almaʿṣūmīn ʿalayhimu assalām

By your loyalty to the infallible Imams, peace be upon them

وَصَبَرتِ عَلَى تِلكَ الرَزيَّةِ العَظِيمَةِ

Wa ṣabarti ʿalā tilka arraziyyah alʿaẓīmah

And you endured that great calamity with patience

وَاحتَسَبتِ ذَلِكَ عِندَ الله رَبّ العَالَمين

Wa iḥtasabti dhālika ʿinda Allāh Rabbi alʿālamīn

And you considered it a trust with Allah, Lord of the Worlds

وَآزَرتِ الإمَامَ عَليَّاً في المِحَنِ وَالشَّدَائِدِ وَالمَصَائِب

Wa āzarti alImāma ʿAliyyan fī almiḥani wa ashshadāʾidi wa almaṣāʾib

And you supported Imam Ali during trials, hardships, and calamities

وَكُنتِ في قِمَّةِ الطَّاعَةِ وَالوَفَاء

Wa kunti fī qimmati aṭṭāʿati wa alwafāʾ

And you were at the peak of obedience and loyalty

وَأنَّكِ أَحسَنتِ الكَفَالَة

Wa annaki aḥsanti alkafālah

And that you performed the guardianship excellently

وَأَدَّيتِ الأَمَانَة الكُبرى

Wa addayti alamānah alkubrā

And you fulfilled the great trust

في حِفظِ وَديعَتَي الزَّهرَاء البَتُول

Fī ḥifẓi wadīʿatay azZahrāʾ alBatūl

In safeguarding the two trusts of alZahra alBatūl

الحَسَنِ وَالحُسَين

AlḤasani wa alḤusayn

AlHasan and alHusayn

وَبَالَغتِ وَآثَرتِ وَرَعَيتِ حُجَجَ اللهِ المَيَامِين

Wa bālghti wa ātharti wa raʿayti ḥujaja Allāhi almayāmīn

And you were devoted, selfless, and caring toward the noble proofs of Allah

وَرَغبتِ في صِلَةِ أَبنَاء رَسُولِ رَبِّ العَالَمين

Wa raghibti fī ṣilati abnāʾi Rasūli Rabbi alʿālamīn

And you eagerly sought connection with the children of the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds

عَارِفَةً بِحَقِّهِم، مُؤمِنَةً بِصِدقِهِم

ʿĀrifatan biḥaqqihim, muʾminatan biṣidqihim

Knowing their true rank, believing in their truthfulness

مُشفِقَةً عَلَيهِم، مُؤثِرَةً هَوَاهُم وَحُبَّهُم عَلَى أَولَادكِ السُّعَدَاء

Mushfiqatan ʿalayhim, muʾthiratan hawāhum wa ḥubbahum ʿalā awlādiki assuʿadāʾ

Compassionate towards them, preferring their wishes and love over your own happy sons

فَسَلامُ اللهِ عَلَيكِ يَا سَيِّدَتي يَا أُمَّ البَنِين

Fasalāmu Allāhi ʿalayki yā sayyidatī yā Umm alBanīn

So may the peace of Allah be upon you, O my lady, O Umm alBanīn

مَا دَجَى الَّليلُ وَغَسَق، وَأَضَاءَ النَّهَارُ وَأَشرَق

Mā dajā allaylu wa ghasaq, wa aḍāʾa annahāru wa ashraq

As long as night grows dark and deep, and the day shines and glows

وَسَقَاكِ الله مِن رَحِيقٍ مَختُومٍ

Wa saqāki Allāhu min raḥīqin makhtūm

And may Allah give you to drink from sealed nectar

يَومَ لا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلابَنُون

Yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun wa lā banūn

On the Day when neither wealth nor children will benefit anyone

فَصِرتِ قدوَةً لِلمُؤمِنَاتِ الصَّالِحَات

Faṣirti qudwatan lilmuʾmināti aṣṣāliḥāt

So you became a role model for righteous believing women

لأَنَّكِ كَرِيمَةُ الخَلائِق، عَالِمَةً مُعَلَّمَةً

Liʾannaki karīmat alkhalāʾiq, ʿālimatan muʿallamah

Because you were noble in character, knowledgeable and taught

نَقيَّةً زَكِيَّةً، فَرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنكِ وَأَرضَاكِ

Naqiyyatan zakiyyah, fa raḍiya Allāhu ʿanki wa arḍāk

Pure and purified, and may Allah be pleased with you and make you pleasing

وَلَقَد أَعطَاكِ اللهُ مِن الكَرَامَات البَاهِرَات

Wa laqad aʿṭāki Allāhu mina alkarāmāti albāhirāt

And indeed Allah granted you splendid and shining miracles

حَتَّى أَصبَحتِ بِطَاعَتكِ لله وَلِوَصيِّ الأَوصِيَاء

Ḥattā aṣbaḥti biṭāʿtiki lillāhi wa liwaṣiyyi alawṣiyāʾ

Until you became, by your obedience to Allah and the successor of successors

وَحُبّك لِسَيِّدَةِ النِّسَاءِ الزَّهرَاءِ

Wa ḥubbiki lisayyidati annisāʾ azZahrāʾ

And your love for the Lady of Women, azZahra

وَفِدَائكِ أَولادكِ الأَربَعَة لِسَيِّدِ الشُّهَدَاء

Wa fidāʾiki awlādaki alarbaʿah lisayyidi ashshuhadāʾ

And your sacrifice of your four sons for the Master of Martyrs

بَابَاً لِلحَوَائِج

Bāban lilḥawāʾij

You became a gate for the fulfillment of needs

فاشفَعِي لِي عِندَ الله بِغُفرَانِ ذُنُوبِي

Fashfaʿī lī ʿinda Allāh bighufrāni dhunūbī

So intercede for me with Allah for the forgiveness of my sins

وَكَشفِ ضُرِّي وَقَضَاءِ حَوَائِجِي

Wa kashfi ḍurrī wa qaḍāʾi ḥawāʾijī

And for the removal of my distress and the fulfillment of my needs

فَإنَّ لَكِ عِندَ اللهِ شَأنَاً وَجَاهَاً مَحمُودَاً

Fainna laki ʿinda Allāhi shaʾnan wa jāhan maḥmūdan

For indeed you have a revered rank and praised status with Allah

وَالسَّلامُ عَلَى أَولَادكِ الشُّهَدَاء

Wa assalāmu ʿalā awlādiki ashshuhadāʾ

And peace be upon your martyred sons

العَبَّاس قَمَرُ بَنِي هَاشِم وبَاب الحَوَائِج

AlʿAbbās qamaru banī Hāshim wa bāb alḥawāʾij

AlAbbas, the moon of Banī Hāshim and the gate of needs

وَعَبد الله وَعُثمَان وَجَعفَر

Wa ʿAbd Allāh wa ʿUthmān wa Jaʿfar

And ʿAbd Allāh, ʿUthmān, and Ja'far

الَّذِينَ استُشهِدُوا في نُصرَةِ الحُسَينِ بِكَربَلاء

Alladhīna ustush'hidū fī nuṣrati alḤusayn biKarbalaʾ

Those who were martyred in the support of Husayn at Karbalāʾ

وَالسَّلامُ عَلَى ابنَتكِ الدُّرَّة الزَّاهِرَة الطَّاهِرَة الرَّضيَّة خَدِيجَة

Wa assalāmu ʿalā ibnatiki addurrah azzāhirah aṭṭāhirah arraḍiyyah Khadījah

And peace be upon your radiant, pure, and accepted daughter Khadija

فَجَزَاكِ اللهُ وَجزَاهُم الله جَنَّاتٍ تَجرِي مِن تَحتِهَا الأَنهَارُ

Fajazāki Allāhu wa jazāhum Allāhu jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā alanhār

May Allah reward you and reward them with gardens beneath which rivers flow

خَالِدِينَ فيهَا

Khālidīna fīhā

Abiding therein forever

اللهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammad

O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad