# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 26: His Supplication for Neighbours and Friends

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ لِجِيرَانِهِ وَ أَوْلِيَائِهِ
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md), [Parents & Family](https://duasonline.org/category/parents-and-family.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-26

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 26: for his neighbours and friends. Transmitted through the chain given in the Sahifa's preface; standard printed editions.

## Source

Arabic text, translation and transliteration from [duas.org](https://www.duas.org/mobile/sahifasajjadia-dua26-prayer-for-neighbour-friends.html).

## Text

Each line gives the Arabic, then the transliteration in italics, then the English.

1. أَللَّهُمَّ صَـلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِـهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālih*\
   O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

2. وَتَـوَلَّنِي فِي جِيرَانِي وَمَوَالِيَّ وَالْعَارِفِينَ بِحَقِّنَا\
   *wa tawallanī fī jīrānī wa mawāliyya wa al-‘ārifīna biḥaqqinā*\
   and attend to me with Your best attending in my neighbours and friends who recognize our right,

3. وَالْمُنَابِذِينَ لأِعْدَآئِنَا بِأَفْضَلِ وِلاَيَتِكَ،\
   *wa al-munābidhīna li-a‘dā’inā bi-afḍali wilāyatik.*\
   and war against our enemies, with Your best attending!

4. وَوَفِّقْهُمْ لإِقَامَةِ سُنَّتِكَ\
   *wa waffiqhum li-iqāmati sunnatik*\
   Give them success in performing Your prescriptions

5. وَالأَخْذِ بِمَحَاسِنِ أَدَبِكَ فِي إرْفَاقِ ضَعِيفِهِمْ،\
   *wa al-akhdhi bi-maḥāsini adabika fī irfāqi ḍa‘īfihim,*\
   and taking on the beauties of Your courtesy through acting gently with their weak,

6. وَسَدِّ خَلَّتِهِمْ، وَعِيَادَةِ مَرِيضِهِمْ،\
   *wa saddi khallatihim, wa ‘iyādati marīḍihim,*\
   remedying their lacks, and visiting their sick,

7. وَهِدَايَةِ مُسْتَرْشِدِهِمْ، وَمُنَاصَحَةِ مُسْتَشِيرِهِمْ،\
   *wa hidāyati mustarshidihim, wa munāṣaḥati mustashīrihim,*\
   guiding their seeker of right guidance, and giving good counsel to their seeker of advice,

8. وَتَعَهُّدِ قَادِمِهِمْ، وَكِتْمَانِ أَسْرَارِهِمْ،\
   *wa ta‘ahhudī qādimihim, wa kitmāni asrārihim,*\
   attending to the one among them who returns from travel, and hiding their secrets,

9. وَسَتْرِ عَوْرَاتِهِمْ، وَنُصْرَةِ مَظْلُومِهِمْ،\
   *wa satri ‘awrātihim, wa nuṣrati maẓlūmihim,*\
   covering over their shameful things, and helping their wronged,

10. وَحُسْنِ مُوَاسَاتِهِمْ بِالْمَاعُونِ،\
   *wa ḥusni muwāsātihim bi-al-mā‘ūn,*\
   and sharing kindly with them in goods,

11. وَالْعَوْدِ عَلَيْهِمْ بِـالْجِـدَةِ وَالإِفْضَـالِ،\
   *wa al-‘awdi ‘alayhim bi-al-jiddati wa al-ifḍāl,*\
   turning toward them with wealth and bestowal of bounty,

12. وَإعْطَآءِ مَـا يَجِبُ لَهُمْ قَبْلَ السُّؤَالِ\
   *wa i‘ṭā’i mā yajibu lahum qabla as-su’āl*\
   and giving what is due to them before they ask!

13. وَاجْعَلْنِي اللَّهُمَّ أَجْزِي بِالإحْسَانِ مُسِيْئَهُمْ،\
   *wa ij‘alnī Allāhumma ajzī bi-al-iḥsāni musī’ahum,*\
   Let me, O God, repay their evildoer with good-doing,

14. وَأَعْرِضُ بِالتَّجَاوُزِ عَنْ ظَالِمِهِمْ،\
   *wa a‘riḍu bi-at-tajāwuzi ‘an ẓālimihim,*\
   turn away from their wrongdoer with forbearance.

15. وَأَسْتَعْمِلْ حُسْنَ الظَّنِّ فِي كَافَّتِهِمْ،\
   *wa asta‘mil ḥusna aẓ-ẓanni fī kāffatihim,*\
   have a good opinion of every one of them,

16. وَأَتَوَلَّى بِالْبِرِّ عَامَّتَهُمْ،\
   *wa atawallā bi-al-birri ‘āmmatahum,*\
   attend to all of them with devotion,

17. وَأَغُضُّ بَصَرِي عَنْهُمْ عِفَّةً،\
   *wa aghuḍḍu baṣarī ‘anhum ‘iffah,*\
   lower my eyes before them in continence,

18. وَأَلِينُ جَانِبِيْ لَهُمْ تَوَاضُعاً،\
   *wa ulīnu jānibī lahum tawāḍu‘ā,*\
   make mild my side toward them in humility,

19. وَأَرِقُّ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَلاَءِ مِنْهُمْ رَحْمَةً،\
   *wa ariqqu ‘alā ahli al-balā’i minhum raḥmah,*\
   be tender toward the afflicted among them in mercy,

20. وَأُسِرُّ لَهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ مَوَدَّةً،\
   *wa usirru lahum bi-al-ghaybi mawaddah,*\
   make them happy in absence through affection,

21. وَأُحِبُّ بَقَاءَ النِّعْمَةِ عِنْدَهُمْ نُصْحاً،\
   *wa uḥibbu baqā’a an-ni‘mati ‘indahum nuṣḥā,*\
   love that they continue to receive favour through good will,

22. وَأُوجِبُ لَهُمْ مَا أُوجِبُ لِحَامَّتِي،\
   *wa ūjibu lahum mā ūjibu liḥāmmatī,*\
   grant them what I grant my next of kin,

23. وَأَرْعَى لَهُمْ مَا أَرْعَى لِخَاصَّتِي.\
   *wa ar‘ā lahum mā ar‘ā li-khāṣṣatī.*\
   and observe for them what I observe for my special friends!

24. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ ،\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālih,*\
   O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

25. وَارْزُقْنِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ،\
   *wa rzuqnī mithla dhālika minhum,*\
   provide me the like of that from them,

26. وَاجْعَلْ لِي أَوْفَى الْحُظُوظِ فِيمَا عِنْدَهُمْ ،\
   *wa ij‘al lī awfā al-ḥuẓūẓi fīmā ‘indahum,*\
   appoint for me the fullest share of what is with them,

27. وَزِدْهُمْ بَصِيْرَةً فِي حَقِّي،\
   *wa zidhum baṣīratan fī ḥaqqī,*\
   increase them in insight toward my right,

28. وَمَعْرِفَةً بِفَضْلِي،\
   *wa ma‘rifatan bi-faḍlī,*\
   and knowledge of my excellence

29. حَتَّى يَسْعَدُوا بِي وَأَسْعَدَ بِهِمْ\
   *ḥattā yas‘adū bī wa as‘ada bihim*\
   so that they will be fortunate through me and I fortunate through them!

30. آللهُمَّ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ.\
   *Āmīn Rabb al-‘ālamīn.*\
   Amen, Lord of the worlds!

## Related

- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 24: His Supplication for His Parents](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-24.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 25: His Supplication for His Children](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-25.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 5: Supplication for Himself & People Under Guardianship](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-5.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 15: When Sick](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-15-sickness.md)