# Salawaat on Imam Ali ibn Husayn (a)

- **Arabic title:** الصلاة على علي بن الحسين عليه السلام
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Friday](https://duasonline.org/category/friday.md), [Salawat](https://duasonline.org/category/salawat.md)
- **When:** Friday
- **Recitation:** a recorded Arabic recitation, on the web page
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/salawaat06-imamali-zaynulabideen-as

## Preface

Ziaraat & Salawaat Upon Ahl al-Bayt (a)

Salawaat Upon Imam Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin

Ziaraat & Salawaat Upon Ahl al-Bayt (a)

the Ornament of the Worshippers (a)

Within the recommended rites on Fridays, Shaykh al-Tusi, in his book of Misbah al-Mutahajjid, has mentioned the following from Imam Hasan Askari (a):

## Source

Arabic text, translation and transliteration from [duas.org](https://www.duas.org/mobile/salawaat06-imamali-zaynulabideen-as.html), which also hosts the recitation.

## Text

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

1. اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ\
   *allahumma salli \`ala \`aliyyi ibni alhusayni*\
   O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Ali the son of al-Husayn

2. سَيِّدِ ٱلْعَابِدِينَ\
   *sayyidi al\`abidina*\
   the chief of worshippers

3. ٱلَّذِي ٱسْتَخْلَصْتَهُ لِنَفْسِكَ\
   *alladhi istakhlastahu linafsika*\
   whom You have purely dedicated to Yourself

4. وَجَعَلْتَ مِنْهُ أَئِمَّةَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ\
   *wa ja\`alta minhu a'immata alhuda*\
   and brought forth from him the Leaders of True Guidance

5. ٱلَّذِينَ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِ يَعْدِلُونَ\
   *alladhina yahduna bilhaqqi wa bihi ya\`diluna*\
   who guide to the truth and judge with it.

6. ٱخْتَرْتَهُ لِنَفْسِكَ\
   *ikhtartahu linafsika*\
   You have chosen him for Yourself,

7. وَطَهَّرْتَهُ مِنَ ٱلرِّجْسِ\
   *wa tahhartahu min alrrijsi*\
   purified him against filth,

8. وَٱصْطَفَيْتَهُ وَجَعَلْتَهُ هَادِياً مَهْدِيّاً\
   *wastafaytahu wa ja\`altahu hadiyan mahdiyyan*\
   selected him, and made him guide and well-guided.

9. اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ\
   *allahumma salli \`alayhi*\
   O Allah, send blessings upon him

10. أَفْضَلَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَىٰ أَحَدٍ\
   *afdala ma sallayta \`ala ahadin*\
   with the most excellent blessings that You have ever sent upon any

11. مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ أَنْبِيَاءِكَ\
   *min dhurriyyati anbiya'ika*\
   of Your Prophets' offspring

12. حَتَّىٰ تَبْلُغَ بِهِ مَا تَقَرُّ بِهِ عَيْنُهُ فِي ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلآخِرَةِ\
   *hatta tablugha bihi ma taqarru bihi \`aynuhu fi alddunya wal-akhirati*\
   so that these blessings raise him to what delights his eye in this world and the Hereafter.

13. إِنَّكَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ\
   *innaka \`azizun hakimun*\
   You are indeed Almighty and Wise.

## Related

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- [Salawaat on Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad (a)](https://duasonline.org/dua/salawaat08-imamjafar-sadiq-as.md)
- [Salawaat on Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (a)](https://duasonline.org/dua/salawaat10-imamali-ridha-as.md)
- [Friday Ziyarat and Salawat on the Ahl al-Bayt (a)](https://duasonline.org/dua/friday-ziyarat-salawaat.md)