Allahumma l-'an qatalata Amir al-Mu'minin
The phrase Allāhumma l-ʿan qatalata Amīr al-Muʾminīn (Arabic: اللّهم الْعَنْ قَتَلَةَ اَمیرِالمُؤمنین) meaning "O Allah, curse the killers of Imam Ali" is used in some of the ziyara texts of Imam Ali (a).[1] Shaykh Abbas Qummi mentioned that reciting it a hundred times is part of the recommended acts for the night of the 19th of Ramadan.[2]
According to Ayatullah Khamene'i, the use of the plural form "قتلة" (killers) indicates that it refers not only to Ibn Muljam, who struck Imam Ali (a) with a sword, but also includes those who played a role in causing this event. This includes those who compelled him to accept arbitration during the incident of Hakamiyya and others who, through their actions, contributed to his martyrdom.[3]
Muhsin Qara'ati, a Shia cleric and commentator, also interpreted the term "قتلة" to refer to the movement, ideology, and group that Ibn Muljam represented.[4] He further stated that the term is used to include those who were complicit in the assassination of Imam Ali (a), even those who were satisfied with it.[5]
Based on a jurisprudential response from Mirza Jawad Tabrizi, there is no issue with reciting this supplication during qunut or in prostration during prayer.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Ibn Qūlawayh, Kāmil al-zīyārāt, vol. 1, p. 44.
- ↑ Qummī, Kullīyāt-i Mafātīḥ al-jinān, p. 366.
- ↑ Imam Khamenei's statements in the Friday prayer sermons in Tehran (Persian).
- ↑ Laylat al-Qadr (Persian).
- ↑ All of a person's deeds are recorded in this world (Persian).
- ↑ Tabrīzī, Taʿlīqāt bar Sirat al-najat, vol. 2, p. 609.
References
- Ibn Qūlawayh, Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad. Kāmil al-zīyārāt. Edited by ʿAbd al-Ḥusayn Amīnī. Najaf: Dār al-Murtaḍawīyya, 1356 Sh.
- Qummī, Abbās. Kullīyāt-i Mafātīḥ al-jinān. Qom: Maṭbūʿāt-i Dīnī, 1384 Sh.
- Tabrīzī, Mīrzā Jawād. Taʿlīqāt bar Sirat al-najat fī ajwabat al-istiftāʾāt. Qom: Dār al-Ṣiddīqa al-Shahīda, 1433 AH.
- Imam Khamenei's statements in the Friday prayer sermons in Tehran. (Persian). Accessed: 2025/04/18.
- All of a person's deeds are recorded in this world. (Persian). Accessed: 2025/04/18.
- Laylat al-Qadr (Persian). Accessed: 2025/04/18.
