Al-Ziyara al-Rajabiyya for Imam al-Husayn (a): Difference between revisions

'''Al-Zīyārah al-Rajabīyya li-l-Imām al-Ḥusayn ''' (Arabic: {{ia|الزیارة الرجبیة للإمام الحسین}}) is a [[ziyarah]] of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] which is recited on [[Rajab 1]] and [[Sha'ban 15]]. In this ziyarah, peace is sent to Imam al-Husayn (a) and 87 people from his [[List of Companions of Imam al-Husayn (a)|companions]], some of whom are not among the [[Martyrs of Karbala]].

There is another ziyarah called [[al-Ziyara al-Rajabiyya]] for all [[Imams (a)]] during the [[Rajab]] month.

The main source of the ziyarah is [[Sayyid b. Tawus]]'s book, ''[[Iqbal al-a'mal]]''. He has cited the ziyarah without mentioning any chains of transmitters. In his book, ''[[Bihar al-anwar]]'', [['Allama Majlisi]] mentions books of [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] and Sayyid b. Tawus as sources of the ziyarah, but he does not mention the title of al-Shaykh al-Mufid's book. Some people speculate that Sayyid b. Tawus might have written this ziyarah on his own.

The [[ziyarah]] is addressed to [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] and his companions and it is recited on [[Rajab 1]] and [[Sha'ban 15]]. After several greetings (salam) addressed to Imam al-Husayn (a), some tragedies in the [[Event of Ashura]] and prominent characteristics of the Imam (a) are mentioned, and then the ziyarah ends with short greetings addressed to his companions. In this part, 12 martyrs of [[Banu Hashim]] in the event of [[Karbala]] are also greeted.

In one part of the ziyarah, 75 people from Imam al-Husayn's (a) companions are mentioned and are individually greeted. Some people in this part are not among the [[Martyrs of Karbala]], such as [['Uqba b. Sam'an]]. In the present version of the ziyarah, [[Hurr b. Yazid al-Riyahi]] is mentioned twice. But in ''Bihar al-anwar'''s version, in one of these two cases [[Jurayr b. Ziyad al-Riyahi]] is mentioned instead.

At the end of the ziyarah, companions of Imam al-Husayn (a) are characterized as "rabbaniyyun" (men of the Lord), [[God]]'s elect, God's special servants, [[martyr]]s in the way of calling to the truth, loyal devoted companions, and prosperous people in the [[afterlife]].

==Comparison with Ziyarah al-Shuhada==

There are some common as well as different names in the [[Ziyarah al-Shuhada]] which also contains the names of the Martyrs of Karbala (63 names). In his book, ''[[Ansar al-Husayn]]'', [[Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din]] takes Ziyarah al-Shuhada to be more reliable than al-Ziyara al-Rajabiyya, criticizing the additional names of Imam al-Husayn's (a) companions in the latter.

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