The Ziyārah of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali and How It Should Be Performed — Hadith 19

19. Abū ‘Abdil Raḥmān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥusain Al-‘Askari and Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan both narrated to me from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from his father ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Muḥammad ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from Muḥammad ibn Marwān, from Abī Ḥamzah Al-Thumāli, who said: Imam Sādiq (a. s. ) said: When you want to go to (the Ziyārah of) the grave of Ḥusain (a. s. ), fast Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. When you want to leave (your house), gather your family and your children and recite the supplication of traveling. Perform a Ghusl before you leave and recite (the following) during the Ghusl: O Allāh! Purify me and purify my heart. Expand my chest and allow my tongue to extol, glorify, and praise You. Verily there is no power except with You. I have surely understood that the foundation of my religion is submitting to Your orders, following the traditions of Your Prophet, and testifying to the truth of all of Your prophets and Your messengers whom You sent to all of Your creation. O Allāh! Make this (Ghusl) a light and a purification (for me) and make it my cure from every illness, disease, plague, and disability, and make it my protection against the evil of that which frightens and alerts me. Then recite (the following) when you are leaving (your house): O Allāh! I have turned my face toward You, entrusted my affairs to You, submitted myself to You, protected my back with You, and I have relied on You. There is no refuge nor shelter except with You. You are Blessed and Exalted. Mighty is Your protection and Exalted is Your praise. Then recite (the following): (I start) in the name of Allāh, by Allāh, from Allāh, to Allāh, and in the way of Allāh as one who is in the nation of the Messenger of Allāh (s. a. a. w. ). I rely on Allāh and to Him I shall return. He is the Creator of the Seven Heavens and the Seven Earths and the Lord of the Great Throne. O Allāh! Send Your blessing on Muḥammad and the family of Muḥammad. Protect me on my journey and act as my replacement for my family in the best way. O Allāh! I have turned toward You, I am traveling to You, I am coming to You as Your guest, I have exposed myself to Your blessings, and I seek nearness (to You) through the Ziyārah of the love of Your Love. O Allāh! Do not deprive me of the blessings which are with You because of the evil that I have with me. O Allāh! Forgive my sins, pardon my bad deeds, erase my err