Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

Reward of supplication of the first ten days of Zilhajj

 حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ الْخَلِیلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْکَرِیمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ بْنُ عُبَیْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یُوسُفَ نَزِیلُ أَصْبَهَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ الْمُقْرِی الْمَعْرُوفُ بِأَبِی دُبَیْسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَالِبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِیُّ عَنِ الْخَلِیلِ الْبَکْرِیِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِنَا یَقُولُونَ إِنَّ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع کَانَ یَقُولُ فِی کُلِّ یَوْمٍ مِنْ أَیَّامِ الْعَشْرِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْکَلِمَاتُ الْفَاضِلَاتُ أَوَّلُهُنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَدَدَ اللَّیَالِی وَ الدُّهُورِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَدَدَ أَمْوَاجِ الْبُحُورِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ خَیْرٌ مِمَّا یَجْمَعُونَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَدَدَ الشَّوْکِ وَ الشَّجَرِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَدَدَ الشَّعْرِ وَ الْوَبَرِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَدَدَ الْحَجَرِ وَ الْمَدَرِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَدَدَ لَمْحِ الْعُیُونِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فِی اللَّیْلِ إِذا عَسْعَسَ وَ فِی الصُّبْحِ إِذا تَنَفَّسَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَدَدَ الرِّیَاحِ فِی الْبَرَارِی وَ الصُّخُورِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مِنْ هَذَا الْیَوْمِ إِلَی یَوْمِ یُنْفَخُ فِی الصُّورِ قَالَ الْخَلِیلُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ یَقُولُ إِنَّ عَلِیّاً ع کَ��نَ یَقُولُ مَنْ قَالَ ذَلِکَ فِی کُلِّ یَوْمٍ مِنَ الْعَشْرِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِکُلِّ تَهْلِیلَهٍ دَرَجَهً فِی الْجَنَّهِ مِنَ الدُّرِّ وَ الْیَاقُوتِ مَا بَیْنَ کُلِّ دَرَجَتَیْنِ مَسِیرَهُ عَامٍ لِلرَّاکِبِ الْمُسْرِعِ- فِی کُلِّ دَرَجَهٍ مَدِینَهٌ فِیهَا قَصْرٌ مِنْ جَوْهَرٍ وَاحِدٍ لَا فَصْلَ فِیهَا فِی کُلِّ مَدِینَهٍ مِنْ تِلْکَ الْمَدَائِنِ مِنَ الدُّرِّ وَ الْحُصُونِ وَ الْغُرَفِ وَ الْبُیُوتِ وَ الْفُرُشِ وَ الْأَزْوَاجِ وَ السَّرِیرِ وَ الْحُورِ الْعِینِ وَ مِنَ النَّمَارِقِ وَ الزَّرَابِیِّ وَ الْمَوَائِدِ وَ الْخَدَمِ وَ الْأَنْهَارِ وَ الْأَشْجَارِ وَ الْحُلِیِّ وَ الْحُلَلِ مَا لَا یَصِفُ خَلْقٌ مِنَ الْوَاصِفِینَ- فَإِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ قَبْرِهِ أَضَاءَتْ کُلُّ شَعْرَهٍ مِنْهُ نُوراً وَ ابْتَدَرَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَکٍ یَمْشُونَ أَمَامَهُ وَ عَنْ یَمِینِهِ وَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ حَتَّی یَنْتَهِیَ إِلَی بَابِ الْجَنَّهِ فَإِذَا دَخَلَهَا قَامُوا خَلْفَهُ وَ هُوَ أَمَامَهُمْ حَتَّی یَنْتَهِیَ إِلَی مَدِینَهٍ ظَاهِرُهَا یَاقُوتَهٌ حَمْرَاءُ وَ بَاطِنُهَا زَبَرْجَدَهٌ خَضْرَاءُ فِیهَا أَصْنَافُ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِی الْجَنَّهِ وَ إِذَا انْتَهَوْا إِلَیْهَا قَالُوا یَا وَلِیَّ اللَّهِ هَلْ تَدْرِی مَا هَذِهِ الْمَدِینَهُ بِمَا فِیهَا قَالَ لَا فَمَنْ أَنْتُمْ قَالُوا نَحْنُ الْمَلَائِکَهُ الَّذِینَ شَهِدْنَاکَ فِی الدُّنْیَا یَوْمَ هَلَّلْتَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِالتَّهْلِیلِ هَذِهِ الْمَدِینَهُ بِمَا فِیهَا ثَوَاباً لَکَ وَ أَبْشِرْ بِأَفْضَلَ مِنْ هَذَا ثَوَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَتَّی تَرَی مَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَکَ فِی دَارِهِ دَارِ السَّلَامِ فِی جِوَارِهِ عَطَاءً لَا یَنْقَطِعُ أَبَداً قَالَ الْخَلِیلُ فَقُولُوا أَکْثَرَ مَا تَقْدِرُونَ عَلَیْهِ لِیَزْدَادَ لَکُمْ.

1.  It  is  narrated  that  Ali  (a.s.)  used  to  recite  this  blessed supplication during the first ten days of Zilhajj. He used to say that if one recites the supplication: ‘Laa ilaaha illallaahu a’dadal  layaalee  wadduhoori  laa  ilaaha  illallaahu  a’dada amwaajil   buh’oori   laa   ilaaha   illallaahu   wa   rah’matuhu khairum    mimmaa    yaj-maoo’na    laa    ilaaha    illallaahu a’dadash shauki wash shajari laa ilaaha illallaaha illallaahu a’dadash  sha’ri  wal  wabari  laa  ilaaha  illallaahu  a’dadal h’ajari   wal   madari   laa   ilaaha   illallaahu   a’dada   lamh’il u’yooni laa ilaaha illallaahu fil laili idhaa a’s-a’s wa fis’ s’ub- h’i  idhaa  tanaffasa  laa  ilaaha  illallaahu  a’dadar  riyaah’i  fil baraariyyi was’ s’ukhoori laa ilaaha illallaahu minal yaumi ilaa  yaumi  yunfakhu  fis’  s’oor’  ten  times  during  these  ten days the Almighty Allah would reward him a rank equaling pearls and rubies in Paradise for each Tahleel. There would be a distance equal to that of traveling a hundred years on a fast vehicle between each rank. There would be a city on each level having a castle made of precious stone and those cities won’t be cut off from each other. They would have surrounding  walls,  forts,  high-rises,  houses,  wives,  beds, Hoorul  Ein,  food  laid  on  tables,  servants,  rivers,  trees, ornaments and dresses. No one can describe them. When that person comes out of grave, each and every hair on his body  would  be  illuminated  and  seventy  thousand  angels would  surround  him  and  walk  with  him  till  the  door  of Paradise.  When  this  person  enters  Paradise,  the  angels would  follow  him  until  they  reach  the  city,  whose  outer appearance would be like that of a ruby and it would be like green  emerald  from  inside.  It  will  have  all  sorts  of  things created  by  Allah  in  Paradise.  When  they  reach  here,  he would be told, “O loved one of Allah! Do you know which city is this and what all things it has?” He would reply, “I don’t know but who are you?” They  would say, “We are angels. When you recited Laa ilaaha illallaah in the world, we saw you and this city along with the servants is for you. You  would  be  given  a  better  reward  from  the  Almighty Allah. You will see in Darus Salaam, the neighborhood of Allah what He has given you. You will see that this reward would  never  be  taken  back.”  The  narrator  says  that  one must recite this supplication much so that one is rewarded more.

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

Book 2, Chapter #131