A man went to imam Hadi (pbuh) and requested so,
“Please teach me the expressions with which I can [deeply] know you, ‘Ahl al- Beyt ( pbu th)’ and can read them on pilgrims to imams’ shrines.”
Imam answered kindly,
“Do Ghusl5 and when you reach to the shrines, declare Shahadatain6 (the Shiites’ testimonies) and say Takbīr7 and then say… ”
Many years past and those expressions have been handed out, book to book and chest to chest to the Shiites’ next generations; so that they can have an intensive course. Now, the collection is called” Ziyarat-e-Jamia Kabeer “.
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5- Ghusl[ Islamic washing up the whole body] is recommended in the following cases:
*Before going to Jummah Congregational (Friday Prayer).
*Before going to Eid Prayers (Muslim annual feast prayers).
*Before undertaking Umrah or Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca).
*Upon washing a corpse. (According to many scholars, the performance of Ghusl is preferred for a person who washes a corpse).
*When a disbeliever converts to Islam.
6- Shahadatain: is declaring Islamic faith.
7- Takbīr: is saying, ‘ Allahu Akbar’