Du'a Nudba

Reciting Du'a Nudba in the Jamkaran Mosque.

Du'a Nudba (Arabic: دُعَاء ٱلنُّدْبَة) is one of the major Shia supplications about Imam Al-Mahdi and his occultation. Nudba means to cry and Shias read the supplication to ask for help during the occultation. The supplication is recited during Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Ghadeer, and every Friday morning.[1] Mazar al-Kabir, Mazar al-Ghadim, and Mesbaho al-Zaer were narrated the supplication. Proponents say these books were written with authentic narrators such as Sayyed Ibn Tawus. Muhammad Baqir Majlisi wrote this prayer in Zaad-ul-Maad from Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq. Also, Albazofari, a person who lived in minor occultation, narrated from The Four Deputies of Imam Mahdi that Imam Mahdi said to read the prayer.[2] However there is a significant school of thought that claims inauthenticity of the Dua.[3]

  1. ^ Mohammed Raza Dungersi. A Brief Biography of Imam Muhammad bin Hasan (a.s.): al-Mahdi. Bilal Muslim Mission. pp. 41–. GGKEY:0J21Y4GWY0X.
  2. ^ "Authenticity of Du'a Nudba". library.tebyan.net.
  3. ^ Institute, Al Mahdi (2018-03-04). "SSF: The Authenticity & Efficacy of Dua Tawassul and Dua Nudbah". Al-Mahdi Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-25.