View source for The Dua Allahumma Kun Li-Waliyyik

{{question}}
Is the chain of narration for "Allahumma Kun Li-Waliyyik" dua authentic? From which infallible Imam (AS) has this dua been narrated?
{{question end}}
{{answer}}
{{infobox hadith
 | عنوان =
 | تصویر =دعای اللهم کل لولیک.jpg
 | توضیح تصویر = <small>قطعه خوشنویسی از دعای اللهم کل لولیک، اثر فتحعلی واشقانی فراهانی.</small>
 | اندازه تصویر =
 | نام‌های دیگر =
 | موضوع  = دعای برای [[امام مهدی(ع)]]
 | به نقل از  =
 | روایات مشابه =
 | راوی اصلی = محمد بن عیسی بن عبید بن یقطین
 | دیگر راویان =
 | اعتبار سند =
 | منابع شیعه = [[الکافی (کتاب)|کافی]]، [[تهذیب الاحکام (کتاب)|تهذیب الاحکام]]
 | منابع سنی =
 | توضیحات =
}}
{{portal|مهدویت}}

'''The dua Allahumma Kun Li-Waliyyik''', known as the dua of relief and well-being for [[Imam al-Zaman (AS)]], is a dua that has been narrated in some reliable [[Shia]] sources, such as ''[[Al-Kafi]]'' and ''[[Tahdhib al-Ahkam]]''. In this dua, [[Allah]] is asked to be the guardian, protector, helper, and guide of Imam Mahdi (AS).

In these sources, this narration has been transmitted from an [[infallible (AS)]], but it is not clear which of the infallibles (AS) is the original source of this dua. There is disagreement among scholars of biographical evaluation regarding the reliability of one of the narrators in the chain of transmission. Some consider him trustworthy and reliable, while others count him as weak and unreliable.

== Text and Translation of the Dua ==
{{Dua|اللّٰهُمَّ کُنْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الحُجَّةِ بْنِ الحَسَنِ فِی هٰذِهِ السَّاعَةِ وَفی کُلِّ ساعَةٍ وَلِیّاً وَحافِظاً وَقائِداً وَناصِراً وَدَلِیلاً وَعَیْناً حَتَّیٰ تُسْکِنَهُ أَرْضَکَ طَوْعاً وَتُمَتِّعَهُ فِیها طَوِیلاً.<ref>Al-Ṭūsī, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan, al-Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām, Tehrān, Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, 1365 sh, j 3, ṣ 102, ḥ 37.</ref>
| translation=O Allah, be for Your representative, al-Hujjah ibn al-Hasan, at this hour and at every hour, a guardian, protector, leader, helper, guide, and watchful eye, until You cause him to dwell in Your earth willingly and grant him long enjoyment therein.
}}

== Chain of Narration Analysis ==
{{نوشتار اصلی|Chain of Narration of the Dua Allahumma Kun Li-Waliyyik}}
The dua ''Allahumma Kun Li-Waliyyik'', with some variations in its phrases, appears in ''[[Al-Kafi]]''<ref name=":0">Al-Kulaynī, Muḥammad ibn Ya‘qūb, al-Kāfī, Tehrān, Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, 1365 sh, j 4, ṣ 162, ḥ 4.</ref> and ''[[Tahdhib al-Ahkam]]''<ref name=":1">Al-Ṭūsī, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan, al-Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām, Tehrān, Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, 1365 sh, j 3, ṣ 102, ḥ 37.</ref>, two of the four primary Shia books, as one of the recommended acts for the 23rd night of [[Ramadan]]. This dua is also recommended for recitation on other days.

In the chain of narration mentioned in these two books, Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Ubayd ibn Yaqtin appears as one of the transmitters. Some Shia scholars of [[biographical evaluation]] consider him weak.<ref>Al-Ṭūsī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, al-Fihrist, taḥqīq: al-Shaykh Javād al-Qayyūmī, Qom, Mu’assasa al-Nashr al-Fiqhāha, 1417 q, ṣ 216.</ref> However, [[Sayyid Abul-Qasim al-Khoei]], a [[Shia]] religious authority and scholar of biographical evaluation, considered him reliable and trustworthy, and has criticized the opinions that deemed him weak.<ref>Al-Khū’ī, Sayyid Abū al-Qāsim, Mu‘jam Rijāl al-Ḥadīth wa Tafṣīl Ṭabaqāt al-Ruwāt, Qom, Markaz al-Nashr Āthār al-Shī‘a, j 17, ṣ 113-120.</ref>

In this chain of narration, the name of the Imam from whom the [[hadith]] was narrated is not specified. Instead, ''Al-Kafi'' refers to "al-Salihin"<ref name=":0"/> and ''Tahdhib al-Ahkam'' refers to "al-Sadiqin".<ref name=":1"/> According to hadith scholars, these terms are exclusively used for the [[Imams (AS)]] in narrations; however, it remains unclear which specific Imam is the source.

[[Sayyid ibn Tawus]] in his book ''[[Iqbal al-A'mal]]'' states that this dua has multiple chains of narration. He includes in his book the same chain of narration that appears in ''Al-Kafi'' and ''Tahdhib al-Ahkam''.<ref>Ibn al-Ṭāwūs, Raḍī al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Mūsā, al-Iqbāl bil-A‘māl al-Ṣāliḥa, Qom, Intishārāt Daftar Tablīghāt Islāmī, 1376 sh, j 1, ṣ 191.</ref>

== References ==
{{footnotes}}
{{tree
 | main branch = کلام
 | subbranch1 = مهدویت
 | subbranch2 =
 | subbranch3 =
}}
{{تکمیل مقاله
 | شناسه =شد
 | تیترها =شد
 | ویرایش =شد
 | لینک‌دهی =شد
 | ناوبری =
 | نمایه =
 | تغییر مسیر =شد
 | ارجاعات =
 | ارزیابی کمی =
 | تکمیل =
 | اولویت =ج
 | کیفیت =ب
}}
{{text end}}
[[fa:دعای اللهم کن لولیک]]
[[ur:دعائی اللّٰهُمَّ کُنْ لِوَلِیِّکَ]]
[[ps:د اللهم کن لولیک دعا]]
[[bn:দোয়া আল্লাহুম্মা কুন লি ওয়ালিয়্যিক]]
[[ms:Doa Keselamatan Imam Zaman as]]