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Subject:	Dua Faraj and Imam Mahdi
Question:	Is it true that Dua Faraj was narrated by Imam Mahdi initially?
Answer:	Salaam, There is a supplication called dua faraj which starts by Allahumah kun li-waliyik. This dua is probably narrated from Imam Ali bin Muhammad (a), although the name of the Imam is not mentioned in Bihar al-Anwar. There is another dua called dua faraj of Imam Zaman (a) in Mafatih al-Jinan which starts by Allahuma azuma al-Bala'. This supplication, according to Shaykh Abbas Qumi, is narrated from Imam Mahdi (a).

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