Hawzah News Agency – Imam al-Jawad (a.s) had many supplications showing the extent of his devotedness to Allah the Almighty.

From among his supplications is this one: “O You Who has no like or an example, You are Allah; there is no god but You. There is no creator save You. You annihilate the creatures and You remain. You are patient with whoever disobeys You. In forgiveness is Your satisfaction…” (A’yan ash-Shia, vol.2,4 p.245)

Once, Muhammad bin al-Fudhayl had written to him asking to teach him a supplication. Imam al-Jawad (a.s) wrote to him, “In the morning and in the evening you say: ‘Allah, Allah is my Lord, the Beneficent, the Merciful. I do not associate with Him anything’ and if you add to this more, it will be good for you. You supplicate Allah with this supplication to satisfy your need because it is for everything by the will of Allah the Almighty and Allah does whatever He likes.” (Uyun Akhbar ar-Ridha’, vol. 2 p.534)

The supplications of the infallible imams show the essence of sincerity and obedience to Allah. They had devoted themselves to Allah and His love had been impressed in their feelings and emotions and so they were wholeheartedly devoted when supplicated Him. ...

Taken from "The life of Imam Muhammad al-Javad" written by Baqir Sharif al-Qurashi