Volume 84
Part 1 out of 3
بحار الانوار الجامعة لدرر أخبار الائمة الاطهار
Bihar Al-Anwaar – The summary of the pearls of the Ahadeeth of the Pure Imams-asws
تأليف العلامة فخر الامة المولى الشيخ محمد باقر المجلسيى
Author – The Allama, the pride of the community, the Mullah, the Sheikh Muhammad Baqir Al Majlisi
باب 69 ما ينبغي أن يقرأ كل يوم و ليلة
CHAPTER 69 – WHAT IS BEFITTING TO BE RECITED EVERY DAY AND NIGHT
1- مَجَالِسُ الصَّدُوقِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ زَيْدٍ الشَّحَّامِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَقُولُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْجَنَّةَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ إِلَّا قَالَتِ النَّارُ يَا رَبِّ أَعِذْهُ.
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Al Sadouq – From Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, from Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Zayd Al Shahaam,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘There is none from a servant saying seven times during every day, ‘I ask Allah-azwj for the Paradise, and I seek Refuge with Allah-azwj from the Fire’, except the Fire says: ‘O Lord-azwj, Shelter him!’’[1]
2- الْخِصَالُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يَقْتَرِفُ فِي يَوْمٍ أَوْ لَيْلَةٍ أَرْبَعِينَ كَبِيرَةً يَقُولُ وَ هُوَ نَادِمٌ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيَّ الْقَيُّومَ بَدِيعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ وَ أَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا غَفَرَهَا اللَّهُ لَهُ
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – from Muhammad Bin Ali MAjaylawiya, from Muhammad Bin Abu Al Qasim, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Sali,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws: ‘There is none from a Momin who commit forty major sins during a day or night, he says while he is regretting, ‘I seek Forgiveness of Allah-azwj Who, there is no god except the Living, the Eternal, Initiator of the skies and the earth, with the Majesty and the Benevolence, and I ask Him-azwj to Turn to me (with Mercy)’, except Allah-azwj Forgive for him!’
ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ لَا خَيْرَ فِيمَنْ يُقَارِفُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ أَوْ لَيْلَةٍ أَرْبَعِينَ كَبِيرَةً.
Then he-asws said: ‘And there is no good in the one who commits (more than) forty major sins during a day or night!’’[2]
3- ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ نِعْمَةٍ كَانَتْ أَوْ هِيَ كَائِنَةٌ فَقَدْ أَدَّى شُكْرَ مَا مَضَى وَ شُكْرَ مَا بَقِيَ.
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muhammad Bin Usman Bin Yazeed, from his brother Al Husayn, from Umar Bin Bazie, from the one who mentioned it,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who says seven times during a day, ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj upon every bounty which has happened or will be happening’, so he has fulfilled thanks of what is past and thanked for what remains (in the future)’’.[3]
أَقُولُ سَيَأْتِي فِي أَبْوَابِ فَضَائِلِ السُّوَرِ مُسْنَداً عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْأَنْعَامِ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ كَانَ مِنَ الْآمِنِينَ- يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ لَمْ يَرَ النَّارَ بِعَيْنِهِ أَبَداً.
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘I shall bring it in chapters on merits of the chapters (of the Quran), attributed from Ibn Abbas having said, ‘One who recites Surah Al Anaam during every night would be from the secured ones on the Day of Qiyamah and will not see the Fire with his eyes, ever!’’[4] (Not a Hadeeth)
وَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ يُوسُفَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ أَوْ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ جَمَالُهُ عَلَى جَمَالِ يُوسُفَ وَ لَا يُصِيبُهُ فَزَعٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ كَانَ مِنْ خِيَارِ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ.
And from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘One who recites Surah Yusuf-as during every day or during every night, Allah-azwj will Resurrect him on the Day of Qiyamah and his beauty will be (resembling) upon the beauty of Yusuf-as, and he will not be hit by panic on the Day of Qiyamah, and he would be from the best servants of Allah-azwj!’’[5]
وَ عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: مَنْ أَدْمَنَ قِرَاءَةَ سُورَةِ النُّورِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ أَوْ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ لَمْ يَزْنِ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ أَبَداً حَتَّى يَمُوتَ فَإِذَا هُوَ مَاتَ شَيَّعَهُ إِلَى قَبْرِهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ كُلُّهُمْ يَدْعُونَ وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ اللَّهَ لَهُ حَتَّى يُدْخَلَ فِي قَبْرِهِ.
And from him-asws having said: ‘One who is habitual in reciting Surah Al Noor during every day or during every night, no one from his family members will commit adultery ever, until he dies. When he dies, seventy thousand Angels will escort him to his grave, all of them supplicating and seeking Forgiveness of Allah-azwj for him until he enters into his grave!’’[6]
وَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ تَبارَكَ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقانَ فِي كُلِ لَيْلَةٍ لَمْ يُعَذِّبْهُ اللَّهُ أَبَداً وَ لَمْ يُحَاسِبْهُ وَ كَانَ مَنْزِلُهُ فِي الْفِرْدَوْسِ الْأَعْلَى.
And from Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws having said: ‘One who recites: Blessed is He Who Revealed the Furqan unto His servant for him to be a warner to the worlds [25:1] (Surah Al Mulk) during every night, Allah-azwj will not Punish him, ever, and will not Reckon him, and his dwelling would be in the lofty Al-Firdows (Paradise)’’.[7]
وَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ لُقْمَانَ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ وُكِّلَ بِهِ فِي لَيْلَتِهِ مَلَائِكَةٌ يَحْفَظُونَهُ مِنْ إِبْلِيسَ وَ جُنُودِهِ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ.
And from Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘One who recites Surah Luqman-as during every night, Allah-azwj will Allocate Angels during his night, guarding him from Iblees-la and his-la armies until evening (morning)’’.[8]
وَ عَنْهُ ع مَنْ قَرَأَ حم الْمُؤْمِنَ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَ مَا تَأَخَّرَ وَ أَلْزَمَهُ كَلِمَةَ التَّقْوَى وَ جَعَلَ الْآخِرَةَ خَيْراً لَهُ مِنَ الْأُولَى.
And from him-asws: ‘One who recites [40:1] Ha Meem (Surah) Al Momin during every night, Allah-azwj will Forgive for him whatever sins he had sent ahead and whatever he has delayed, and Necessitate him the pious word (Wilayah), and Make the Hereafter better for him than the former (world)’’.[9]
وَ عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: مَنْ أَدْمَنَ قِرَاءَةَ حم الزُّخْرُفِ آمَنَهُ اللَّهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ مِنْ هَوَامِّ الْأَرْضِ وَ مِنْ ضَمَّةِ الْقَبْرِ حَتَّى يَقِفَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ حَتَّى تُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى.
And from him-asws having said: ‘One who is habitual in reciting Ha Meem [43:1] (Surah) Al Zukhruf), Allah-azwj will Secure him in his grave from vermin of the earth and from compression of the grave until he pauses in front of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic. Then it will come until it enters him into the Paradise by the Command of Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted’’.[10]
وَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْحُجُرَاتِ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ أَوْ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِنْ زُوَّارِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص.
And from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘One who recites Surah Al Hujuraat during every night or during every day, would be from the visitors of Muhammad-saww’’.[11]
وَ عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: مَنْ كَانَ يُدْمِنُ قِرَاءَةَ وَ النَّجْمِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ أَوْ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ عَاشَ مَحْمُوداً بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَ كَانَ مَغْفُوراً لَهُ وَ مُحَبَّباً بَيْنَ النَّاسِ.
And from him-asws having said: ‘One who were to be habitual in reciting (Surah) Al Najm during every day or during every night will live as praised between the people and would be Forgiven and would be beloved between the people!’’[12]
4- ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ فَضْلِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَاً وَ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً- اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِعَدَدِ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مَضَى وَ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَقِيَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ حَسَنَةً وَ مَحَا عَنْهُ سَيِّئَةً وَ رَفَعَ لَهُ دَرَجَةً.
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from his father, from Ali Bin Al Numan, from Fazl Bin Yusuf, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who says twenty-five times during every day, ‘O Allah-azwj! Forgive for the believing men and the believing women, and the Muslim men and the Muslim women’, Allah-azwj will Write good deeds being for him of the number of every Momin having passed away, and every Momin remaining, up to the Day of Qiyamah, and Delete evil deeds from him and Raise ranks for him!’’[13]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُذَافِرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ دَفَعَ اللَّهُ بِهَا عَنْهُ سَبْعِينَ نَوْعاً مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ أَيْسَرُهَا الْهَمُ.
And from him, from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from Amro Bin Usman, from Muhammad Bin Uzafir, from Umar Bin Yazeed,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who says one hundred times during every day, ‘There is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj’, Allah-azwj Repel away from him, due to it, seventy types of afflictions, the least of these being the worries’’.[14]
5- الْمَكَارِمُ، عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً
(The book) ‘Al Makarim’ –
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww used to seek Forgiveness of Allah-azwj seventy times during every day’.
قِيلَ وَ كَيْفَ كَانَ يَقُولُ
It was said, ‘And how was he-saww saying?’
قَالَ كَانَ يَقُولُ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً.
He-asws said: ‘He-saww was saying: ‘I seek Forgiveness of Allah-azwj’, seventy times’’.[15]
6- كَشْفُ الْغُمَّةِ، قَالَ قَالَ الْحَافِظُ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ رُوِيَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ قَالَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ كَانَ لَهُ أَمَانٌ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَ أَمْنٌ مِنْ وَحْشَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَ اسْتَجْلَبَ الْغِنَى وَ فُتِحَتْ لَهُ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ.
(The book) ‘Kashf Al Ghumma’ – He said, ‘Al Hafiz Abdul Aziz said, ‘It is reported from Malik Bin Anas,
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws grandfather-asws, from Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww having said: ‘One who says one hundred times during every day, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj, the King, the Manifest Truth’, for him would be safety from the poverty, and security from loneliness of the grave, and it will attract the riches, and the doors of Paradise will be opened for him’’.[16]
7- دَعَوَاتُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع وَجَدَ رَجُلٌ صَحِيفَةً فَأَتَى بِهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَنَادَى الصَّلَاةَ جَامِعَةً فَمَا تَخَلَّفَ أَحَدٌ لَا ذَكَرٌ وَ لَا أُنْثَى فَرَقِيَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَقَرَأَهَا فَإِذَا كِتَابٌ مِنْ يُوشَعَ بْنِ نُونٍ وَصِيِّ مُوسَى فَإِذَا فِيهَا
(The book) ‘Dawaat’ of Al Rawandy –
‘Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza-asws said: ‘A man found a parchment so he came with it to Rasool-Allah‑saww. He-saww called out for the congregational Salat. No on stayed behind, neither male nor female. He-saww ascended the pulpit and read it out. Behold, it was a letter from Yoshua-as Bin Noun-as, successor-as of Musa-as. In it was: –
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ بِكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ أَلَا إِنَّ خَيْرَ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الْتَقِيُّ النَّقِيُّ الْحَفِيُّ وَ إِنَّ شَرَّ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الْمُشَارُ إِلَيْهِ بِالْأَصَابِعِ
‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! Your Lord-azwj is Kind, Merciful with you all! Indeed, the best servant of Allah-azwj is the pious, the pure, the affectionate; and the evil servant of Allah-azwj is the one indicated to by the fingers.
فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَكْتَالَ بِالْمِكْيَالِ الْأَوْفَى وَ أَنْ يُوَفِّيَ الْحُقُوقَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ بِهَا عَلَيْهِ فَلْيَقُلْ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ كَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِلَّهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ كَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِلَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِلَّهِ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ جَمِيعِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ النَّبِيِّينَ حَتَّى يَرْضَى اللَّهُ
The one who loves to be measured with the full measure, and to fulfil the rights which Allah‑azwj has Conferred with upon him, let him say during every day, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj just as is befitting for Allah-azwj! There is no god except Allah-azwj just as is befitting for Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest just as is befitting for Allah-azwj; and there is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj, and may Allah-azwj Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww the Prophet-saww and upon People-asws of his-saww Household, and entirety of the Messengers-as and the Prophets-as until he satisfies Allah-azwj!’
فَنَزَلَ ع وَ قَدْ أَلَحُّوا فِي الدُّعَاءِ فَصَبَرَ هُنَيْئَةً ثُمَّ رَقِيَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَعْلُوَ ثَنَاؤُهُ عَلَى ثَنَاءِ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ فَلْيَقُلْ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ قُضِيَتْ أَوْ عَدُوٌّ كُبِتَ أَوْ دَيْنٌ قُضِيَ أَوْ كَرْبٌ كُشِفَ وَ خَرَقَ كَلَامُهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ فِي اللَّوْحِ الْمَحْفُوظِ.
He-saww descended, and they were being insistent in the supplication. So, he-saww was patient for a while, then ascended the pulpit. He-saww said: ‘One who loves his praise to be high over praise of the holy warriors, let him say this word during every day. If there were a need for him it will be fulfilled, or an enemy he will be suppressed, or debts these will be paid off, or stress it will be removed, and his speech will pierce through the seven skies until it is written in the Guarded Tablet!’’[17]
بيان المشار إليه لعله محمول على من أحب الشهرة رياء و سمعة
Explanation – ‘The one indicated to’ is perhaps carried upon the one who loves the fame, showing off, and reputation.
المهج، مهج الدعوات رَوَيْنَا بِإِسْنَادِنَا إِلَى سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ يَرْفَعُهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع وَجَدَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ صَحِيفَةً وَ ذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ ص وَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ حَتَّى يَرْضَى اللَّهُ
(The book) ‘Mahaj Al Dawaat’ – We were reporting by our chain to Sa’ad Bin Abdullah from his book, raising it, said,
‘Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza-asws said: ‘A man from the companions found a parchment’ – and he‑asws mentioned approximate to it except that he-asws mentioned in the supplication: ‘May Allah-azwj Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and upon People-asws of the Household of the Prophet-saww, and upon entirety of the Messengers-as until he satisfies Allah-azwj!’
وَ فِي بَعْضِ النُّسَخِ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّهِ ص الْعَرَبِيِّ الْهَاشِمِيِّ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ النَّبِيِّينَ حَتَّى يَرْضَى اللَّهُ.
And in one copies: ‘And People-asws of Household of His-azwj Prophet-saww until he satisfies Allah‑azwj!’’[18]
الجنة، جنة الأمان وَ الْبَلَدُ الْأَمِينُ، قُلْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ ذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ.
(The books) ‘Junnat Al Amaan’, and ‘Al Balad Al Ameen’ –
‘Say during every day, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’ – and mentioned similar to it’’.[19]
8- الْبَلَدُ الْأَمِينُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص مَنْ بَسْمَلَ وَ حَوْلَقَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ عَشْراً خَرَجَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ
(The book) ‘Al Balad Al Ameen’ –
‘From the Prophet-saww: ‘One who ‘Basmal’ (says ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful’), and ‘Howlaq’ (Says, ‘There is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj the Exalted, the Magnificent’) ten times every day, will exit from his sins (to be) like the day his mother gave him birth!
وَ دَفَعَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ سَبْعِينَ بَاباً مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ مِنْهَا الْجُنُونُ وَ الْجُذَامُ وَ الْبَرَصُ وَ الْفَالِجُ وَ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ سَبْعِينَ حَجَّةً وَ عُمْرَةً مُتَقَبَّلَاتٍ بَعْدَ حَجَّةِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ وَكَّلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِهِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لَهُ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ.
And Allah-azwj will Repel from him seventy doors of the afflictions. From these are the insanity, and the leprosy, and the vitiligo, and the facial paralysis, and it would be mightier in the Presence of Allah-azwj the Exalted that seventy Accepted Hajj and Umrah after Hajj of Al-Islam, and Allah-azwj the Exalted will Allocate seventy thousand Angels with him, seeking Forgiveness for him up to the night’’.[20]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص مَنْ قَالَ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ عَشْراً غَفَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافِ كَبِيرَةٍ وَ وَقَاهُ مِنْ شَرِّ الْمَوْتِ وَ ضَغْطَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَ النُّشُورِ وَ الْحِسَابِ وَ الْأَهْوَالِ كُلِّهَا وَ هُوَ مِائَةُ هَوْلٍ أَهْوَنُهَا الْمَوْتُ وَ وُقِيَ مِنْ شَرِّ إِبْلِيسَ وَ جُنُودِهِ وَ قُضِيَ دَيْنُهُ وَ كُشِفَ هَمُّهُ وَ غَمُّهُ وَ فُرِّجَ كَرْبُهُ وَ هِيَ هَذِهِ أَعْدَدْتُ
And from him,
‘From the Prophet-saww: ‘One who says these phrases ten times during every day, Allah-azwj the Exalted will Forgive four thousand major sins for him and Save him from the evil death, and compression of the grave, and Publicity and the Reckoning, and the horrors, all of them, and these are one hundred horrors, the least of these is the death, and Save him from evil of Iblees-la and his-la armies, and Pay off his debts, and Remove his worries and his sadness, and Relieve his distress, and it is these preparations: –
لِكُلِّ هَوْلٍ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ لِكُلِّ هَمٍّ وَ غَمٍّ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ لِكُلِّ نِعْمَةٍ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لِكُلِّ رَخَاءٍ الشُّكْرُ لِلَّهِ وَ لِكُلِّ أُعْجُوبَةٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَ لِكُلِّ مُصِيبَةٍ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْهِ راجِعُونَ وَ لِكُلِضِيقٍ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ وَ لِكُلِّ قَضَاءٍ وَ قَدَرٍ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ لِكُلِّ عَدُوٍّ اعْتَصَمْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَ لِكُلِّ طَاعَةٍ وَ مَعْصِيَةٍ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ.
‘For ever horror, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj’, and for every worry and sadness, ‘Whatever Allah-azwj so Desires’, and for every bounty, ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj’, and for every hope, ‘The thanks is for Allah-azwj’, and for every wonderment, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’, and every sin, ‘I seek Forgiveness of Allah-azwj’, and for every calamity, ‘We are for Allah-azwj and are returning to Him-azwj’, and for every constriction, ‘Allah-azwj Suffices me’, and for every Decree and Pre-determination, ‘I rely upon Allah-azwj’, and for every enemy, ‘I hold tightly with Allah-azwj’, and for ever obedience and disobedience, ‘There is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj the Exalted, the Magnificence!’’[21]
وَ مِنْهُ مِنْ كِتَابِ رُؤْيَا النَّوْمِ مَنْ قَرَأَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعاً حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ- لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا أَهَمَّهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ دَارَيْهِ.
And from him, from the book ‘Ruwya Al Nawm’ –
‘One who recites seven times during every day, ‘Allah-azwj Suffices me! My Lord-azwj is Allah‑azwj! There is no god except He-azwj! I have relied upon Him-azwj and He-azwj is Lord-azwj of the Magnificent Throne!’, Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic will Suffice him of whatever worries him from the matters of his two houses (world and Hereafter)’’.[22]
9- جُنَّةُ الْأَمَانِ، مِنْ كِتَابِ دَلِيلِ الْقَاصِدِينَ تَسْبِيحُ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع مَنْ قَالَهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مَرَّةً فِي سَنَةٍ كَامِلَةٍ لَمْ يَمُتْ حَتَّى يَرَى مَقْعَدَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ-
(The book) ‘Junnat Al Amaan’, from the book ‘Daleel Al Qasideyn’ –
‘Glorification by Jibraeel-as, one who says it once during the day, during a complete year, will not die until he sees his seat in the Paradise: –
سُبْحَانَ الدَّائِمِ الْقَائِمِ سُبْحَانَ الْقَائِمِ الدَّائِمِ سُبْحَانَ الْوَاحِدِ الْأَحَدِ سُبْحَانَ الْفَرْدِ الصَّمَدِ سُبْحَانَ الْحَيِّ الْقَيُّومِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَ الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الرُّوحِ سُبْحَانَ الْعَلِيِّ الْأَعْلَى سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى.
‘Glorious is the Permanent, the Ever-lasting! Glorious is the Ever-lasting, the Permanent! Glorious is the One, the First! Glorious is the Individual, the Last! Glorious is the living, the Eternal! Glorious is Allah-azwj, and with His-azwj Praise! Glorious is the Living Who does not die! Glorious is the King, the Holy! Glorious is Lord-azwj of the Angels and the Spirit! Glorious is the Exalted, the High, Glorious and Exalted!’’[23]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع مَنْ قَالَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ أُمُورِي كُلِّهَا وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ خِزْيِ الدُّنْيَا وَ عَذَابِ الْآخِرَةِ كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ هَمَّ دَارَيْهِ.
And from him –
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws: ‘One who says during every day, ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj! Allah-azwj Suffice me! I have relied upon Allah-azwj! O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj best of my affairs, all of them, and I seek refuge with You-azwj from disgrace of the world and Punishment of the Hereafter’, Allah-azwj will Suffice him of worries of his two houses (world and the Hereafter)’’.[24]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبَّاسٍ يَرْفَعُهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ حَسَنَةٍ وَ مَحَا عَنْهُ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ رَفَعَ لَهُ مِنَ الدَّرَجَاتِ وَ أَثْبَتَ لَهُ مِنَ الشَّفَاعَاتِ كَذَلِكَ وَ هُنَّ
And from him, from Abu Abbas, raising it,
He-asws said: ‘One who says these phrases once during every day, Allah-azwj will Write a million good deeds for him and Delete the evil deeds from him, and Raise ranks for him, and Affirm for him the intercession like that, and these are: –
سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ بَاقٍ لَا يَفْنَى سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ عَالِمٌ لَا يَنْسَى سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ حَافِظٌ لَا يَغْفُلُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ قَيُّومٌ لَا يَنَامُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ قَائِمٌ لَا يَسْهُو سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ حَلِيمٌ لَا يَلْهُو سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ مَلِكٌ لَا يُرَامُ
‘Glorious is the One-azwj Who Remains and does not perish! Glorious is the One-azwj Who is a Knower, nor forgetting! Glorious is One-azwj Who is a Guard, not being heedless! Glorious is the One-azwj Who is eternal, not sleeping! Glorious is the One-azwj Who is Ever-lasting, not omitting! Glorious is the One-azwj Who is Lenient, not playing around! Glorious is the One-azwj Who is a King, nor violated!
سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ عَزِيزٌ لَا يُضَامُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ بَصِيرٌ لَا يَرْتَابُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ وَاسِعٌ لَا يكلف [يَتَكَلَّفُ] سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ مُحْتَجِبٌ لَا يُرَى وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى خِيَرَتِهِ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص.
Glorious is One-azwj Who is Mighty, not doing wrong! Glorious is the One-azwj Who is Seeing, not being suspicious! Glorious is the One-azwj Who is Capacious, not encumbered! Glorious is the One-azwj Who is Veiled, not being seen; and may Allah-azwj Send Salawaat upon His-azwj Choice from His-azwj creature Muhammad-saww!’’[25]
10- وَ مِنْهُ، وَ الْمُتَهَجِّدِ، وَ الْإِخْتِيَارِ، يُدْعَى بِهِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَ قَالَ الْكَفْعَمِيُ دُعَاءٌ عَظِيمُ الشَّأْنِ رَفِيعُ الْمَنْزِلَةِ-
And from him, and (the books) ‘Al Mutahajjid’, and ‘Al Ikhtiyar’ –
‘He should supplicate with it during every day’, and Al-Kaf’ami said, ‘A supplication of mighty glory, lofty status’: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الْمُشْرِقِ الْحَيِّ الْبَاقِي الْكَرِيمِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الْقُدُّوسِ الَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ بِهِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ انْكَشَفَتْ بِهِ الظُّلُمَاتُ وَ صَلَحَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنْ تُصْلِحَ شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ.
‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by the Noor of Your-azwj Face, the Shining, the Living, the Lasting, the Honourable; and I ask You-azwj by the Noor of Your-azwj Face, the Holy which the skies as shining with, and the darkness(es) are removed with, and matters of the former ones and the latter ones are correct upon, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and to Correct my concerns, all of them!’’[26]
11- الجنة، جنة الأمان رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَالَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ جَزَى اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ص عَنَّا مَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ سَبْعِينَ كَاتِباً يَكْتُبُونَ لَهُ الْحَسَنَاتِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.
(The book) ‘Junnat Al Amaan’ –
‘It is reported that the one who says during every day, ‘May Allah-azwj Recompense Muhammad-saww on our behalf what he-saww is deserving of’, Allah-azwj the Exalted will Dispatch seventy recording Angles to him, writing the good deeds for him up to the Day of Qiyamah’’.[27]
12- التَّوْحِيدُ، وَ ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ مَنْ قَالَ فِي يَوْمِهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ إِلَهاً وَاحِداً أَحَداً صَمَداً لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ صَاحِبَةً وَ لَا وَلَداً كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ خَمْساً وَ أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ حَسَنَةٍ وَ مَحَا عَنْهُ خَمْساً وَ أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ سَيِّئَةٍ وَ رَفَعَ لَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ خَمْساً وَ أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ دَرَجَةٍ وَ كَانَ كَمَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً وَ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ بَيْتاً فِي الْجَنَّةِ.
(The book) ‘Al Tawheed’, and ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abdulrahman Bin Abu Najran, from Abdul Aziz Al Abdy, from Umar Bin Yazeed,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him-asws saying: ‘One who says, ‘I testify that there is no god except Allah-azwj Alone, there is no associate for him-azwj, One God‑azwj, First, Last. He-azwj neither Took a female companion nor a son’, Allah-azwj will Write forty-five million good deeds for him, and Delete forty-five million evil deeds for him, and Raise forty-five million ranks for him, and he would be like the one who recited twelve times, and Allah-azwj will Build a house for him in the Paradise’’.[28]
الْكَافِي، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّ فِيهِ مَنْ قَالَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ تَكْرِيرُ الْأَلْفِ وَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ كَانَ كَمَنْ قَرَأَ إِلَى آخِرِهِ
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Najran –
‘Similar to it, except there is in it: ‘One who says ten times during every day, and there isn’t repetition in it the (letter) ‘Alif’, and there isn’t in it, ‘Would be like the one who recites’, up to its end.
ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى كُنَّ لَهُ حِرْزاً فِي يَوْمِهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ السُّلْطَانِ وَ لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ كَبِيرَةٌ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ.
Then he (the narrator) said, ‘And in another report: ‘Be a protection for him during his day from the Satan-la, and the ruler, and he will not be surrounded with major sins’’.[29]
13- مَجَالِسُ ابْنِ الشَّيْخِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَحَّامِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص مَنْ قَالَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ اسْتَجْلَبَ بِهِ الْغِنَى وَ اسْتَدْفَعَ بِهِ الْفَقْرَ وَ سَدَّ عَنْهُ بَابَ النَّارِ وَ اسْتَفْتَحَ بِهِ بَابَ الْجَنَّةِ.
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Ibn Al Sheykh – from his father, from Abu Muhammad Al Fahham, from his uncle Umeyr Bin Yahya, from Abdullah Bin Ahmad, from his father Ahmad Bin Aamir,
‘One who says one hundred times during every day, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj, the Manifest Truth’, he will attract the riches by it and repel the poverty by it, and a door of the Fire will be blocked from him, and a door of the Paradise will be opened by it’’.[30]
ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي يُوسُفَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مِثْلَهُ وَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ.
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid Al Barqy, from Abu Yusuf, from Ibn Abu Umeyr,
‘Similar to it, and there isn’t in it, ‘During every day’’.[31]
دَعَوَاتُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، عَنْهُ ع مُرْسَلًا مِثْلَهُ وَ فِيهِ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ.
(The book) ‘Dawaat’ of Al Rawandy –
‘From him with an unbroken chain, similar to it, and in it is, ‘The King, the Manifest Truth’’.[32]
14- ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْأَرْمَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْحَنَّاطِ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ ثَلَاثِينَ مَرَّةً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا الَّلهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ اسْتَقْبَلَ الْغِنَى وَ اسْتَدْبَرَ الْفَقْرَ وَ قَرَعَ بَابَ الْجَنَّةِ.
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from his father, from Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Ashary, from Ahmad Bin Hilal, from Muhammad Bin Isa Al Armany, from Abu Imran Al Hannat, from Al Awzaie.
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘One who says thirty times during every day, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj, the King, the Manifest Truth, the riches will come and the poverty will turn back, and he will knock the door Paradise’’.[33]
15- ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْأَرْمَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْخَرَّاطِ عَنْ بِشْرٍ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ حَقّاً حَقّاً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ إِيمَاناً وَ تَصْدِيقاً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عُبُودِيَّةً وَ رِقّاً أَقْبَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بِوَجْهِهِ فَلَمْ يَصْرِفْ عَنْهُ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ.
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Salama Bin Abu Al Hannat, from Muhammad Bin Isa Al Armany, from Abu Imran Al Khrrat, from Bishr Al Awzaie,
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘On who says fifteen times during every day, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj, truly, truly, there is no god except Allah-azwj, believing and ratifying, there is no god except Allah-azwj, in servitude and bondage’, Allah-azwj will Turn to him with His-azwj Face and will not Turn away from him until he enters the Paradise’’.[34]
الْكَافِي، الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْأَرْمَنِيِ مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّ عُبُودِيَّةً وَ رِقّاً مُقَدَّمٌ عَلَى إِيمَاناً وَ تَصْدِيقاً.
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – The number, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Armani,
‘Similar to it, except (the words), ‘servitude and bondage’ and before (the words), ‘believing and ratifying’’.[35]
16- الْمَحَاسِنُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِأُمِّ هَانِي مَنْ سَبَّحَ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِمَّنْ سَاقَ مِائَةَ بَدَنَةٍ إِلَى بَيْتِ اللَّهِ الْحَرَامِ وَ مَنْ حَمَّدَ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ تَحْمِيدَةٍ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِمَّنْ حَمَلَ عَلَى مِائَةِ فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِسُرُوجِهَا وَ لُجُمِهَا وَ مَنْ هَلَّلَ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ تَهْلِيلَةٍ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ النَّاسِ عَمَلًا إِلَّا مَنْ قَالَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ هَذَا.
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ –
He said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said to Umm Hani: ‘One who glorifies Allah-azwj one hundred times every day, he would be better than the ones who ushers one hundred sacrificial animals to the Sacred House of Allah-azwj; and the one who praises Allah-azwj one hundred praises, he would be better than the one who loads (provisions) upon one hundred horses in the Way of Allah-azwj, with their saddles and their reins; and the one who extolls the Oneness of Allah-azwj one hundred extollations, he would be best of the people in deeds except the one says better than this’’.[36]
17- جَامِعُ الْأَخْبَارِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كُتِبَ اسْمُهُ فِي دِيوَانِ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ نُورٌ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ
(The book) ‘Jamie Al Akhbaar’ –
‘From the Prophet-saww having said: ‘O who says one hundred times, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest’, his name will be written in the register of the truthful, and for him would be light upon the Bridge with every letter’’.
وَ قَالَ مَنْ قَالَهَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ جَسَدَهُ عَلَى النَّارِ.
And he-saww said: ‘One who says it one hundred times during every day, Allah-azwj will Prohibit his body unto the Fire’’.[37]
وَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ لَمْ يُصِبْهُ فَقْرٌ أَبَداً.
And from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who says, ‘There is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj’, one hundred times during every day, poverty will not hit him, ever’’.[38]
18- دَعَوَاتُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، رُوِيَ أَنَّ عَابِداً فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَا حَالِي عِنْدَكَ أَ خَيْرٌ فَأَزْدَادَ فِي خَيْرِي أَوْ شَرٌّ فَأَسْتَعْتِبَ قَبْلَ الْمَوْتِ
(The book) ‘Dawaat’ of Al Rawandy –
‘A worshipper among the children of Israel asked Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic. He said, ‘O Lord-azwj! What is my situation in Your-azwj Presence? If it is good, then increase in my goodness, or (if it is evil), then Cause me to repent before the death!’
فَأَتَاهُ آتٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ لَيْسَ لَكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ
A comer came. He said to him, ‘It isn’t good for you in the Presence of Allah-azwj’.
قَالَ يَا رَبِّ وَ أَيْنَ عَمَلِي
He said, ‘O Lord-azwj, and where are my deeds?’
قَالَ كُنْتَ إِذَا عَمِلْتَ خَيْراً أَخْبَرْتَ النَّاسَ بِهِ فَلَيْسَ لَكَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا الَّذِي رَضِيتَ بِهِ لِنَفْسِكَ
He-azwj Said: “Whenever you did something, you informed the people with it, so there isn’t for you from it except that which you were satisfied with for yourself!”
قَالَ فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَحْزَنَهُ
He (the narrator) said, ‘That was grievous upon him and it grieved him’.
قَالَ فَكَرَّرَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَالَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فَمِنَ الْآنَ فَاشْتَرِ مِنِّي نَفْسَكَ فِيمَا تَسْتَقْبِلُ بِصَدَقَةٍ تُخْرِجُهَا عَنْ كُلِّ عِرْقٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ صَدَقَةً
He (the narrator) said, ‘Allah-azwj Returned the Messenger-as to him. He said, ‘Allah-azwj the Blessed and Exalted Says: “From now on buy yourself from Me-azwj with charity in what is in the future, taking a charity on behalf of every vein, every day!”’
قَالَ يَا رَبِّ أَ وَ يُطِيقُ هَذَا أَحَدٌ
He said, ‘O Lord-azwj, and can anyone endure this?’
فَقَالَ تَعَالَى لَسْتُ أُكَلِّفُكَ إِلَّا مَا تُطِيقُ
The Exalted Said: “I-azwj wouldn’t Encumber you except what you can endure!”
قَالَ فَمَا ذَا يَا رَبِّ
He said, ‘So what is that, O Lord-azwj?’
فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ تَقُولُ هَذَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ ثَلَاثَ مِائَةٍ وَ سِتِّينَ مَرَّةً يَكُونُ كُلُّ كَلِمَةٍ صَدَقَةً عَنْ كُلِّ عِرْقٍ مِنْ عُرُوقِكَ
He-azwj Said: “(The phrases) ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest, and there is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj’. You should say these three hundred and sixty times every day, each phrase being a charity on behalf of every vein from your veins!”
قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَأَى بِشَارَةَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ زِدْنِي قَالَ إِنْ زِدْتَ زِدْتُكَ.
He (the narrator) said, ‘When he saw the glad tidings of that, he said, ‘O Lord-azwj, Increase for me!’
قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَأَى بِشَارَةَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ زِدْنِي قَالَ إِنْ زِدْتَ زِدْتُكَ.
He-azwj Said: ‘If you increase, I-azwj shall Increase for You-azwj!”’[39]
19- الْكَافِي، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَنْبَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُحَمِّدُ اللَّهَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ ثَلَاثَ مِائَةٍ وَ سِتِّينَ مَرَّةً عَدَدَ عُرُوقِ الْجَسَدِ يَقُولُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ كَثِيراً عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ.
(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Al-Hassan Al Anbary,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww was praising Allah-azwj three hundred and sixty timed during every day, the number of veins of the body. He-saww was saying: ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj, Lord-azwj of the worlds abundantly upon every situation’’.[40]
وَ مِنْهُ بِالْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً وَ يَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً
And from him, by the chain, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muawiya Bin Ammar, from Al Haris Bin Al Mugheira,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww used to see Forgiveness of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic seventy times during every day and repent to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic seventy times’.
قَالَ قُلْتُ كَانَ يَقُولُ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Was he-saww saying: ‘I seek Forgiveness of Allah-azwj and I repent to Him-azwj’?’
قَالَ كَانَ يَقُولُ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً وَ يَقُولُ أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً.
He-asws said: ‘He-saww was saying: ‘I seek Forgiveness of Allah-azwj’, seventy time, and: ‘I repent to Allah-azwj, I repent to Allah-azwj’, seventy times’’.[41]
20- مَجْمُوعُ الدَّعَوَاتِ، لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ التَّلَّعُكْبَرِيِ عُوذَةُ الْأَسْمَاءِ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ تَعَوَّذَ بِهَا فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَ تُعْرَفُ بِالْخَصْلَةِ
(The book) ‘Majmou Al Dawaat’ of Muhammad Bin Haroun Al Tal’akburi –
‘An amulet of the Names (of Allah-azwj – Amir Al-Momineen-asws, when he-asws was free from seeking the Forgiveness, sought Refuge by it during every day, and it is known as ‘Al-Khaslah’.
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ- بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ- الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ مالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ اهْدِنَا الصِّراطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِراطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لَا الضَّالِّينَ
‘I seek Refuge with Allah-azwj the All-hearing, the All-knowing, from the Pelted Satan-la, and I seek Refuge with Allah-azwj from their-la presence. In the Name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful [1:1], All Praise is for Allah the Lord of the Worlds [1:2], The Beneficent, the Merciful [1:3], Master of the Day of Reckoning [1:4], (It is) You we worship and You do we seek Assistance (from) [1:5], Guide us to be on the Straight Path [1:6] The path of those You have Bestowed Bounties upon other than of those You are Wrathful upon nor of the straying ones [1:7].
اللَّهُمَّ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ لَا نَعْبُدُ سِوَاكَ وَ نَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ فَكَفَى بِكَ مُعِيناً وَ نَسْتَكْفِيكَ فَكَفَى بِكَ كَافِياً وَ أَمِيناً وَ نَعْتَصِمُ بِكَ فَكَفَى بِكَ عَاصِماً وَ ضَمِيناً وَ نَحْتَرِسُ بِكَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِنَا
O Allah-azwj! You-azwj do we worship and we do not worship apart from You-azwj, and we seek Assistance with You and suffice with You-azwj as an Assister, and seek to suffice with You-azwj as a Sufficer and Caretaker, and we hold fast with You-azwj as a Protector and a Guarantor, and we guard with You-azwj from our enemies!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَ بِحَوْلِكَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ وَ بِقُوَّتِكَ يَا ذَا الْقُدْرَةِ وَ بِمَنْعِكَ يَا ذَا الْمَنَعَةِ وَ بِسُلْطَانِكَ يَا ذَا السُّلْطَانِ وَ بِكِفَايَتِكَ يَا ذَا الْكِفَايَةِ
In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful, and with Your-azwj Might, O One with the Majesty and Benevolence, and with Your-azwj Strength, O One with the Strength, and with Your-azwj Defence, O One with the Defence, and with Your-azwj Authority, O One with the authority, and with Your-azwj Sufficing, O One with the Sufficiency!
وَ أَسْتَتِرُ مِنْهُمْ بِكَلِمَاتِكَ وَ أَحْتَجِبُ مِنْهُمْ بِحِجَابِكَ وَ أَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِكَ الَّتِي تَطْمَئِنُّ بِهَا قُلُوبُ أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ تَحُولُ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ بَيْنَ أَعْدَائِكَ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ وَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِمْ خَتَمَ اللَّهُ عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَ عَلى سَمْعِهِمْ وَ عَلى أَبْصارِهِمْ غِشاوَةٌ وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ عَظِيمٌ-
And I conceal from them with Your-azwj Phrases, and I veil from them with Your-azwj Veil, and I recite Your-azwj Verses upon them which the hearts are assured with and form a barrier between them Your-azwj enemies by Your-azwj Desire, and I recited upon them: Allah has Set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and there is a covering over their eyes, and for them is a grievous Punishment [2:7].
أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الضَّلالَةَ بِالْهُدى فَما رَبِحَتْ تِجارَتُهُمْ وَ ما كانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ-
They are those who are trading the Guidance with the error, so their trade will not profit them nor would they be Guided [2:16].
ذَهَبَ اللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَ تَرَكَهُمْ فِي ظُلُماتٍ لا يُبْصِرُونَ صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لا يَرْجِعُونَ-
Allah Took away their light, and left them in darkness – not seeing [2:17].
يَكادُ الْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصارَهُمْ كُلَّما أَضاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا فِيهِ وَ إِذا أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قامُوا وَ لَوْ شاءَ اللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَ أَبْصارِهِمْ-
The lightning almost snatches their sight; every time it illuminates for them they walk during it, and when it darkens upon them they are pausing; and if Allah had so Desired, He would have Taken away their hearing and their sight; [2:20].
أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الضَّلالَةَ بِالْهُدى وَ الْعَذابَ بِالْمَغْفِرَةِ اللَّهُ
They are those who are buying the straying by (selling) the Guidance, and (buying) the Punishment by (selling) the Forgiveness. [2:175]
وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُماتِ إِلَى النُّورِ وَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِياؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُماتِ-
Allah is the Guardian of those who believe. He Extracts them from the (multitude of) darkness into the Light; and (as for) those who are committing Kufr, their guardian is the tyrant who extracts them from the Light into the (multitude of) darkness; [2:257].
لا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلى شَيْءٍ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا وَ اللَّهُ لا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكافِرِينَ-
They would not able upon anything from what they earned; and Allah does not Guide the Kafir people [2:264]
وَ اللَّهُ لا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ-
And Allah does not Guide the unjust [3:86]
وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلْ اللَّهُ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْخاسِرُونَ-
and one whom He Lets to stray, so those ones, they are the losers [7:178]
لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لا يَفْقَهُونَ بِها وَ لَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لا يُبْصِرُونَ بِها وَ لَهُمْ آذانٌ لا يَسْمَعُونَ بِها أُولئِكَ كَالْأَنْعامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْغافِلُونَ
For them are hearts they are not understanding with, and for them are eyes they are not seeing with, and for them are ears they are not hearing with. They are like the cattle, but they are more straying. These ones, they are the heedless ones [7:179]
وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَلا هادِيَ لَهُ وَ يَذَرُهُمْ فِي طُغْيانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
One whom Allah Lets to stray, so there is no Guide for him; and he Leave them in their inordinacy wandering around [7:186]
وَ إِنْ تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدى لا يَسْمَعُوا وَ تَراهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَ هُمْ لا يُبْصِرُونَ-
And even if you do invite them to Guidance, they will not be listening, and you will see them looking towards you and they are not seeing [7:198]
وَ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ غَواشٍ إِنَّهُمْ كانُوا قَوْماً عَمِينَ
and from above them would be coverings (of fire); [7:41] They were a blind people [7:64]
وَ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمَا حِجَابٌ صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لا يَعْقِلُونَ-
And from between the two there is a veil. (They are) deaf, dumb, blind, so they are not understanding [2:171]
وَ اللَّهُ أَرْكَسَهُمْ بِما كَسَبُوا أَ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَهْدُوا مَنْ أَضَلَّ اللَّهُ وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ سَبِيلًا
and Allah Returned them (to Kufr) due to what they earned? Are you intending to guide the one whom Allah has Let to stray? And the one Allah Lets to stray, so you will never find a way being there for him [4:88]
وَ قَوْلِهِمْ قُلُوبُنا غُلْفٌ بَلْ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْها بِكُفْرِهِمْ
and their saying: ‘Our hearts are locked’; But, Allah Sealed upon these due to their Kufr, [4:155].
اللَّهُمَّ يَا اللَّهُ يَا مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ أَيْنَ هُوَ وَ حَيْثُ هُوَ إِلَّا هُوَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَطْبَعَ عَلَى قُلُوبِ أَعْدَائِي أَنْ يُبْصِرُونِي وَ أَنْ تَحْرُسَنِي أَنْ يَفْقَهُونِي أَوْ يَمْكُرُوا بِي- فَإِنَّها مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً يَتِيهُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ
O Allah-azwj! O Allah-azwj! O One-azwj Whom no one knows where He-azwj is, and whereabouts He-azwj is except He-azwj! O with the Majesty and the Benevolence! I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Magnificent Name to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad‑saww, and to Seal upon hearts of the enemies from their sights, and to Guard me, lest they understand me or plot with me, “Then it is hereby deprived upon them. Forty years they would be wandering in the land, [5:26].
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اسْتَجَرْتُ بِعِزَّتِكَ فَأَجِرْنِي وَ اعْتَصَمْتُ بِقُدْرَتِكَ فَاعْصِمْنِي وَ اسْتَتَرْتُ بِحِجَابِكَ فَاسْتُرْنِي وَ انْتَصَرْتُ بِكَ فَانْصُرْنِي وَ امْتَنَعْتُ بِقُوَّتِكَ فَامْنَعْ عَنِّي أَنْ يَصِلُوا إِلَيَّ أَوْ يَظْفَرُوا بِي أَوْ يُؤْذُونِي أَوْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَيَّ أَوْ يَقْتُلُونِي
O Allah-azwj! I seek shelter with Your-azwj Might, therefore shelter me, and I have sought protection with Your-azwj Power, so Protect me, and I have sought concealment with Your-azwj Veil therefore Veil me, and I have sought help with You-azwj therefore Help me, and I have sought defence with Your-azwj Strength therefore defend me from them arriving to me or winning over me, or harming me, or prevailing upon me, or killing me!
يَا مَنْ إِلَيْهِ الْمُنْتَهَى بِالاسْمِ الَّذِي احْتَجَبْتَ بِهِ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ احْجُبْنِي مِنْ عَدُوِّي وَ بِالاسْمِ الَّذِي امْتَنَعْتَ بِهِ أَنْ يُحَاطُ بِكَ عِلْماً حَيِّرْهُمْ عَنِّي حَتَّى لَا يَلْقَوْنِي وَ لَا يَرَوْنِي وَ اضْرِبْ عَلَيْهِمْ سُرَادِقَ الظُّلْمَةِ وَ حُجُبَ الْحَيْرَةِ وَ كَآبَةَ الْغَمْرَةِ
O One-azwj, the ending is to Him-azwj! By the Name which You-azwj have Veiled with from Your‑azwj creatures, Veil me from my enemies! And by the Name which You-azwj have Prevented them from having knowledge of You-azwj, Confuse them until they neither meet me, nor see me, and Strike canopies of darkness upon them and veils of confusion, and the immersion into gloom.
وَ ابْتَلِهِمْ بِالْبَلَاءِ وَ اخْسَأْهُمْ وَ أَعْمِهِمْ وَ اجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَبَابٍ وَ أَوْهِنْ أَمْرَهُمْ وَ اجْعَلْ سَعْيَهُمْ فِي خُسْرَانٍ وَ طَلَبَهُمْ فِي خِذْلَانٍ- قُلْ أَ رَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ سَمْعَكُمْ وَ أَبْصارَكُمْ وَ خَتَمَ عَلى قُلُوبِكُمْ مَنْ إِلهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِهِ:
And Try them with the afflictions and Disgrace them, and Blind them, and Make their plots to be in ruin, and Weaken their affairs, and Make their striving to be in loss, and they seeking in abandonment. Say: ‘Have you considered if Allah Takes away your hearing and your sight, and Seals upon your hearts, who is a god apart from Allah Who can bring it back to you?’ [6:46].
اللَّهُمَّ بِعِزَّتِكَ وَ قُدْرَتِكَ وَ عَظَمَتِكَ وَ قُوَّتِكَ وَ بِاسْمِكَ وَ تَمَكُّنِكَ وَ سُلْطَانِكَ وَ مَكَانِكَ وَ حِجَابِكَ وَ جَلَالِكَ وَ عُلُوِّكَ وَ ارْتِفَاعِكَ وَ دُنُوِّكَ وَ قَهْرِكَ وَ مُلْكِكَ وَ جُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ
O Allah-azwj! By Your-azwj Might, and Your-azwj Magnificent, and Your-azwj Strength, and by You‑azwj Name, and Your-azwj Ability, and Your-azwj Authority, and Your-azwj Position, and Your‑azwj Veil, and Your-azwj Majesty, and Your-azwj Exaltedness, and Your-azwj Loftiness, and Your-azwj nearness, and Your-azwj Force, and Your-azwj Kingdom, and Your-azwj Generosity, and Your-azwj Benevolence!
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ خُذْ عَنِّي أَسْمَاعَ مَنْ يُرِيدُنِي بِسُوءٍ فَلَا يَسْمَعُوا لِي حِسّاً وَ غَشِّ عَنِّي أَبْصَارَ مَنْ يَرْمُقُنِي فَلَا يَرَوْا لِي شَخْصاً وَ اخْتِمْ عَلَى قُلُوبِ مَنْ يُفَكِّرُ فِيَّ حَتَّى لَا يَخْطُرَ لِي فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ ذِكْرٌ
Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Take on my behalf, hearing of the ones intending me with evil, so they will not hear hiss of mine, and Cover on my behalf sights of the ones looking at me so they will not see my person, and Seal upon hearts of the ones thinking regarding me until there does not occur any remembrance of mine in their hearts!
وَ أَخْرِسْ أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ عَنِّي حَتَّى لَا يَنْطِقُوا وَ اغْلُلْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ حَتَّى لَا يَصِلُوا إِلَيَّ بِسُوءٍ أَبَداً وَ قَيِّدْ أَرْجُلَهُمْ حَتَّى لَا يَقِفُوا لِي أَثَراً أَبَداً وَ أَنْسِهِمْ ذِكْرِي حَتَّى لَا يَعْرِفُوا لِي خَبَراً أَبَداً وَ لَا يَرَوْا لِي مَنْظَراً أَبَداً بِحَقِّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ- وَ مَنْ يَتَبَدَّلِ الْكُفْرَ بِالْإِيمانِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَواءَ السَّبِيلِ
And Mute their tongues on my behalf until they cannot speak, and Bind their hands until they cannot arrive to me with evil, ever, and Shackle their legs until they do not stand on my tracks, ever, and Cause them forget my remembrance until they do not know any news of mine nor do they see any scene of mine, ever! By the right of, ‘There is no god except You-azwj’, O Beneficent! O Merciful! O Living! O Eternal! and the one who is (adopting) the Kufr, replacing the Eman with it, so he has strayed (from) the right Way [2:108].
اللَّهُمَّ بِحَقِّ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَضْلِلْ عَنِّي مَنْ يُرِيدُنِي بِسُوءٍ حَتَّى لَا يَلْقَوْنِي
O Allah-azwj! By the right of ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and Stray away from me the one intending me with evil until he does not meet me!
يَا شَدِيدَ الْقُوَى- وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَ قَلْبِهِ عَلِمْنَا يَا رَبَّنَا وَ آمَنَّا وَ صَدَّقْنَا فَحُلْ بِحَقِّكَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ أَعْدَائِنَا وَ مَنْ يَطْلُبُنَا وَ اصْرِفْ قُلُوبَهُمْ عَنَّا وَ اطْبَعْ عَلَيْهَا أَنْ يَفْقَهُونَا وَ اغْلُلْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ أَنْ يُؤْذُونَا وَ أَعْمِ أَبْصَارَهُمْ أَنْ يَرَوْنَا
O Severe of the Strength! and know that Allah Intervenes between a person and his heart, and it is to Him you shall be Gathered [8:24]. We know, O our Lord-azwj, and we believe and we ratify. By the right upon Yourself-azwj! Intervene between us and our enemies, and the ones seeking us, and Turn their hearts away from us, and Seal upon them from understanding us, and Bind their hands, and Blind their eyes from their seeing us!
يَا ذَا الْعِزَّةِ وَ السُّلْطَانِ وَ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَ الْإِحْسَانِ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ وَ طُبِعَ عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لا يَفْقَهُونَ وَ عَلَى آذَانِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ- كَذلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللَّهُ عَلى قُلُوبِ الْكافِرِينَ
O One-azwj with the Might, and the Authority, and the Greatness, and the Favour! O Affectionate! O Benefactor! And Seal upon their hearts for they do not understand, and upon their hearts so they do not hear! Like that, Allah-azwj Seals upon hearts of the Kafirs!
اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ وَ مُلْكِكَ الْأَوَّلِ الْقَدِيمِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اطْبَعْ عَلَى قُلُوبِ كُلِّ مَنْ يُرِيدُنِي بِسُوءٍ
O Allah-azwj! By Your-azwj Magnificent Name, and Your-azwj first ancient Kingdom! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Seal upon hearts of every one intending me with evil.
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَسُدَّ آذَانَهُمْ وَ تَطْمِسَ عَلَى أَعْيُنِهِمْ- وَ فَرِيقاً حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الضَّلالَةُ إِنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا الشَّياطِينَ أَوْلِياءَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ
And I ask You-azwj to Block their ears and Obscure upon their eyes, and A group is Guided and a group, the straying is deserved upon them. They are taking the satans as friends from besides Allah and are reckoning that they are rightly Guided ones [7:30].
اللَّهُمَّ يَا مَنْ لَا يُعْجِزُهُ شَيْءٌ أَرَادَهُ وَ لَا يَحُولُ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَهُ حَائِلٌ وَ لَا يَمْنَعُهُ مَانِعٌ وَ لَا يَفُوتُهُ شَيْءٌ طَلَبَهُ أَوْ أَحَبَّهُ
O Allah-azwj! O One-azwj Whom it does not frustrate anything He-azwj Wants, and there is no one be a barrier between Him-azwj and it, nor can a preventer prevent him, nor does He-azwj miss anything He-azwj Seeks of Loves!
خُذْ بِقُلُوبِ مَنْ يُرِيدُنَا بِسُوءٍ وَ ارْدُدْهُمْ عَنْ مَطْلَبِنَا وَ غَشِأَبْصَارَهُمْ وَ عَمِّ عَلَيْهِمْ مَسْلَكَنَا وَ صُكَّ أَسْمَاعَهُمْ وَ أَخِفَّ عَنْهُمْ حِسَّنَا وَ اكْفِنَا أَمْرَ كُلِّ مَنْ يُرِيدُنَا بِسُوءٍ
Seize hearts of the ones intending us with evil and Return them from seeking us, and Cover their sights, and Blind their ways to us upon them, and Deafen upon their hearing, and Hide our hiss from them, and Suffice us of the matter of every one intending us with evil!
يَا رَفِيعَ الدَّرَجَاتِ يَا ذَا الْعَرْشِ يَا مَنْ يُلْقِي الرُّوحَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ عَلى مَنْ يَشاءُ مِنْ عِبادِهِ أَلْقِ عَلَيْنَا سِتْراً مِنْ سَتْرِكَ وَ عِزّاً مِنْ نَصْرِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ حَتَّى إِذا جاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ قالُوا أَيْنَ ما كُنْتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ قالُوا ضَلُّوا عَنَّا
O Raiser of the ranks! O One-azwj with the Throne! O one Who Casts the Spirit from His Command upon the one He so Desires to from His servants, [40:15]! Cast upon us a veil from Your-azwj veils, and might from Your-azwj Help, O Lord-azwj of the worlds,until when Our messengers come to them causing them to die, they shall say, ‘What were you calling upon from besides Allah?’ They would say, ‘They are lost from us’, [7:37].
اللَّهُمَّ فَلَا تُضِلَّنَا وَ أَضْلِلْ عَنَّا مَنْ يُرِيدُنَا بِسُوءٍ يَا ذَا النِّعَمِ الَّتِي لَا تُحْصَى قالَتْ أُخْراهُمْ لِأُولاهُمْ رَبَّنا هؤُلاءِ أَضَلُّونا
O Allah-azwj! Do not Let us stray and Stray away from us the ones intending us with evil, O One‑azwj with the bounties which cannot be counted their last ones would say for their first ones, ‘Our Lord! They strayed us, [7:38].
اللَّهُمَّ كَمَا فَتَنْتَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ افْتِنْ بَعْضَ أَعْدَائِنَا بِبَعْضٍ وَ اشْغَلْهُمْ عَنَّا حَتَّى يَكُونُوا عَنَّا وَ عَنْ مَسْلَكِنَا ضَالِّينَ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ قَدْ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَ ضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ما كانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ- وَ طُبِعَ عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لا يَفْقَهُونَ وَ ظَلَّلْنا عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَمامَ
O Allah-azwj! Just as You-azwj Tempted some of them with others, Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Temp some of our enemies with other and pre-occupy them from us until they would be lost from us and from our way! Ameen, Lord-azwj of the worlds! They would have incurred loss for themselves, and it would be lost from them, what they used to fabricate [7:53] so Allah Sealed upon their hearts, therefore they are not understanding [63:3] And We Shaded upon you the clouds [2:57].
اللَّهُمَّ يَا مَنْ ظَلَّلَ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْغَمَامَ بِقُدْرَتِهِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ظَلِّلْ عَلَيْنَا غَمَاماً مِنْ سِتْرِكَ الْحَصِينِ وَ عِزّاً مِنْ جُودِكَ الْمَكِينِ يَحُولُ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ أَعْدَائِنَا يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَ مَنْ يُرِدْ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُضِلَّهُ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقاً حَرَجاً كَأَنَّما يَصَّعَّدُ فِي السَّماءِ
O Allah-azwj! O One-azwj Who Shaded the cloud upon the children of Israel by His-azwj Power! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Shade clouds upon us from Your-azwj protective veil, and honour from Your-azwj Liberal generosity, be a Barrier between us and our enemies, O most Merciful of the merciful ones! and the one who wants Him to let him stray, He would Straiten his chest with a constriction, as if he is ascending into the sky. [6:125].
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَضْلِلْ عَنَّا مَنْ يُرِيدُنَا بِسُوءٍ وَ ضَيِّقْ صُدُورَهُمْ عَنْ مَطْلَبِنَا وَ أَهْوِ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ عَنْ لِقَائِنَا وَ أَلْقِ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ عَنِ اتِّبَاعِنَا وَ أَغْشِ عَلَى أَعْيُنِهِمْ أَنْ يَرَوْنَا
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Stray away from us the ones intending us with evil, and Constrict their chests from seeking us, and Deviate their hearts from meeting us, and Cast the awe into their hearts from pursuing us, and Cover upon their eyes from seeing us!
يَا لَطِيفُ يَا خَبِيرُ يَا مَنْ يُغْشِي اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهَارَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ غَشِّ عَنَّا أَبْصَارَ أَعْدَائِنَا أَنْ يَرَوْنَا وَ اطْبَعْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ أَنْ يَفْقَهُونَا وَ عَلَى آذَانِهِمْ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا يَا مَنْ حَمَى أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا حَسِيسَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ يَا مَلِكُ يَا غَفَّارُ
O Gentle! O Informed! O One-azwj Overwhelming the night and the day! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww Cover the sights of our enemies from us from them seeing us, and Seal upon their hearts from understanding us, and (Seal) upon their ears from their hearing us! O One-azwj Protecting the people of Paradise from even hearing the hiss of the people of the Fire! O King! O Forgiver!
وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَما لَهُ مِنْ هادٍ أُولئِكَ فِي ضَلالٍ بَعِيدٍ- وَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ الظَّالِمِينَ وَ يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ ما يَشاءُ- لا يَرْتَدُّ إِلَيْهِمْ طَرْفُهُمْ وَ أَفْئِدَتُهُمْ هَواءٌ- لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ وَ اكْفِنَا كُلَّ مَحْذُورٍ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ-
By the right of Muhammad-saww, Seal of the Prophets-as! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww the Prophet-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Suffice us of every hazard, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!
يَا مَنْ كَفَى مُحَمَّداً الْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ يَا مَنْ كَفَى نُوحاً وَ نَجَّاهُ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الضَّالِّينَ يَا مَنْ نَجَّى هُوداً مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ يَا مَنْ نَجَّى إِبْرَاهِيمَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الْجَاهِلِينَ يَا مَنْ نَجَّى مُوسَى مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الطَّاغِينَ
O One-azwj Who Sufficed Muhammad-saww from the mocking ones! O One-azwj Who Suffice Noah-as and Rescued him-as from the straying people! O One-azwj Who Rescued Hud-as from the unjust people! O One-azwj Who Rescued Ibrahim from the ignorant people! O One-azwj Who Rescued Musa from the transgressing people!
يَا مَنْ نَجَّى صَالِحاً مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الْجَبَّارِينَ يَا مَنْ نَجَّى دَاوُدَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الْمُعْتَدِينَ يَا مَنْ نَجَّى سُلَيْمَانَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِقِينَ يَا مَنْ نَجَّى يَعْقُوبَ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ يَا مَنْ نَجَّى يُوسُفَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الْبَاغِينَ وَ آثَرَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ يَا مَنْ جَمَعَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ أَهْلِهِ وَ جَعَلَهُ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ
O One-azwj Who Rescued Salih-as from the tyrannous people! O One-azwj Who Rescued Dawood‑as from the transgressing people! O One-azwj Who Rescued Yaqoub-as from the might distress! O One-azwj Who Rescued Yusuf-as from the rebellion people and Preferred him-as over them all! O One-azwj Who United between him-as and his-as family and Made him from the exalted ones!
يَا مَنْ نَجَّى نَبِيَّهُ عِيسَى مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الْمُفْسِدِينَ يَا مَنْ نَجَّى مُحَمَّداً رَسُولَهُ خَيْرَ النَّبِيِّينَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ وَ نَصَرَهُ عَلَى أَحْزَابِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ بِفَضْلِهِ وَ رَحْمَتِهِ إِنَّهُ وَلِيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ
O One-azwj Who Rescued His-azwj Prophet-as Isa-as from the corrupt people! O One-azwj Who Rescued Muhammad-saww, His-azwj Rasool-as, best of the Prophets-as, from the belying people, and Helped him-as against the Polytheist allies, by His-azwj Grace and Mercy. Surely, he-saww is guardian of the Momineen-asws, Ameen, Lord-azwj of the worlds!
ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَبُّوا الْحَياةَ الدُّنْيا عَلَى الْآخِرَةِ وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكافِرِينَ أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَ سَمْعِهِمْ وَ أَبْصارِهِمْ وَ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْغافِلُونَ
That is because they love the life of the world over the Hereafter, and that Allah does not Guide the Kafir people [16:107] They are those Allah Sealed upon their hearts and their hearing and their sight, and those, they are the heedless ones [16:108].
وَ إِذا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ جَعَلْنا بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ الَّذِينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ حِجاباً مَسْتُوراً وَ جَعَلْنا عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَ فِي آذانِهِمْ وَقْراً وَ إِذا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَحْدَهُ وَلَّوْا عَلى أَدْبارِهِمْ نُفُوراً-
And whenever you recite the Quran, We Make a hidden veil to be between you and those who are no believing in the Hereafter [17:45] And We Make a covering to be upon their hearts lest they understand it, and a heaviness to be in their ears. And whenever you mention your Lord in the Quran as being One, they turn around upon their backs in aversion [17:46].
فَضَلُّوا فَلا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا- وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلْ اللَّهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِيًّا مُرْشِداً وَ لا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنا قَلْبَهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِنا
So they have gone astray and cannot find a way [17:48] and one who He (Allah-azwj) Lets to stray, so you will never find there being a guardian (or) a guide for him [18:17] and do not obey one whose heart is heedless from Our Remembrance [18:28].
وَ مَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِآياتِ رَبِّهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْها وَ نَسِيَ ما قَدَّمَتْ يَداهُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنا عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَ فِي آذانِهِمْ وَقْراً وَ إِنْ تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدى فَلَنْ يَهْتَدُوا إِذاً أَبَداً
And who is more unjust than one is reminded of the Signs of his Lord, but he turns away from it and forgets what his hands have sent ahead? Surely, We has Made covering to be upon their hearts lest they understand it, and a deafness in their ears. And if you call them to the Guidance, then they will never be rightly guided, ever! [18:57].
الَّذِينَ كانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطاءٍ عَنْ ذِكْرِي وَ كانُوا لا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعاً-
Those whose eyes were under a cover from My Zikr (Mention) and they were unable to hear [18:101].
فَضَرَبْنا عَلَى آذانِهِمْ فِي الْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَداً-
So We Struck (a seal) upon their hearing in the cave for a number of years [18:11].
وَ لكِنْ تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتِي فِي الصُّدُورِ
but it is the hearts in the chest which are blinded [22:46].
اللَّهُمَّ أَعْمِ عَنِّي قُلُوبَ أَعْدَائِي وَ كُلِّ مَنْ يَبْغِينِي بِسُوءٍ ضَرَبْتُ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ أَعْدَائِي حِجَابَ الْحَمْدِ وَ آيَةِ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ سِتْرَ الم ذلِكَ الْكِتابُ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدىً لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
O Allah-azwj! Blind the hearts of my enemies on my behalf, and of even one who seeking me with the evil. Strike between me and my enemies, the veil of (Surah) Al Hamd, and Ayat Al Kursy, and curtain of, Alif Lam Meem [2:1] That is the Book. There is no doubt in it is Guidance for the pious [2:2].
وَ كِفَايَةَ الم اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَ حِفْظَ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَ لا نَوْمٌ
And Sufficiency of Alif Lam Meem [3:1] Allah, (there is) no god but He, the Living, the Eternal [3:2], and Protection of Allah, there is no god except He, the Living, the Eternal; neither does slumber seize Him nor does sleep; [2:255].
وَ عِزَّ المص وَ سُورَ الم وَ مَنْعَ المر وَ دَفْعَ الر وَ حِيَاطَةَ كهيعص وَ رِفْعَةَ طه وَ عُلُوَّ طس وَ فَلَاحَ يس وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ وَ عُلُوَّ الْحَوَامِيمِ
And Might of Alif Lam Meem Suad [7:1] and Chapters of ‘Alif Lam Meem’, and Prevention of Alif Lam Meem Ra. [13:1], and Defence of Alif Lam Ra; [10:1]; and Enclosure of Kaf Ha Ya Ayn Suad [19:1]; and Loftiness of Ta Ha [20:1]; and success of Ya Seen [36:1] By the Wise Quran [36:2]; and Exaltedness of ‘Al Hawameem’ (Chapters beginning with ‘Ha Meem’, 40 to 46).
وَ كَنَفَ حم عسق وَ بَرَكَةَ تَبَارَكَ وَ بُرْهَانَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ حِرْزَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ وَ أَمَانَ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ
And Canopy of Ha Meem [42:1] Ayn Seen Qaf [42:2]; and Blessings of Blessed [67:1] (Surah Al Mulk); and Proof of Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1]; and Amulet of Al Mawazateyn (Surahs Al Falaq and Al Naas); and Security of Surely We Revealed it during the Night of Pre-determination [97:1].
حُلْتُ بِذَلِكَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ أَعْدَائِي وَ ضَرَبْتُ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُمْ سُوراً مِنْ عِزِّ اللَّهِ وَ حِجَابِ الْقُرْآنِ وَ عَزَائِمِ الْآيَاتِ الْمُحْكَمَاتِ وَ الْأَسْمَاءِ الْحُسْنَى الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَ الْحُجَجِ الْبَالِغَاتِ شَاهَتِ الْوُجُوهُ
I form a barrier between and my enemies with that, and I have struck a wall between me and them from the Might of Allah-azwj, and Veil of the Quran, and the Mighty Decisive Verses, and the most Beautiful Names, the explanation and the conclusive arguments, from the distorted faces.
فَغُلِبُوا هُنالِكَ وَ انْقَلَبُوا صاغِرِينَ- بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْباطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذا هُوَ زاهِقٌ- وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْها غَبَرَةٌ تَرْهَقُها قَتَرَةٌ- صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لا يَرْجِعُونَ-
Thus, they were overcome over there and they returned belittled [7:119]; But, We Hurl the Truth upon the falsehood, so it confutes it, and then it vanishes. [21:18] And (other) faces on that Day, upon them shall be dust [80:40] Darkness shall cover them [80:41]. Deaf, dumb (and) blind, so they will not be returning [2:18].
فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ- وَ لا يَزالُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي مِرْيَةٍ مِنْهُ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي غَمْرَةٍ ساهُونَ- بَلْ قُلُوبُهُمْ فِي غَمْرَةٍ مِنْ هذا- إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ عَنِ الصِّراطِ لَناكِبُونَ
And Allah will be Sufficing you against them, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing [2:137] And those who commit Kufr will not cease to be in doubt from it [22:55] Those who are in overwhelming neglect [51:11] But, their hearts are in confusion from this [23:63] And surely those who are not believing in the Hereafter are deviating from the (Straight) Path [23:74].
اللَّهُمَّ يَا فَعَّالًا لِمَا يُرِيدُ أَزِلْ عَنِّي مَنْ يُرِيدُنِي بِسُوءٍ يَا ذَا النِّعَمِ الَّتِي لَا تُحْصَى يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
O Allah-azwj! O Doer of whatever He-azwj Wants! Isolate from me the one intending me with evil. O One-azwj with the bounties which cannot be counted! O most Merciful of the merciful ones!
أَوْ كَظُلُماتٍ فِي بَحْرٍ لُجِّيٍّ يَغْشاهُ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ سَحابٌ ظُلُماتٌ بَعْضُها فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ إِذا أَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَراها وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُ نُوراً فَما لَهُ مِنْ نُورٍ-
Or like the darkness in the fathomless ocean, a wave covers it from above a wave, (and) from above it is a cloud; darkness on top of each other. When he holds out his hand, he almost cannot see it. And one for whom Allah does not Make light to be for him, then there would be no light for him [24:40].
فَضَلُّوا فَلا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا- أُولئِكَ شَرٌّ مَكاناً وَ أَضَلُّ عَنْ سَواءِ السَّبِيلِ- أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَالْأَنْعامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
They have strayed, therefore they are unable to find a way [25:9] They are in a more evil position and more straying from the Just Way [5:60] Or do you reckon that most of them are hearing or using their intellects? Surely, they are only like the cattle. But, they are more straying of the way [25:44].
يَا مَنْ جَعَلَ بَيْنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ بَرْزَخاً وَ حِجْراً مَحْجُوراً اجْعَلْ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ أَعْدَائِي بَرْزَخاً وَ حِجْراً مَحْجُوراً وَ سِتْراً مَنِيعاً يَا رَبِّ يَا ذَا الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينَ
O One-azwj Who Made to be between the two, a barrier and a partition of quarantine [25:53]! Make a barrier to be between me and my enemies, and a partition of quarantine, and a preventing curtain! O Lord-azwj! O One-azwj with the Invincible Strength!
إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ- فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيلِ فَهُمْ لا يَهْتَدُونَ- وَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ اتَّبَعَ هَواهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدىً مِنَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ- فَعَمِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَنْباءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَهُمْ لا يَتَساءَلُونَ
They were banished from the listening [26:212] Thus, he blocked them from the Way, so they are not going aright [27:24]. And who is more straying than the one who follows his own whims without a Guidance from Allah? Surely Allah does not Guide the unjust people [28:50] So the news would be Obscured unto them on that Day, and they would not be asking about each other [28:66].
بِحَقِّ آيَةِ الْحَمْدِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ عَلَى حِجَابِ النُّورِ- لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي الْأُولى وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ لَهُ الْحُكْمُ وَ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ-
By the right of the Verse of Al Hamd Inscribed upon the veil of Light! There is no god except Him. For Him is the Praise in the first (life) and the Hereafter, and for Him is the Decision, and to Him you shall be returning [28:70].
إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُغْشِي اللَّيْلَ النَّهارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَثِيثاً وَ الشَّمْسَ وَ الْقَمَرَ وَ النُّجُومَ مُسَخَّراتٍ بِأَمْرِهِ أَلا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَ الْأَمْرُ تَبارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعالَمِينَ
Surely, your Lord is Allah Who Created the skies and the earth in six days, then Established upon the Throne; He Covers the night over the day, which it pursues incessantly; and the sun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by His Command. Indeed, for Him is the Creation and the Command. Blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds [7:54].
ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعاً وَ خُفْيَةً إِنَّهُ لا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ وَ لا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلاحِها وَ ادْعُوهُ خَوْفاً وَ طَمَعاً إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Call your Lord beseeching and secretly, surely He does not Love the aggressors [7:55] And do not make mischief in the earth after it has been set in order, and supplicate to Him fearing and wishing; surely the Mercy of Allah is close to the good doers [7:56].
بِحَقِّ السُّورَةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَ عَلَى الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ- قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ يَا مَالِكُ يَا غَفُورُ اصْرِفْ عَنَّا كُلَّ مَحْذُورٍ
By the right of the Chapter written upon the seven skies and upon the seven earths – Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] Allah is Al-Samad [112:2] He does not beget and is not begotten [112:3] And there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him’ [112:4]. O King! O Forgiver! Turn away from us every hazard!
فَمَنْ يَهْدِي مَنْ أَضَلَّ اللَّهُ وَ ما لَهُمْ مِنْ ناصِرِينَ- وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَما لَهُ مِنْ هادٍ أُولئِكَ فِي ضَلالٍ بَعِيدٍ- وَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ الظَّالِمِينَ وَ يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ ما يَشاءُ
so who can guide the one Allah Lets to stray? And there would be no helpers for them [30:29] and one whom Allah-azwj Lets to stray, so there would not be any guide for him [39:23] They are in a far straying [14:3] and Allah Lets the unjust to go astray, and Allah does whatsoever He so Desires to [14:27]
وَ لا يَرْتَدُّ إِلَيْهِمْ طَرْفُهُمْ وَ أَفْئِدَتُهُمْ هَواءٌ- لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
And their eyes not reverting back to them and their hearts vacant [14:43] By your life (O Muhammad)! They were blindly wandering on in their intoxication [15:72].
اللَّهُمَّ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ اكْفِنَا كُلَّ مَحْذُورٍ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ يَا مَنْ كَفَى مُحَمَّداً الْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ-
O Allah-azwj! By the right of Muhammad-saww, Seal of the Prophets-as! Suffice us of every hazard, O most Merciful of the merciful ones! O One-azwj Who Suffice Muhammad-saww from the mocking ones!
كَذلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللَّهُ عَلى قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ- وَ حِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ بَيْنَ ما يَشْتَهُونَ كَما فُعِلَ بِأَشْياعِهِمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كانُوا فِي شَكٍّ مُرِيبٍ-
Like that, Allah Seals upon the hearts of those who do not know [30:59] And a barrier would be between them and what they desire, just as they had done with their adherents from before. They used to be in dubious doubt [34:54].
وَ إِنْ تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدى لا يَسْمَعُوا وَ تَراهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَ هُمْ لا يُبْصِرُونَ- فَهِيَ إِلَى الْأَذْقانِ فَهُمْ مُقْمَحُونَ وَ جَعَلْنا مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْناهُمْ فَهُمْ لا يُبْصِرُونَ-
And even if you do invite them to Guidance, they will not be listening, and you will see them looking towards you and they are not seeing [7:198] so these are up to their chins, so their heads are raised [36:8] And We Made a barrier to be from their front and a barrier from their back, and We Covered them, so they are not seeing [36:9].
وَ لَوْ نَشاءُ لَطَمَسْنا عَلى أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَاسْتَبَقُوا الصِّراطَ فَأَنَّى يُبْصِرُونَ- إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَهْدِي مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ كَذَّابٌ-
And if We so Desire, We could obliterate their eyes, then they would be groping for the way, and how would they have seen? [36:66] Surely Allah does not Guide one who is extravagant, a liar [40:28].
كَذلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللَّهُ عَلى كُلِّ قَلْبِ مُتَكَبِّرٍ جَبَّارٍ- وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَما لَهُ مِنْ هادٍ- فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لا يَسْمَعُونَ وَ قالُوا قُلُوبُنا فِي أَكِنَّةٍ مِمَّا تَدْعُونا إِلَيْهِ وَ فِي آذانِنا وَقْرٌ وَ هُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى-
Like that Allah Seals upon every heart of an arrogant tyrant [40:35] And the one whom Allah Lets to stray, then there would be no Guide for him [13:33] but most of them turn away and they are not listening [41:4] And they are saying, ‘Our hearts are in coverings from what you are calling us to, and in our ears there is a heaviness, and between us and you there is a veil, therefore work, we are (also) working’ [41:5] and it is blindness upon them [41:44].
أَ فَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلهَهُ هَواهُ وَ أَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلى عِلْمٍ وَ خَتَمَ عَلى سَمْعِهِ وَ قَلْبِهِ وَ جَعَلَ عَلى بَصَرِهِ غِشاوَةً فَمَنْ يَهْدِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللَّهِ أَ فَلا تَذَكَّرُونَ
So, do you see one who takes his desires as a god, and Allah Lets him stray upon knowledge and Seals upon his hearing and his heart, and Makes a covering to be upon his sight? Then who can guide him after Allah (has Denied him)? So will you not be mindful? [45:23].
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِالْآيَةِ الَّتِي أَمَرْتَ عَبْدَكَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِهَا فَاسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُ وَ أَحْيَا الْمَوْتَى وَ أَبْرَأَ الْأَكْمَهَ وَ الْأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِكَ وَ نَبَّأَ بِالْغَيْبِ مِنْ إِلْهَامِكَ وَ بِفَضْلِكَ وَ رَأْفَتِكَ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ
O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by the Verse which You-azwj Commanded Your-azwj servant Isa Ibn Maryam-as to supplicate with, so You-azwj Answered to him-as and he revived the dead, and cured the blindness and the vitiligo, by Your-azwj Permission, and he-as informed with the unseen (hidden matters) by Your-azwj Inspiration and Your-azwj Grace, and Your-azwj Kindness and Mercy!
فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ وَ لَهُ الْكِبْرِياءُ فِي السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ حُلْ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ أَعْدَائِنَا وَ انْصُرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ يَا سَيِّدَنَا وَ مَوْلَانَا
For You-azwj is the Praise, Lord-azwj of the skies and the earth! And for Allah is the Greatness in the skies and the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise [45:37]. Form a barrier between us and our enemies, and Help us against them, O our Chief and our Master-azwj!
فَ طُبِعَ عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لا يَفْقَهُونَ- أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَ اتَّبَعُوا أَهْواءَهُمْ- قُتِلَ الْخَرَّاصُونَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي غَمْرَةٍ ساهُونَ-
So Allah Sealed upon their hearts, therefore they are not understanding [63:3] They are those Allah has Sealed upon their hearts, and they are pursuing their whims [47:16]. Accursed are the liars [51:10] Those who are in overwhelming neglect [51:11].
فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُورٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفاسِقِينَ وَ لكِنَّ الْمُنافِقِينَ لا يَفْقَهُونَ قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ واجِفَةٌ أَبْصارُها خاشِعَةٌ وَ وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْها غَبَرَةٌ-
Then, a gate would be struck between them having a wall for [57:13] surely Allah does not Guide the mischief-making people [63:6] but the hypocrites do not understand [63:7] Hearts on that day will palpitate [79:8] Their sights humbled [79:9] And (other) faces on that Day, upon them shall be dust [80:40].
كَلَّا بَلْ رانَ عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ ما كانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ- أَ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ:
Never! But, it has rusted upon their hearts, what they had been earning [83:14] Did He not Make their plan to be in error? [105:2].
اللَّهُمَّ يَا مَنْ كَفَى أَهْلَ حَرَمِهِ الْفِيلَ اكْفِنَا كَيْدَ أَعْدَائِنَا بِسِتْرِكَ لَنَا وَ اسْتُرْنَا بِحِجَابِكَ الْحَصِينِ الْمَنِيعِ الْحَسَنِ الْجَمِيلِ وَ جُدْ بِحِلْمِكَ عَلَى جَهْلِي وَ بِغِنَاكَ عَلَى فَقْرِي وَ بِعَفْوِكَ عَلَى خَطِيئَتِي إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
O Allah-azwj! O One-azwj Who had Suffice people of His-azwj Sanctuary from the elephants! Suffice us the plots of our enemies with Your-azwj Veil for us, and Cover us with Your-azwj veil of invincible fortification, the excellent, the beautiful, and Be Generous with Your-azwj Forbearance upon my ignorance, and with Your-azwj Enrichment upon my poverty, and with Your-azwj Pardon upon my sins, surely You-azwj are Able upon all things!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ افْعَلْ بِي مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَ لَا تَفْعَلْ بِي مَا أَنَا أَهْلُهُ وَ اسْتَجِبْ دُعَائِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ آمِينَ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Do with me what You-azwj are rightful of, and do not Do with me what I am deserving of, and Answer my supplication, O most Merciful of the merciful ones! Ameen, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, Lord-azwj of the worlds!’’[42]
21- جُنَّةُ الْأَمَانِ، عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ مَرَّةٍ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ رُزِقَ كَثِيراً مِنْ عِلْمٍ أَوْ كَثِيراً مِنْ مَالٍ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ظُلْمِي وَ جُرْمِي وَ إِسْرَافِي عَلَى نَفْسِي وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ.
(The book) ‘Junnat Al Amaan’ –
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘One who says four hundred times every day for two consecutive months, will be Graced a lot of knowledge or a lot of wealth – ‘I seek Forgiveness of Allah-azwj Who, there is no god except He-azwj, the Living, the Beneficent, the Merciful, Initiator of the skies and the earth, from entirety of my injustices, and my crimes, and my extravagances upon myself, and I repent to You-azwj!’’[43]
أبواب النوافل اليومية و فضلها و أحكامها و تعقيباتها
CHAPTERS ON THE DAILY OPTIONAL SALATS AND THEIR RULINGS AND THEIR FOLLOW-UPS
باب 70 جوامع أحكامها و أعدادها و فضائلها
CHAPTER 70 – SUMMARY OF THEIR RULINGS, AND THEIR NUMBER, AND THEIR MERITS
الآيات
The Verses
الفرقان وَ هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهارَ خِلْفَةً لِمَنْ أَرادَ أَنْ يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرادَ شُكُوراً
(Surah) Al Furqan: And He is the One Who Made the night and the day in succession (to each other), for the one who intends to do Zikr or intends gratefulness [25:62].
المعارج إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلى صَلاتِهِمْ دائِمُونَ
(Surah) Al Ma’arij: Those who are constant upon their Salat [70:23].
تفسير
Interpretation (Ahadeeth only)
وَ فِي الْفَقِيهِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع كُلُّ مَا فَاتَكَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَاقْضِهِ بِالنَّهَارِ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَعْنِي أَنْ يَقْضِيَ الرَّجُلُ مَا فَاتَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ بِالنَّهَارِ وَ مَا فَاتَهُ بِالنَّهَارِ بِاللَّيْلِ.
And in (the book) ‘Al Faqeeh’ – from Al-Sadiq-asws: ‘All what is missed by you in the night, fulfil it at daytime. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Says’, and he-asws recited this Verse. Then he-asws said: ‘It means the man should fulfil whatever is missed by his at night, at daytimes, and whatever is missed by him at daytime, at night’’.
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع أَنَّ هَذَا فِي النَّوَافِلِ وَ قَوْلُهُ وَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلى صَلاتِهِمْ يُحافِظُونَ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ وَ الْوَاجِبَاتِ.
And it is reported from Abu Ja’far-asws: ‘This is regarding the optional Salats, and His-azwj Words: And those who are preserving upon their Salats [70:34] are regarding the Prescribed and the obligatory Salats’’.
1- تَفْسِيرُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: ثُمَّ اسْتَثْنَى فَقَالَ إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ فَوَصَفَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلى صَلاتِهِمْ دائِمُونَ يَقُولُ إِذَا فَرَضَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مِنَ النَّوَافِلِ شَيْئاً دَامَ عَلَيْهِ.
Tafseer of Ali Bin Ibrahim, in a report by Abu Al Jaroud,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Then He-azwj Made an exclusion, so He-azwj Said: Except the ones praying Salat [70:22]. So, He-azwj Described them with best of their deeds, Those who are constant upon their Salat [70:23]. He-azwj is Saying, whenever he imposes something from the optional Salats upon himself, he is constant upon it’’.[44]
2- فِقْهُ الرِّضَا، قَالَ ع حَسِّنُوا نَوَافِلَكُمْ وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّهَا هَدِيَّةٌ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ النَّوَافِلَ إِنَّمَا وُضِعَتْ لِاخْتِلَافِ النَّاسِ فِي مَقَادِيرِ قُوَاهُمْ لِأَنَّ بَعْضَ الْخَلْقِ أَقْوَى مِنْ بَعْضٍ
(The book) ‘Fiqh Al-Reza-asws’ – He-asws said: ‘Improve your optional Salats and know that these are a gifts to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and know that the optional Salats have rather been placed to the differing of the people regarding abilities of their strong ones, because some of the people are stronger than others.
فَوُضِعَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ عَلَى أَضْعَفِ الْخَلْقِ ثُمَّ أُرْدِفَتْ بِالسُّنَنِ لِيَعْمَلَ كُلُّ قَوِيٍّ بِمَبْلَغِ قُوَّتِهِ وَ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ بِمَبْلَغِ ضَعْفِهِ فَلَا يُكَلَّفُ أَحَدٌ فَوْقَ طَاقَتِهِ وَ لَا تَبْلُغُ قُوَّةُ الْقَوِيِّ حَتَّى تَكُونَ مُسْتَعْمَلَةً فِي وَجْهِهِ مِنْ وُجُوهِ الطَّاعَةِ
So, the Obligatory Salats have been Placed upon weakest of the people, then it can be followed up with the Sunnah, for every strong one to reach the extent of his strength, and every weak one to reach the extent of his weakness. Thus, no one has been encumbered above his endurance, and the strength of the strong cannot reach its extent until it happens to be utilised in an aspect from aspects of the obedience.
وَ كَذَلِكَ كُلُّ مَفْرُوضٍ مِنَ الصِّيَامِ وَ الْحَجِّ وَ لِكُلِّ فَرِيضَةٍ سُنَّةٌ بِهَذَا الْمَعْنَى.
And like that is every obligation, from the fasting, and the Hajj, and for every obligatory there is a Sunnah in this meaning’’.[45]
وَ مِنْهُ قَالَ ع وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ ثَلَاثَ صَلَوَاتٍ إِذَا دَخَلَ وَقْتُهُنَّ يَنْبَغِي لَكَ أَنْ تَبْتَدِئَ بِهِنَّ وَ لَا تُصَلِّيَ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِنَّ نَافِلَةً صَلَاةُ اسْتِقْبَالِ النَّهَارِ وَ هِيَ الْفَجْرُ وَ صَلَاةُ اسْتِقْبَالِ اللَّيْلِ وَ هِيَ الْمَغْرِبُ وَ صَلَاةُ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ-
And from him, he-asws said: ‘And know that three Salats, when their timings enter, it is befitting for you to begin with these, and do not pray any optional Salat – Salat to welcome the day, and it is Al-Fajr Salat, and Salat to welcome the night, and it is Al-Maghrib, and Salat on the day of Friday.
وَ لَا تُصَلَّى النَّافِلَةُ فِي أَوْقَاتِ الْفَرَائِضِ إِلَّا مَا جَاءَتْ مِنَ النَّوَافِلِ فِي أَوْقَاتِ الْفَرَائِضِ مِثْلُ ثَمَانِ رَكَعَاتٍ بَعْدَ زَوَالِ الشَّمْسِ وَ قَبْلَهَا وَ مِثْلُ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ فَإِنَّهُ يَجُوزُ فِعْلُهَا بَعْدَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ وَ مِثْلُ تَمَامِ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ الْوَتْرِ
And do not pray the optional Salat in timings of the obligatory Salat except what has come from the optional Salat in timings of the obligatory Salat, like the eight Cycles after the midday and before it, and like two Cycles of Al-Fajr, for it is allowed to do it after the emergence of day, and like the complete night Salat and Al-Witr.
وَ تَفْسِيرُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّكَ إِذَا ابْتَدَأْتَ بِصَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ فَطَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ وَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ مِنْهَا سِتَّ رَكَعَاتٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعاً بَادَرْتَ وَ أَدْرَجْتَ بَاقِيَ الصَّلَاةِ وَ الْوَتْرَ إِدْرَاجاً ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتَ الْغَدَاةَ
And interpretation of that is, when you have begun the night Salat before the emergence of day, and the dawn emerges and you have prayed six Cycles from it or day, rush and complete remainder of the Salat and Al-Witr, then pray the morning Salat’.
وَ قَالَ الْعَالِمُ إِذَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَلْيُدِمْ عَلَيْهِ السَّنَةَ ثُمَّ يَتَحَوَّلْ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ ذَلِكَ لِأَنَّ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ يَكُونُ فِيهَا لِعَامِهَا ذَلِكَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ.
And the Scholar-asws said: ‘When the man were to be upon a deed, let him be constant upon it for a year, then he should transfer to something else if he desires that, because Laylat Al-Qadr happens to be in that year of his, for as long as Allah-azwj so Desires it to be’’.[46]
3- الذِّكْرَى، رَوَى زُرَارَةُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا دَخَلَ وَقْتُ صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ فَلَا صَلَاةَ حَتَّى يُبْدَأَ بِالْمَكْتُوبَةِ
(The book) ‘Al Zikra’ – It is reported by Zurara in the correct (Hadeeth),
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘When the timing of the Prescribed Salat enters, so there is no Salat until one begins with the Prescribed’.
قَالَ فَقَدِمْتُ الْكُوفَةَ فَأَخْبَرْتُ الْحَكَمَ بْنَ عُتَيْبَةَ وَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَقَبِلُوا ذَلِكَ مِنِّي فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الْقَابِلِ لَقِيتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع فَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص عَرَّسَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ وَ قَالَ مَنْ يَكْلَؤُنَا فَقَالَ بِلَالٌ أَنَا
He (the narrator) said, ‘I arrived at Al-Kufa and informed Al-Hakam Bin Uteyba and his companions. They accepted that from me. When it was during the following year, I met Abu Ja’far-asws. He-asws narrated to me that Rasool-Allah-saww rested (end part of the night) in one of his-saww journeys and said: ‘Who will guard us?’ Bilal said, ‘I will!’
فَنَامَ بِلَالٌ وَ نَامُوا حَتَّى طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ ص يَا بِلَالُ مَا أَرْقَدَكَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخَذَ بِنَفْسِيَ الَّذِي أَخَذَ بِأَنْفَاسِكُمْ
He-saww slept and they slept until the sun emerged. He-saww said: ‘O Bilal! What made you sleep?’ He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! My soul was Taken by the One-azwj Who Took your souls!’
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قُومُوا فَتَحَوَّلُوا عَنْ مَكَانِكُمُ الَّذِي أَصَابَكُمْ فِيهِ الْغَفْلَةُ
Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Arise and transfer away from your place in which you were hit by heedlessness!’
وَ قَالَ يَا بِلَالُ أَذِّنْ فَأَذَّنَ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمُ الصُّبْحَ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ نَسِيَ شَيْئاً مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيُصَلِّهَا إِذَا ذَكَرَهَا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ وَ أَقِمِ الصَّلاةَ لِذِكْرِي
And he-saww said: ‘O Bilal! Proclaim Azaan!’ He proclaimed Azaan. Rasool-Allah-saww prayed two Cycles Al-Fajr, then stood and prayed the morning Salat with them, then said: ‘One who forgets something from the Salat, let him pray it when he remembers it, for Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying: and establish the Salat for My Zikr [20:14]’’.
قَالَ زُرَارَةُ فَحَمَلْتُ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى الْحَكَمِ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ نَقَضْتَ حَدِيثَكَ الْأَوَّلَ
Zurara (the narrator) said, ‘I carried the Hadeeth to Al-Hakam and his companions. He said, ‘You Hadeeth breaks (contradicts) the first!’
فَقَدِمْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا قَالَ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالَ يَا زُرَارَةُ أَ لَا أَخْبَرْتَهُمْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ فَاتَ الْوَقْتَانِ جَمِيعاً وَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ قَضَاءً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص.
So, I proceeded to see Abu Ja’far-asws and informed him-asws with what the group had said. He‑asws said: ‘O Zurara! Did I-asws not inform you that both the timings had been missed altogether? And that, was a fulfilment (pay back) from Rasool-Allah-saww!’’ [47]
4- غِيَاثُ سُلْطَانِ الْوَرَى، لِلسَّيِّدِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ قَامَ يَقْضِيهِ فَخَافَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَهُ الصُّبْحُ وَ لَمْ يُصَلِّ صَلَاةَ لَيْلَتِهِ تِلْكَ
(The book) ‘Giyas Sultan Al Wara’ of the Seyyid Ibn Tawoos, by his chain from Hareyz, from Zurara,
From Abu Ja’far-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him-asws, ‘A man has debt upon him from Salats. He stands to fulfil it but he fears that the morning may come across him, and he has not prayed the Salat of that night of his’.
قَالَ ع يُؤَخِّرُ الْقَضَاءَ وَ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ لَيْلَتِهِ تِلْكَ.
He-asws said: ‘He should delay the fulfilment, and he should pray that Salat of his night’’.[48]
5- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَتَمَّ صَلَاةَ الْفَرِيضَةِ بِصَلَاةِ النَّافِلَةِ وَ أَتَمَّ صِيَامَ الْفَرِيضَةِ بِصِيَامِ النَّافِلَةِ الْخَبَرَ.
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from Ali Bin Saeed, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid,
‘From Abu Al-Hassan-asws the 1st having said: ‘Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Completes the obligatory Salat with the optional Salat, and Completes the obligatory fast with the option fast’ – the Hadeeth’’.[49]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع أَ تَدْرِي لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ وُضِعَ التَّطَوُّعُ
And from him, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Usman Bin Abdul Malik, from Abu Bakr who said,
‘Abu Ja’far-asws said to me: ‘Do you know for which thing (reason) the voluntary Salats have been Placed?’
قُلْتُ مَا أَدْرِي جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ
I said, ‘I don’t know, may I be sacrificed for you-asws!’
قَالَ إِنَّهُ تَطَوُّعٌ لَكُمْ وَ نَافِلَةٌ لِلْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ تَدْرِي لِمَ وُضِعَ التَّطَوُّعُ
He-asws said: ‘The voluntary is for you all, and optional are for the Prophets-as; and do you know why the voluntary (Salats) have been Placed?’
قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ
I said, ‘I don’t know, may I be sacrificed for you-asws!’
قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ فِي الْفَرِيضَةِ نُقْصَانٌ فَصُبَّتِ النَّافِلَةُ عَلَى الْفَرِيضَةِ حَتَّى تَتِمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نافِلَةً لَكَ.
He-asws said: ‘Because if there were to be a deficiency in the obligatory, the optional will be poured upon the obligatory until it is complete. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Says to His-azwj Prophet-saww: And from the night, so keep vigil by it, an optional (Salat) of yours, [17:79]’’.[50]
6- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ نِصْفُهَا أَوْ ثُلُثُهَا أَوْ رُبُعُهَا أَوْ خُمُسُهَا وَ مَا يُرْفَعُ لَهُ إِلَّا مَا أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْهَا بِقَلْبِهِ وَ إِنَّمَا أَمَرْنَا بِالنَّوَافِلِ لِيَتِمَّ لَهُمْ بِهَا مَا نَقَصُوا مِنَ الْفَرِيضَةِ.
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ayoub Bin Nuh, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘The servant, his Salat is raised for him, half of it, or a third of it, or a quarter of it, or a fifth of it, and nothing is raised from it except he has concentrated upon from it with his heart, and rather we have been Commanded with the optional Salat in order to complete for them by these whatever was deficient from the obligatory Salat’’.[51]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: إِنَّمَا جُعِلَتِ النَّافِلَةُ لِيَتِمَّ بِهَا مَا يَفْسُدُ مِنَ الْفَرِيضَةِ.
And from it, from Muhammad Bin Musa Bin Al Mutawakkil, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Attar, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Hammad, from Hareez,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘But rather the optional Salats have been made in order to complete by these whatever had been spoilt from the obligatory Salat’’.[52]
7- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع يَا بَا بَكْرٍ تَدْرِي لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ وُضِعَ عَلَيْكُمُ التَّطَوُّعُ وَ هُوَ تَطَوُّعٌ لَكُمْ وَ هُوَ نَافِلَةٌ لِلْأَنْبِيَاءِ إِنَّهُ رُبَّمَا قُبِلَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ نِصْفُهَا وَ ثُلُثُهَا وَ رُبُعُهَا وَ إِنَّمَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا مَا أَقْبَلْتَ عَلَيْهَا بِقَلْبِكَ فَزِيدَتِ النَّافِلَةُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى تَتِمَّ بِهَا.
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Usman Bin Abdul Malik, from Abu Bakr who said,
‘Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘O Abu Bakr! Do you know for which thing (reason) the voluntary Salats have been placed upon you all, and it is voluntary for you all and it is optional for the Prophets‑as? (Because) sometimes it is Accepted from the Salat, half of it, or a third of it, and a quarter of it, and rather what is Accepted from it is what is concentrated upon with your hearts, so the optional increase upon it until it is completed by it’’.[53]
8- السَّرَائِرُ، نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع لَا تُصَلِّ مِنَ النَّافِلَةِ شَيْئاً وَقْتَ الْفَرِيضَةِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا تُقْضَى نَافِلَةٌ فِي وَقْتِ فَرِيضَةٍ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ وَقْتُ الْفَرِيضَةِ فَابْدَأْ بِالْفَرِيضَةِ.
(The book) ‘Al Saraair’- Copying from the book of Hareez, from Zurara who said,
‘Do not pray anything from the optional in the time of the obligatory, for the optional cannot fulfil during the time of an obligatory (Salat). When the time of the obligatory enters, then begin with the obligatory’’.[54]
وَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِنَّمَا جُعِلَتِ الْقَدَمَانِ وَ الْأَرْبَعُ وَ الذِّرَاعُ وَ الذِّرَاعَانِ وَقْتاً لِمَكَانِ النَّافِلَةِ.
And he said, ‘Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘But rather the two feet, and the four, and the cubit, and two cubits (shadows from reflections of sun) have been made as timings for place of the optional Salats’’.[55]
9- الْعِلَلُ، وَ الْعُيُونُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُبْدُوسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع فِيمَا رَوَاهُ عَنْهُ مِنَ الْعِلَلِ فَإِنْ قَالَ لِمَ جُعِلَ صَلَاةُ السُّنَّةِ أَرْبَعاً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ رَكْعَةً قِيلَ لِأَنَّ الْفَرِيضَةَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فَجُعِلَتِ السُّنَّةُ مِثْلَيِ الْفَرِيضَةِ كَمَالًا لِلْفَرِيضَةِ
(The books) ‘Al Ilal’, and Al Uyoun’ – from Ibn Ubdous, from Ibn Quteyba, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan,
‘From Al-Reza-asws among what is reported from him-asws from (the book) ‘Al Ilal’ (in argumentation): ‘If he says, ‘Why have the Sunnah Salat made to be thirty-four Cycles?’, it will be said, ‘Because the obligatory are of seventeen Cycles, so the Sunnah has been made to be twice the obligatory as perfecting for the obligatory’.
فَإِنْ قَالَ فَلِمَ جُعِلَ صَلَاةُ السُّنَّةِ فِي أَوْقَاتٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ وَ لَمْ يُجْعَلْ فِي وَقْتٍ وَاحِدٍ قِيلَ لِأَنَّ أَفْضَلَ الْأَوْقَاتِ ثَلَاثَةٌ عِنْدَ زَوَالِ الشَّمْسِ وَ بَعْدَ الْغُرُوبِ وَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ فَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يُصَلَّى لَهُ فِي هَذِهِ الْأَوْقَاتِ الثَّلَاثَةِ
If he says, ‘Why have the Sunnah Salats been made to be in different timings and not made to be in one timing?’, it will be said, ‘Because the superior timings are three – at decline of the sun (midday), and after the setting, and at pre-dawn, therefore He-azwj Loves to be prayed to during these three timings.
لِأَنَّهُ إِذَا فُرِّقَتِ السُّنَّةُ فِي أَوْقَاتٍ شَتَّى كَانَ أَدَاؤُهَا أَيْسَرَ وَ أَخَفَّ مِنْ أَنْ تُجْمَعَ كُلُّهَا فِي وَقْتٍ وَاحِدٍ.
(And also) because when the Sunnah (Salats) are separated in various timings, its fulfilment would be easier and lighter than if all of these were to be gathered in one timing’’.[56]
10- إِعْلَامُ الْوَرَى، نَقْلًا مِنْ نَوَادِرِ الحِكْمَةِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ عَائِذٍ الْأَحْمَسِيِّ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ نَسِيتُ فَقُلْتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
(The book) ‘I’lam Al Wara’ – Copying from ‘Nawadir Al Hikmah’, by his chain from Aaiz Al Ahmasy who said,
‘I entered to see Abu Abdullah, and I wanted to ask him-asws about the night Salat, and I forgot. I said, ‘The greetings be unto you-asws, O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww!’
فَقَالَ ع أَجَلْ وَ اللَّهِ أَنَا وَلَدُهُ وَ مَا نَحْنُ بِذِي قَرَابَةٍ مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِالصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ الْمَفْرُوضَاتِ لَمْ يُسْأَلْ عَمَّا سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَاكْتَفَيْتُ بِذَلِكَ.
He-asws said: ‘Yes, by Allah-azwj, I-asws am his-saww son-asws, and we-asws are not with kingship! One who comes to Allah-azwj with the five (daily) Salat, the obligatory, He-azwj will not Ask about whatever is besides that, therefore I-asws suffice with that!’’[57]
11- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الرَّيَّانِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ ذَرِيحٍ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَسْأَلُ اللَّهُ عَمَّا سِوَى الْفَرِيضَةِ
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from his father, from Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Ali Bin Al Rayyan, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Najran, from Abdul Rahman Bin Hammad, from Zareeh Al Muhariby,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘A man said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! Will Allah-azwj Ask about whatever is besides the obligatory?’
قَالَ لَا.
He-saww said: ‘No!’’[58]
12- نَهْجُ الْبَلَاغَةِ، وَ مِشْكَاةُ الْأَنْوَارِ، قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِنَّ لِلْقُلُوبِ إِقْبَالًا وَ إِدْبَاراً فَإِذَا أَقْبَلَتْ فَاحْمِلُوهَا عَلَى النَّوَافِلِ وَ إِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ فَاقْتَصِرُوا بِهَا عَلَى الْفَرَائِضِ.
(The books) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’, and ‘Mishkat Al Anwaar’ –
‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘For the hearts there is going forward and turning back. When they move forwards, then carry them upon the optional (Salats), and when they turn back, then shorten with these upon the obligations’’.[59]
13- النهج، نهج البلاغة قَالَ ع لَا قُرْبَةَ لِلنَّوَافِلِ إِذَا أَضَرَّتْ بِالْفَرَائِضِ.
(The book) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’ –
He-asws (Amir Al-Momineen-asws) said: ‘You cannot draw closer (to Allah-azwj) by the optional (deeds) when it harms the obligations (deeds, i.e., Salat)’’.[60]
وَ مِنْهُ قَالَ ع قَلِيلٌ تَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ أَرْجَى مِنْ كَثِيرٍ مَمْلُولٍ.
And from it, he-asws said: ‘A little (good deed) you are constant upon is more profitable than a lot (of good deeds) one is fed up from it’’.[61]
وَ قَالَ ع إِذَا أَضَرَّتِ النَّوَافِلُ بِالْفَرَائِضِ فَارْفُضُوهَا.
And he-asws said: ‘When the optional (good deeds) are harmful to the obligations, reject these’’.[62]
14- النهج، نهج البلاغة وَ أَعْلَامُ الدِّينِ، فِيمَا كَتَبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَى حَارِثٍ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ وَ أَطِعِ اللَّهَ فِي جُمَلِ أُمُورِكَ فَإِنَّ طَاعَةَ اللَّهِ فَاضِلَةٌ عَلَى مَا سِوَاهَا
(The books) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’, and ‘A’lam Al Deen’ –
‘Among what Amir Al-Momineen-asws wrote with to Haris Al-Hamdany: ‘And obey Allah-azwj in the totality of our affairs, for the obedience of Allah-azwj is meritorious over whatever is besides it.
وَ خَادِعْ نَفْسَكَ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ وَ ارْفُقْ بِهَا وَ لَا تَقْهَرْهَا وَ خُذْ عَفْوَهَا وَ نَشَاطَهَا إِلَّا مَا كَانَ مَكْتُوباً عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الْفَرِيضَةِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ قَضَائِهَا وَ تَعَاهُدِهَا عِنْدَ مَحَلِّهَا
And delude yourself in the worship and be kind with it, and do not coerce it, and take its excuse and its activity except whatever has been Prescribed upon you of the Obligation, for there is no escape from fulfilling these and undertake these at its placings.
وَ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ بِكَ الْمَوْتُ وَ أَنْتَ آبِقٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فِي طَلَبِ الدُّنْيَا الْخَبَرَ.
And beware that the death should befall with you while you are absconding from your Lord‑azwj in seeking the world’ – the Hadeeth’’.[63]
15- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مَا تَحَبَّبَ إِلَيَّ عَبْدِي بِشَيْءٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا افْتَرَضْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – From Abdul Rahman Bin Hammad, from Hanan Bin Sadeyr,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Said: “My-azwj servant will not become Beloved to me with anything more Beloved to Me-azwj than what I-azwj have Imposed upon Him-azwj!
وَ إِنَّهُ لَيَتَحَبَّبُ إِلَيَّ بِالنَّافِلَةِ حَتَّى أُحِبَّهُ فَإِذَا أَحْبَبْتُهُ كُنْتُ سَمْعَهُ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ بِهِ وَ بَصَرَهُ الَّذِي يُبْصِرُ بِهِ وَ لِسَانَهُ الَّذِي يَنْطِقُ بِهِ وَ يَدَهُ الَّتِي يَبْطِشُ بِهَا وَ رِجْلَهُ الَّتِي يَمْشِي بِهَا
And he tends to make himself Beloved to Me-azwj with the optional (Salats) until I-azwj Love him. When I-azwj Love him, I-azwj would be his ears which he listens with, and his eyes which he sees with, and his tongue which he speaks with, and his hand which he strikes with, and his legs which he walks with.
إِذَا دَعَانِي أَجَبْتُهُ وَ إِذَا سَأَلَنِي أَعْطَيْتُهُ وَ مَا تَرَدَّدْتُ فِي شَيْءٍ أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ كَتَرَدُّدِي فِي مَوْتِ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ وَ أَنَا أَكْرَهُ مَسَاءَتَهُ.
When he supplicates to Me-azwj I-azwj shall Answer him, and when he asks Me-azwj I shall Give him; and I-azwj have not Hesitated regarding anything I-azwj Do like My-azwj Hesitation regarding the death of a Momin. He dislikes the death while I-azwj Dislike his evil deeds!”’[64]
تحقيق وَ قَالَ ص الْمُؤْمِنُ يَنْظُرُ بِنُورِ اللَّهِ.
Research (Ahadeeth only) – And he-saww said: ‘The Momin looks by the Noor of Allah-azwj’’.
قَالَ مَوْلَانَا الْأَطْهَرُ مَا قَلَعْتُ بَابَ خَيْبَرَ بِقُوَّةٍ جِسْمَانِيَّةٍ بَلْ بِقُوَّةٍ رَبَّانِيَّةٍ.
Our Master-asws said: ‘I-asws did not uproot the door of (the fort of) Khyber by the physical strength, but, with the spiritual strength!’’
16- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ حَمْدَانَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَخْلَدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقَزْوِينِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرِ لِأَيِّ عِلَّةٍ تُصَلَّى الرَّكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ قُعُودٍ
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from Ali Bin Hatim, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Hamdan Bin Al Husayn, from Ibrahim Bin Makhlad, from Ahmad Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Bashir, from Ibn Sinan, from Abu Abdullah Al Qazwiny who said,
‘I said to Abu Ja’far Muhammad-asws Bin Ali Al-Baqir-asws, ‘For which reason are the two Cycles being prayed after Al-Isha the last, from sitting?’
قَالَ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فَرَضَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فَأَضَافَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِثْلَيْهَا فَصَارَتْ إِحْدَى وَ خَمْسِينَ رَكْعَةً فَتُعَدَّانِ هَاتَانِ الرَّكْعَتَانِ مِنْ جُلُوسٍ بِرَكْعَةٍ.
He-asws said: ‘Because Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Imposed seventeen Cycles (Salat). Rasool-Allah-saww added twice as much, so it came to be fifty-one Cycles. Thus, these two Cycles from sitting equate to one Cycle’’.[65]
17- الْبَصَائِرُ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عِيسَى عَنْ مَرْوَانَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُوسَى الْحَنَّاطِ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَ جَمِيلُ بْنُ دَرَّاجٍ وَ عَائِذٌ الْأَحْمَسِيُّ حَاجِّينَ قَالَ: وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ عَائِذٌ لَنَا إِنَّ لِي حَاجَةً إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهَا
(The book) ‘Al Basaair’ – from Al Husayn Bin Ali, from Isa, from Marwan, from Al Husayn Bin Musa Al Hannat who said,
‘‘I, and Jameel Bin Darraj, and Aaiz Al-Ahmasy went out as pilgrims, and Aaiz said to us, ‘There is a need for me to Abu Abdullah-asws. I want to ask him-asws about it’.
قَالَ فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا جَلَسْنَا قَالَ لَنَا مُبْتَدِئاً مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِمَا افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ لَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ عَمَّا سِوَى ذَلِكَ
He (the narrator) said, ‘We entered to see him-asws. When we sat down, he-asws said to us initiating: ‘One who gives Allah-azwj what He-azwj has Obligated upon him, He-azwj will not Ask him (anything) besides that’.
قَالَ فَغَمَزَنَا عَائِذٌ فَلَمَّا قُمْنَا قُلْنَا مَا حَاجَتُكَ قَالَ الَّذِي سَمِعْنَا مِنْهُ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ لَا أُطِيقُ الْقِيَامَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَخِفْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مَأْثُوماً مَأْخُوذاً بِهِ فَأَهْلِكَ.
He (the narrator) said, ‘We winked at Aaiz. When we stood up, we said, ‘What is your need?’ He said, ‘That which we heard from him-asws. I am a man who cannot endure standing at night (for Salat), so I fear that I might happen to be a sinner, Seized with, and would be destroyed’’.[66]
18- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ قَالَ: كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع إِذَا سَافَرَ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَكِبَ رَاحِلَتَهُ وَ بَقِيَ مَوَالِيهِ يَتَنَفَّلُونَ فَيَقِفُ يَنْتَظِرُهُمْ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَ لَا تَنْهَاهُمْ
(The book) ‘Al Mahaasin’ – From his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from someone else, from Al Sumali who said,
‘It so happened, when Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws travelled, he-asws prayed two Cycles Salat, then he-asws rode his-asws animal, while his-asws friends remained praying optional (Salats). He-asws paused looking at them. It was said to him-asws, ‘Will you-asws not forbid them?’
فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَنْهَى عَبْداً إِذَا صَلَّى وَ السُّنَّةُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَ.
He-asws said: ‘I-asws dislike to prohibit a servant when he prays Salat, and the Sunnah is more beloved to me-asws!’’[67]
19- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْخَثْعَمِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنِّي أُصَلِّي الزَّوَالَ سِتَّةً وَ أُصَلِّي بِاللَّيْلِ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Bazie, from Muhammad Bin Bashir, from Abdullah in Amro Al Khas’amy, from Suleyman Bin Khalid who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘I pray six (Cycles) at midday, and I pray sixteen Cycles at night!’
فَقَالَ إِذَنْ تُخَالِفَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ يُصَلِّي الزَّوَالَ ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَ صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ
He-asws said: ‘The you are opposing Rasool-Allah-saww! Rasool-Allah-saww used to pray eight Cycles at midday, and eight Cycles of the night’.
فَقُلْتُ قَدْ أَعْرِفُ أَنَّ هَذَا هَكَذَا وَ لَكِنِّي أَقْضِي لِلْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ.
I said, ‘I do know that this is like that, but I fulfil (pay back) for the vacant days (missed out)’’.[68]
20- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الزَّرَّادِ قَالَ: سَأَلَ أَبُو كَهْمَشٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ يُصَلِّي الرَّجُلُ نَوَافِلَهُ فِي مَوْضِعٍ أَوْ يُفَرِّقُهَا
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Abu Al Khattab, from Al Hakam Bin Miskeen, from Abdullah Bin Ali Al Zawwal who said,
‘Abu Al Kahmash asked Abu Abdullah-asws. He said, ‘Can the man pray his optional Salats in a (one) place or should he separate them (in different places)?’
فَقَالَ لَا بَلْ هَاهُنَا وَ هَاهُنَا فَإِنَّهَا تَشْهَدُ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.
He-asws said: ‘But, over here and over there, so these (places) will testify for him on the Day of Qiyamah’’.[69]
21- قُرْبُ الْإِسْنَادِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ صَلَّى نَافِلَةً وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلَّةٍ كَيْفَ يَحْتَسِبُ صَلَاتَهُ
(The book) ‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – From Abdullah Bin Al Husayn,
‘From his grandfather Ali son of Ja’far-asws, from his brother-asws Musa-asws, he said, ‘I asked him-asws about a man praying an optional Salat while he is seated, from without any reason, ‘How will his Salat be calculated?’
قَالَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِرَكْعَةٍ.
He-asws said: ‘Two Cycles as one Cycle’’.[70]
بيان: قَالَ فِي الذِّكْرَى رَوَى الْأَصْحَابُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَكْسَلُ أَوْ يَضْعُفُ فَيُصَلِّي التَّطَوُّعَ جَالِساً قَالَ يُضَعِّفُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِرَكْعَةٍ.
Explanation (Ahadeeth only) – He said in (the book) ‘Al Zikra’ – It is reported by the companions from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about a man who is lazy or weak, so he prays the voluntary Salat while seated. He-asws said: ‘He is weakening two Cycles as being one Cycle’’.
وَ رَوَى سَدِيرٌ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع مَا أُصَلِّي النَّوَافِلَ إِلَّا قَاعِداً مُنْذُ حَمَلْتُ هَذَا اللَّحْمَ.
And it is reported by Sadeyr, from Abu Ja’far-asws: ‘I-asws do not pray the optional (Salat) except as seated since I-asws have carried this meat (become fatter)’’.
وَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَمَّنْ صَلَّى جَالِساً مِنْ غَيْرِ عُذْرٍ أَ تَكُونُ صَلَاتُهُ رَكْعَتَانِ بِرَكْعَةٍ فَقَالَ هِيَ تَامَّةٌ لَكُمْ.
And from Abu Baseer, from Abu Ja’far-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him-asws about the one who prays Salat while seated from without having any excuse, ‘Will his Salat of two Cycles be as one Cycle?’ He-asws said: ‘It is complete for you all!’’
22- ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع قَالَ: صَلَاةُ النَّوَافِلِ قُرْبَانُ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ.
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Al-Hassan Al Wasity, from Musa Bin Bakr,
‘From Abu Al-Hassan-asws having said: ‘The optional Salat is an offering (to Allah-azwj) of every Momin’’.[71]
23- قُرْبُ الْإِسْنَادِ، بِالسَّنَدِ الْمُتَقَدِّمِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَنْسَى مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ النَّافِلَةِ وَ هُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ كَيْفَ يَقْضِي قَالَ يَقْضِي حَتَّى يَرَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ زَادَ عَلَى مَا عَلَيْهِ وَ أَتَمَ.
(The book) ‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – By the previous chain,
‘From Ali son of Ja’far-asws, from his brother Musa-asws, he said, ‘I asked him-asws about the man who has forgotten what is upon him from the optional (Salats missed out), and he wants to fulfil, ‘How can he fulfil?’ He-asws said: ‘He should fulfil until he views that he has increased upon whatever (missed out Salats) there are upon him, and complete’’.[72]
24- السَّرَائِرُ، نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي حَدِيثٍ افْصِلْ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ نَوَافِلِكَ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ.
(The book) ‘Al Saraair’ – Copying from the book of Hareyz, from Abu Baseer who said,
‘Abu Ja’far-asws said in a Hadeeth: ‘Keep a gap between every two Cycles from your optional Salat, by (performing) the Salaam’’.[73]
25- كِتَابُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَدُومَ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ إِذَا عَوَّدْتُهُ نَفْسِي وَ إِنْ فَاتَنِي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ قَضَيْتُهُ بِالنَّهَارِ وَ إِنْ فَاتَنِي بِالنَّهَارِ قَضَيْتُهُ بِاللَّيْلِ
The book of Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Shureyh, from Humeyd Bin Shueyb, from Jabir Al Jufy who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘Abu Ja’far-asws was saying: ‘I-asws love to be constant upon the deed when I-asws have customised myself-asws, if it is missed by me-asws from the night, I-asws fulfil it at daytime, and if it is missed by me-asws at daytime, I-asws fulfil it at night!
وَ إِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَا دِيمَ عَلَيْهَا فَإِنَّ الْأَعْمَالَ تُعْرَضُ كُلَّ خَمِيسٍ وَ كُلَّ رَأْسِ شَهْرٍ وَ أَعْمَالَ السَّنَةِ تُعْرَضُ فِي النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَإِذَا عَوَّدْتَ نَفْسَكَ عَمَلًا فَدُمْ عَلَيْهِ سَنَةً.
And the deeds most Beloved to Allah-azwj is what is being constant upon, for the deeds are presented every Thursday and every head (beginning) of a month, and deeds of the year are presented in middle of Shaban. When you customise yourself with a deed, be constant upon it for a year’’.[74]
26- قُرْبُ الْإِسْنَادِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ هُوَ فِي وَقْتِ صَلَاةِ الزَّوَالِ أَ يَقْطَعُهُ بِكَلَامٍ
(The book) ‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – from Abdullah Al-Hassan,
‘From his grandfather Ali son of Ja’far-asws, from his brother-asws Musa-asws he said, ‘I asked him‑asws about the man who is within timing of the midday Salat, ‘Can he cut it with talking?’
قَالَ نَعَمْ لَا بَأْسَ
He-asws said: ‘Yes, there is no problem’.
وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَلْتَفِتُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ هَلْ يَقْطَعُ ذَلِكَ صَلَاتَهُ
And I asked him-asws about the man who turn during his Salat, ‘Does that cut his Salat?’
قَالَ إِذَا كَانَتِ الْفَرِيضَةُ وَ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى خَلْفِهِ فَقَدْ قَطَعَ صَلَاتَهُ فَيُعِيدُ مَا صَلَّى وَ لَا يَعْتَدُّ بِهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ نَافِلَةً لَمْ يَقْطَعْ ذَلِكَ صَلَاتَهُ وَ لَكِنْ لَا يَعُودُ
He-asws said: ‘When it were to be the obligatory, and he turns to his back, so he has cut his Salat, and he should repeat whatever he had prayed and he should not count with it (as part Salat); and if it were to be an optional (Salat), that would not cut his Salat, but he should not repeat (turning back)’.
قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ مِائَةَ آيَةٍ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ فِي نَافِلَةٍ فَيَتَخَوَّفُ أَنْ يَضْعُفَ وَ يَكْسَلَ هَلْ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَهَا وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ
He said, ‘And I asked him-asws about the man intending to recite one hundred Verses or more in an optional Salat, but he fears that he is too weak and lazy, ‘Is it correct for him if he were to recite these while he is seated?’
قَالَ لِيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِمَا أَحَبَّ ثُمَّ لْيَنْصَرِفْ فَلْيَقْرَأْ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِمَّا أَرَادَ قِرَاءَتَهُ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُجْزِيهِ مَكَانَ قِرَاءَتِهِ وَ هُوَ قَائِمٌ فَإِنْ بَدَا لَهُ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَلْيَقْرَأْ فَلَا بَأْسَ
He-asws said: ‘Let him pray two Cycles with what he loves (to recite), then let him finish, and let him recite whatever remains upon him from what he had wanted to recite. That would suffice him in place of his recitation while he is standing. If it occurs for him to talk after having performed the Salaat from the two Cycles, let him recite, there is no problem’.
قَالَ وَ قَالَ أَخِي ع نَوَافِلُكُمْ صَدَقَاتُكُمْ فَقَدِّمُوهَا أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ
He said, ‘And my brother-asws said: ‘Your optional (Salats) are your charities, therefore forward these whenever you so desire to!’
قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ فِي السَّفَرِ فَيَتْرُكُ النَّافِلَةَ وَ هُوَ مُجْمِعٌ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ إِذَا أَقَامَ هَلْ يُجْزِيهِ تَأْخِيرُ ذَلِكَ
He said, ‘I asked him-asws about the man being in the journey so he neglects the optional Salats, and he was thinking that he would fulfil when he stands, ‘Is the delay allowed for him?’
قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ ضَعِيفاً لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْقَضَاءَ أَجْزَأَهُ ذَلِكَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَوِيّاً فَلَا يُؤَخِّرُهُ
He-asws said: ‘If he was weak and not capable of the fulfilment, that would suffice him, and if he was strong, he should not delay it’.
قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي النَّافِلَةَ هَلْ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ لَا يُسَلِّمُ بَيْنَهُنَّ
He said, ‘And I asked him-asws about the man praying the optional (Salat), ‘Is it correct for him to pray four Cycles, not performing Salaam between these?’
قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ.
He-asws said: ‘No, except he if performs Salaam between every two Cycles’’.[75]
27- الْخِصَالُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ قَاسِمِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع لَا يُصَلِّي الرَّجُلُ نَافِلَةً فِي وَقْتِ فَرِيضَةٍ إِلَّا مِنْ عُذْرٍ وَ لَكِنْ يَقْضِي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا أَمْكَنَهُ الْقَضَاءُ
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – from his brother, from Sa’ad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Qasim Bin Yahya, from his grandfather Al-Hassan, from Abu Baseer and Muhammad Bin Muslim,
From Al-Sadiq-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘The man should not pray an optional (Salat) during time of an obligatory, except from an ex use, but he should fulfil after that whenever he is able to fulfil.
قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلى صَلاتِهِمْ دائِمُونَ يَعْنِي الَّذِينَ يَقْضُونَ مَا فَاتَهُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ بِالنَّهَارِ وَ مَا فَاتَهُمْ مِنَ النَّهَارِ بِاللَّيْلِ لَا تَقْضِي النَّافِلَةَ فِي وَقْتِ فَرِيضَةٍ ابْدَأْ بِالْفَرِيضَةِ ثُمَّ صَلِّ مَا بَدَا لَكَ.
Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Said: Those who are constant upon their Salat [70:23], meaning those who are fulfilling (paying back) whatever had been missed out by them from the night, at daytime, and whatever had been missed out by them from the day, at night. The optional cannot fulfil during time of an obligatory. Begin with the obligatory, then pray whatever comes (occurs) to you’’.[76]
28- قُرْبُ الْإِسْنَادِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ قَاعِداً أَوْ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى عَصًا أَوْ عَلَى حَائِطٍ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُ أَبِيكَ وَ شَأْنُ هَذَا مَا بَلَغَ أَبُوكَ هَذَا بَعْدُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص بَعْدَ مَا عَظُمَ أَوْ بَعْدَ مَا ثَقُلَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي وَ هُوَ قَائِمٌ وَ رَفَعَ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى طه ما أَنْزَلْنا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقى
(The book) ‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – from Muhammad Bin Al Waleed, from Abdullah Bin Bukeyr who said,
‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about the Salat (prayed while) seated, or leaning upon a stick, or upon a wall. He-asws said: ‘What is the concern of your father and this? Has this not reached your father yet that Rasool-Allah-saww, after having become large or after having become heavier, was praying Salat while he-saww was standing, and he-saww would raise one of his-saww leg until Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Revealed: Ta Ha [20:1] We have not Revealed the Quran unto you for you to be distressed [20:2]!’
ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لَا بَأْسَ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَ هُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَ هُوَ عَلَى نِصْفِ صَلَاةِ الْقَائِمِ وَ لَا بَأْسَ بِالتَّوَكِّي عَلَى عَصًا وَ الِاتِّكَاءِ عَلَى الْحَائِطِ قَالَ وَ لَكِنْ يَقْرَأُ وَ هُوَ قَاعِدٌ فَإِذَا بَقِيَتْ آيَاتٌ قَامَ فَقَرَأَهُنَّ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ.
Then Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘There is no problem with the Salat while he is seated, and it is upon half the Salat of a standing one, and there is no problem with reclining upon a stick and leaning upon the wall, but he can recite while he is seated. When (some) Verses remain, he should stand and recite these, then perform Ruk’u’’.[77]
29- قُرْبُ الْإِسْنَادِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى وَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ظَرِيفٍ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ كُلِّهِمْ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى تَبُوكَ وَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ حَيْثُمَا تَوَجَّهَتْ بِهِ وَ يُومِئُ إِيمَاءً.
(The book) ‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – from Muhammad Bin Isa, and Al-Hassan Bin Tareyf, and Ali Bin Ismail, all of them from Hammad Bin Isa,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww went out to Tabuk, and he-saww was praying Salat upon his-saww riding animal, the night Salat, wherever (direction) it was headed with him-asws, and he-saww indicated by gestures’’.[78]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَوْتَرَ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ فِي غَزَاةِ تَبُوكَ.
And from him, from Al-Hassan Bin Tareyf, from Al Husayn Bin Ulwan,
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from Ali-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah-azwj performed Al-Witr Salat upon his-saww riding animal during the military expedition of Tabuk’’.[79]
قَالَ: وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع يُوتِرُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ إِذَا جَدَّ بِهِ السَّيْرُ.
He-asws said: ‘And Ali-asws used to perform Al-Witr Salat upon his-asws riding animal when the journey had become tiresome with him-asws’’.[80]
30- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْرُورٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَقْرَأُ السَّجْدَةَ وَ هُوَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ دَابَّتِهِ قَالَ يَسْجُدُ حَيْثُ تَوَجَّهَتْ بِهِ فَإِنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ وَ هُوَ مُسْتَقْبِلُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ فَأَيْنَما تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ.
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Masrour, from Al Husayn Bin Muhammad Bin Aamir, from his uncle Abdullah, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him-asws about the man reciting (the Verse of) Sajdah while he is upon the back of his riding animal. He-asws said: ‘He should perform Sajdah wherever it is heading with him, for Rasool-Allah-saww was praying Salat upon his-saww she-camel while he-saww was facing Al-Medina. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Says: therefore wherever you turn to, so there would be the Face of Allah; [2:115]’’.[81]
31- مَجَالِسُ ابْنِ الشَّيْخِ، عَنِ ابْنِ بُسْرَانَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ الْأَنْمَاطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ الْفَرَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيِّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ حَيْثُ تَوَجَّهَتْ بِهِ.
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Ibn Al Sheykh, from Ibn Busran, from Ismail Bin Muhammad Al Saffar, from Muhammad Bin Salih Al Anmaty, from Abu Salih Al Fara’a, from Abu Is’haq Al Fazary, from Sufyan Al Sowry, from Amro Bin Dinar, from Ibn Umar who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww had prayed upon his-saww riding animal wherever it was heading with him‑saww’’.[82]
32- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَدِيدٍ وَ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مَرِضَ فَتَوَحَّشَ فَتَرَكَ النَّافِلَةَ
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from his father, from Sa’ad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Hadeed, and Ibn Abu Najran, from Hammad, from Hareyz, from Muhammad Bin Muslim,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him-asws, ‘A sick man feeling scared, so he neglects the optional Salats’.
فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِفَرِيضَةٍ إِنْ قَضَاهَا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ فَلَا شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ.
He-asws said: ‘O Muhammad! It isn’t an obligation. If he were to fulfil it, it is better for him, and if he does not do so, there is nothing upon him’’.[83]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُرَازِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ عَلَيَّ نَوَافِلَ كَثِيرَةً فَكَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ
And from him, from his father, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Murazim who said,
‘Ismail Bin Jabir asked Abu Abdullah-asws. He said, ‘May Allah-azwj Keep you-asws well! There are many optional Salats upon me (to fulfil), what shall I do?’
فَقَالَ اقْضِهَا
He-asws said: ‘Fulfil these!’
فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّهَا أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ
He said to him-asws, ‘These are more than that!’
قَالَ اقْضِهَا
He-asws said: ‘Fulfil these!’
قَالَ لَا أُحْصِيهَا
He said, ‘I cannot (even) count these!’
قَالَ تَوَخَّ
He-asws said: ‘Aspire (be eager)!’
قَالَ مُرَازِمٌ فَكُنْتُ مَرِضْتُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَ لَمْ أُصَلِّ نَافِلَةً
Murazim said, ‘I was sick for four months and did not pray (any) optional Salat’.
فَقَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ قَضَاءٌ إِنَّ الْمَرِيضَ لَيْسَ كَالصَّحِيحِ كُلُّ مَا غُلِبْتَ عَلَيْهِ فَاللَّهُ أَوْلَى بِالْعُذْرِ فِيهِ.
He-asws said: ‘There isn’t any fulfilment upon you. The sick isn’t like the healthy one. Every time it (sickness) overcomes upon him, so Allah-azwj is Foremost with the excusing regarding it’’.[84]
33- تَفْسِيرُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ جَمِيلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ رُبَّمَا فَاتَتْنِي صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ الشَّهْرَ وَ الشَّهْرَيْنِ وَ الثَّلَاثَةَ فَأَقْضِيهَا بِالنَّهَارِ أَ يَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ
Tafseer Ali Bin Ibrahim – from his father, from Salih Bin Uqba, from Jameel,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘A man said to him-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! Sometimes the night Salat is missed out by me for the month, and the two months, and the three, so I fulfil these at daytime, is that allowed?’
قَالَ قُرَّةُ عَيْنٍ لَكَ وَ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثاً إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهارَ الْآيَةَ فَهُوَ قَضَاءُ صَلَاةِ النَّهَارِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ قَضَاءُ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ بِالنَّهَارِ وَ هُوَ مِنْ سِرِّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَكْنُونِ.
He-asws said: ‘A delight of eyes for you, by Allah-azwj!’ – thrice – ‘Allah-azwj Says: ‘And He is the One Who Made the night and the day [25:62] – the Verse. It is fulfilment of the day Salat at night, and fulfilment of the night Salat at daytime, and it is from the treasured secrets of the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww!’’[85]
34- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ صَالِحِ بْنِ حَيٍّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأَتَمَّ رُكُوعَهَا وَ سُجُودَهَا ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ صَلَّى عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ حَاجَتَهُ فَقَدْ طَلَبَ الْخَيْرَ فِي مَظَانِّهِ وَ مَنْ طَلَبَ الْخَيْرَ فِي مَظَانِّهِ لَمْ يَخِبْ.
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – from Ibn Mahboub, from Al Husayn Bin Salih Bin Hayy who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘One who performs Wud’u, so he is excellent of the Wud’u, then he prayed two Cycles Salat, so he completes their Ruk’u and their Sajdah, then he sits to praise upon Allah-azwj and send Salawaat upon Rasool-Allah-saww, then asks Allah-azwj his need, seeking the good in his thinking will not be disappointed’’.[86]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَيُعَجِّبُ مَلَائِكَتَهُ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ يَرَاهُ يَقْضِي النَّافِلَةَ فَيَقُولُ انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي يَقْضِي مَا لَمْ أَفْتَرِضْ عَلَيْهِ.
And from him, from Ibn Fazzal, from Aasim Bin Hueyd who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘The Lord-azwj Makes His-azwj Angels to be amazed from the servant from His-azwj servants Seeing him fulfil the optional Salats. He-azwj Says: “Look at My-azwj servant fulfilling what I-azwj have not Obligated upon him!”’[87]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِي سُمَيْنَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي رَجُلٍ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ النَّوَافِلِ مَا لَا يَدْرِي كَمْ هُوَ لِكَثْرَتِهِ قَالَ يُصَلِّي حَتَّى لَا يَدْرِيَ كَمْ صَلَّى مِنْ كَثْرَتِهِ فَيَكُونَ قَدْ قَضَى بِقَدْرِ مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ
And from him, from Abu Sameena, from Muhammad Bin Aslam, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws regarding a man (missed Salats) upon him from the optional Salats what he does not know how many it is due to its large number. He-asws said: ‘He should pray until he does not know how many he has prayed, from its large number, so he has happened to have fulfilled a measurement of what had been upon him from that’.
قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ مِنْ شُغُلِهِ
I said, ‘Supposing he is not able upon fulfilling due to his pre-occupation?’
قَالَ إِنْ شُغِلَ فِي مَعِيشَةٍ لَا بُدَّ مِنْهَا أَوْ حَاجَةٍ لِأَخٍ مُؤْمِنٍ فَلَا شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ شُغُلُهُ لِجَمْعِ الدُّنْيَا فَتَشَاغَلَ بِهَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فَعَلَيْهِ الْقَضَاءُ وَ إِلَّا لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَ هُوَ مُسْتَخِفٌّ مُتَهَاوِنٌ مُضَيِّعٌ لِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص
He-asws said: ‘If he is too busy in his livelihood, there being no escape from it, or needs of a Momin brother, there is nothing upon him; and if his pre-occupation was for amassing the world and he is pre-occupied from the Salat, upon him is the fulfilment, or else he will meet Allah-azwj while he would have taken lightly, belittled, wasted the Sunnah of Rasool-Allah-saww’.
قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ فَهَلْ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ
I said, ‘Supposing he is not able upon the fulfilment, it is correct for him if he were to donate charity?’
فَسَكَتَ مَلِيّاً ثُمَّ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَلْيَتَصَدَّقْ بِقَدْرِ طَوْلِهِ وَ أَدْنَى ذَلِكَ مُدٌّ لِكُلِّ مِسْكِينٍ مَكَانَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ
He-asws was silent for a while, then said: ‘Yes, let him give charity a measurement of his length, and least of that is a ‘Mudd’ for every poor one in place of every Salat’.
قُلْتُ وَ كَمِ الصَّلَاةُ الَّتِي يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ فِيهَا مُدٌّ لِكُلِّ مِسْكِينٍ
I said, ‘And how much is the Salat upon which it is obligated a ‘Mudd’ for every poor one?’
قَالَ لِكُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ
He-asws said: ‘For every Salat of the night and the day’.
قُلْتُ لَا يَقْدِرُ
I said, ‘He is not able’.
قَالَ فَمُدٌّ إِذاً لِكُلِّ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ مُدٌّ لِصَلَاةِ النَّهَارِ وَ الصَّلَاةُ أَفْضَلُ.
He-asws said: ‘A ‘Mudd’ then for every night Salat, and a ‘Mudd’ for the Day Salat, and praying the Salat is superior’’.[88]
بيان هَذَا الْخَبَرُ رَوَاهُ الصَّدُوقُ فِي الْفَقِيهِ بِسَنَدِهِ الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ وَ الْكُلَيْنِيُ وَ الشَّيْخُ أَيْضاً بِسَنَدَيْهِمَا وَ فِيمَا رَوَوْهُ قَالَ: لِكُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ لِكُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ النَّهَارِ فَقُلْتُ لَا يَقْدِرُ
Explanation – This Hadeeth is reported by Al Sadouq in ‘Al Faqeeh’, by his correct chain from Ibn Sinan, and Al-Kulayni and the Sheykh as well by their chains, and among what they have reported, he-asws said: ‘For every two Cycles from the night Salat and for every two Cycles of the day Salat’. I said, ‘He is not able’.
فَقَالَ مُدٌّ إِذاً لِكُلِّ أَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ فَقُلْتُ لَا يَقْدِرُ قَالَ فَمُدٌّ إِذاً لِصَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ مُدٌّ لِصَلَاةِ النَّهَارِ وَ الصَّلَاةُ أَفْضَلُ.
He-asws said: ‘Then for every four Cycles’. I said, ‘He is not able’. He-asws said: ‘A ‘Mudd’ then for the night Salat and a ‘Mudd’ for the day Salat, and (praying) the Salat is superior’’.[89]
35- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِ وَ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: تَخْفِيفُ الْفَرِيضَةِ وَ تَطْوِيلُ النَّافِلَةِ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ.
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – from his father, from Khalaf Bin Hammad, from Ibn Muskan, from Al Halby and Abu Baseer,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Lightening the obligatory and prolonging the option is from the worship’’.[90]
36- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ، قَالَ زُرَارَةُ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الصَّلَاةُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَ الْمَحْمِلِ سَوَاءٌ
Al Ayyashi – ‘Zurara said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘The Salat during the journey and the carriage are the same?’
قَالَ النَّافِلَةُ كُلُّهَا سَوَاءٌ تُومِي إِيمَاءً أَيْنَمَا تَوَجَّهَتْ دَابَّتُكَ وَ سَفِينَتُكَ وَ الْفَرِيضَةُ تَنْزِلُ لَهَا عَنِ الْمَحْمِلِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مِنْ خَوْفٍ فَإِنْ خِفْتَ أَوْمَأْتَ وَ أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَصَلِّ فِيهَا قَائِماً وَ تَوَخَّ الْقِبْلَةَ بِجُهْدِكَ فَإِنَّ نُوحاً قَدْ صَلَّى الْفَرِيضَةَ فِيهَا قَائِماً مُتَوَجِّهاً إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ وَ هِيَ مُطْبِقَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ
He-asws said: ‘The optional, all of them are the same. You can indicate gestures wherever your riding animal and your ship may be heading, while the obligatory, descend for it from the carriage to the ground, except from fear. If you fear, then gesture, and as for the ship, pray in it standing and face the Qiblah with your efforts, for Noah-as had prayed the obligatory in it standing, facing towards the Qiblah, and it (the ship) was an enclosure (boxed in) upon them’.
قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ مَا كَانَ عِلْمُهُ بِالْقِبْلَةِ فَيَتَوَجَّهَهَا وَ هِيَ مُطْبِقَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘And what was his-as knowledge with the Qiblah so he-as could face it, and it was an enclosure upon them?’
قَالَ كَانَ جَبْرَئِيلُ يُقَوِّمُهُ نَحْوَهَا
He-asws said: ‘Jibraeel-as had stood him-as towards it’.
قَالَ قُلْتُ فَأَتَوَجَّهُ نَحْوَهَا فِي كُلِّ تَكْبِيرَةٍ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘So I should be facing towards it during every Takbeer?’
قَالَ أَمَّا فِي النَّافِلَةِ فَلَا إِنَّ مَا تُكَبِّرُ فِي النَّافِلَةِ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْقِبْلَةِ أَكْثَرُ
He-asws said: ‘As for regarding the optional (Salat), no, because what you exclaim in the optional upon other than the Qiblah, is more’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ قِبْلَةٌ لِلْمُتَنَفِّلِ إِنَّهُ قَالَ وَ حَيْثُ ما كُنْتُمْ فَوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُ يَعْنِي فِي الْفَرِيضَةِ وَ قَالَ فِي النَّافِلَةِ فَأَيْنَما تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ واسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ.
Then he-asws said: ‘All that is a Qiblah for one praying optional Salat. He-azwj Said: and wherever you are, turn your face towards it. [2:144], meaning in the obligatory Salat. And He-azwj Said regarding the optional: therefore wherever you turn to, so there would be the Face of Allah; surely Allah is Capacious, Knowing [2:115]’’.[91]
37- الْمُخْتَارُ مِنْ كِتَابِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي وَ هُوَ يَمْشِي تَطَوُّعاً قَالَ نَعَمْ.
Al Mukhtar, from the book of Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Hammad Bin Usman, from Al Husayn Bin Al Mukhtar,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him-asws about the man praying voluntary Salat while he is walking. He-asws said: ‘Yes (he can)’’.[92]
38- كِتَابُ الْمَسَائِلِ، لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَنْسَى صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ فَيَذْكُرُ إِذَا قَامَ فِي صَلَاةِ الزَّوَالِ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ
‘Kitab Al-Masaail’ of Ali son of Ja’far-asws, from his brother-asws Musa-asws, he said, ‘I asked him-asws about the man forgetting the night Salat, so he remembers when he standing for the midday Salat, ‘How should he deal with it?’
قَالَ يَبْدَأُ بِالزَّوَالِ فَإِذَا صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ قَضَى صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ وَ الْوَتْرَ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ الْعَصْرِ وَ مَتَى مَا أَحَبَ.
He-asws said: ‘He should begin with the midday (Salat). When he has prayed Al-Zohr, he should fulfil the night Salat and Al-Witr during what is between it and Al-Asr, and whenever he likes to’’.[93]
39- مَجَالِسُ الشَّيْخِ، وَ جَامِعُ الْوَرَّامِ، وَ مَكَارِمُ الْأَخْلَاقِ، بِأَسَانِيدِهِمْ إِلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص فِي وَصِيَّتِهِ لَهُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَجْعَلُ جَبْهَتَهُ فِي بُقْعَةٍ مِنْ بِقَاعِ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا شَهِدَتْ لَهُ بِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ مَا مِنْ مَنْزِلٍ يَنْزِلُهُ قَوْمٌ إِلَّا وَ أَصْبَحَ ذَلِكَ الْمَنْزِلُ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يَلْعَنُهُمْ
(The books) ‘Majalis of the Sheykh, and ‘Jamie Al Warram’, and ‘Makarim Al Akhlaq’, by their chains to,
‘Abu Zarr-ra, from the Prophet-saww in advice to him-ra: ‘O Abu Zarr-ra! There is no man who makes his forehead in a spot from spots of the earth, except it will testify for him with it on the Day of Qiyamah, and there is no stop a people stop at except that stop would become sending Salawaat upon them or curse them!
يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا مِنْ رَوَاحٍ وَ لَا صَبَاحٍ إِلَّا وَ بِقَاعُ الْأَرْضِ يُنَادِي بَعْضُهَا بَعْضاً يَا جَارَةُ هَلْ مَرَّ عَلَيْكِ الْيَوْمَ ذَاكِرٌ لِلَّهِ أَوْ عَبْدٌ وَضَعَ جَبْهَتَهُ عَلَيْكِ سَاجِداً لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى فَمِنْ قَائِلَةٍ لَا وَ مِنْ قَائِلَةٍ نَعَمْ فَإِذَا قَالَتْ نَعَمْ اهْتَزَّتْ وَ انْشَرَحَتْ وَ تَرَى أَنَّ لَهَا الْفَضْلَ عَلَى جَارَتِهَا.
O Abu Zarr-ra! There is no evening or morning except and spots of the earth call out to each other, ‘O neighbour! Did there pass upon you today someone doing Zikr of Allah-azwj, or did a servant place his forehead upon you doing Sajdah to Allah-azwj the Exalted?’ From a speaker would be, ‘No’, and from a speaker would be, ‘Yes’. It shakes and expands and views that there is merit for it upon its neighbour’’.[94]
40- تَأْوِيلُ الْآيَاتِ الظَّاهِرَةِ، نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَاهْيَارَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هَوْذَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ هَاشِمٍ الصَّيْدَاوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ فُقَرَاءِ شِيعَتِنَا إِلَّا وَ عَلَيْهِ تَبِعَةٌ
(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’, copying from the book of Muhammad Bin Al Abbas Bin Mahiyar, from Ahmad Bin Howza, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, from Hashim Al Saydawi,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, from his-asws father-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘There is none from a poor man from our-asws Shias except and upon him is a liability’.
قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ مَا التَّبِعَةُ
I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws, and what is the liability?’
قَالَ مِنَ الْإِحْدَى وَ الْخَمْسِينَ رَكْعَةً وَ مِنْ صَوْمِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ خَرَجُوا مِنْ قُبُورِهِمْ وَ وُجُوهُهُمْ مِثْلُ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ إِلَى آخِرِ مَا مَرَّ فِي كِتَابِ الْإِمَامَةِ.
He-asws said: ‘From the fifty-one Cycles, and from the fasting, thirty days from the month. When it will be the Day of Qiyamah, they will emerge from their graves and their faces will be like the moon on the night of the full moon’ – up to the end of what has passed in the book of Imamate’’.[95]
وَ مِنْهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الصَّدُوقِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْمَاضِي فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلى صَلاتِهِمْ دائِمُونَ قَالَ أُولَئِكَ وَ اللَّهِ أَصْحَابُ الْخَمْسِينَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا
And from him, by his chain from Al Sadouq, from Muhammad Bin Al Fyzeyl,
‘From Abu Al-Hassan Al-Maazi-asws (7th Imam-asws), regarding Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Except the ones praying Salat [70:22] Those who are constant upon their Salat [70:23]. He-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! They are companions (prayers of) fifty (Salats) from our-asws Shias!’
قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلى صَلاتِهِمْ يُحافِظُونَ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘And those who are preserving upon their Salats [70:34]?’
قَالَ أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْخَمْسِ صَلَوَاتٍ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا
He-asws said: ‘They are companions (prayers) of the five (daily obligatory) Salats from our-asws Shias’.
قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ أَصْحابُ الْيَمِينِ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘And Companions of the right hand [56:27]?’
قَالَ هُمْ وَ اللَّهِ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا.
He-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! (They are) from our-asws Shias!’’[96]
41- مَجَالِسُ الشَّيْخِ، عَنِ الْمُفِيدِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُفِيدِ الْجَرْجَرَائِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا الْمُعَمَّرِ الْمَغْرِبِيِّ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ.
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of the Sheykh – from Al Mufeed, from Ibrahim Bin Al-Hassan Bin Jamhour, from Abu Bakr Al Mufeed Al Jarjahy, from Abu Al Dunya Al Muammar Al Maghriby,
‘From Amir Al-Momineen-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww used to pray two Cycles (optional) after every (obligatory) Salat’’.[97]
بيان: يشكل هذا في الصبح و العصر و يمكن القول بنسخه أو بأنه كان من خصائصه ص أو محمول على التقية لَمَّا رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنَ الْعَامَّةِ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ مَا تَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ عِنْدِي.
Explanation – This is problematic regarding the morning and Al-Asr, and it is possible the word abrogates it, or it was from his-saww specialities, or is carried upon the Taqiyyah (dissimulation) due to what is reported by Muslim, from the general Muslims, and others from Ayesha (one of the most well-known fabricators). She said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww did not neglect two Cycles after Al-Asr, in my presence’.
و قال بعض العامة إنه كان مخصوصا به و قال بعضهم إنه ص شغل عن الركعتين بعد الظهر فقضاهما بعد العصر ثم أثبته إذ كان حكمه أن يداوم على ما فعله مرة مع أن أخبار أبي الدنيا غير معتبرة و إنما أوردها الأصحاب للغرابة من جهة علو الأسناد.
And one of the general Muslims said it was specific with him-saww, and one of them said he-saww was pre-occupied from the two Cycles after Al-Zohr, so he-saww fulfilled them after Al-Asr, then he-saww affirmed it. When it was its ruling, he-saww constant upon what he-saww did once, along with that the Hadeeth by Abu Al-Dunya is not reliable, and rather the companions reported it for the strangeness from an aspect of the lofty chain of attribution.
42- الدُّرَّةُ الْبَاهِرَةُ مِنَ الْأَصْدَافِ الطَّاهِرَةِ، وَ أَعْلَامُ الدِّينِ لِلدَّيْلَمِيِّ، قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع إِنَّ الْقَلْبَ يَحْيَا وَ يَمُوتُ فَإِذَا حَيَّ فَأَدِّبْهُ بِالتَّطَوُّعِ وَ إِذَا مَاتَ فَاقْصُرْهُ عَلَى الْفَرَائِضِ.
(The book) ‘Al Durr Al Bahira Min Al Asdaaf Al Taahira’, and ‘A’laam Al Deen’ of Al Daylami,
‘Al-Sadiq-asws said: ‘The heart lives and dies. When it is alive, discipline it with the voluntary (Salats), and when it dies, restrict it upon the obligatory (Salats)’’.[98]
43- أَعْلَامُ الدِّينِ، قَالَ الرِّضَا ع إِنَّ لِلْقُلُوبِ إِقْبَالًا وَ إِدْبَاراً أَوْ نَشَاطاً وَ فُتُوراً فَإِذَا أَقْبَلَتْ بَصُرَتْ وَ فَهِمَتْ وَ إِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ كَلَّتْ وَ مَلَّتْ فَخُذُوهَا عِنْدَ إِقْبَالِهَا وَ نَشَاطِهَا وَ اتْرُكُوهَا عِنْدَ إِدْبَارِهَا.
(The book) ‘A’lam Al Deen’ –
‘Al-Reza-asws said: ‘For the hearts there is coming forward and turning back, or activity and idleness. When it comes forward it is insightful and understands, and when it turns back it is fed up and bored, therefore seize it during it’s coming forward and its activeness, and leave it during it’s turning back’’.[99]
وَ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ ع إِنَّ لِلْقُلُوبِ إِقْبَالًا وَ إِدْبَاراً فَإِذَا أَقْبَلَتْ فَاحْمِلُوهَا عَلَى النَّوَافِلِ وَ إِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ فَاقْصُرُوهَا عَلَى الْفَرَائِضِ.
And Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali Al-Askari-asws said: ‘For the hearts there is coming forward and turning back. When it comes forward carry it upon the optional (Salats), and when it turns back, restrict it upon the obligatory (Salat)’’.[100]
44- دَعَائِمُ الْإِسْلَامِ، رُوِّينَا عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُمَا قَالا لَا تُصَلِّ نَافِلَةً وَ عَلَيْكَ فَرِيضَةٌ قَدْ فَاتَتْكَ حَتَّى تُؤَدِّيَ الْفَرِيضَةَ.
(The book) ‘Da’aim Al Islam’ – It is reported,
From Abu Ja’far-asws and Abu Abdullah-asws, both having said: ‘Do not pray an optional Salat while upon you is an obligatory (Salat) missed out by you, until you have fulfilled the obligatory’’.[101]
وَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَقْبَلُ نَافِلَةً إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَدَاءِ الْفَرَائِضِ
And Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj does not Accept an optional (Salat) except after fulfilment of the obligatory’.
فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ وَ كَيْفَ ذَلِكَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ
A man said to him-asws, ‘And how is that so? May I be sacrificed for you-asws!’
قَالَ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ يَوْمٌ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ أَ كَانَ لَكَ أَنْ تَتَطَوَّعَ حَتَّى تَقْضِيَهُ
He-asws said: ‘What is your view if there were to be a day (of fasting) from a Month of Ramazan, would it be for you to (fast) voluntary until you fulfil it?’
قَالَ لَا
He said, ‘No’.
قَالَ فَكَذَلِكَ الصَّلَاةُ
He-asws said: ‘Like that is the Salat’.
قَالَ مُؤَلِّفُ الدَّعَائِمِ وَ هَذَا فِي الْفَوَائِتِ أَوْ فِي آخِرِ وَقْتِ الصَّلَاةِ إِذَا كَانَ الْمُصَلِّي إِذَا بَدَأَ بِالنَّافِلَةِ فَاتَهُ وَقْتُ الصَّلَاةِ فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَبْتَدِئَ بِالْفَرِيضَةِ فَأَمَّا إِنْ كَانَ فِي أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ بِحَيْثُ يَبْلُغُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ النَّافِلَةَ ثُمَّ يُدْرِكَ الْفَرِيضَةَ فِي وَقْتِهَا فَإِنَّهُ يُصَلِّيهَا.
The compiler of ‘Al Da’aim’ said, ‘And this is regarding the missed ones, or in the end timing of the Salat when the praying one begins with the optional, the time of Salat is missed by him, so upon him is to begin with the obligatory. As for it being during the first of the timing whereby it is sufficient to pray the option, then the obligatory comes across during its timing, he can pray it’’.[102]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص نَزَلَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ بِوَادٍ فَبَاتَ بِهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَكْلَؤُنَا اللَّيْلَ
And from him, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws, from Ali-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww descended in one of his journeys in a valley and spent the night at it. He‑saww said: ‘Who will guard us tonight?’
فَقَالَ بِلَالٌ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
Bilal said, ‘I will, O Rasool-Allah-saww!’
فَنَامَ وَ نَامَ النَّاسُ جَمِيعاً فَمَا أَيْقَظَهُمْ إِلَّا حَرُّ الشَّمْسِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا هَذَا يَا بِلَالُ
He-saww slept and the people all slept. Nothing woke them up except heat of the sun. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘What is this, O Bilal?’
فَقَالَ أَخَذَ بِنَفْسِيَ الَّذِي أَخَذَ بِأَنْفَاسِكُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
He said, ‘My soul was Taken by the One-azwj Who Took your souls, O Rasool-Allah-saww!’
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص تَنَحَّوْا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَادِي الَّذِي أَصَابَتْكُمْ فِيهِ هَذِهِ الْغَفْلَةُ فَإِنَّكُمْ نِمْتُمْ بِوَادِي شَيْطَانٍ
Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Move away from this valley in which you have been hit by this heedlessness, for you have slept in a valley of Satan-la!’
ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ وَ تَوَضَّأَ النَّاسُ وَ أَمَرَ بِلَالًا ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ وَ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ أَقَامَ وَ صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ.
Then he-saww performed Wud’u, and the people performed Wud’u, and he-saww instructed Bilal, then he-saww proclaimed Azaan and prayed two Cycles of al Fajr, then stood and prayed Al-Fajr’’.[103]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلى صَلاتِهِمْ دائِمُونَ قَالَ هَذَا فِي التَّطَوُّعِ مَنْ حَافَظَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَضَى مَا فَاتَهُ مِنْهُ.
And from him, from Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws regarding Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Those who are constant upon their Salat [70:23]. He-asws said: ‘This is regarding the voluntary (Salats). One who preserves upon it and fulfils whatever he missed out from it’’.[104]
وَ قَالَ: كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ يَقْضِي بِالنَّهَارِ مَا فَاتَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ بِاللَّيْلِ مَا فَاتَهُ بِالنَّهَارِ.
And he-asws said: ‘Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws was doing that. He-asws fulfil at daytime what he‑asws missed out at night, and at night what he-asws had missed out at daytime’’.[105]
وَ عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: مَنْ عَمِلَ عَمَلًا مِنْ أَعْمَالِ الْخَيْرِ فَلْيَدُمْ عَلَيْهِ سَنَةً وَ لَا يَقْطَعْهُ دُونَهَا شَيْءٌ.
And from him-asws having said: ‘One who works a deed from the good deeds, let him be constant upon it for a year and not cut it with anything besides it’’.
45- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى هَارُونَ بْنِ مُوسَى التَّلَّعُكْبَرِيِّ عَنْ آخَرِينَ قَالُوا أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ سَالِمٍ الْأَحْمَرِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْعَبْدِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَنْ قَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ تَطَوُّعِهِ فَقَدْ فُتِحَ لَهُ بِأَعْظَمِ أَعْمَالِ الْآدَمِيِّينَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَشْبَهَهُ أَوْ مَنْ زَادَ عَلَيْهِ.
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – by his chain to Haroun Bin Musa Al Tal’ukbary, from to others. They said, ‘We are informed by Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan and someone else, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from his uncle Yaqoub Bin Salim Al Ahmar, from Abu Al-Hassan Al Abdy who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘One who recites Surah Al-Tawheed, and Surah Al Qadr, and Ayat Al-Kursy in every Cycle from his voluntary (Salat), so there has been opened for him with mightiest of deeds of the Adamites (human beings), except the one who resembles it, or one who increases upon it’’.[106]
فائدة رَوَاهُ الشَّيْخُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ سَهَا فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنَ النَّافِلَةِ فَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ بَيْنَهُمَا حَتَّى قَامَ فَرَكَعَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ قَالَ يَدَعُ رَكْعَةً وَ يَجْلِسُ وَ يَتَشَهَّدُ وَ يُسَلِّمُ وَ يَسْتَأْنِفُ الصَّلَاةَ.
Benefits (Ahadeeth only) – It is reported by the Sheykh in the correct (Hadeeth in Al-Tahzeeb), from Ubeydullah Al-Halby who said, ‘I asked him-asws about a man who mistakes in the two Cycles of the optional (Salat), so he does not sit between the two until he stands and does Ruk’u in the third (Cycle). He-asws said: ‘He should leave one Cycles and be seated and perform Tashahhud and Salaam, and he should resume the Salat’.
وَ قَدْ يُسْتَدَلُّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ بِمَا مَرَّ نَقْلًا عَنِ السَّرَائِرِ وَ قُرْبِ الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِمَا الصَّلَاةُ وَ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَسْجُدُ ثُمَّ لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ بَلْ يَسْجُدُ الثَّانِيَةَ هَلْ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ ذَلِكَ نَقْصٌ فِي الصَّلَاةِ.
And it evidence’s upon that by what has passed, copying from ‘Al-Saraair’ and ‘Qurb Al-Isnaad’, from Musa Bin Ja’far-asws, and Al-Reza-asws, upon them-asws be the Salawaat and the greeting, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him-asws about the man doing Sajdah, then he does not raise his hand from the ground, but he does the second Sajdah, ‘Is that correct for him?’ He-asws said: ‘That is a deficiency in the Salat’’.
باب 71 نوافل الزوال و تعقيبها و أدعية الزوال
CHAPTER 71 – OPTIONAL (SALATS) OF THE MIDDAY, AND THEIR FOLLOW-UP, AND SUPPLICATIONS OF THE MIDDAY
1- قُرْبُ الْإِسْنَادِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَنْ كَبِدِ السَّمَاءِ فَمَنْ صَلَّى تِلْكَ السَّاعَةَ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فَقَدْ وَافَقَ صَلَاةَ الْأَوَّابِينَ وَ ذَلِكَ بَعْدَ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ.
(The book) ‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – from Al-Hassan Bin Tareyf, from Al Husayn Bin Ulwan,
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws brother-asws, from Ali-asws, he-asws had said: ‘When the sun declines from mid-point of the sky, the one who prays four Cycles Salat at that time so he is compatible with Salat of the penitent ones, and that is after midday’’.[107]
2- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مَرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: أَ تَدْرِي لِمَ جُعِلَ الذِّرَاعُ وَ الذِّرَاعَانِ
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from his father, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ismail Bin Marrar, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Is’haq, from Ismail,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Do you know why has the cubit and the two cubits (length of the shadow rule) been made to be?’
قُلْتُ لَا
I said, ‘No’.
قَالَ حَتَّى لَا يَكُونَ تَطَوُّعٌ فِي وَقْتِ مَكْتُوبَةٍ.
He-asws said: ‘Until (so that) a voluntary (Salat) will not take place in time of a Prescribed (Salat)’’.[108]
3- الْعُيُونُ، عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقُرَشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ رَجَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ: كَانَ الرِّضَا ع فِي طَرِيقِ خُرَاسَانَ إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ جَدَّدَ وُضُوءَهُ وَ قَامَ وَ صَلَّى سِتَّ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ فِي الْأَرْبَعِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ يُسَلِّمُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ يَقْنُتُ فِيهِمَا فِي الثَّانِيَةِ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ بَعْدَ الْقِرَاءَةِ
(The book) ‘Al Uyoun’ – From Tameem Bin Abdullah Al Qureyshi, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Ali Al Ansari, from Raja’a Bin Abu Al Zahhak who said,
‘Al-Reza-asws was is a road of Khurasan when the sun declined. He-asws renewed his-asws Wud’u and stood and pray six Cycles Salat, reciting in the first Cycle (Surahs) Al-Hamd and Al-Kafiroun, and in the second (Surahs) Al-Hamd and Al-Tawheed, and in the four in every Cycle (Surahs) Al-Hamd and Al-Tawheed, and he-asws performed Salaam in every two Cycles, and Qunout in them in the second before the Ruk’u after the recitation.
ثُمَّ يُؤَذِّنُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُقِيمُ وَ يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ سَبَّحَ اللَّهَ وَ حَمَّدَهُ وَ كَبَّرَهُ وَ هَلَّلَهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَةَ الشُّكْرِ يَقُولُ فِيهَا مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ شُكْراً لِلَّهِ.
Then he-asws proclaimed Azaan, then prayed two Cycles, then arose and prays Al-Zohr Salat. When he-asws had performed Salaam, he glorified Allah-azwj and praised Him-azwj and extolled His-azwj Greatness and His-azwj Oneness, for as long as Allah-azwj so Desired. Then he-asws performed a Sajdah, the Sajdah of thanks, saying in it one hundred times: ‘Thanks be to Allah-azwj!’’[109]
4- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ: رَكِبْتُ مَعَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع وَ سَارَ وَ سِرْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْنَا مَوْضِعاً قُلْتُ الصَّلَاةَ جَعَلَنِيَ اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – from Ibn Fazzal, from Anbasa, from Hisham, from Abdul Kareem Bin Umar, from Al Hakam Bin Muhammad Bin Al Qasim, from Abdullah Bin Ata’a who said,
‘I rode with Abu Ja’far-asws, and he-asws travelled and I travelled until when we reached a place, I said, ‘The Salat! May Allah-azwj Make me sacrificed for you-asws!’
قَالَ هَذَا أَرْضُ وَادِي النَّمْلِ لَا نُصَلِّي فِيهَا
He-asws said: ‘This land is a valley of the ants. We cannot pray in it!’
حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْنَا مَوْضِعاً آخَرَ قُلْتُ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ الْأَرْضُ مَالِحَةٌ لَا نُصَلِّي فِيهَا
Until when we reached another place, I said to him-asws similar to that. He-asws said: ‘This is salty land, we cannot pray in it!’’
قَالَ حَتَّى نَزَلَ هُوَ مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ لِي صَلَّيْتَ أَمْ تُصَلِّي سُبْحَتَكَ
He (the narrator) said, ‘Until he-asws descended from his own-asws accord. He-asws said to me: ‘Have you prayed or will you be praying your morning (Salat)?’
قُلْتُ هَذِهِ صَلَاةٌ يُسَمِّيهَا أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ الزَّوَالَ
I said, ‘This Salat, the people of Al-Iraq name it as ‘Al-Zawwal’ (the midday)!’
فَقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُصَلُّونَ هُمْ شِيعَةُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع وَ هِيَ صَلَاةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ فَصَلَّى وَ صَلَّيْتُ.
He-asws said: ‘They are those who are praying. They are Shias of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and it is Salat of the penitent ones!’ So he-asws prayed, and I prayed’’.[110]
الْعَيَّاشِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ مِثْلَهُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ فَنَزَلَ وَ نَزَلْتُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَطَاءٍ أَتَيْتَ الْعِرَاقَ فَرَأَيْتَ الْقَوْمَ يُصَلُّونَ بَيْنَ تِلْكَ السَّوَارِي فِي مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ
Al-Ayyashi, from Abdullah Bin Ata’a – similar to it up to his words, ‘He-asws descended, and I descended. He-asws said: ‘O Ibn Ata’a! Have you been to Al-Iraq and saw the people praying between those masts in Masjid Al-Kufa?’
قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ
He (the narrator said, ‘’I said, ‘Yes’.
فَقَالَ أُولَئِكَ شِيعَةُ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ هَذِهِ صَلَاةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ فَإِنَّهُ كانَ لِلْأَوَّابِينَ غَفُوراً.
He-asws said: ‘They are Shias of my-asws father-asws Ali-asws. This is Salat of the penitent ones Allah-azwj Says: then He would always be Forgiving to the penitent [17:25]’’.[111]
5- مَجَالِسُ الْمُفِيدِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص صَلِّ صَلَاةَ الزَّوَالِ فَإِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ وَ أَكْثِرْ مِنَ التَّطَوُّعِ يُحِبَّكَ الْحَفَظَةُ.
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Al Mufeed, by his chain from Anas (well-known fabricator) who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Pray the Salat of midday for it is a Salat of the penitent, and frequent from the voluntary (Salats), the recording Angels will love you!’’[112]
6- السَّرَائِرُ، نَقْلًا مِنْ نَوَادِرِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ الْبَزَنْطِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِذَا كُنْتَ شَاكّاً فِي الزَّوَالِ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَنْتَ أَنَّهَا قَدْ زَالَتْ بَدَأْتَ بِالْفَرِيضَةِ.
(The book) ‘Al Saraair’ – Copying from ‘Nawadir’ of Abu Nasr Al Bazanty, from Abdullah Bin Ajlan who said,
‘Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘When you were doubtful regarding the midday, then pray two Cycles. When you are certain it (sun) has declined, begin with the obligatory (Salat)’’.[113]
7- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَقْتُ الزَّوَالِ مَوْضِعٌ خَاصٌّ لِإِجَابَةِ الدُّعَاءِ وَ الِابْتِهَالِ وَ رَوَيْنَا بِإِسْنَادِنَا إِلَى هَارُونَ بْنِ مُوسَى التَّلَّعُكْبَرِيِّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ فُتِّحَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَ أَبْوَابُ الْجِنَانِ وَ قُضِيَتِ الْحَوَائِجُ الْعِظَامُ
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – ‘Time of the decline (of the sun) is a special subject for Answering of the supplication and the invocation, and we are reporting by our chains to Haroun Bin Musa Al Tal’ukbary, by his chain to Abdullah Bin Hammad Al Ansari,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying; ‘When the sun declines, doors of the sky and doors of the Gardens are opened and the mighty needs are fulfilled!’
فَقُلْتُ مِنْ أَيِّ وَقْتٍ إِلَى أَيِّ وَقْتٍ
I said, ‘From which time to which time?’
فَقَالَ مِقْدَارَ مَا يُصَلِّي الرَّجُلُ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ مُتَرَسِّلًا.
He-asws said: ‘A measurement of what the man prays four Cycles continuously’’.[114]
أَقُولُ وَ مِمَّا رُوِّيْنَاهُ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ الْمَذَارِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْأَدَمِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ النَّوَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رُكُودِ الشَّمْسِ عِنْدَ الزَّوَالِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا أَصْغَرَ جُثَّتَكَ وَ أَعْضَلَ مَسْأَلَتَكَ وَ إِنَّكَ لَأَهْلٌ لِلْجَوَابِ فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ حَذَفْنَاهُ
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘And from what we are reporting from Haroun Bin Musa, from Muhammad Bin Hammam, from Abdullah Bin Al A’ala Al Mazary, from Sahl Bin Ziyad Al Admy, from Ali Bin Hassan, from Ziyad Bin Al Nawwar, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said,
‘I asked Abu Ja’far-asws about stagnation of the sun at midday. He-asws said: ‘O Muhammad! How insignificant is your body and how great your needs are, and you are deserving of the answer’ – in a lengthy Hadeeth we have deleted.
ثُمَّ قَالَ يَبْلُغُ شُعَاعُهَا تُخُومَ الْعَرْشِ فَتُنَادِي الْمَلَائِكَةُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ وَ كَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيراً
Then he-asws said: ‘It’s rays reach border of the Throne. The Angels call out: ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest, and Glory be to Allah-azwj, and The Praise is for Allah, Who did not Take a sin, and there does not happen to be an associate for Him in the Kingdom, and there does not happen to be a Guardian for Him from the disgrace, and exclaim His Greatness with exclamations’ [17:111]’.
قَالَ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أُحَافِظُ عَلَى هَذَا الْكَلَامِ عِنْدَ الزَّوَالِ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! Shall I memorise upon this speech at midday?’
قَالَ نَعَمْ حَافِظْ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا تُحَافِظُ عَلَى عَيْنَيْكَ فَلَا تَزَالُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْجَوِّ بِهَذَا التَّسْبِيحِ حَتَّى تَغِيبَ.
He-asws said: ‘Yes, guard upon it just as you guard upon your eyes. The Angels do not cease glorifying Allah-azwj in that atmosphere with this glorification until (the sun) disappears’’.[115]
8- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ مِمَّا رَوَيْنَاهُ بِإِسْنَادِي إِلَى جَدِّي أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيِّ فِيمَا يَرْوِيهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ وَ رَأَيْتُهُ بِخَطِّ جَدِّي أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيِّ فِي كِتَابِ نَوَادِرِ التَّصْنِيفِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ فُتِّحَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَ أَبْوَابُ الْجِنَانِ وَ اسْتُجِيبَ الدُّعَاءُ فَطُوبَى لِمَنْ رُفِعَ لَهُ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ.
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – And from what we are reporting by my chain to my grandfather Abu Ja’far Al Tusi among what is reported by Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Mahboub and I saw it in the handwriting of my grandfather Abu Ja’far Al Tusi in the book ‘Nawadir’, the compilation, by his chain from Ibn Uzina,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘When the sun declines, doors of the sky and doors of the Gardens are opened, and the supplication are Answered, so beatitude be for the one the righteous deed is raised for him’’.[116]
9- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ مِنْ كِتَابِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ فُتِّحَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَ هَبَّتِ الرِّيَاحُ وَ قُضِيَ فِيهَا الْحَوَائِجُ الْكِبَارُ.
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – And from the book of Ja’far Bin Malik,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws: ‘When the sun declines, doors of the sky are opened and the winds blow and the major needs are Fulfilled during it’’.[117]
وَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ إِذَا كَانَتْ لَكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ حَاجَةٌ فَاطْلُبْهَا إِلَى اللَّهِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ يَعْنِي زَوَالَ الشَّمْسِ
And Muhammad Bin Marwan said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘When there were to be for you a need to Allah-azwj, seek it to Allah-azwj during this time, meaning decline of the sun’.
وَ مِمَّا يُقَالُ عِنْدَ الزَّوَالِ مِنَ الِابْتِهَالِ مَا رَوَيْنَاهُ عَنْ جَدِّي- أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيِّ مِمَّا ذَكَرَهُ فِي الْمِصْبَاحِ الْكَبِيرِ وَ هُوَ مِنْ أَدْعِيَةِ السِّرِّ-
And from what is said at decline of the sun, from the innovation, is what we are reporting from my grandfather Abu Ja’far Al Tusi, from what he mentioned in ‘Al-Misbah Al-Kabeer’, and it is from the secret supplications: –
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ جُمْلَتُهُ وَ تَفْسِيرُهُ كَمَا اسْتَحْمَدْتَ بِهِ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ الَّذِينَ خَلَقْتَهُمْ لَهُ وَ أَلْهَمْتَهُمْ ذَلِكَ الْحَمْدَ كُلَّهُ
‘O Allah-azwj, our Lord-azwj! For You-azwj is the Praise, it’s total, and its interpretation just as You-azwj have Praised Yourself-azwj to its people, those You-azwj have Created them for it and Inspired them of that praise, all of it!
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كَمَا جَعَلْتَ رِضَاكَ عَمَّنْ بِالْحَمْدِ رَضِيتَ عَنْهُ لِيَشْكُرَ مَا بِهِ مِنْ نِعْمَتِكَ
O Allah-azwj, our Lord-azwj! For You-azwj is the Praise just as You-azwj Made Your-azwj Satisfaction from the ones with the praise, You-azwj as Satisfied with him for his thanking of whatever bounties there are with him!
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كُلُّهُ كَمَا رَضِيتَ بِهِ لِنَفْسِكَ وَ قَضَيْتَ بِهِ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ حَمْداً مَرْغُوباً فِيهِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْخَوْفِ مِنْكَ لِمَهَابَتِكَ مَرْهُوباً عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِزَّةِ بِكَ لِسَطْوَتِكَ وَ مَشْكُوراً عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْإِنْعَامِ مِنْكَ لِإِنْعَامِكَ
O Allah-azwj, our Lord-azwj! For You is the Praise, all of it, just as You-azwj are Satisfied with for Yourself-azwj and Decreed with upon Your-azwj servants as desired praise with the people fearing from You-azwj out of awe for You-azwj, fearing with the people of honour with You-azwj due to Your-azwj Power, and as gratitude for Your-azwj bounties with the people of bounties from You-azwj.
سُبْحَانَكَ رَبَّنَا مُتَكَبِّراً فِي مَنْزِلَةٍ تَدَهْدَهَتْ أَبْصَارُ النَّاظِرِينَ وَ تَحَيَّرَتْ عُقُولُهُمْ عَنْ بُلُوغِ عِلْمِ جَلَالِهَا تَبَارَكْتَ فِي الْعُلَى وَ تَقَدَّسْتَ فِي الْآلَاءِ الَّتِي أَنْتَ فِيهَا
Glory be to You-azwj our Lord-azwj, Great in status dazzling the sights of the beholder and bewildering their intellects from reaching knowledge of its Majestic. You-azwj are Blessed in the Exaltedness and Holy in the Favouring which Your-azwj are in!
يَا أَهْلَ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَ الْجُودِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَعَالِ لِلْفَنَاءِ خَلَقْتَنَا وَ أَنْتَ الْكَائِنُ لِلْبَقَاءِ فَلَا تَفْنَى وَ لَا نَبْقَى وَ أَنْتَ الْعَالِمُ بِنَا وَ نَحْنُ أَهْلُ الْغِرَّةِ بِكَ وَ الْغَفْلَةِ عَنْ شَأْنِكَ وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي لَا تَغْفُلُ وَ لَا تَأْخُذُكَ سِنَةٌ وَ لَا نَوْمُ
O rightful of the Greatness and the Generosity! There is no god except You-azwj the Great, the Exalted! You-azwj Created us for the perishing while You-azwj Exiting for the lasting, so You‑azwj will not perish and we will not remain, and You-azwj are the Knower with us and we are the people astonished with You-azwj and the heedlessness about Your-azwj Glory, and You-azwj are the One-azwj Who are not heedless, and You-azwj are neither seized by the drowsiness nor sleep.
بِحَقِّكَ يَا سَيِّدِي صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَجِرْنِي مِنْ تَحْوِيلِ مَا أَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ فِي الدِّينِ وَ الدُّنْيَا يَا كَرِيمُ.
By Your-azwj right, O my Master-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny‑asws, and Shelter me from transference of what You-azwj have Bestowed with upon me in the religion and the world, O Benevolent!’’[118]
رَوَى صَاحِبُ الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص عَنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى إِنَّهُ إِذَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ ذَلِكَ كَفَيْتُهُ كُلَّ الَّذِي أَكْفِي عِبَادِيَ الصَّالِحِينَ وَ صَفَحْتُ لَهُ بِرِضَايَ عَنْهُ وَ جَعَلْتُهُ لِي وَلِيّاً.
It is reported by companion (reporter) of the Hadeeth, ‘The Prophet-saww said on behalf of Allah-azwj the Exalted: “Surely when the servant says that it will suffice him of all which I-azwj Suffice My-azwj righteous servants and Pardon him due to My-azwj being Satisfied with him, and Make him a friend of Mine-azwj!”’[119]
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ الْكَفْعَمِيِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ أَحَبَّ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ رَحْمَتِي وَ بَرَكَتِي وَ رِضْوَانِي وَ تَعَطُّفِي وَ قَبُولِي وَ وَلَايَتِي وَ إِجَابَتِي فَلْيَقُلْ وَ ذَكَرَ الدُّعَاءَ
And in a report by Al-Kaf’amy – “O Muhammad-saww! One from Your-azwj community who loves My-azwj Mercy, and My-azwj Blessings, and My-azwj Satisfaction, and My-azwj Compassion, and My‑azwj Acceptance, and My-azwj Wilayah, and My-azwj Response, then let him say” – and he (the reporter) mentioned the supplication.
ثُمَّ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ كَفَيْتُهُ كُلَّ الَّذِي أَكْفِي عِبَادِيَ الصَّالِحِينَ الْحَامِدِينَ الشَّاكِرِينَ.
Then He-azwj Said: “Surely, when he says that, I-azwj shall Suffice him of all which I-azwj Suffice My-azwj righteous servants, the praising ones, the thankful ones!”’[120]
10- مِصْبَاحُ الشَّيْخِ وَ غَيْرُهُ، وَ يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَيْضاً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ مُعَظَّماً مُقَدَّساً مُوَقَّراً كَبِيراً وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ وَ كَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيراً
(The book) ‘Misbah’ of the Sheykh and others –
‘And it is recommended that he should say as well, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah‑azwj is Greatest, Revered, Holy, Dignified, Great, and ‘The Praise is for Allah, Who did not Take a son, and there does not happen to be an associate for Him in the Kingdom, and there does not happen to be a Guardian for Him from the disgrace, and exclaim His Greatness with exclamations’ [17:111].
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ أَهْلَ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَ الْعَظَمَةِ وَ الْحَمْدِ وَ الْمَجْدِ وَ الثَّنَاءِ وَ التَّصْدِيقِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ- لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ
Allah-azwj is Greatest, rightful of the Greatness, and the Magnificence, and the Praise, and the Glory, and the Praise and being ratified, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest, He does not beget and is not begotten [112:3] And there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him’ [112:4].
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ فِي تَكْبِيرِي إِيَّاهُ بَلْ مُخْلِصاً لَهُ الدِّينَ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي لِلْكَبِيرِ الْمُتَعَالِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ مِنْ شَرِّ طَوَارِقِ الْجِنِّ وَ وَسَاوِسِهِمْ وَ حِيَلِهِمْ وَ كَيْدِهِمْ وَ حَسَدِهِمْ وَ مَكْرِهِمْ
Allah-azwj is Greatest, there is no associate for Him-azwj in my extolling His-azwj Greatness, but I am being sincere to Him-azwj in the religion. I divert my face to the Great, the Exalted Lord-azwj of the worlds and I seek refuge with Allah-azwj the Magnificence from evil night comers of the Jinn and their insinuations, and their tricks, and their plans, and their envy, and their plots.
وَ بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَكَ الْعِزَّةُ وَ السُّلْطَانُ وَ الْجَلَالُ وَ الْإِكْرَامُ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اهْدِنِي سُبُلَ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ أَقْبِلْ عَلَيَّ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ
And by Your-azwj Name, O Allah-azwj, there is no associate for You-azwj! For You-azwj is the Might, and the Authority, and the Majesty, and the Benevolence! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad‑saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Guide me on the ways of Al Islam and Turn to me with Your-azwj Benevolent Face!’
وَ يُسْتَحَبُّ أَيْضاً أَنْ يَقْرَأَ عِنْدَ الزَّوَالِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ وَ بَعْدَ الثَّمَانِي الرَّكَعَاتِ إِحْدَى وَ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً.
And it is recommended as well that he recites (Surah) Al-Qadr at midday, and twenty-one times after the eight Cycles’’.[121]
11- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ رَوَى الْكُلَيْنِيُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ مَوْلَانَا عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: صَلَاةُ الزَّوَالِ صَلَاةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ.
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ –
And it is reported by Al-Kulayni by his chain, from our Master Ali-asws having said: ‘The midday Salat is Salat of the penitent ones’’.[122]
وَ رَوَى الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: الِاسْتِخَارَةُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ مِنَ الزَّوَالِ
And it is reported by Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Al A’la, from Muhammad Bin Muslim,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Al-Istikhara is in every Cycle of the midday (Salat)’.
وَ رَوَيْنَا هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةَ بِإِسْنَادِي إِلَى جَدِّي أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيِّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ فِيمَا ذَكَرَهُ فِي كِتَابِ الصَّلَاةِ.
And we are reported this report by my chain to my grandfather Abu Ja’far Al-Tusi, by his chain to Al-Husayn Bin Saeed among what he mention in ‘Kitab Al Salat’’’.[123]
وَ بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى هَارُونَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْرُورٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْمُسْتَرِقِّ عَنْ مُحَسِّنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع اقْرَأْ فِي صَلَاةِ الزَّوَالِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِالْإِخْلَاصِ وَ سُورَةِ الْجَحْدِ وَ الثَّالِثَةَ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ آيَةِ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ آخِرِ الْبَقَرَةِ
And by the chain to Haroun Bin Musa, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Masrour, from Al Husayn Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from his father, from Abu Dawood Al Mustariq, from Muhassin Bin Ahmad, from Yaqoub Bin Shueyb who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Recite in the midday Salat in the two first Cycles with the sincerity, and Surah Al-Jahad (Al-Kafiroun), and the third with (Surah) Al Tawheed and Ayat Al Kursy, and in the fourth with (Surah) Al Tawheed , and end of (Surah) Al Baqarah.
وَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ الْآيَاتِ الَّتِي فِي آخِرِ آلِ عِمْرَانَ- إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ فِي السَّادِسَةِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ آيَةِ السُّخْرَةِ وَ هِيَ ثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْأَعْرَافِ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللَّهُ
And in the fifth with (Surah) Al Tawheed and the Verses which are in the end of (Surah) Al-e-Imran-as, In the Creation of the skies and the earth [3:190]; and in the sixth with (Surah) Al Tawheed and the Verse of Al Sakhra, and these are three Verses from (Surah) Al A’raaf, Surely, your Lord is Allah [7:54].
وَ فِي السَّابِعَةِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ الْآيَاتِ الَّتِي فِي الْأَنْعَامِ- وَ جَعَلُوا لِلَّهِ شُرَكاءَ الْجِنَّ وَ خَلَقَهُمْ وَ فِي الثَّامِنَةِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ آخِرِ الْحَشْرِ- لَوْ أَنْزَلْنا هذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلى جَبَلٍ إِلَى آخِرِهَا
And in the seventh with (Surah) Al Tawheed and the Verses which are in (Surah) Al Anaam: And they are making the jinn as being associates of Allah, and (although) He Created them, [6:100]; and in the eight with (Surah) Al Tawheed and end of Al Hashr: Had We Revealed this Quran unto a mountain, [59:21] – up to its end.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَقُلْ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ اللَّهُمَّ مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ وَ الْأَبْصَارِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ وَ دِينِ نَبِيِّكَ وَ لَا تُزِغْ قَلْبِي بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنِي وَ هَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ وَ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ.
When you are free, then say seven times, ‘O Allah-azwj, Turner of the hearts and the sights! Affirm my heart upon your religion and religion of Your-azwj Prophet-saww and do not Let my heart deviate after having Guided me, and Grant Mercy to me from Yourself-azwj, surely You-azwj are the Bestower, and Shelter me from the Fire by Your-azwj Mercy’’’.[124]
12- مِصْبَاحُ الشَّيْخِ، قَالَ: يَقْرَأُ بَعْدَ التَّكْبِيرَاتِ الِافْتِتَاحِيَّةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ سُورَةً مِمَّا يَخْتَارُهَا مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ.
(The book) ‘Misbah Al Sharia’ –
He said, ‘He should recite after the beginning Takbeers, (Surah) Al Hamd and a Surah from whatever he chooses from ‘Al Mufassal’ (from Surah Qaf up to end of the Quran)’’.[125]
وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ فِي الْأَوَّلَةِ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الزَّوَالِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ فِي الْبَاقِي مَا شَاءَ.
And it is reported that it is recommended that he should recite in the first of the optional of the midday (Salat), (Surahs) Al Hamd and Al Tawheed, and in the second (Surahs) Al Hamd and Al Kafiroun, and in the remainder whatever he so desires’’.[126]
وَ رُوِيَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ آخِرَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ الْآيَاتِ الَّتِي فِي آخِرِ آلِ عِمْرَانَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ إِنَّكَ لا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعادَ
And it is reported, ‘In the third, (Surah) Al Tawheed and Ayat Al Kursi; and in the fourth, (Surah) Al Tawheed and end of Al Baqarah; and in the fifth (Surah) Al Tawheed and the Verses which are in the end of (Surah) Aal-e-Imran-as, from Words of the Exalted: regarding the Creation of the skies and the earth: [3:191] – up to His-azwj Words: surely You do not break the Promise’ [3:194].
وَ فِي السَّادِسَةِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ آيَةَ السُّخْرَةِ وَ هِيَ ثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْأَعْرَافِ- إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
And in the sixth, (Surah) Al Tawheed and Verse of ‘Al Sakhra’, and these are three Verse from (Surah) Al A’raaf: Surely, your Lord is Allah Who Created the skies and the earth [7:54] – up to His-azwj Words: close to the good doers [7:56].
وَ فِي السَّابِعَةِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ الْآيَاتِ الَّتِي فِي الْأَنْعَامِ- وَ جَعَلُوا لِلَّهِ شُرَكاءَ الْجِنَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَ هُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ وَ فِي الثَّامِنَةِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ آخِرَ الْحَشْرِ- لَوْ أَنْزَلْنا هذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلى جَبَلٍ إِلَى آخِرِهَا.
And in the seventh, (Surah) Al Tawheed and the Verses which are in (Surah) Al Anaam: And they are making the jinn as being associates of Allah, [6:100] – up to His-azwj Words: and He is the Knower of the subtleties, the Aware [6:103]; and in the eight (Surah) Al Tawheed and end of (Surah) Al Hashr: Had We Revealed this Quran unto a mountain, [59:21] – up to its end’’.[127]
وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْحَمْدَ وَ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِ.
And it is reported, ‘It is recommended that he should recite in every Cycle (Surahs) Al Hamd, and Al Qadr, and Al Tawheed, and Ayat Al Kursy’’.[128]
13- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ مِمَّا يُقَالُ قَبْلَ الشُّرُوعِ فِي نَوَافِلِ الزَّوَالِ مَا رَوَيْنَاهُ بِإِسْنَادِنَا إِلَى جَدِّي أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيِّ مِمَّا ذَكَرَهُ فِي مِصْبَاحِهِ الْكَبِيرِ وَ هُوَ
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ and from what it is said, before the beginning in the optional of the midday (Salat) what we are reporting with our chains to my grandfather Abu Ja’far Al Tusi from what he mentioned in his ‘Misbah Al Kabeer’, and it is: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِإِلَهٍ اسْتَحْدَثْنَاكَ وَ لَا بِرَبٍّ يَبِيدُ ذِكْرُكَ وَ لَا كَانَ مَعَكَ شُرَكَاءُ يَقْضُونَ مَعَكَ وَ لَا كَانَ قَبْلَكَ مِنْ إِلَهٍ فَنَعْبُدَهُ وَ نَدَعَكَ وَ لَا أَعَانَكَ عَلَى خَلْقِنَا أَحَدٌ فَنَشُكَّ فِيكَ
‘O Allah-azwj! You-azwj aren’t a god we have innovated nor a Lord-azwj who will fade from memory, nor were there associates to be Decreeing with You-azwj nor was there any god before You-azwj, therefore we worship You-azwj and supplicate to You-azwj, nor did anyone assist You-azwj upon creating us so we can be doubting regarding You-azwj.
أَنْتَ اللَّهُ الدَّيَّانُ فَلَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَ أَنْتَ الدَّائِمُ فَلَا يَزُولُ مُلْكُكَ أَنْتَ أَوَّلُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ آخِرُ الْآخِرِينَ وَ دَيَّانُ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ يَفْنَى كُلُّ شَيْءٍ وَ يَبْقَى وَجْهُكَ الْكَرِيمُ
You-azwj are Allah-azwj the Judge, there is no associate for You-azwj, and You-azwj are the Permanent, so Your-azwj Kingdom will not decline. You-azwj are the first of the first ones and last of the last ones, and Judge of the Day of Reckoning. All things will perish and Your-azwj Benevolent Face will remain!
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ لَمْ تَلِدْ فَتَكُونَ فِي الْعِزِّ مُشَارَكاً وَ لَمْ تُولَدْ فَتَكُونَ مَوْرُوثاً هَالِكاً وَ لَمْ تُدْرِكْكَ الْأَبْصَارُ فَتُقَدِّرَكَ شَبَحاً مَاثِلًا وَ لَمْ يَتَعَاوَرْكَ زِيَادَةٌ وَ لَا نُقْصَانٌ وَ لَا تُوصَفُ بِأَيْنَ وَ لَا كَيْفَ وَ لَا ثَمَّ وَ لَا مَكَانٍ وَ بَطَنْتَ فِي خَفِيَّاتِ الْأُمُورِ وَ ظَهَرْتَ فِي الْعُقُولِ بِمَا نَرَى مِنْ خَلْقِكَ مِنْ عَلَامَاتِ التَّدْبِيرِ
There is no god except You-azwj! You-azwj were not born so there would be an associate in the Might, and did not beget so You-azwj would be inherited, perished, and the sights cannot realise You-azwj so a resembling example could realise You-azwj. Neither does the increase and the reduction affect You-azwj, nor can You-azwj be described by ‘where’ nor ‘how’, nor ‘then’, nor place. You-azwj are concealed in the hidden matters and are apparent in the intellects with what we can see from the signs of the arrangement of Your-azwj creation.
أَنْتَ الَّذِي سُئِلَتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ع عَنْكَ فَلَمْ تَصِفْكَ بِحَدٍّ وَ لَا بِبَعْضٍ بَلْ دَلَّتْ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ آيَاتِكَ بِمَا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْمُنْكِرُونَ جَحْدَهُ لِأَنَّ مَنْ كَانَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرَضُونَ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِطْرَتُهُ فَهُوَ الصَّانِعُ الَّذِي بَانَ عَنِ الْخَلْقِ فَلَا شَيْءَ كَمِثْلِهِ
You-azwj are the One-azwj Who the Prophets-as had been asked about, they-as neither described You-azwj with a limitation nor with segmentation, but they-as pointed to You-azwj from Your-azwj Signs with what the denier were not able upon rejecting, because the One-azwj Whose Nature Created the skies and the earths and whatever is between the two, He-azwj is the Maker Who is disassociated from the creation, so there is nothing like Him-azwj.
وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا آيَاتٌ دَلِيلَاتٌ عَلَيْكَ تُؤَدِّي عَنْكَ الْحُجَّةَ وَ تَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِالرُّبُوبِيَّةِ مَوْسُومَاتٌ بِبُرْهَانِ قُدْرَتِكَ وَ مَعَالِمِ تَدْبِيرِكَ فَأَوْصَلْتَ إِلَى قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ مَعْرِفَتِكَ مَا آنَسَهَا مِنْ وَحْشَةِ الْفِكْرِ وَ وَسْوَسَةِ الصَّدْرِ
And I testify that the skies and the earths and whatever is between the two are signs evidencing upon You-azwj fulfilling the argument on Your-azwj behalf and testify for You-azwj with the Lordship-azwj, as marks proving Your-azwj Power, and information of Your-azwj Management, so You-azwj Conveyed to hearts of the Momineen from Your-azwj Recognition what would comfort these from loneliness of the thinking and insinuations of the chest.
فَهِيَ عَلَى اعْتِرَافِهَا بِكَ شَاهِدَةٌ بِأَنَّكَ قَبْلَ الْقَبْلِ بِلَا قَبْلٍ وَ بَعْدَ الْبَعْدِ بِلَا بَعْدٍ انْقَطَعَتِ الْغَايَاتُ دُونَكَ فَسُبْحَانَكَ لَا وَزِيرَ لَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ لَا عَدْلَ لَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ لَا ضِدَّ لَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ لَا نِدَّ لَكَ
Thus, it is a testifier acknowledging to You-azwj that You-azwj were before the ‘before’ without a before, and (will be) after the ‘after’ without an after. The peak is cut off besides You-azwj. So, Glory be to You-azwj, there is no minister for You-azwj! Glory be to You-azwj, there is no equal to You-azwj! Glory be to You-azwj, there is no opposer for You-azwj! Glory be to You-azwj, there is no rival to You-azwj!
سُبْحَانَكَ لَا تَأْخُذُكَ سِنَةٌ وَ لَا نَوْمٌ سُبْحَانَكَ لَا تُغَيِّرُكَ الْأَزْمَانُ سُبْحَانَكَ لَا تَنْتَقِلُ بِكَ الْأَحْوَالُ سُبْحَانَكَ لَا يُعْيِيكَ شَيْءٌ سُبْحَانَكَ لَا يَفُوتُكَ شَيْءٌ سُبْحانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ- إِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِي وَ تَرْحَمْنِي أَكُنْ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ
Glory be to You-azwj, neither does drowsiness Seize You-azwj nor sleep, nor do the times change You-azwj! Glory be to You-azwj, the situations do not transfer You-azwj! Glory be to You-azwj, nothing fatigues You-azwj! Glory be to You-azwj, nothing is missed out by You-azwj! Glory be to You-azwj, I have been unjust to myself, Forgive me and Mercy me from being from the losers!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ وَ نَبِيِّكَ وَ صَفِيِّكَ وَ حَبِيبِكَ وَ خَاصَّتِكَ وَ أَمِينِكَ عَلَى وَحْيِكَ وَ خَازِنِكَ عَلَى عِلْمِكَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, Your‑azwj servant, and Your-azwj Rasool-saww, and Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and Your-azwj Elite, and Your-azwj Beloved, and Your-azwj special one, and Your-azwj Trustee upon Your-azwj Revelation, and Your-azwj Treasurer upon Your-azwj Knowledge.
الْهَادِي إِلَيْكَ بِإِذْنِكَ الصَّادِعِ بِأَمْرِكَ عَنْ وَحْيِكَ الْقَائِمِ بِحُجَّتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ الدَّاعِي إِلَيْكَ الْمُوَالِي لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ مَعَكَ وَ الْمُعَادِي أَعْدَاءَكَ دُونَكَ السَّالِكِ جُدَدَ الرَّشَادِ إِلَيْكَ الْقَاصِدِ مَنْهَجَ الْحَقِّ نَحْوَكَ
The guide to You-azwj by Your-azwj Permission, the proclaimer of Your-azwj Commands from Your‑azwj Revelation, the one standing with Your-azwj arguments among Your-azwj servants, the caller to You-azwj, the befriender of Your-azwj friends and inimical to Your-azwj enemies, besides You-azwj (as Guide), the traveller of the path of rightful guidance to You-azwj, the aimer of manifesto of truth towards You-azwj!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَفْضَلَ وَ أَكْرَمَ وَ أَشْرَفَ وَ أَعْظَمَ وَ أَطْيَبَ وَ أَتَمَّ وَ أَعَمَّ وَ أَزْكَى وَ أَنْمَى وَ أَوْفَى وَ أَكْثَرَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى نَبِيٍّ مِنْ أَنْبِيَائِكَ وَ رَسُولٍ مِنْ رُسُلِكَ وَ بِجَمِيعِ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَنْبِيَائِكَ وَ مَلَائِكَتِكَ وَ رُسُلِكَ وَ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon him-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, the superior, and most honourable, and most noble, and mightiest, and best, and most complete, and most general, and purest, and most growing, and most fulfilling, and more than what You-azwj had Send upon any Prophet-as from Your-azwj Prophets-as, and any Rasool-as from Your-azwj Rasools-as, and with entirety of what You-azwj had Sent upon entirety of Your-azwj Prophets-as, and Your-azwj Angels, and Your-azwj Rasools-as, and Your-azwj righteous servants! You-azwj are the praised, the glorified!
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ صَلَوَاتِي بِهِمْ مَقْبُولَةً وَ ذُنُوبِي بِهِمْ مَغْفُورَةً وَ سَعْيِي بِهِمْ مَشْكُوراً وَ دُعَائِي بِهِمْ مُسْتَجَاباً وَ رِزْقِي بِهِمْ مَبْسُوطاً وَ انْظُرْ إِلَيَّ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ نَظْرَةً أَسْتَكْمِلُ بِهَا الْكَرَامَةَ عِنْدَكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي أَبَداً بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
O Allah-azwj! Make my Salat to be Accepted due to them-asws, and my sins Forgiven due to them‑asws, and my striving Thanked due to them, and my supplication Answered due to them‑asws, and my sustenance Extended due to them-asws, and Look at me in this time with Your-azwj Benevolent Face with a Look the Honours are Perfected with You-azwj, then do not Turn it away from me, ever, by Your-azwj Mercy, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!’
ثُمَّ تَدْخُلُ فِي نَافِلَةِ الزَّوَالِ.
Then enter into (praying) the optional (Salats) of the midday’’.[129]
14- دَعَائِمُ الْإِسْلَامِ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي صَلَاةِ الزَّوَالِ يَعْنِي السُّنَّةَ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ هِيَ صَلَاةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَ هَبَّتِ الرِّيحُ فُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَ قُبِلَ الدُّعَاءُ وَ قُضِيَتِ الْحَوَائِجُ الْعِظَامُ.
(The book) ‘Da’aim Al Islam’ –
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, he-asws used to say in the midday Salat, meaning the Sunnah before Al-Zohr Salat: ‘It is Salat of the penitent when the sun declines, and the wind blows, doors of the sky are opened and the supplication is Accepted, and the might needs are fulfilled’’.[130]
15- فِقْهُ الرِّضَا، قَالَ ع إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ صَلِّ ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ مِنْهَا رَكْعَتَانِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ الثَّانِيَةُ بِالْفَاتِحَةِ وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ سِتُّ رَكَعَاتٍ بِمَا أَحْبَبْتَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ.
(The book) ‘Fiqh Al-Reza-asws’ – He-asws said: ‘When the sun declines, pray eight Cycles – two Cycles from these with Surahs Al Fatiha and Al Tawheed, and the second with (Surahs) Al Fatiha and Al Kafiroun, and six Cycles with whatever you like from the Quran’’.[131]
16- الْبَلَدُ الْأَمِينُ، مِنْ كِتَابِ طَرِيقِ النَّجَاةِ لِابْنِ الْحَدَّادِ الْعَامِلِيِّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَ لَيْلَةٍ سِتّاً وَ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً خَلَقَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يَكْتُبُونَ ثَوَابَهَا سِتَّةً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفَ عَامٍ مِنْهَا إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَبْلَ النَّافِلَةِ عَشْراً وَ بَعْدَ نَوَافِلِ الزَّوَالِ إِحْدَى وَ عِشْرِينَ إِلَى آخِرِ الْخَبَرِ.
(The book) ‘Al Balad Al Ameen’, from the book ‘Tareeq Al Najaat’ of Ibn Al Haddad Al Aamily, by his chain,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws the 2nd: ‘One who recites Surah Al Qadr seventy-six times during every day, Allah-azwj the Exalted will Create a thousand Angels for him writing its Rewards for thirty-six thousand years. From these is when the sun declines before the optional (Salat) ten times, and after the optional (Salats) of the midday twenty-one times’ – up to end of the Hadeeth’’.[132]
17- فِقْهُ الرِّضَا، قَالَ ع إِذَا اسْتَقْبَلْتَ الْقِبْلَةَ فِي صَلَاةِ الزَّوَالِ فَقُلْ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ وَ اقْرَأْ رَبَّنا لا تُؤاخِذْنا إِلَى آخِرِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَ اقْرَأْ يَسْئَلُهُ مَنْ فِي السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ
(The book) ‘Fiqh Al-Reza-asws’ – He-asws said: ‘When you face the Qiblah in the midday Salat, then say, ‘Glory be for Allah-azwj and with His-azwj Praise’, and recite: (The Rasool said): ‘Our Lord! Do not Seize us [2:286] – up to end of Surah Al Baqarah, and recite, Everyone in the skies and the earth asks Him. Every day He is in Splendour [55:29].
فَصَلِّ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اجْعَلْ مِنْ شَأْنِكَ قَضَاءَ حَاجَتِي وَ اقْضِ لِي فِي شَأْنِكَ حَاجَتِي وَ حَاجَتِي إِلَيْكَ الْعِتْقُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ الْإِقْبَالُ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ إِلَيَّ وَ رِضَاكَ عَنِّي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and make from Your-azwj Splendour the fulfilment of my needs and Decree for me among Your-azwj Splendour, my needs and my needs to You-azwj, the liberation from the Fire and the Facing with Your-azwj Benevolent Face towards me, and Your-azwj being Satisfied with me, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُقَدِّمُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ حَاجَتِي إِلَيْكَ مُحَمَّداً وَ أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ وَ أَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِمْ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِهِمْ فَاجْعَلْنِي بِهِمْ وَجِيهاً عِنْدَكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ اجْعَلْ صَلَوَاتِي بِهِمْ مَقْبُولَةً وَ ذَنْبِي بِهِمْ مَغْفُوراً وَ دُعَائِي بِهِمْ مُسْتَجَاباً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
O Allah-azwj! I forward in front of my needs to You-azwj, Muhammad-saww and People-asws of his‑saww Household, and I draw closer to You-azwj through them-asws, and I divert to You-azwj through them-asws, so Make me a face (dignitary) in Your-azwj Presence due to them-asws, in the world and the Hereafter, and from the ones of Proximity, and Make my Salat to be Accepted due to them-asws, and my sins Forgiven due to them-asws, and my supplication Answered due to them-asws, Your-azwj are the Forgiver, the Merciful!’
ثُمَّ تُصَلِّي ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَ هِيَ صَلَاةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ افْتَتِحْ تَكْبِيرَةً وَاحِدَةً وَ قُلْ فِي تَكْبِيرِكَ فِي هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ تَعْظِيماً وَ تَقْدِيساً وَ تَكْبِيراً وَ إِجْلَالًا وَ مَهَابَةً وَ تَعَبُّداً أَهْلَ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَ الْعَظَمَةِ وَ الْمَجْدِ وَ الثَّنَاءِ وَ التَّقْدِيسِ وَ التَّطْهِيرِ مِنَ الْأَهْلِ وَ الْوَلَدِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ وَ لَا مَعْبُودَ سِوَاهُ وَ لَا رَبّاً دُونَهُ فَرْداً خَالِقاً وَتْراً لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ صَاحِبَةً وَ لَا وَلَداً
Then pray eight Cycles, and these are Salats of the penitent. Begin with one Takbeer and say during your Takbeer of this Salat, ‘Allah-azwj is Greatest, in reverence, and Holiness, and Greatness, and Majesty, and Awe, and servitude, rightful of the Greatness, and the Glory, and the Praise, and the Holiness, and the Pure from the family and the children, and there is no god apart from Him-azwj nor any deity apart from Him-azwj, nor any lord besides Him-azwj. He-azwj is Individual, Creator, Single, neither having taken a female companion nor any son!’
ثُمَّ تَعَوَّذُ وَ تُسَمِّي وَ تَقْرَأُ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَ الدُّعَاءِ الْخَالِصِ لِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِكَ وَ مِنْكَ وَ بِعَبْدِكَ الَّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ سَفِيراً بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ وَ خَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ نُورِكَ وَ نَفَخْتَ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِكَ وَ اسْتَوْدَعْتَهُ فِيهِ مِنْ عِلْمِكَ وَ عَلَّمْتَهُ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ وَ أَمِنْتَهُ عَلَى وَحْيِكَ وَ اسْتَأْثَرْتَهُ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ لِنَفْسِكَ ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتَهُ حَبِيباً وَ نَبِيّاً وَ خَلِيلًا
Then seek Refuge and Name (Bismillah) and recite whatever is easy from the Quran, and the supplication purely for Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww: ‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by You-azwj, and from You-azwj, and by Your-azwj servant whom You-azwj Made to be an ambassador between You-azwj and Your-azwj creatures, and Created him from Your-azwj Noor, and Blew Your-azwj Spirit into him-saww, and Deposited Your-azwj Knowledge in him-saww, and Taught him-saww from Your‑azwj Book, and Entrusted him-saww upon Your-azwj Revelation, and Preferred him-as for Yourself-azwj in knowledge of the unseen, then You-azwj Took him-saww as Beloved, and Prophet‑as, and friend!
اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ وَ بِهِ وَ بِهِ وَ بِكَ إِلَّا جَعَلْتَنِي مِمَّنْ أَتَوَلَّى مَعَ أَوْلِيَائِهِ وَ أَتَبَرَّأُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ
O Allah-azwj! By You-azwj and by him-saww, and by him-saww and by You-azwj, Make me from the ones I befriend with his-saww friends, and I disavow from his-saww enemies!
اللَّهُمَّ كَمَا جَعَلْتَنِي فِي دَوْلَتِهِ وَ كَوَّنْتَنِي فِي كَرَّتِهِ وَ أَخْرَجْتَنِي فِي كُورِهِ وَ أَظْهَرْتَنِي فِي دُورِهِ وَ دَعَوْتَنِي إِلَى مِلَّتِهِ وَ جَعَلْتَنِي مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ وَ جُنُودِهِ فَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ خَاصَّةِ أَوْلِيَائِهِ وَ خَوَاصِّ أَحِبَّائِهِ وَ قَرِّبْنِي إِلَيْهِ مَنْزِلَةً وَ زُلْفَةً فِي أَعْلَى عِلِّيِّينَ
O Allah-azwj! Just as You-azwj Made me to be in his-saww nation, and Shaped me in his-saww era, and Extracted me his-saww lands, and Caused me to appear in his-saww times, and Called me to his-saww religion, and Made me from his-saww community and his-saww armies, so Make me from his-saww special friends and his-saww special loved ones, and Draw me closer to him-saww in status and nearness in the high Illiyeen!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي آمَنْتُ بِكَ وَ بِهِ وَ أَجَبْتُ دَاعِيَكَ ابْتِغَاءً لِمَرْضَاتِكَ وَ طَلَباً لِرِضْوَانِكَ وَ أَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ مُحَمَّدٍ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ أَقْرَرْتُ بِوَلَايَةِ وَلِيِّكَ عَلِيٍّ وَلِيّاً وَ رَضِيتُ بِالْحَسَنِ إِمَاماً وَ بِالْحُسَيْنِ وَصِيّاً وَ بِالْأَئِمَّةِ عُلَمَاءَ
O Allah-azwj! I believed in You-azwj and him-saww, and I answered Your-azwj Call and sought Your‑azwj Satisfaction, and sought Your-azwj Pleasure, and I believed in Muhammad-azwj for Allah-azwj, Lord-azwj of the worlds, and I acknowledged the Wilayah of Your-azwj Guardian-asws Ali‑asws as a Guardian-asws, and am pleased with Al-Hassan-asws as Imam-asws, and with Al-Husayn‑asws as successor-asws, and with the Imams-asws as knowledgeable ones!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ عَلَى ذُرِّيَّتِهِمُ الْخِيَرَةِ.
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon them-asws and upon their-asws chosen offspring!’’[133]
18- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ مِصْبَاحُ الشَّيْخِ، مِمَّا يَقُولُ الْإِنْسَانُ بَعْدَ كُلِّ تَسْلِيمَةٍ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الزَّوَالِ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ضَعِيفٌ فَقَوِّ فِي رِضَاكَ ضَعْفِي وَ خُذْ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ بِنَاصِيَتِي وَ اجْعَلِ الْإِيمَانَ مُنْتَهَى رِضَايَ وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَ بَلِّغْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ كُلَّ الَّذِي أَرْجُو مِنْكَ وَ اجْعَلْ لِي وُدّاً وَ سُرُوراً لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ عَهْداً عِنْدَكَ.
(The book) ‘Falah Al Sa’ail’, and ‘Misbah’ of the Sheykh –
‘From what the person should be saying after every Salaam of the optional (Salat) of the midday, ‘O Allah-azwj! I am weak, so Grant me strength through Your-azwj Satisfaction. Guide me towards goodness with my resolve, and Make faith to be the culmination of my contentment. Bless me in what You-azwj have Allocated for me, and Grant me all that I hoped for by Your-azwj Mercy. Make me a source of love and joy for the Momineen, and establish a covenant with You’’.[134]
19- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ مِمَّا يُقَالُ أَيْضاً فِي جُمْلَةِ تَعْقِيبِ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الزَّوَالِ-
(The book) ‘Falah Al Sa’ail’ –
‘And from what is to be said as well in all the follow-ups of every two Cycles from optional (Salats) of the midday: –
رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي عَمَلًا بِطَاعَتِكَ وَ ارْفَعْ دَرَجَتِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ
‘Lord-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Shelter me from the evil deeds and Utilise me for deeds in Your-azwj obedience, and Raise my rank by Your-azwj Mercy!
يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ أَسْأَلُكَ رِضَاكَ وَ جَنَّتَكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَارِكَ وَ سَخَطِكَ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ تَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَكَ.
O Allah-azwj! O Lord-azwj! O Beneficent! O Merciful! O Affectionate! O Bestower! O with the Majesty and the Benevolence! I ask You-azwj for Your-azwj Satisfaction and Your-azwj Paradise, and I seek Refuge with You-azwj from Your-azwj Fire and Your-azwj Annoyance! I seek Shelter with Allah-azwj from the Fire!’ – raising your voice with it’’.[135]
ذَكَرَ رِوَايَةً فِي الدُّعَاءِ عَقِيبَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الزَّوَالِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْهَمْدَانِيِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ مُزَاحِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ
He mentioned in a report regarding the supplication as a follow-up of every two Cycles from the optional (Salats) of the midday. He said, ‘We are informed by Abu Abdullah Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Ayyash, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Attar, from Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al Hamdany, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, from Nasr Bin Muzahim, from Abu Khalid,
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهَا الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الزَّوَالِ الرَّكْعَتَانِ الْأَوَّلَتَانِ-
‘From Abdullah Bin Al-Hassan son of Al-Hassan-asws, from his mother (Syeda) Fatima daughter of Al-Hassan-asws, from her father Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon them-asws both, said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww used to supplicate with this supplication between every two Cycles from the midday Salat, the two first Cycles: –
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ أَكْرَمُ مَأْتِيٍّ وَ أَكْرَمُ مَزُورٍ وَ خَيْرُ مَنْ طُلِبَتْ إِلَيْهِ الْحَاجَاتُ وَ أَجْوَدُ مَنْ أَعْطَى وَ أَرْحَمُ مَنِ اسْتُرْحِمَ وَ أَرْأَفُ مَنْ عَفَا وَ أَعَزُّ مَنِ اعْتُمِدَ عَلَيْهِ
‘O Allah-azwj! You-azwj are the most Generous of all those who bestow, the most Generous of all those who are sought for needs, the most Generous of all those who give, the most Merciful of all those who show mercy, the most Tender of all those who pardon, and the Mightiest of all those who are relied upon.
اللَّهُمَّ بِي إِلَيْكَ فَاقَةٌ وَ لِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَاتٌ وَ لَكَ عِنْدِي طَلِبَاتٌ مِنْ ذُنُوبٍ أَنَا بِهَا مُرْتَهَنٌ وَ قَدْ أَوْقَرَتْ ظَهْرِي وَ أَوْبَقَتْنِي وَ إِلَّا تَرْحَمْنِي وَ تَغْفِرْ لِي أَكُنْ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ
O Allah-azwj! With me there is destitution to You-azwj, and for me there is need to You-azwj, and for You-azwj there are demands with me of sins. I am pledged with these and my back is burdened and weighing me down. Mercy me and Forgive me lest I become from the losers.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اعْتَمَدْتُكَ فِيهَا تَائِباً إِلَيْكَ مِنْهَا فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي كُلَّهَا قَدِيمَهَا وَ حَدِيثَهَا سِرَّهَا وَ عَلَانِيَتَهَا وَ خَطَاهَا وَ عَمْدَهَا صَغِيرَهَا وَ كَبِيرَهَا وَ كُلَّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتُهُ وَ أَنَا مُذْنِبُهُ مَغْفِرَةً عَزْماً جَزْماً لَا تُغَادِرُ ذَنْباً وَاحِداً وَ لَا أَكْتَسِبُ بَعْدَهَا مُحَرَّماً أَبَداً
O Allah-azwj! I have relied upon You-azwj regarding it being repentant to You-azwj from it, so Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Forgive my sins for me, all of them, their old ones and their new, their secretive and their open, and their unintentional and their deliberate, and their small and their large, and every sin I have committed, and I am the one who committed it with a firm and determined resolution, neither leaving out any sin nor acquiring any Prohibition after it, ever!
وَ اقْبَلْ مِنِّي الْيَسِيرَ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ وَ تَجَاوَزْ لِي عَنِ الْكَثِيرِ مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ يَا عَظِيمُ إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الْعَظِيمَ إِلَّا الْعَظِيمُ- يَسْئَلُهُ مَنْ فِي السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ يَا مَنْ هُوَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي شَأْنٍ
And Accept from me the litter from my obedience to You-azwj, and Overlook for me from the many of my acts of disobedience to You-azwj, O Mighty One! Surely no one forgives the mighty (sins) except the Mighty. Everyone in the skies and the earth asks Him. Every day He is in Splendour [55:29].
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اجْعَلْ لِي فِي شَأْنِكَ شَأْنَ حَاجَتِي وَ حَاجَتِي هِيَ فَكَاكُ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَ الْأَمَانُ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَ الْفَوْزُ بِرِضْوَانِكَ وَ جَنَّتِكَ وَ صَلِ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ امْنُنْ بِذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ وَ بِكُلِّ مَا فِيهِ صَلَاحِي
Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Make my need for me in Your-azwj Splendour, and my need, it is liberation of my neck from the Fire and the security from Your-azwj Wrath, and the success with Your-azwj Satisfaction and Your-azwj paradise, and Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and believe that upon me and with all what is my betterment in it.
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِكَ السَّاطِعِ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ لَا تُفَرِّقْ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
And I ask You-azwj with Your-azwj Light shining in the darkness, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and not to Differentiate between me and them, in the world and the Hereafter, surely You-azwj are Able upon all things!
اللَّهُمَّ وَ اكْتُبْ لِي عِتْقاً مِنَ النَّارِ مَبْتُولًا وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُنِيبِينَ إِلَيْكَ التَّابِعِينَ لِأَمْرِكَ الْمُخْبِتِينَ إِلَيْكَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرْتَ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَ الْمُسْتَكْمِلِينَ مَنَاسِكَهُمْ وَ الصَّابِرِينَ فِي الْبَلَاءِ وَ الشَّاكِرِينَ فِي الرَّخَاءِ وَ الْمُطِيعِينَ لِأَمْرِكَ فِيمَا أَمَرْتَهُمْ بِهِ وَ الْمُقِيمِينَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ الْمُؤْتِينَ الزَّكَاةَ وَ الْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ عَلَيْكَ
O Allah-azwj, and Write for me liberation from affliction of the Fire and Make me from the ones penitent to You-azwj, the follower of Your-azwj Command, the ones submissive to You-azwj, those whenever You-azwj are mentioned their hearts palpitate, and the ones perfecting their rituals, and the ones patient during the calamities, and the thankful during the prosperity, and the followers of Your-azwj Command regarding what You-azwj have Commanded them with, and the ones establishing the Salat and giving the Zakat, and the ones reliant upon You-azwj!
اللَّهُمَّ أَضِفْنِي بِأَكْرَمِ كَرَامَتِكَ وَ أَجْزِلْ مِنْ عَطِيَّتِكَ وَ الْفَضِيلَةِ لَدَيْكَ وَ الرَّاحَةِ مِنْكَ وَ الْوَسِيلَةِ إِلَيْكَ وَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ عِنْدَكَ مَا تَكْفِينِي بِهِ كُلَّ هَوْلٍ دُونَ الْجَنَّةِ وَ تُظِلُّنِي فِي ظِلِّ عَرْشِكَ يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلُّكَ وَ تُعَظِّمُ نُورِي وَ تُعْطِينِي كِتَابِي بِيَمِينِي وَ تُخَفِّفُ حِسَابِي وَ تَحْشُرُنِي فِي أَفْضَلِ الْوَافِدِينَ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ تُثَبِّتُنِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَ تَجْعَلُنِي مِمَّنْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ وَ تَتَوَفَّانِي وَ أَنْتَ عَنِّي رَاضٍ وَ أَلْحِقْنِي بِعِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
O Allah-azwj! Host me with the most honourable of Your-azwj Benevolence, and Amplify from Your-azwj awards and the merit with You-azwj, and the Comfort from You-azwj, and the means to You-azwj, and the status in Your-azwj Presence what would suffice me with for every horror before the Paradise, and Shade me in the shade of Your-azwj Throne on a Day there will be no shade except Your-azwj Shade, and Magnify my light and Give me my book in my right hand, and Lighten my Reckoning, and Resurrect me among the most superior of the pious delegates to You-azwj, and Affirm me in Illiyeen, and Make me from the ones You-azwj Look at with Your‑azwj Benevolent Face and Cause me to die while You-azwj are Satisfied with me, and Join me with Your-azwj rightful servants!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اقْلِبْنِي بِذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ مُفْلِحاً مُنْجِحاً قَدْ غَفَرْتَ لِي خَطَايَايَ وَ ذُنُوبِي كُلَّهَا وَ كَفَرْتَ عَنِّي سَيِّئَاتِي وَ حَطَطْتَ عَنِّي وِزْرِي وَ شَفَعْتَنِي فِي جَمِيعِ حَوَائِجِي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ فِي يُسْرٍ مِنْكَ وَ عَافِيَةٍ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Turn me with all of that as successful and prosperous, having Forgiven my wrongdoings and my sins, all of them, and Expiated my evil deeds from me, and Offloaded my burned from me, and Interceded for me in entirety of my needs in the world and the Hereafter, in east from You-azwj and well-being!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ لَا تَخْلِطْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عَمَلِي وَ لَا بِمَا تَقَرَّبْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ رِئَاءً وَ لَا سُمْعَةً وَ لَا أَشَراً وَ لَا بَطَراً وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْخَاشِعِينَ لَكَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and do not Mingle showing off with any of my deeds nor with what I can draw closer with to You-azwj any (desire for) reputation, nor evil nor arrogance, and Make me from the ones fearful to You-azwj!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَعْطِنِي السَّعَةَ فِي رِزْقِي وَ الصِّحَّةَ فِي جِسْمِي وَ الْقُوَّةَ فِي بَدَنِي عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ وَ عِبَادَتِكَ وَ أَعْطِنِي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ رِضْوَانِكَ وَ عَافِيَتِكَ مَا تُسَلِّمُنِي بِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ بَلَاءِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ ارْزُقْنِي الرَّهْبَةَ مِنْكَ وَ الرَّغْبَةَ إِلَيْكَ وَ الْخُشُوعَ لَكَ وَ الْوَقَارَ وَ الْحَيَاءَ مِنْكَ وَ التَّعْظِيمَ لِذِكْرِكَ وَ التَّقْدِيسَ لِمَجْدِكَ أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِي حَتَّى تَتَوَفَّانِي وَ أَنْتَ عَنِّي رَاضٍ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Give me the vastness in my sustenance and the health in my body, and the strength my physique upon obeying You-azwj and worshipping You-azwj, and Give me from Your-azwj Mercy and Your-azwj Satisfaction, and Your-azwj well-being what I would be safe with from every affliction of the world and the Hereafter, and Grace me the fearing from You-azwj and the desiring to You-azwj, and the humility to You-azwj, and the dignity, and the embarrassment from You-azwj, and the reverence to Your-azwj Zikr, and the sanctifying to Your-azwj Glory in the days of my life until You-azwj Cause me to die while You-azwj are Satisfied with me!
اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ السَّعَةَ وَ الدَّعَةَ وَ الْأَمْنَ وَ الْكِفَايَةَ وَ السَّلَامَةَ وَ الصِّحَّةَ وَ الْقُنُوعَ وَ الْعِصْمَةَ وَ الْهُدَى وَ الرَّحْمَةَ وَ الْعَافِيَةَ وَ الْيَقِينَ وَ الْمَغْفِرَةَ وَ الشُّكْرَ وَ الرِّضَا وَ الصَّبْرَ وَ الْعِلْمَ وَ الصِّدْقَ وَ الْبِرَّ وَ التَّقْوَى وَ الْحِلْمَ وَ التَّوَاضُعَ وَ الْيُسْرَ وَ التَّوْفِيقَ-
O Allah-azwj, and I ask You-azwj for the vastness, and the prosperity, and the security and the sufficiency, and the safety and the health, and the contentment and the protection, and the Guidance and the Mercy, and the well-being and the certainty, and the Forgiveness and the thanks, and the satisfaction and the patience, and the knowledge and the truthfulness, and the righteousness and the piety, and the forbearance and the reverence, and the ease and the inclination!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اعْمُمْ بِذَلِكَ أَهْلَ بَيْتِي وَ قَرَابَاتِي وَ إِخْوَانِي فِيكَ وَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتُ وَ أَحَبَّنِي أَوْ وَلَدْتُهُ وَ وَلَدَنِي مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and generalise with them-asws, my family, and my relatives, and my brothers for Your-azwj Sake, and the ones I love and who love me, or I have begotten or they have begotten me, from entirety of the believing men and the believing women, and the Muslim men and the Muslim women!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا رَبِّ حُسْنَ الظَّنِّ بِكَ وَ الصِّدْقَ فِي التَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ
And I ask You-azwj, O Lord-azwj, of having good thoughts with You-azwj, and the sincerity in the reliance upon You-azwj!
وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ أَنْ تَبْتَلِيَنِي بِبَلِيَّةٍ تَحْمِلُنِي ضَرُورَتُهَا عَلَى التَّغَوُّثِ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ مَعَاصِيكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ أَنْ أَكُونَ فِي حَالِ عُسْرٍ أَوْ يُسْرٍ أَظُنُّ أَنَّ مَعَاصِيَكَ أَنْجَحُ فِي طَلِبَتِي مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ
And I seek Refuge with You-azwj, O Lord-azwj from Your-azwj Trying me with an affliction the necessity of which would carry me upon being helped by something from disobeying You-azwj, and I seek Refuge with You-azwj, O Lord-azwj, from being in a state of difficulty or ease, to think of disobeying You-azwj in being successful in my search from obeying You-azwj!
وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ تَكَلُّفِ مَا لَمْ تُقَدِّرْ لِي فِيهِ رِزْقاً وَ مَا قَدَّرْتَ لِي مِنْ رِزْقٍ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ آتِنِي بِهِ فِي يُسْرٍ مِنْكَ وَ عَافِيَةٍ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
And I seek Refuge with You-azwj from encumbering what You-azwj have not Pre-determines any sustenance for me in it, and have not Pre-determined any sustenance for me. Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Give me with it in ease from You-azwj and well-being, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!’
وَ قُلْ رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي عَمَلًا بِطَاعَتِكَ وَ ارْفَعْ دَرَجَتِي رحمتك [بِرَحْمَتِكَ]
And say, ‘Lord-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Shelter me from the evil deeds and Utilise me for deeds in Your-azwj obedience, and Raise my rank by Your-azwj Mercy!
يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ أَسْأَلُكَ رِضَاكَ وَ جَنَّتَكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَارِكَ وَ سَخَطِكَ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ تَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَكَ
O Allah-azwj! O Lord-azwj! O Beneficent! O Merciful! O Affectionate! O Bestower! O One-azwj with the Majesty and the Benevolence! I ask You-azwj for Your-azwj Satisfaction and Your-azwj Paradise, and I seek Refuge with You-azwj from Your-azwj Fire and Your-azwj Wrath! I seek Shelter with Allah-azwj from the Fire!’ – raising your voice with it.
ثُمَّ تَخِرُّ سَاجِداً وَ تَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِجُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ وَ أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ وَ أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِمَلَائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أَنْبِيَائِكَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنْ تُقِيلَنِي عَثْرَتِي وَ تَسْتُرَ عَلَيَّ ذُنُوبِي وَ تَغْفِرَهَا لِي وَ تُقَلِّبَنِي الْيَوْمَ بِقَضَاءِ حَاجَتِي وَ لَا تُعَذِّبَنِي بِقَبِيحٍ كَانَ مِنِّي
Then fall into Sajdah and say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I draw closer to You-azwj with Your-azwj Generosity and Your-azwj benevolence, and I draw closer to You-azwj by Muhammad-azwj Your-azwj servant and Your-azwj Rasool-saww, and I draw closer to You-azwj with Your-azwj Angels of Proximity and Your-azwj Messenger Prophets-as, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and to Reduce my stumbles and Conceal my sins upon me and Forgive these and to Accept me today by Fulfilling my needs and not to Punish me due to the ugliness having happened from me!
يَا أَهْلَ التَّقْوَى وَ أَهْلَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ يَا بَرُّ يَا كَرِيمُ أَنْتَ أَبَرُّ بِي مِنْ أَبِي وَ أُمِّي وَ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ بِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةٌ وَ فَقْرٌ وَ فَاقَةٌ وَ أَنْتَ عَنِّي غَنِيٌّ فَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَرْحَمَ فَقْرِي وَ تَسْتَجِيبَ دُعَائِي وَ تَكُفَّ عَنِّي أَنْوَاعَ الْبَلَاءِ فَإِنَّ عَفْوَكَ وَ جُودَكَ يَسَعُنِي
O rightful of being feared and rightful of the Forgiveness! O Righteous! O Benevolent! You-azwj are more righteous with me than my father and my mother myself and the people in their entirety! There is a need for me to You-azwj, and poverty and destitution, and You-azwj are needless of me. I ask you-azwj to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and to Mercy my poverty and to Answer my supplication and Suffice on my behalf for a variety of the afflictions, for Your-azwj Pardon, and Your-azwj Generosity is capacious for me!’
التَّسْلِيمَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ اللَّهُمَّ إِلَهَ السَّمَاءِ وَ إِلَهَ الْأَرْضِ وَ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاءِ وَ فَاطِرَ الْأَرْضِ وَ نُورَ السَّمَاءِ وَ نُورَ الْأَرْضِ وَ زَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ زَيْنَ الْأَرْضِ وَ عِمَادَ السَّمَاءِ وَ عِمَادَ الْأَرْضِ وَ بَدِيعَ السَّمَاءِ وَ بَدِيعَ الْأَرْضِ ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ صَرِيخَ الْمُسْتَصْرِخِينَ وَ غَوْثَ الْمُسْتَغِيثِينَ وَ مُنْتَهَى رَغْبَةِ الْعَابِدِينَ
The second submission – ‘O Allah-azwj, God of the sky and God of the earth, and Originator of the sky and Originator of the earth, and Light of the sky and Light of the earth, and adornment of the sky and adornment of the earth, and Pillar of the sky and Pillar of the earth, and Initiator of the sky and Initiator of the earth, with the Majesty and the Benevolence, Responder to the ones crying out and Helper of the ones crying out for help, and desire of the worshippers.
أَنْتَ الْمُفَرِّجُ عَنِ الْمَكْرُوبِينَ وَ أَنْتَ الْمُرَوِّحُ عَنِ الْمَغْمُومِينَ وَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَ مُفَرِّجُ الْكَرْبِ وَ مُجِيبُ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ وَ إِلَهُ الْعَالَمِينَ الْمَنْزُولُ بِهِ كُلُّ حَاجَةٍ
You-azwj are the Reliever of the distressed, and You-azwj are the Comforter of the sad, and You‑azwj are most Merciful of the merciful ones, and Reliever of the stress, and Answerer of supplication of the distressed, and God of the worlds to Whom every need descends to!
يَا عَظِيماً يُرْجَى لِكُلِّ عَظِيمٍ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ افْعَلْ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا
O Mighty Hope of every mighty (problem)! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny‑asws of Muhammad-saww and Do such and such with me!’
وَ قُلْ رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي عَمَلًا بِطَاعَتِكَ وَ ارْفَعْ دَرَجَتِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ
And say, ‘Lord-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-as, and Shelter me from the evil deeds and Utilise me for deeds in Your-azwj obedience, and Raise my rank by Your-azwj Mercy. O Allah-azwj! O Beneficent! O Merciful! O Affectionate! O Bestower! O with the Majesty and the Benevolence!
أَسْأَلُكَ رِضَاكَ وَ جَنَّتَكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَارِكَ وَ سَخَطِكَ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ تَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَكَ
I ask You-azwj for Your-azwj Satisfaction and Your-azwj Paradise, and I seek Refuge with You-azwj from Your-azwj Fire and Your-azwj Wrath! I seek Shelter with Allah-azwj from the Fire!’ – raising your voice with it.
التَّسْلِيمَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَظِيمُ يَا حَيُّ يَا حَلِيمُ يَا غَفُورُ يَا سَمِيعُ يَا بَصِيرُ يَا وَاحِدُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ يَا مَنْ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا نُورَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ تَمَّ نُورُ وَجْهِكَ
The third submission – ‘O Exalted! O Mighty! O Living! O Forbearing! O Forgiving! O Hearing! O Seeing! O One! O First! O Last! O One He does not beget and is not begotten [112:3] And there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him’ [112:4]. O Beneficent! O Merciful! O Light of the skies and the earth, Complete the Light of Your-azwj Face!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ لَهُ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرْضُ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ الْأَعْظَمِ الْأَعْظَمِ الْأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيتَ بِهِ أَجَبْتَ وَ إِذَا سُئِلْتَ بِهِ أَعْطَيْتَ وَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى مَا تَشَاءُ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ فَإِنَّمَا أَمْرُكَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ شَيْئاً أَنْ تَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا
I ask You-azwj by the Light of Your-azwj Face the skies and the earth shine for it, and by Your-azwj Magnificent Name, the most Magnificent, the most Magnificent, the most Magnificent which when it is supplicated with, it is Answered, and when it is asked with, it is Given, and by Your-azwj upon whatever You-azwj so Desire from Your-azwj creation, for rather Your-azwj Command, whenever You-azwj Want something, You-azwj Say to it: “Be!” So it comes into being. Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws and to Do such and such with me!’
وَ قُلْ رَبِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي عَمَلًا بِطَاعَتِكَ وَ ارْفَعْ دَرَجَتِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ أَسْأَلُكَ رِضَاكَ وَ جَنَّتَكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَارِكَ وَ سَخَطِكَ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ تَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَكَ
And say, ‘Lord-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Shelter me from the evil deeds and Utilise me for deeds in Your-azwj obedience, and Raise my rank by Your-azwj Mercy. O Allah-azwj! O Lord-azwj! O Beneficent! O Merciful! O Affectionate! O Bestower! O with the Majesty and the Benevolence! I ask You-azwj for Your-azwj Satisfaction and Your-azwj Paradise, and I seek Refuge with You-azwj from Your-azwj Fire and Your-azwj Wrath. I seek Refuge with Allah-azwj from the Fire!’ – and raise your voice with it.
التَّسْلِيمَةُ الرَّابِعَةُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ شَجَرَةِ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ مَوْضِعِ الرِّسَالَةِ وَ مُخْتَلَفِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ مَعْدِنِ الْعِلْمِ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ الْوَحْيِ
The fourth submission – ‘O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, the tree (lineage) of the Prophet-hood and place of the Message, and interchange of the Angels, and mine of the Knowledge, and People-asws of Household of the Revelation!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفُلْكِ الْجَارِيَةَ فِي اللُّجَجِ الْغَامِرَةِ يَأْمَنُ مَنْ رَكِبَهَا وَ يَغْرَقُ مَنْ تَرَكَهَا الْمُتَقَدِّمُ لَهُمْ مَارِقٌ وَ الْمُتَأَخِّرُ عَنْهُمْ زَاهِقٌ وَ اللَّازِمُ لَهُمْ لَاحِقٌ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, the ship flowing in the overwhelming depths. Safe are the ones sailing it and drowned are the ones neglecting it. The ones going ahead of them-asws is a deviant, and the ones staying behind from them-asws is obliterated, and the ones sticking to them-asws joins.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكَهْفِ الْحَصِينِ وَ غِيَاثِ الْمُضْطَرِّ الْمُسْتَكِينِ وَ مَلْجَإِ الْهَارِبِينَ وَ مُنْجِي الْخَائِفِينَ وَ عِصْمَةِ الْمُعْتَصِمِينَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, the cave, the fortress, and relief of the desperate and the needy, and shelter of the fleers, and salvation of the fearful, and protection of the protection seekers!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَاةً كَثِيرَةً تَكُونُ لَهُمْ رِضًى وَ لِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَدَاءً وَ قَضَاءً بِحَوْلٍ مِنْكَ وَ قُوَّةٍ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, a lot of Salawaat becoming satisfaction for them-asws, and for the right of Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww! May the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon them-asws, fulfilling and decreeing by Might from You-azwj and strength, O Lord-azwj of the worlds!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الَّذِينَ أَوْجَبْتَ حَقَّهُمْ وَ مَوَدَّتَهُمْ وَ فَرَضْتَ طَاعَتَهُمْ وَ وَلَايَتَهُمْ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, those whose rights and their-asws cordiality are obligated, and obedience to them-asws and their-asws Wilayah is necessitated.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اعْمُرْ قَلْبِي بِطَاعَتِكَ وَ لَا تُخْزِنِي بِمَعْصِيَتِكَ وَ ارْزُقْنِي مُوَاسَاةَ مَنْ قَتَّرْتَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ مِمَّا وَسِعَتْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ نِعْمَةٍ وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ كُلِّ هَوْلٍ.
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Build my heart with being obedient to You-azwj and do not Disgrace me with my disobeying You-azwj, and Grace me consolation of the ones You-azwj have Given plentiful from Your-azwj sustenance from what You-azwj have Expanded upon me from Your-azwj Grace, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj upon every bounty, and I seek Forgiveness of Allah-azwj from every sin, and there is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj, from every horror!’’[136]
ذَكَرَ رِوَايَةً أُخْرَى فِي الدُّعَاءِ عَقِيبَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الزَّوَالِ رَوَيْتُهَا بِإِسْنَادِي إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيِّ فِيمَا ذَكَرَهُ قَدَّسَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ رُوحَهُ فِي الْمِصْبَاحِ الْكَبِيرِ وَ قَالَ وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ عَقِيبَ التَّسْلِيمَةِ الْأَوَّلَةِ
He mentioned another report – ‘Regarding the supplication as follow-up of every two Cycles from optional (Salats) of the midday, I am reporting by my chain to Abu Ja’far Al Tusi among what he, may Allah-azwj Majestic is His-azwj Majesty Sanctify his soul, mentioned in ‘Al Misbah Al Kabeer’, and he said, ‘And it is reported that you should be saying as follow-up of the first submission –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِعَفْوِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ نَقِمَتِكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِرَأْفَتِكَ مِنْ غَضَبِكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ لَا أَبْلُغُ مِدْحَتَكَ وَ لَا الثَّنَاءَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ
‘O Allah-azwj! I seek Refuge with Your-azwj Pardon from Your-azwj Punishment, and I seek Refuge with Your-azwj Satisfaction from Your-azwj Wrath, and I seek Refuge with Your-azwj Mercy from Your-azwj Vengeance, and I seek Refuge with You-azwj with Your-azwj Forgiveness from Your-azwj Punishment, and I seek refuge with Your-azwj Kindness from Your-azwj Anger, and I seek refuge with You-azwj from You-azwj! There is no god except You-azwj. I cannot reach Your-azwj Praise nor the praising upon You-azwj. You-azwj are just as You-azwj have Praised upon Yourself-azwj!
أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ حَيَاتِي زِيَادَةً فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَ وَفَاتِي رَاحَةً مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ وَ تَسُدَّ فَاقَتِي بِهُدَاكَ وَ تَوْفِيقِكَ وَ تُقَوِّيَ ضَعْفِي فِي طَاعَتِكَ وَ تَرْزُقَنِي الرَّاحَةَ وَ الْكَرَامَةَ وَ قُرَّةَ الْعَيْنِ وَ اللَّذَّةَ وَ بَرْدَ الْعَيْشِ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْمَوْتِ
And I ask You-azwj to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad‑saww, and to Make my life an increase in every goodness, and my death as comfort from every evil, and block my destitution by Your-azwj Guidance, and Your-azwj Inclination and double my piety in Your-azwj obedience, and Grace me the comfort and the honour, and delight of the eyes and the pleasure, and coolness of the life from after the death.
وَ نَفِّسْ عَنِّي الْكُرْبَةَ يَوْمَ الْمَشْهَدِ الْعَظِيمِ وَ ارْحَمْنِي يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ فَرْداً هَذِهِ نَفْسِي سِلْمٌ لَكَ وَ أَنَا مُعْتَرِفٌ بِذَنْبِي مُقِرٌّ بِالظُّلْمِ عَلَى نَفْسِي عَارِفٌ بِفَضْلِكَ عَلَيَّ
And Remove the stress from me on the day of the mighty attendance, and Mercy me on the Day I meet You-azwj individually. This is my soul I am submitting to You-azwj and I am acknowledging with my sins, accepting with the injustices upon myself, knowing of Your-azwj Grace upon me!
فَبِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ أَسْأَلُكَ لَمَّا صَفَحْتَ عَنِّي مَا سَلَفَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي وَ عَصَمْتَنِي فِيمَا بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمُرِي فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ افْعَلْ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا
I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Benevolent Face to Excuse from me what is past from my sins and Protect me in what remains from my age to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Do such and such with me!’
وَ قُلْ رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي عَمَلًا بِطَاعَتِكَ وَ ارْفَعْ دَرَجَتِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ أَسْأَلُكَ رِضَاكَ وَ جَنَّتَكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَارِكَ وَ سَخَطِكَ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ تَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَكَ-
And say, ‘Lord-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Shelter me from the evil deeds and Utilise me for deeds in Your-azwj obedience, and Raise my rank by Your-azwj Mercy! O Allah-azwj! O Lord-azwj! O Beneficent! O Merciful! O Affectionate! O Bestower! O with the Majesty and the Benevolence! I ask You-azwj for Your-azwj Satisfaction and Your-azwj Paradise, and I seek Refuge with You-azwj from Your-azwj Fire and Your-azwj Wrath. I seek Shelter with Allah-azwj from the Fire!’ – raising your voice with it.
وَ تَقُولُ عَقِيبَ الرَّابِعَةِ اللَّهُمَّ مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ وَ الْأَبْصَارِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ وَ دِينِ نَبِيِّكَ وَ لَا تُزِغْ قَلْبِي بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنِي وَ هَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ وَ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ
And you should say as follow-up of the fourth (submission) – ‘O Allah-azwj! Turner of the hearts and the sights! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and Affirm my heart upon Your-azwj religion and religion of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and do not Let my heart to deviate after having Guided me, and Grant to me Mercy from Yourself-azwj, surely You-azwj are the bestower, and Shelter me from the Fire by Your-azwj Mercy!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اجْعَلْنِي سَعِيداً فَإِنَّكَ تَمْحُو مَا تَشَاءُ وَ تُثْبِتُ وَ عِنْدَكَ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ.
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Make me fortunate, for You-azwj Delete whatever You-azwj so Desire to and Affirm, and in Your-azwj Possession is Mother of the Book!’
: وَ تَقُولُ عَقِيبَ السَّادِسَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِجُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ وَ أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ وَ أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِمَلَائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أَنْبِيَائِكَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ بِكَ
And you should say as follow-up of the sixth (submission) – ‘O Allah-azwj! I draw closer to You‑azwj by Your-azwj Generosity and Your-azwj Benevolence, and I draw closer to You-azwj by Muhammad-saww Your-azwj servant and Your-azwj Rasool-saww, and I draw closer to You-azwj by Your-azwj Angels of Proximity and Your-azwj Messenger Prophets-as, and by You-azwj!
اللَّهُمَّ الْغِنَى عَنِّي وَ بِيَ الْفَاقَةُ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَنْتَ الْغَنِيُّ وَ أَنَا الْفَقِيرُ إِلَيْكَ أَقَلْتَنِي عَثْرَتِي وَ سَتَرْتَ عَلَيَّ ذُنُوبِي فَاقْضِ يَا اللَّهُ حَاجَتِي وَ لَا تُعَذِّبْنِي بِقَبِيحِ مَا تَعْلَمُ مِنِّي فَإِنَّ عَفْوَكَ وَ جُودَكَ يَسَعُنِي
O Allah-azwj, (You-azwj) are needless of me and with me is the destitution to You-azwj and You-azwj are the rich and I am the poor to You-azwj! Reduce my stumbles and Conceal my sins upon me. O Allah-azwj! Fulfil my needs and do not Punish me for the ugliness of what You-azwj Know from me, for Your-azwj Pardon and Your-azwj Generosity is capacious for me!’
وَ تَقُولُ عَقِيبَ الثَّامِنَةِ يَا أَوَّلَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ يَا آخِرَ الْآخِرِينَ وَ يَا أَجْوَدَ الْأَجْوَدِينَ وَ يَا ذَا الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينَ وَ يَا رَازِقَ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّيِّبِينَ وَ اغْفِرْ لِي جِدِّي وَ هَزْلِي وَ خَطَائِي وَ عَمْدِي وَ إِسْرَافِي عَلَى نَفْسِي وَ كُلَّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتُهُ وَ اعْصِمْنِي مِنِ اقْتِرَافِ مِثْلِهِ إِنَّكَ عَلَى مَا تَشَاءُ قَدِيرٌ
And you should say as follow-up of the eighth (submission) – ‘O First of the first ones, and O Last of the last ones, and O most generous of the generous ones, and O with the Invincible Strength, and O Sustainer of the needy, and O most Merciful of the merciful ones! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, the goodly, and Forgive for me my seriousness and my playfulness, and my mistakes and my deliberateness, and my extravagance upon myself, and every sin I have sinned, and Protect me from committing the likes of it, You-azwj are Able upon whatever You-azwj so Desire!’
ثُمَّ تَخِرُّ سَاجِداً وَ تَقُولُ يَا أَهْلَ التَّقْوَى وَ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ يَا بَرُّ يَا رَحِيمُ أَنْتَ أَبَرُّ بِي مِنْ أَبِي وَ أُمِّي وَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْخَلَائِقِ أَجْمَعِينَ اقْلِبْنِي بِقَضَاءِ حَاجَتِي مُسْتَجَاباً دُعَائِي مَرْحُوماً صَوْتِي وَ قَدْ كَشَفْتَ أَنْوَاعَ الْبَلَاءِ عَنِّي.
Then you should fall into Sajdah and say, ‘O rightful of being feared, and O rightful of the Forgiveness! O Righteous! O Merciful! You-azwj are more righteous with me than my father and my mother, and entirety of the creatures altogether! Turn to me by Fulfilling my needs, Answering my supplication, Mercy my voice, and You-azwj have already Removed a variety of the afflictions from me!’’[137]
20- دَعَائِمُ الْإِسْلَامِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الزَّوَالِ وَ انْصَرَفَ مِنْهَا رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِجُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ وَ أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ وَ أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِمَلَائِكَتِكَ وَ أَنْبِيَائِكَ
(The book) ‘Da’aim Al Islam’ –
‘From Ali-asws, whenever he-asws prayed the midday Salat and finished from it, would raise his‑asws hands, then say: ‘O Allah-azwj! I draw closer to You-azwj by Your-azwj Generosity and Your‑azwj Benevolence, and I draw closer to You-azwj by Muhammad-saww Your-azwj servant and Your-azwj Rasool-saww, and I draw closer to You-azwj by Your-azwj Angels and Your-azwj Prophets-as!
اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ الْغِنَى عَنِّي وَ بِيَ الْفَاقَةُ إِلَيْكَ أَنْتَ الْغَنِيُّ وَ أَنَا الْفَقِيرُ إِلَيْكَ أَقَلْتَنِي عَثْرَتِي وَ سَتَرْتَ عَلَيَّ ذُنُوبِي فَاقْضِ لِيَ الْيَوْمَ حَاجَتِي وَ لَا تُعَذِّبْنِي بِقَبِيحِ مَا تَعْلَمُ مِنِّي فَإِنَّ عَفْوَكَ وَ جُودَكَ يَسَعُنِي
O Allah-azwj! With You-azwj is the needlessness from me and with me is the destitution to You‑azwj! You-azwj are the right and I am the poor to You-azwj! Reduce my stumbles and Conceal my sins upon me. Fulfil for me my needs today and do not Punish me for the ugliness of what You-azwj Know from me, for Your-azwj Generosity is capacious for me!’
ثُمَّ يَخِرُّ سَاجِداً فَيَقُولُ وَ هُوَ سَاجِدٌ يَا أَهْلَ التَّقْوَى وَ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ يَا بَرُّ يَا رَحِيمُ أَنْتَ أَبَرُّ بِي مِنْ أَبِي وَ أُمِّي وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ فَاقْلِبْنِي الْيَوْمَ بِقَضَاءِ حَاجَتِي مُسْتَجَاباً دُعَائِي مَرْحُوماً صَوْتِي قَدْ كَفَفْتَ أَنْوَاعَ الْبَلَاءِ عَنِّي.
Then he-asws fell in Sajdah and he-asws said while he-asws was in Sajdah: ‘O Rightful of being feared, and O Rightful of the Forgiveness! O Righteous! You-azwj are more righteous with me than my father and my mother, and entirety of the people. Turn to me today by Fulfilling my needs, Answering my supplication, Mercy my voice. You-azwj have already Removed a variety of the afflictions from me!’’[138]
وَ اسْتَنَدُوا فِي ذَلِكَ بِمُوَثَّقَةِ عَمَّارٍ السَّابَاطِيِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لِكُلِّ صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ لَهَا نَافِلَةُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا الْعَصْرَ فَإِنَّهُ يُقَدَّمُ نَافِلَتُهَا فَتَصِيرَانِ قَبْلَهَا وَ هِيَ الرَّكْعَتَانِ اللَّتَانِ تَمَّتْ بِهِمَا الثَّمَانِي بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ
And they are relying regarding that with the document of Ammar Al Sabaty,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘For every Prescribed Salat there are two Cycles of optional Salat for it except Al-Asr, for its optional have been brought forward and come to be before it, and these are the two Cycles which the eight (Cycles) after Al-Zohr are completed with.
فَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْضِيَ شَيْئاً مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ مَكْتُوبَةً أَوْ غَيْرَهَا فَلَا تُصَلِّ شَيْئاً حَتَّى تَبْدَأَ فَتُصَلِّيَ قَبْلَ الْفَرِيضَةِ الَّتِي حَضَرَتْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ نَافِلَةً لَهَا ثُمَّ اقْضِ مَا شِئْتَ
Whenever you want to payback anything from the Prescribed Salat or other, do not pray anything until you begin and pray before the obligatory which two Cycles of the optional have presented for it, then payback whatever you desire.
وَ ابْدَأْ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ بِالْآيَاتِ تَقْرَأُ إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ إِلَى إِنَّكَ لا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعادَ وَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ تَبْدَأُ بِالْآيَاتِ قَبْلَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الزَّوَالِ
And begin from the night Salat with the Verses reciting – regarding the Creation of the skies and the earth: [3:191] – up to His-azwj Words: surely You do not break the Promise’ [3:194]; and on the day of Friday you should begin with the Verses before the two Cycles which are before the midday’.
وَ قَالَ ع وَقْتُ صَلَاةِ الْجُمُعَةِ إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ شِرَاكٌ أَوْ نِصْفٌ
And he-asws said: ‘The time of the Friday Salat is when the sun declines, part of it or half’.
وَ قَالَ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الزَّوَالَ مَا بَيْنَ زَوَالِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَى أَنْ يَمْضِيَ قَدَمَانِ فَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ بَقِيَ مِنَ الزَّوَالِ رَكْعَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ أَوْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمْضِيَ قَدَمَانِ أَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ تَمَامَ الرَّكَعَاتِ وَ إِنْ مَضَى قَدَمَانِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَةً بَدَأَ بِالْأُولَى وَ لَمْ يُصَلِّ الزَّوَالَ إِلَّا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ
And he-asws said: ‘For the man is that he should pray the midday (during) what is between decline of the sun up to two feet (of the shadow) have passed. If there happens to have remained one Cycle from the midday, or before the two feet (of shadow) have past, he should complete the Salat until he has completed the two Cycles, and if two feet (of shadow) have passed before he has prayed one Cycle, he should begin with the first, and he should not pray the midday except after that.
وَ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الْعَصْرِ مَا بَيْنَ الْأُولَى إِلَى أَنْ يَمْضِيَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَقْدَامٍ فَإِنْ مَضَتِ الْأَرْبَعَةُ أَقْدَامٍ وَ لَمْ يُصَلِّ مِنَ النَّوَافِلِ شَيْئاً فَلَا يُصَلِّي النَّوَافِلَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ صَلَّى رَكْعَةً فَلْيُتِمَّ النَّوَافِلَ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ
And for the man is that he should pray from the optional of Al-Asr (during) what is between the first up to passing of four feet (of shadow). If the four feet (of the shadow) have passed and he has not prayed anything from the optional, he should not pray the optional, and if he had prayed one Cycle, let him complete the optional until he is free from it, then he should pray Al-Asr’.
وَ قَالَ ع لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ إِنْ بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الزَّوَالِ إِلَى أَنْ يَمْضِيَ بَعْدَ حُضُورِ الْأُولَى نِصْفُ قَدَمٍ وَ لِلرَّجُلِ إِذَا كَانَ قَدْ صَلَّى مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الْأُولَى شَيْئاً قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحْضُرَ الْعَصْرُ فَلَهُ أَنْ يُتِمَّ نَوَافِلَ الْأُولَى إِلَى أَنْ يَمْضِيَ بَعْدَ حُضُورِ الْعَصْرِ قَدَمٌ
And he-asws said: ‘For the man is that he should pray, if there remains something upon him from the midday Salat up to passing of half a foot after presence of the first, and for the man is that when he has prayed the first from the optional anything from before presenting of the Al-Asr, for him is to complete the optional first up to passing of a foot (of shadow) after presence of Al-Asr’.
وَ قَالَ الْقَدَمُ بَعْدَ حُضُورِ الْعَصْرِ مِثْلُ نِصْفِ قَدَمٍ بَعْدَ حُضُورِ الْأُولَى فِي الْوَقْتِ سَوَاءً.
And he-asws said: ‘The foot (of shadow) after presence of Al-Asr like half a foot after presence of the first in the timing, are same’’.[139]
باب 72 نوافل العصر و كيفيتها و تعقيباتها
CHAPTER 72 – OPTIONAL (SALAT) OF AL-ASR AND ITS METHOD AND THEIR FOLLOW-UP
1- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، يُكَبِّرُ تَكْبِيرَةَ الْإِحْرَامِ وَ يَقُولُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْحَمْدِ وَ سُورَةَ اقْرَأْ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ مَعَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ وَ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ وَ آيَةِ الْكُرْسِيِّ فَقَدْ قَدَّمْنَا فَضِيلَةَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِنَا نَوَافِلَ الزَّوَالِ وَ أَوْضَحْنَاهُ
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ –
‘He should exclaim Takbeer of the consecration and he should say, ‘I seek Refuge with Allah‑azwj from the Pelted Satan-la’. Then he should recite (Surah) ‘Al Hamd’ and a Surah Al Alaq in every Cycle with Surah Al Tawheed, and Surah Al Qadr, and Ayat Al Kursi, for we have forwarded the merits of that when we mentioned optional of the midday, and we have clarified.
فَإِذَا قَرَأَ الْحَمْدَ وَ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ تَمَّمَ صَلَاةَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ كَمَا قَدَّمْنَاهُ فِي نَوَافِلِ الزَّوَالِ وَ سَهَّلْنَاهُ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الْعَصْرِ وَ سَبَّحَ تَسْبِيحَ الزَّهْرَاءِ ع كَمَا قَرَّرْنَاهُ قَالَ
When he recites Al Hamd and what we have mentioned, Salat of two Cycles is complete just as we have forwarded in the optional of the midday and we have eased it. When he performs Salat of the first two Cycles from optional of Al-Asr and glorifies the glorification of Al Zahra-asws like what we have reiterated, he should say: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ الْخَالِقُ الرَّازِقُ الْمُحْيِي الْمُمِيتُ الْبَدِيءُ الْبَدِيعُ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَ لَكَ الْكَرَمُ وَ لَكَ الْمَنُّ وَ لَكَ الْجُودُ وَ لَكَ الْأَمْرُ وَحْدَكَ
‘O Allah-azwj! There is no god except you-azwj, the Living, the Eternal, the Exalted, the Mighty, the Wise, the Creator, the Sustainer, the Causer of life, the Causer of death, the Initiator of the beginning! For You-azwj is the Praise and for You-azwj is the honour, and for You-azwj is the Conferring and for You-azwj is the generosity, and for You-azwj Alone is the Command.
لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ يَا وَاحِدُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ يَا مَنْ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ صَاحِبَةً وَ لَا وَلَداً صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ افْعَلْ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا
There is no associate for You-azwj, O the One, O the First, O the Last, O the One He does not beget and is not begotten [112:3] And there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him’ [112:4]. He-azwj neither Took a female companion nor a son! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his‑saww Progeny-asws and Do such and such with me!’
ثُمَّ تَقُولُ يَا عُدَّتِي فِي كُرْبَتِي يَا صَاحِبِي فِي شِدَّتِي وَ يَا مُونِسِي فِي وَحْدَتِي وَ يَا وَلِيَّ نِعْمَتِي وَ يَا إِلَهِي وَ إِلَهَ آبَائِيَ الْأَوَّلِينَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَ إِسْحَاقَ وَ يَعْقُوبَ وَ الْأَسْبَاطِ وَ رَبَّ مُوسَى وَ عِيسَى وَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ افْعَلْ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ تَذْكُرُ مَا تُرِيدُ.
Then you should say, ‘O my weapon during my distress! O my companion in my adversity, and O my comforter in my loneliness, and O One in Charge of my bounties, and O my God and God of my forefathers, the former ones – Ibrahim-as, and Ismail-as, and Is’haq-as, and Yaqoub‑as and the tribes, and Lord-azwj of Musa-as, and Isa-as, and Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny‑asws. May the greeting be upon him-saww and upon them-asws. Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Do such and such with me’ – and you should mention what you want’’.[140]
2- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، الدُّعَاءُ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ أَرْوِيهِ بِإِسْنَادِي إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْكُلَيْنِيِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ حَفْصٍ- عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً
(The book) ‘Falaah Al Saail’ – ‘The supplication after the second Salaam, I am reported by my chain to Muhammad Bin Yaqoub Al Kulayni, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Ibn Sinan, from Hafs, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said,
‘I said to him-asws, ‘Teach me a supplication’.
فَقَالَ فَأَيْنَ أَنْتَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ الْإِلْحَاحِ
He-asws said: ‘So where are you from ‘Dua Al-Ilhah’?’
فَقَالَ لَهُ فَمَا دُعَاءُ الْإِلْحَاحِ
He (the narrator) said to him-asws, ‘So what is ‘Dua Al-Ilhah’?’
فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَ رَبَّ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ وَ رَبَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ وَ إِسْرَافِيلَ وَ رَبَّ السَّبْعِ الْمَثَانِي وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْعَظِيمِ وَ رَبَّ مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
He-asws said: ‘O Allah-azwj! Lord-azwj of the seven skies, and Lord-azwj of the seven earths and whatever is among these, and whatever is between these, and Lord-azwj of the Magnificent Throne, and Lord-azwj of Jibraeel-as, and Mikaeel-as, and Israfeel-as, and Lord-azwj of the seven doubles and the Magnificent Quran, and Lord-azwj of Muhammad-saww, Seal of the Prophets-as, Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي بِهِ تَقُومُ السَّمَاءُ وَ الْأَرْضُ وَ بِهِ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى وَ بِهِ تُمِيتُ الْأَحْيَاءَ وَ بِهِ تُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ الْجَمْعِ وَ تَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ الْمُتَفَرِّقِ وَ بِهِ أَحْصَيْتَ عَدَدَ الْآجَالِ وَ وَزْنَ الْجِبَالِ وَ كَيْلَ الْبِحَارِ
And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Magnificent Name by which You-azwj Established the sky and the earth, and by it You-azwj Revive the dead, and by it You-azwj Cause the living to die, and by it You-azwj Separate between the gathered and Gather between the separated, and by it You-azwj Count number of the terms, and weight of the mountains, and measurement of the oceans!
أَسْأَلُكَ يَا مَنْ هُوَ كَذَلِكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ سَلْ حَاجَتَكَ وَ أَلِحَّ فِي الطَّلَبِ فَإِنَّهُ دُعَاءُ النَّجَاحِ.
I ask You-azwj, O One-azwj Who is like that, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny‑asws of Muhammad-saww and to Do such and such with me!’ – and ask your need and be insistent in the seeking, for it is a successful supplication’’.[141]
3- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، الدُّعَاءُ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ ذَكَرَهُ جَدِّي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيُّ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ-
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ –
‘The supplication after the third Salaam, mentioned by my grandfather Abu Ja’far Al-Tusi, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on him: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَدْعُوكَ بِمَا دَعَاكَ بِهِ عَبْدُكَ ذُو النُّونِ- إِذْ ذَهَبَ مُغاضِباً فَظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ نَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنادى فِي الظُّلُماتِ أَنْ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ فَاسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُ وَ نَجَّيْتَهُ مِنَ الْغَمِّ
‘O Allah-azwj! I supplicate to You-azwj with what Your-azwj servant Zul Noun (Yunus-as) had supplicated to You-azwj with, And the one with the whale (Yunus), when he went away in anger, so he thought that We will never be Able upon him, and he called out in the darkness that: ‘There is no god except Allah! Glorious are You, I was of the unjust ones!’ [21:87]. You‑azwj Responded to him-as and Rescued him-as from the sadness.
فَإِنَّهُ دَعَاكَ وَ هُوَ عَبْدُكَ وَ أَنَا أَدْعُوكَ وَ أَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَ سَأَلَكَ وَ هُوَ عَبْدُكَ وَ أَنَا أَسْأَلُكَ وَ أَنَا عَبْدُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَسْتَجِيبَ لِي كَمَا اسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُ
He-as supplicated to You-azwj and he-as was Your-azwj servant, and I am supplicating to You-azwj and I am Your-azwj servant, and he-as asked and he-as was Your-azwj servant, and I am asking You‑azwj and I am Your-azwj servant, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and to Respond to me just as You-azwj had Responded to him-as.
وَ أَدْعُوكَ بِمَا دَعَاكَ بِهِ عَبْدُكَ أَيُّوبُ إِذْ مَسَّهُ الضُّرُّ فَدَعَاكَ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ فَاسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُ وَ كَشَفْتَ مَا بِهِ مِنْ ضُرٍّ وَ آتَيْتَهُ أَهْلَهُ وَ مِثْلَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ
And I am supplicating to You-azwj with what Your-azwj servant Ayoub-as had supplicated with when the harm had touched him-as, so he-as supplicated: ‘I am touched by the harm and You are the most Merciful of the merciful ones’ [21:83], so You-azwj Responded to him-as and Removed whatever harm had been with him-as, and You-azwj Gave him-as his-as family and similar to them with them.
فَإِنَّهُ دَعَاكَ وَ هُوَ عَبْدُكَ وَ أَنَا أَدْعُوكَ وَ أَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَ سَأَلَكَ وَ هُوَ عَبْدُكَ وَ أَنَا أَسْأَلُكَ وَ أَنَا عَبْدُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تُفَرِّجَ عَنِّي كَمَا فَرَّجْتَ عَنْهُ وَ أَنْ تَسْتَجِيبَ لِي كَمَا اسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُ
He-as had supplicated to You-azwj and he-as was Your-azwj servant, and I am supplicating to You‑azwj, and he-as asked You-azwj and he-as was Your-azwj servant, and I am asking You-azwj, and I am Your-azwj servant, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad‑saww, and to Relieve from me just as You-azwj had Relieved from him-as, and to Respond to me just as You-azwj had Responded to him-as.
وَ أَدْعُوكَ بِمَا دَعَاكَ بِهِ يُوسُفُ إِذْ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ أَهْلِهِ وَ إِذْ هُوَ فِي السِّجْنِ
And I am supplicating to You-azwj with what Yusuf-as had supplicated to You-azwj with when You‑azwj Separated between him-as and his-as family, and when he-as was in the prison.
فَإِنَّهُ دَعَاكَ وَ هُوَ عَبْدُكَ وَ أَنَا أَدْعُوكَ وَ أَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَ سَأَلَكَ وَ هُوَ عَبْدُكَ وَ أَنَا أَسْأَلُكَ وَ أَنَا عَبْدُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تُفَرِّجَ عَنِّي كَمَا فَرَّجْتَ عَنْهُ وَ أَنْ تَسْتَجِيبَ لِي كَمَا اسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُ
He-as had supplicated to You-azwj and he-as was Your-azwj servant, and I am supplicating to You‑azwj and I am Your-azwj servant, and he-as asked You-azwj and he-as was Your-azwj servant, and I am asking You-azwj and I am Your-azwj servant, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and to Relieve from me just as You-azwj had Relieved from him‑as, and to Responded to me just as You-azwj had Responded to him-as.
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ افْعَلْ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ تَذْكُرُ حَاجَتَكَ الدُّعَاءُ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ.
Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and Do such and such with me’, and mention your need – the supplication after the fourth Salaam’’.[142]
أَقُولُ هَذَا دُعَاءٌ جَلِيلٌ وَ رَوَيْنَاهُ مِنْ طُرُقٍ فَنَذْكُرُ مِنْهَا طَرِيقَيْنِ فَبَيْنَ طُرُقِهِ زِيَادَةٌ وَ نُقْصَانٌ فَالطَّرِيقُ الْأُولَى رَوَيْنَا بِإِسْنَادِنَا إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْكُلَيْنِيِّ فِي كِتَابِ الدُّعَاءِ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْكَافِي قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى وَ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ: كَتَبَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ نَصْرٍ يَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ فِي أَسْفَلِ كِتَابِهِ دُعَاءً يُعَلِّمُهُ إِيَّاهُ يَدْعُو بِهِ فَيُعْصَمَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ جَامِعاً لِلدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ فَكَتَبَ ع بِخَطِّهِ
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘This supplication is majestic and we are reporting it from (different) ways, and we are mentioning it from two ways. Between its ways there is increase and reduction. The first way we are reporting by our chain to Muhammad Bin Yaqoub Al Kulayni in ‘Kitab Al Dua’ from the book ‘Al Kafi’. Muhammad Bin Yahya said from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, and a number of our companions from Sahl Bin Ziyad who said,
‘Ali Bin Nasr wrote asking him-asws to write a supplication in the bottom of his letter teaching it to him he can be supplicating with, so he can be protected from the sins, comprehensive for the worlds and the Hereafter. He-asws wrote in his-asws handwriting: –
يَا مَنْ أَظْهَرَ الْجَمِيلَ وَ سَتَرَ الْقَبِيحَ وَ لَمْ يَهْتِكِ السِّتْرَ عَنِّي يَا كَرِيمَ الْعَفْوِ يَا حَسَنَ التَّجَاوُزِ يَا وَاسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ يَا بَاسِطَ الْيَدَيْنِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ يَا صَاحِبَ كُلِّ نَجْوَى وَ يَا مُنْتَهَى كُلِّ شَكْوَى يَا كَرِيمَ الصَّفْحِ يَا عَظِيمَ الْمَنِّ يَا مُبْتَدِئَ كُلِّ نِعْمَةٍ قَبْلَ اسْتِحْقَاقِهَا يَا رَبَّاهْ يَا سَيِّدَاهْ يَا مَوْلَايَاهْ يَا غَايَتَاهْ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ لَا تَجْعَلَنِي فِي النَّارِ ثُمَّ تَسْأَلُ مَا بَدَا لَكَ.
‘O One-azwj Who Reveals the beautiful and Conceals the ugly and did not Tear the curtain from me! O Benevolent of the Pardon! O excellent of the overlooking! O Capacious of the Forgiveness! O Extender of the Hands with the Mercy! O Companion of every whisper! O Ultimate of every complaint! O Benevolent of the Excusing! O Mighty of the conferment! O initiator of every bounty before it is even deserved! O Lord-azwj! O Chief! O Master-azwj! O its Peak! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and People-asws of his-saww Household, and I ask You-azwj not to Make me to be in the Fire!’ – then ask whatever comes to you’’.[143]
أَقُولُ وَ أَمَّا رِوَايَةُ جَدِّي أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيِّ لِدُعَاءِ التَّسْلِيمَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الْعَصْرِ فَإِنَّهُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ الدُّعَاءُ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ
I am saying, ‘And as for the report of my grandfather Abu Ja’far Al-Tusi of supplication of the fourth Salaam from optional of Al-Asr, he, may Allah-azwj Mercy him, said what were these words, ‘The supplication after the fourth Salaam –
يَا مَنْ أَظْهَرَ الْجَمِيلَ وَ سَتَرَ الْقَبِيحَ يَا مَنْ لَمْ يُؤَاخِذْ بِالْجَرِيرَةِ وَ لَمْ يَهْتِكِ السِّتْرَ يَا عَظِيمَ الْعَفْوِ يَا حَسَنَ التَّجَاوُزِ يَا بَاسِطَ الْيَدَيْنِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ يَا صَاحِبَ كُلِّ حَاجَةٍ يَا وَاسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ يَا مُفَرِّجَ كُلِّ كُرْبَةٍ يَا مُقِيلَ الْعَثَرَاتِ يَا كَرِيمَ الصَّفْحِ يَا عَظِيمَ الْمَنِّ يَا مُبْتَدِئاً بِالنِّعَمِ قَبْلَ اسْتِحْقَاقِهَا يَا رَبَّاهْ يَا سَيِّدَاهْ يَا غَايَةَ رَغْبَتَاهْ
‘O One-azwj Who Reveals the beautiful and Conceals the ugly! O One-azwj Who does not Seize for the offence and does not Tear the curtain! O Mighty of the Pardon! O Excellent of the overlooking! O Extender of the Hands with the Mercy! O Companion of every whisper! O Capacious of the Forgiveness! O Reliever of every distress! O Reducer of the stumbles! O Benevolent of the excusing! O Mighty of the conferment! O Initiator of the bounty before it is deserved! O Lord-azwj! O Chief! O Ultimate of desire!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِكَ وَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ فَاطِمَةَ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ الْقَائِمِ الْمَهْدِيِّ- الْأَئِمَّةِ الْهَادِيَةِ ع أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
I ask You-azwj by You-azwj, and by Muhammad-saww, and Ali-asws, and (Syeda) Fatima-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws, and Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws, and Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws, and Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, and Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws, and Ali-asws Bin Musa-asws, and Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws, and Ali-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws, and Al-Qaim Al-Mahdi-ajfj – the Imams-asws of guidance, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww!
وَ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ أَنْ لَا تُشَوِّهَ خَلْقِي بِالنَّارِ وَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِي مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَ تَذْكُرُ مَا تُرِيدُ
And I ask You-azwj, O Allah-azwj, not to grill my physique with the Fire, and to Do with me what You-azwj Rightful of’ – and you should mention what you want.
وَ قُلْ أَيْضاً اللَّهُ اللَّهُ رَبِّي حَقّاً حَقّاً اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ لِكُلِّ عَظِيمَةٍ وَ أَنْتَ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمُورِ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اكْفِنِيهَا يَا حَسَنَ الْبَلَاءِ عِنْدِي يَا قَدِيمَ الْعَفْوِ عَنِّي يَا مَنْ لَا غِنَى بِشَيْءٍ عَنْهُ وَ يَا مَنْ لَا بُدَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ
And say as well, ‘Allah-azwj! Allah-azwj is my Lord-azwj truly, truly! O Allah-azwj! You-azwj are for every mighty matter, and You-azwj are for these matters, so Send Salawaat upon Muhammad‑saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Suffice me with it, O excellent of the afflictions in my view! O Ancient of the Pardoning from me! O One-azwj there is nothing needless of Him‑azwj, and O One-azwj there is no escape for all things from Him-azwj!
يَا مَنْ رِزْقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلَيْهِ يَا مَنْ مَصِيرُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ إِلَيْهِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ تَوَلَّنِي وَ لَا تُوَلِّنِي غَيْرَكَ أَحَداً مِنْ شِرَارِ خَلْقِكَ وَ كَمَا خَلَقْتَنِي فَلَا تُضَيِّعْنِي
O the One-azwj the sustenance of all things is upon Him-azwj! O the One-azwj the destination of all things is to Him-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad‑saww, and Be in Charge of me and do not Let anyone else from the evils ones of Your-azwj creatures be in charge of me, and just as You-azwj Created me, do not Let me be wasted!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَدْعُوكَ لِهَمٍّ لَا يُفَرِّجُهُ غَيْرُكَ وَ لِرَحْمَةٍ لَا تُنَالُ إِلَّا بِكَ وَ لِكَرْبٍ لَا يَكْشِفُهُ سِوَاكَ وَ لِمَغْفِرَةٍ لَا تُبْلَغُ إِلَّا بِكَ وَ لِحَاجَةٍ لَا يَقْضِيهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ
O Allah-azwj! I supplicate to You-azwj for worries no one can relieve apart from You-azwj, and for Mercy not to be attained except with You-azwj, and for distress no one can Remove besides You-azwj, and for Forgiveness which cannot be reached except with You-azwj, and for a need none can fulfil except You-azwj!
اللَّهُمَّ فَكَمَا كَانَ مِنْ شَأْنَكِ إِلْهَامِيَ الدُّعَاءَ فَلْيَكُنْ مِنْ شَأْنَكِ الْإِجَابَةُ فِيمَا دَعَوْتُكَ لَهُ وَ النَّجَاةُ فِيمَا فَزِعْتُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْهُ
O Allah-azwj! Just as it was from Your-azwj Affair to Inspire me the supplication, let it be from Your-azwj Affair the Responding to what I am supplicating for and the salvation regarding what I am panicking to You-azwj from!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ لَا أَكُنْ أَهْلًا أَنْ أَبْلُغَ رَحْمَتَكَ فَإِنَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَهْلٌ أَنْ تَبْلُغَنِي لِأَنَّهَا وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَ أَنَا شَيْءٌ فَلْتَسَعْنِي رَحْمَتُكَ يَا إِلَهِي يَا كَرِيمُ
O Allah-azwj! If I do not happen to be deserving to reach Your-azwj Mercy, then Your-azwj Mercy is rightful of reaching me, because it is capacious of all things, and I am a thing, so let Your-azwj Mercy include me, O my God, O Benevolent!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنْ تُعْطِيَنِي فَكَاكَ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَ تُوجِبَ لِيَ الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ تُزَوِّجَنِي مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ بِفَضْلِكَ وَ تُعِيذَنِي مِنَ النَّارِ بِطَوْلِكَ وَ تُجِيرَنِي مِنْ غَضَبِكَ وَ سَخَطِكَ عَلَيَّ وَ تُرْضِيَنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَ تُبَارِكَ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَنِي وَ تَجْعَلَنِي لِأَنْعُمِكَ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ
O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Benevolent Face to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and to Grant me liberation of my neck from the Fire and obligate the Paradise for me by Your-azwj Mercy, and Get me married to the Maiden Hourie by Your-azwj Grace, and Grant me Refuge from the Fire by Your-azwj Leniency, and to Shelter me from Your‑azwj Wrath and Your-azwj Annoyance upon me, and Cause me to be satisfied with what You-azwj have Apportioned for me and Bless for me in what You-azwj Give me and Make me from the ones grateful for Your-azwj bounties!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِذَلِكَ وَ ارْزُقْنِي حُبَّكَ وَ حُبَّ كُلِّ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ وَ حُبَّ كُلِّ عَمَلٍ يُقَرِّبُنِي إِلَى حُبِّكَ وَ مُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ وَ التَّفْوِيضِ إِلَيْكَ وَ الرِّضَا بِقَضَائِكَ وَ التَّسْلِيمِ لِأَمْرِكَ حَتَّى لَا أُحِبَّ تَعْجِيلَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ وَ لَا تَأْخِيرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ افْعَلْ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا مِمَّا نُحِبُ.
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Confer upon me with that, and Grace me Your-azwj Love and love of every one loving You-azwj, and love of every deed drawing me closer to Your-azwj Love, and Confer upon me with the reliance upon You-azwj and the delegating to You-azwj, and the satisfaction with Your-azwj Decree, and the submission to Your-azwj Command until I neither love the hastening of what You-azwj have Delayed nor delaying of what You-azwj have Hastened, O most Merciful of the merciful ones, and may Allah-azwj Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Do such and such with me from what we love!’’[144]
بيان: يا من أظهر الجميل قَالَ الشَّيْخُ الْبَهَائِيُّ قُدِّسَ سِرُّهُ رُوِيَ فِي تَأْوِيلِهِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ إِلَّا وَ لَهُ مِثَالٌ فِي الْعَرْشِ فَإِذَا اشْتَغَلَ بِالرُّكُوعِ وَ السُّجُودِ وَ نَحْوِهَا فَعَلَ مِثَالُهُ مِثْلَ فِعْلِهِ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ تَرَاهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ فَيُصَلُّونَ وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لَهُ
Explanation – ‘O the One-azwj Who Reveals the beautiful’ – The Sheykh Al-Bahaie, may his soul be sanctified, said, ‘It’s interpretation is reported from Al-Sadiq-asws: ‘There is none from a Momin except and for him there is a resemblance in the Throne. When he is pre-occupied with the Ruk’u and the Sajdah and such like, his resemblance does similar to his deed. During that the Angels see him, so they are sending Salawaat and seeking Forgiveness for him.
وَ إِذَا اشْتَغَلَ الْعَبْدُ بِمَعْصِيَةٍ أَرْخَى اللَّهُ عَلَى مِثَالِهِ سِتْراً لِئَلَّا تَطَّلِعَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَيْهَا فَهَذَا تَأْوِيلُ يَا مَنْ أَظْهَرَ الْجَمِيلَ وَ سَتَرَ الْقَبِيحَ.
And when the servant is pre-occupied with (an act of) disobedience, Allah-azwj Drops a curtain upon his resemblance lest the Angels notice him being upon it. So, this is interpretation of ‘One-azwj Who Reveals the beautiful and Conceals the ugly’’.
يَا مَنْ لَمْ يُؤَاخِذْ بِالْجَرِيرَةِ. أي لم يعجل عقوبة المعصية في الدنيا حلما و كرما لعل العاصي يتوب منها فيسلم من عقابها.
‘O One-azwj Who does not Seize for the offence’ – i.e. He-azwj does not Make Punishment of the disobedience to be in the world out of Leniency and Benevolence, just in case the disobedient one may repent from it and be safe from its Punishment.
4- الْعُيُونُ، بِالْإِسْنَادِ الْمُتَقَدِّمِ عَنْ رَجَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ: كَانَ الرِّضَا ع فِي طَرِيقِ خُرَاسَانَ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ يَعْنِي مِنْ سَجْدَةِ الشُّكْرِ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ قَامَ فَصَلَّى سِتَّ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ يُسَلِّمُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ يَقْنُتُ فِي ثَانِيَةِ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ وَ بَعْدَ الْقِرَاءَةِ
(The book) ‘Al Uyoun’ – by the previous chain from Raja’a Bin Abu Al Zahhak who said,
‘Al-Reza-asws was in a road of Khurasan when he-asws raised his-asws head from a Sajdah of thanks after Al-Zohr Salat. He-asws stood and prayed six Cycles, reciting in each Cycle (Surahs) Al Hamd and Al Tawheed, and he-asws performed Salaam in every two Cycles and Qunout in the second of every two Cycles before the Ruk’u and after the recitation.
ثُمَّ يُؤَذِّنُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ يَقْنُتُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ قَامَ وَ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ جَلَسَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ يُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ وَ يُحَمِّدُهُ وَ يُكَبِّرُهُ وَ يُهَلِّلُهُ مَا شَاءَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَةً يَقُولُ فِيهَا مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ حَمْداً لِلَّهِ.
Then he-asws proclaimed Azaan, then prayed two Cycles and performed Qunout in the second. When he-asws had performed Salaam, he-asws stood and prayed Al-Asr. When he-asws had performed Salaam, he-asws sat in his-asws prayer mat glorifying Allah-azwj, and praising Him-azwj, and extolling His-azwj Greatness and His-azwj Oneness for what long as he-asws so desired. Then he-asws performed a Sajdah saying in it: ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj’ one hundred times’’.[145]
باب 73 نوافل المغرب و فضلها و آدابها و تعقيباتها و سائر الصلوات المندوبة بينها و بين العشاء
CHAPTER 73 – OPTIONAL OF AL-MAGHRIB, AND ITS MERITS, AND ITS ETIQUETTES, AND ITS FOLLOW-UP, AND REST OF THE SALATS RECOMMENDED BETWEEN IT AND AL ISHA
1- دَعَائِمُ الْإِسْلَامِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ أَدْبارَ السُّجُودِ فَقَالَ هِيَ السُّنَّةُ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ فَلَا تَدَعْهَا فِي سَفَرٍ وَ لَا حَضَرٍ.
(The book) ‘Da’aim Al Islam’ –
From Ali-asws, he-asws was asked about Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: and (also) after the (Prescribed) Sajdah [50:40], so he-asws said: ‘It is the Sunnah after Al-Maghrib Salat, so do not leave it, neither in journey nor staying’’.[146]
2- الْمِصْبَاحُ لِلشَّيْخِ، قَالَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مِنْ نَافِلَةِ الْمَغْرِبِ سُورَةَ الْجَحْدِ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ سُورَةَ الْإِخْلَاصِ وَ فِيمَا عَدَاهُ مَا اخْتَارَ.
(The book) ‘Al Misbah’ of the Sheykh –
‘The reporter said, ‘He-asws recited Surah Al-Jahad (Kafiroun) in the first Cycle of the optional of Al-Maghrib, and Surah Al-Tawheed in the second, and is what were besides it, whatever he‑asws chose to’’.[147]
قَالَ وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْكَرِيَّ ع كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ أَوَّلَ الْحَدِيدِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَ هُوَ عَلِيمٌ بِذاتِ الصُّدُورِ وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ آخِرَ الْحَشْرِ.
He said, ‘And it is reported that Abu Al-Hassan Al-Askari-asws was reciting in the third Cycles (Surahs) Al Hamd and beginning of Al Hadeed up to His-azwj Words: and He is a Knower of the contents of the chests [57:6]; and in the fourth (Surahs) Al Hamd and end of Al Hashr’’.[148]
3- إِرْشَادُ الْمُفِيدِ، وَ الْخَرَائِجُ، رُوِيَ أَنَّ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع لَمَّا خَرَجَ بِزَوْجَتِهِ أُمِّ الْفَضْلِ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَأْمُونِ وَ وَصَلَ شَارِعَ الْكُوفَةِ وَ انْتَهَى إِلَى دَارِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَ كَانَ فِي صَحْنِهِ نَبِقَةٌ لَمْ تَحْمِلْ بَعْدُ فَدَعَا بِكُوزٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ فِي وَسَطِهَا وَ قَامَ فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ صَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ
(The book) ‘Irshad’ of Al Mufeed, and ‘Al Kharaij’ –
‘It is reported that when Abu Ja’far-asws went out with his-asws wife Umm Al-Fazl from the presence of Al-Mamoun and arrived at a street of Al-Kufa and ended to the house of Al-Musayyab at the setting of the sun, he-asws entered the Masjid, there was a berry tree in its courtyard not having borne fruit yet. He-asws called for a pitcher and performed Wud’u in its middle and stood to pray Salat with the people, Al-Maghrib Salat.
فَقَرَأَ فِي الْأُولَى الْحَمْدَ وَ إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ جَلَسَ هُنَيْئَةً وَ قَامَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُعَقِّبَ تَعْقِيباً تَامّاً فَصَلَّى النَّوَافِلَ الْأَرْبَعَ وَ عَقَّبَ بَعْدَهَا وَ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيِ الشُّكْرِ
He-asws recited in the first (Cycle) (Surahs) Al Hamd and Al Nasr, and in the second Al Hamd and Al Tawheed. When he-asws had performed Salaat he-asws sat upright for a while and stood up from without performing any follow-up to complete. He-asws prayed the four optional (Cycles) and did follow-up after it and performed two Sajdah’s of thanks.
فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى النَّبِقَةِ رَآهَا النَّاسُ حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا حَسَناً فَأَكَلُوا مِنْهَا فَوَجَدُوا نَبِقاً لَا عَجَمَ لَهُ حُلْواً.
When he-asws ended to the berry tree, the people saw it as bearing excellent fruit. They ate from it and found berries not having any seeds for it, sweet’’.[149]
4- مَجَالِسُ الصَّدُوقِ، وَ ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ الْخَفَّافِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ ثُمَّ عَقَّبَ وَ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ كُتِبَتَا لَهُ فِي عِلِّيِّينَ فَإِنْ صَلَّى أَرْبَعاً كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَجَّةٌ مَبْرُورَةٌ.
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Al Sadouq, and ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn Bin Abu Al Khattab, from Al Hakam Bin Miskeen, from Abu Al A’ala Al Khafaf,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘One who prays Al-Maghrib Salat then follows-up and does not speak until he has prayed two Cycles, these would be written for him in Illiyeen. If he prays four, it will be written for him as an accomplished (Accepted) Hajj’’.[150]
5- تَفْسِيرُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الرِّضَا ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَ أَدْبارَ السُّجُودِ قَالَ أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ إِدْبَارَ النُّجُومِ رَكْعَتَانِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ.
Tafseer Ali Bin Ibrahim – from Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr who said,
‘I asked Al-Reza-asws from Words of Allah-azwj: And from the night, so Glorify Him, and (also) after the (Prescribed) Sajdahs [50:40]. He-asws said: ‘Four Cycles after Al-Maghrib, and ‘at the retreat of the stars [52:49]’, are two Cycles before the morning Salat’’.[151]
6- قُرْبُ الْإِسْنَادِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الطَّيَالِسِيِّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ الرَّكْعَتَانِ اللَّتَانِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ هُمَا أَدْبَارَ السُّجُودِ وَ الرَّكْعَتَانِ اللَّتَانِ بَعْدَ الْفَجْرِ إِدْبَارَ النُّجُومِ.
(The book) ‘Qurb Al Isnad’ – from Muhammad Bin Khalid Al Tayalisi, from Ismail Bin Abdul Khaliq who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘The two Cycles which are after Al-Maghrib, these are ‘after the (Prescribed) Sajdah [50:40]’, and the two Cycles which are after Al-Fajr are at the retreat of the stars [52:49]’’.[152]
7- الْخِصَالُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ فِي آخِرِ سَجْدَةٍ مِنَ النَّافِلَةِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَ إِنْ قَالَهُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ-
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ayoub Bin Nuh, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who says in the end of a Sajdah from the optional (Salat) after Al-Maghrib on the night of Friday, and if he were to day is every night it would be better: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ وَ اسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي ذَنْبِيَ الْعَظِيمَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ انْصَرَفَ وَ قَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ.
‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Benevolent Face and the Magnificent Name, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and to forgive my major sins for me’ – seven times, will finish and Allah-azwj would have Forgiven for him’’.[153]
8- الْعُيُونُ، بِالْإِسْنَادِ الْمُتَقَدِّمِ فِي نَافِلَةِ الظُّهْرِ عَنْ رَجَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي الضَّحَّاكِ فِي بَيَانِ عَمَلِ الرِّضَا ع فِي طَرِيقِ خُرَاسَانَ قَالَ إِذَا غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ تَوَضَّأَ وَ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ ثَلَاثاً بِأَذَانٍ وَ إِقَامَةٍ وَ قَنَتَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ وَ بَعْدَ الْقِرَاءَةِ
(The book) ‘Al Uyoun’ – by the previous chain regarding optional (Salat) of Al Zohr, from Raja’a Bin Abu Al Zahhak –
‘In explanation of a deed of Al-Reza-asws in a road of Khurasan, he said, ‘When the sun disappeared, he-asws performed wud’u and prayed Al-Maghrib Salat of three (Cycles) with proclamation of An Azaan and an Iqama, and he-asws performed Qunout in the second before the Ruk’u and after the recitation.
فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ جَلَسَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ يُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى وَ يُحَمِّدُهُ وَ يُكَبِّرُهُ وَ يُهَلِّلُهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَةَ الشُّكْرِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى يَقُومَ فَيُصَلِّيَ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ بِتَسْلِيمَتَيْنِ يَقْنُتُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ وَ بَعْدَ الْقِرَاءَةِ
When he-asws had performed Salaam, he-asws sat in his-asws prayer mat glorifying Allah-azwj the Exalted and praising Him-azwj, and extolling His-azwj Greatness and His-azwj Oneness for as long as Allah-azwj so Desired. Then he-asws did a Sajdah of thanks, then raised his-asws head and did not speak until he-asws stood and prayed four Cycles with two Salaams with a Qunout in every two Cycles in the second before the Ruk’u and after the recitation.
وَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَرْبَعِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْبَاقِيَتَيْنِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ فِي التَّعْقِيبِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ يُفْطِرُ.
And he-asws recited in the first from these four (Surahs) Al Hamd and Al Kafiroun, and in the second Al Tawheed, and he-asws recited in the two remaining (Surahs) Al Hamd and Al Tawheed, then he-asws sat after the Salaam in the follow-up for as long as Allah-azwj Desired, then he-asws broke’’.[154]
فائدة وَ يَشْهَدُ لَهُ صَحِيحَةُ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ قَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الْمَغْرِبَ بِالْمُزْدَلِفَةِ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ وَ لَمْ يَرْكَعْ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِسَنَةٍ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ قَامَ فَتَنَفَّلَ بِأَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ أَقَامَ فَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ.
Benefit (Hadeeth only) – And a correct (Hadeeth) by Aban Bin Taghlib testifies for it. He said, ‘I prayed Al-Maghrib Salat behind Abu Abdullah-asws, then he-asws prayed Al-Isha the last and did not perform Ruk’u between the two. Then I prayed behind him-asws a year after that. When he-asws had prayed Al-Maghrib, he-asws stood up and prayed optional with four Cycles, then he‑asws proclaimed Iqama and prayed Al-Isha the last’’.
9- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، هَارُونُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَابُنْدَادَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هُلَيْلٍ الْكَرْخِيِّ عَنْ حَاتِمِ بْنِ الْفَرَجِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ ع عَمَّا يُقْرَأُ فِي الْأَرْبَعِ فَكَتَبَ بِخَطِّهِ ع فِي أَوَّلِ رَكْعَةٍ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ وَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ فِي أَوَّلِ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْهَا أَرْبَعُ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَ مِنْ وَسَطِ السُّورَةِ وَ إِلهُكُمْ إِلهٌ واحِدٌ ثُمَّ يُقْرَأُ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً وَ يُقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ آخِرُ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ ثُمَّ يُقْرَأُ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – Haroun Bin Musa, from Muhammad Bin Hammam, from Ahmad Bin Mabundad, from Ahmad Bin Huleyl Al Karkhy, from Hatim Bin Al Faraj who said,
‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws about what is to be recited in the four. He-asws wrote by his-asws handwriting: ‘In the first Cycle, (Surah) Al Tawheed, and in the second, Al Qadr, and in the two last Cycles, in the first Cycles from these, four Verses from the beginning of (Surah) Al Baqarah), and from them middle of the Surah And your God is one God! [2:163]. Then he should recite (Surah) Al Tawheed fifteen times, and recited Ayat Al Kursi in the fourth Cycle, and end of Surah Al Baqarah, then recite Al Tawheed fifteen times’.
ذَكَرَ رِوَايَةً أُخْرَى بِمَا يُقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَوَّلَتَيْنِ ذَكَرَ شَيْخُنَا جَدِّيَ السَّعِيدُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيُّ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ يُقْرَأُ فِي أَوَّلِ رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الْمَغْرِبِ الْحَمْدُ وَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدُ وَ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ
He mentioned another report with what is to be recited in the first two Cycles. Our Sheykh, my grandfather Abu Ja’far Al-Tusi, may the Satisfaction of Allah-azwj be upon him, mentioned that it is to be recited in the first Cycle of optional of Al-Maghrib (Surah) Al Hamd and three times Al Tawheed, and in the second Al Hamd and Al Qadr.
وَ أَمَّا الرَّكْعَتَانِ الثَّالِثَةُ وَ الرَّابِعَةُ فَرَوَى أَبُو الْمُفَضَّلِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ- عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ الْعَيَّاشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ- عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَمْرَكِيِّ وَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُجَاعٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْهَرَوِيِّ- عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْآدَمِيِّ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ وَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع أَنَّهُمَا كَانَا يَقْرَءَانِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الثَّالِثَةِ وَ الرَّابِعَةِ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الْمَغْرِبِ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ أَوَّلَ الْحَدِيدِ إِلَى عَلِيمٌ بِذاتِ الصُّدُورِ وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ آخِرَ الْحَشْرِ.
And as for the third and the fourth Cycles, it is reported by Abu Al-Mufazzal Muhammad Bin Abdullah, may Allah-azwj have Mercy upon him, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Masoud Al-Ayyashi, from his father, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad, from Al-Amraky, and from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Shuja’a, from Al Qasim Al-Harwy, from Abu Saeed Al-Admy, raising it to Abu Al-Hassan-asws and Abu Ja’far-asws, both were reciting in the third and the fourth Cycle of the optional Salat of Al-Maghrib – in the third (Surahs) Al-Hamd and beginning of Al-Hadeed up to: and He is a Knower of the contents of the chests [57:6]; and in the fourth (Surahs) Al Hamd and end of Al-Hashr’’.[155]
مِصْبَاحُ الْمُتَهَجِّدِ وَ غَيْرُهُ وَ يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يُقْرَأَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى الْحَمْدُ مَرَّةً وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَ مِنْ وَسَطِ السُّورَةِ وَ إِلهُكُمْ إِلهٌ واحِدٌ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ يَعْقِلُونَ
(The book) ‘Misbah Al Mutahajjid’ – and others,
‘And it is recommended to recite in the first Cycle (Surahs) Al Hamd once and Al Tawheed three times up to His-azwj Word, and from middle of the Surah And your God is one God! [2:163] – up to His-azwj Words: are understanding [2:164].
إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى سُورَةَ الْجَحْدِ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ سُورَةَ الْإِخْلَاصِ وَ فِيمَا عَدَاهُ مَا اخْتَارَهُ
Up to his words, ‘And it is reported that it should be recited in the first Cycle Surah Al Jahad (Kafiroun), and in the second Surah Al Ikhlas (AL Tawheed), and in what is whatever he chooses to’.
وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْكَرِيَّ ع كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ أَوَّلَ الْحَدِيدِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ عَلِيمٌ بِذاتِ الصُّدُورِ وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ آخِرَ الْحَشْرِ.
And it is reported that Abu Al-Hassan Al Askari-asws was reciting in the third, (Surahs) Al Hamd and beginning of Al Hadeeth up to His-azwj Words: and He is a Knower of the contents of the chests [57:6]; and in the fourth, Al Hamd and end of Al Hashr’’.[156]
10- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، ذَكَرَ مَا يَزِيدُهُ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ فِي آخِرِ سَجْدَةٍ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ فَضْلِ ذَلِكَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْيَزْدَآبَادِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَيْفٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ فِي آخِرِ سَجْدَةٍ مِنَ النَّافِلَةِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَ إِنْ فَعَلَهُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ يَقُولُ
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – He mentioned what increases it from the supplication in the ends of a Sajdah of optional of Al-Maghrib and merit of that, ‘It is reported by Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Muhammad Al Yazdabady, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Attar, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Al-Husayn Bin Sayd, from his brother Ali, from his father Sayf Bin Ameyra, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who says in the end of a Sajdah from the optional after Al-Maghrib on the night of Friday, and if he were to do it every night it would be better, he should say: –
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ وَ مُلْكِكَ الْقَدِيمِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي ذَنْبِيَ الْعَظِيمَ إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الْعَظِيمَ إِلَّا الْعَظِيمُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِذَا قَالَهُ انْصَرَفَ وَ قَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ
‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Benevolent Face and by Your-azwj Magnificent Name, and Your-azwj Ancient Kingdom, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and to Forgive my mighty sins for me, surely no one Forgives the mighty sins except the Mighty One-azwj!’ – seven times. When he says it, he will leave and Allah-azwj would have Forgiven for him.
وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى يَعْدِلُ سِتِّينَ حَجَّةً مِنْ أَقْصَى الْبِلَادِ.
And in another report: ‘It will equate to sixty Hajj from a remote city’’.[157]
11- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، الدُّعَاءُ بَعْدَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الْمَغْرِبِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَرَى وَ لَا تُرَى وَ أَنْتَ بِالْمَنْظَرِ الْأَعْلَى وَ إِلَيْكَ الرُّجْعَى وَ الْمُنْتَهَى وَ إِنَّ لَكَ الْمَمَاتَ وَ الْمَحْيَا وَ إِنَّ لَكَ الْآخِرَةَ وَ الْأُولَى
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’, and ‘Al Mutahajjid’ –
‘The supplication after the two Cycles from the first two of optional (Salats) of Al-Maghrib – ‘O Allah-azwj! You-azwj can see and cannot be seen, and You-azwj are with the exalted scenario, and to You-azwj is the return and the end-point, and for You-azwj is to Cause to die and causing to live, and for You-azwj is the Hereafter and the first (world)!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ نَذِلَّ وَ نَخْزَى وَ أَنْ نَأْتِيَ مَا عَنْهُ تَنْهَى
O Allah-azwj! We seek Refuge with You-azwj from being humiliated and disgraced, and from committing what You-azwj have Forbidden from!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ أَسْتَعِيذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ بِعِزَّتِكَ وَ اجْعَلْ أَوْسَعَ رِزْقِي عِنْدَ كِبَرِ سِنِّي وَ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلِي عِنْدَ اقْتِرَابِ أَجَلِي
O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws, and I ask You-azwj for the Paradise by Your-azwj Mercy, and I seek Refuge from the Fire by Your-azwj Power, and I ask You-azwj for the Maiden Hourie by Your-azwj Honour, and Make my sustenance to be capacious during my old age, and Make good my deeds at the approach of my death.
وَ أَطِلْ فِي طَاعَتِكَ وَ مَا يُقَرِّبُ مِنْكَ وَ يُحْظِي عِنْدَكَ وَ يُزْلِفُ لَدَيْكَ عُمُرِي وَ أَحْسِنْ فِي جَمِيعِ أَحْوَالِي وَ أُمُورِي مَعُونَتِي وَ لَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ تَفَضَّلْ عَلَيَّ بِقَضَاءِ جَمِيعِ حَوَائِجِي لِلدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ ابْدَأْ بِوَالِدَيَّ وَ وُلْدِي وَ جَمِيعِ إِخْوَانِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فِي جَمِيعِ مَا سَأَلْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي وَ ثَنِّ بِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
And Prolong (me) in Your-azwj obedience, and what draws near to You-azwj, and Grant prosperity in Your-azwj Presence, and make my life close to You-azwj. Improve all my circumstances and my affairs, and be my Support. Do not entrust me to anyone from Your-azwj creatures, and Favour me with the fulfilment of all my needs in this world and the Hereafter. Start with my parents, my children, and all my believing brothers and sisters in all that I ask of You-azwj for myself. Praise me with Your-azwj Mercy, O most Merciful of the merciful ones!’
ثُمَّ تَقُومُ إِلَى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ مِنْ نَوَافِلِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ تَقُولُ بَعْدَهُمَا اللَّهُمَّ بِيَدِكَ مَقَادِيرُ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ بِيَدِكَ مَقَادِيرُ الشَّمْسِ وَ الْقَمَرِ وَ بِيَدِكَ مَقَادِيرُ الْغِنَى وَ الْفَقْرِ وَ بِيَدِكَ مَقَادِيرُ الْخِذْلَانِ وَ النَّصْرِ وَ بِيَدِكَ مَقَادِيرُ الْمَوْتِ وَ الْحَيَاةِ وَ بِيَدِكَ مَقَادِيرُ الصِّحَّةِ وَ السُّقْمِ وَ بِيَدِكَ مَقَادِيرُ الْخَيْرِ وَ الشَّرِّ وَ بِيَدِكَ مَقَادِيرُ الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ وَ بِيَدِكَ مَقَادِيرُ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ
Then you should stand to the two last Cycles from optional of Al-Maghrib and say after these, ‘O Allah-azwj! In You-azwj Hand are determinations of the night and the day, and in Your-azwj Hand are determinations of the sun and the moon, and in Your-azwj Hand are determination of the richness and the poverty, and in Your-azwj Hand are determinations of the abandonment and the Help, and in Your-azwj Hand are determinations of the death and the life, and in Your-azwj Hand are determinations of the health and the sickness, and in Your-azwj Hand are determinations of the good and the evil, and in Your-azwj Hand are determinations of the Paradise and the Fire, and in Your-azwj Hand are determinations of the world and the Hereafter!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِي أَهْلِي وَ مَا لِي وَ وُلْدِي وَ إِخْوَانِي وَ جَمِيعِ مَا خَوَّلْتَنِي وَ رَزَقْتَنِي وَ أَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ وَ مَنْ أَحْدَثْتَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ مَعْرِفَةً مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ اجْعَلْ مَيْلَهُ إِلَيَّ وَ مَحَبَّتَهُ لِي وَ اجْعَلْ مُنْقَلَبَنَا إِلَى خَيْرٍ دَائِمٍ وَ نَعِيمٍ لَا يَزُولُ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Bless for me in my religion and my world and my Hereafter, and Bless for me in my wife, and whatever is for me, and my children, and my brothers, and entirety of whatever You-azwj Have Bestowed me, and Graced me, and Favoured with upon me, and the one from the Momineen whom You-azwj have Started recognition between me and him, and Make his inclination be to me, and his love for me, and Make our transfer be to goodly permanence and unceasing bliss!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَقْصِرْ أَمَلِي عَنْ غَايَةِ أَجَلِي وَ اشْغَلْ قَلْبِي بِالْآخِرَةِ عَنِ الدُّنْيَا وَ أَعِنِّي عَلَى مَا وَظَّفْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ وَ كَلَّفْتَنِيهِ مِنْ رِعَايَةِ حَقِّكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ فَوَاتِحَ الْخَيْرِ وَ خَوَاتِمَهُ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ وَ أَنْوَاعِهِ وَ خَفِيِّهِ وَ مُعْلَنِهِ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Cut short my hopes from peak of my term, and Pre-occupy my heart with the Hereafter (and) away from the world, and Assist me upon what You-azwj have Recruited upon me of obeying You-azwj and Encumbered it from the care of Your-azwj rights, and I ask You-azwj for the goodly beginning and endings, and I seek Refuge with You-azwj from the evil and its types, and its hidden and its open.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ تَقَبَّلْ عَمَلِي وَ ضَاعِفْهُ لِي وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ يُسَارِعُ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَ يَدْعُوكَ رَغَباً وَ رَهَباً وَ اجْعَلْنِي لَكَ مِنَ الْخَاشِعِينَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Accept my deeds, and Multiply it for me and Make me from the ones who are quick in the good deeds and supplicate to You-azwj desiring and fearing, and Make me to be from the ones fearful to You-azwj!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ فُكَّ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَ أَوْسِعْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ الْحَلَالِ وَ ادْرَأْ عَنِّي شَرَّ فَسَقَةِ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ وَ شَرَّ فَسَقَةِ الْعَرَبِ وَ الْعَجَمِ وَ شَرَّ كُلِّ ذِي شَرٍّ.
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Liberate my neck from the Fire, and Expand Your-azwj Permissible sustenance upon me, and Stave off from me evil mischief of the Jinn and the humans, and evil of mischief of the Arabs and the non-Arabs, and evil of every one with evil!
: اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَيُّمَا أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَرَادَنِي أَوْ أَحَداً مِنْ أَهْلِي وَ وُلْدِي وَ إِخْوَانِي وَ أَهْلِ حُزَانَتِي بِسُوءٍ فَإِنِّي أَدْرَأُ بِكَ فِي نَحْرِهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَ أَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَيْهِ
O Allah-azwj, and whoever anyone from Your-azwj creatures intends me (with evil), or anyone from my family, and my children, and my brothers, and people of my mourning, I repel him by You-azwj in his throat, and I seek Refuge with You-azwj from his evil, and I seek Assistance with You-azwj against him.
وَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ خُذْهُ عَنِّي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ وَ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ وَ مِنْ تَحْتِهِ وَ امْنَعْنِي مِنْ أَنْ يَصِلَ إِلَيَّ مِنْهُ سُوءٌ أَبَداً بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ مَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بالِغُ أَمْرِهِ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْراً
And Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and seize him (my enemy) on my behalf from his front, and his behind, and his right, and his left, and from his above, and from under him, and Protect me from any evil from him arriving to me, ever! In the Name of Allah-azwj, and by Allah-azwj! I have relied upon Allah-azwj. Surely one who relies upon Allah, so He would Suffice him. Surely, Allah would Accomplish His Command. He has Made a measure for all things [65:3].
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اجْعَلْنِي وَ أَهْلِي وَ وُلْدِي وَ إِخْوَانِي فِي كَنَفِكَ وَ حِفْظِكَ وَ حِرْزِكَ وَ حِيَاطَتِكَ وَ جِوَارِكَ وَ أَمْنِكَ وَ أَمَانِكَ وَ عِيَاذِكَ وَ مَنْعِكَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Make me and my wife and my children and my brothers to be in Your-azwj Canopy, and Your-azwj Protection, and Your-azwj Guard, and Your-azwj walls, and Your-azwj vicinity, and Your-azwj safety, and Your‑azwj security, and Your-azwj Refuge, and Your-azwj Defence!
عَزَّ جَارُكَ وَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ وَ امْتَنَعَ عَائِذُكَ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اجْعَلْنِي وَ إِيَّاهُمْ فِي حِفْظِكَ وَ أَمَانِكَ وَ مُدَافَعَتِكَ وَ وَدَائِعِكَ الَّتِي لَا تَضِيعُ مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ السُّلْطَانِ وَ الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّكَ أَشَدُّ بَأْساً وَ أَشَدُّ تَنْكِيلًا
Mighty is Your-azwj Shelter, and Majestic is Your-azwj Praise, and Invincible is Your-azwj Refuge, and there is no god except You-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny‑asws, and Make me and them in Your-azwj Protection and Your-azwj Safety, and Your-azwj Defence and Your-azwj Safeguard which does not waste, from every evil and from evil of the ruler and the Satan-la, and Allah is strongest in Prowess and severe of Punishment [4:84].
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ مُنْزِلًا بَأْساً مِنْ بَأْسِكَ أَوْ نَقِمَةً مِنْ نَقِمَتِكَ بَياتاً وَ هُمْ نائِمُونَ أَوْ ضُحًى وَ هُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اجْعَلْنِي وَ أَهْلِي وَ وُلْدِي وَ إِخْوَانِي فِي دِينِي فِي مَنْعِكَ وَ كَنَفِكَ وَ دِرْعِكَ الْحَصِينَةِ
O Allah-azwj! If You-azwj were to Send down a Punishment from Your-azwj Punishments or a Scourge from Your-azwj Scourges at night while they are sleeping, or at daytime while they are playing, then Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Make me and my wife and my children and my brothers in my religion to be in Your-azwj Defence, and Your-azwj Canopy, and Your-azwj fortified Shield!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الْمُشْرِقِ الْحَيِّ الْقَيُّومِ الْبَاقِي الْكَرِيمِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الْقُدُّوسِ الَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ لَهُ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرَضُونَ وَ صَلَحَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by the Light of Your-azwj shining Face, the Living, the Eternal, the Remaining, the Benevolent, and I ask You-azwj by the Light of Your Holy Face which the skies and the earths have shone for, and matters of the former ones and the latter ones are rectified upon it, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws.
وَ أَنْ تُصْلِحَ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ وَ تُعْطِيَنِي مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ وَ تَصْرِفَ عَنِّي الشَّرَّ كُلَّهُ وَ تَقْضِيَ لِي حَوَائِجِي كُلَّهَا وَ تَسْتَجِيبَ لِي دُعَائِي وَ تَمُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِالْجَنَّةِ تَطَوُّلًا مِنْكَ وَ تُجِيرَنِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَ تُزَوِّجَنِي مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ وَ ابْدَأْ بِوَالِدَيَّ وَ إِخْوَانِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فِي جَمِيعِ مَا سَأَلْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي وَ ثَنِّ بِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
And to Rectify all of my affairs, and Give me from all of the goodness, and Turn away from me all evil, and Fulfil all of my needs, and Respond to my supplication, and Confer upon me with the Paradise as Leniency from You-azwj, and Shelter me from the Fire, and Marry me to the Maider Hourie, and begin with my parents, and my Momineen brothers, and the believing women regarding entirety of what I am asking You-azwj for myself, and Praise me by Your-azwj Mercy, of most Merciful of the merciful ones!’’[158]
12- الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، دُعَاءٌ آخَرُ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الْمُشْرِقِ الْحَيِّ الْبَاقِي الْكَرِيمِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الْقُدُّوسِ الَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ بِهِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرَضُونَ وَ انْكَشَفَتْ بِهِ الظُّلُمَاتُ وَ صَلَحَتْ عَلَيْهِ أُمُورُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنْ تُصْلِحَ شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ.
(The book) ‘Al Mutahajjid’ –
‘Another supplication – ‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by the Light of Your-azwj Face, the shining, the Living, the Remaining, the Benevolent, and I ask You-azwj by the Noor of Your-azwj Face, the Holy, which the skies and the earths shine for, and the darkness is removed by it, and matters of the former ones and the latter ones are rectified upon it, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and to rectify all my affairs’’.[159]
13- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، ذَكَرَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَامِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص صَلُّوا فِي سَاعَةِ الْغَفْلَةِ وَ لَوْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمَا تُورِدَانِ دَارَ الْكَرَامَةِ.
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – It is mentioned by Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al Faami, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Al-Husayn Bin Al-Hassan Bin Aban, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Fazalah Bin Ayoub, from Ismail Bin Abu Ziyad,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, from his-asws father-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Pray in the times of heedlessness and even if two Cycles, for these two shall arrive in the hour of honours!’’[160]
ذَكَرَ رِوَايَةً أُخْرَى فِي فَضْلِ ذَلِكَ ذَكَرَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص تَنَفَّلُوا فِي سَاعَةِ الْغَفْلَةِ وَ لَوْ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمَا يُورِثَانِ دَارَ الْكَرَامَةِ
He mentioned another report regarding the merit of that, ‘It is mentioned by Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Sa’ad, from Ahmad Bin Yahya, from his father, and Ahmad Bin Idrees from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Yahya, from Abu Ja’far from his father, from Wahab,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Pray optional Salats during the times of heedlessness, and even if two Cycles, light, for these two shall inherit the house of honours!’
قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا سَاعَةُ الْغَفْلَةِ
It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww, and what are the times of heedlessness?’
قَالَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ الْعِشَاءِ.
He-saww said: ‘What is between Al-Maghrib and Al-Isha’’.[161]
14- مَجَالِسُ الصَّدُوقِ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ ذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ.
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Al Sadouq – from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Attar, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from his father, from Wahab Bin Wahab,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said’ – and he‑asws mentioned similar to it’’.[162]
15- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، ذَكَرَ مَا نَخْتَارُ ذِكْرَهُ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءَيْنِ بِالرِّوَايَاتِ أَيْضاً حَدَّثَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الزُّرَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْحَسَنِيِّ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْأَشْتَرِيِّ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَرَأَ فِي الْأُولَى الْحَمْدَ وَ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى وَ ذَا النُّونِ إِذْ ذَهَبَ مُغاضِباً فَظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ نَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنادى فِي الظُّلُماتِ أَنْ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ فَاسْتَجَبْنا لَهُ وَ نَجَّيْناهُ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَ كَذلِكَ نُنْجِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – He mentioned what we have chosen its mention from the Salats between the two Isha’s with the reports as well. It is narrated by Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Yusuf, from Ahmad Bin Suleyman Al Zurary, from Abu Ja’far Al Hasany Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn Al Ashtary, from Abbad Bin Yaqoub, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Hisham Bin Salim,
‘From Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘One who prays two Cycles between the two Isha’s, reading in the first (Surah) Al Hamd and Words of the Exalted: And the one with the whale (Yunus), when he went away in anger, so he thought that We will never be Able upon him, and he called out in the darkness that: ‘There is no god except Allah! Glorious are You, I was of the unjust ones!’ [21:87] So We Answered for him and Delivered him from the grief, and like that do We Deliver the Momineen [21:88].
وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى وَ عِنْدَهُ مَفاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لا يَعْلَمُها إِلَّا هُوَ وَ يَعْلَمُ ما فِي الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْرِ وَ ما تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُها وَ لا حَبَّةٍ فِي ظُلُماتِ الْأَرْضِ وَ لا رَطْبٍ وَ لا يابِسٍ إِلَّا فِي كِتابٍ مُبِينٍ
And in the second, (Surah) Al Hamd and Words of the Exalted: And with Him are the keys of the unseen – none knows it except Him, and He Knows what is in the land and the sea, and there does not fall a leaf except He Knows it, nor a seed in the darkness of the earth, nor any wet nor dry except it is in an apparent Book [6:59].
فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَ قَالَ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَفَاتِحِ الْغَيْبِ الَّتِي لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا
When he is free from the recitation, he should raise his hands and say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You‑azwj by the keys of the unseen which none know of except You-azwj, to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and to Do such and such with me’.
ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ وَلِيُّ نِعْمَتِي وَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى طَلِبَتِي وَ تَعْلَمُ حَاجَتِي فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ لَمَّا قَضَيْتَهَا لِي
Then he should say, ‘O Allah-azwj! You-azwj are in Charge of my bounties and are Able upon my requests, and Know my needs, so I ask You-azwj by the right of Muhammad-saww and Progeny‑asws of Muhammad-saww, may the greeting be upon him-saww and upon them-asws, please Fulfil these for me!’
وَ يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ حَاجَتَهُ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ مَا سَأَلَ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص قَالَ لَا تَتْرُكُوا رَكْعَتَيِ الْغَفْلَةِ وَ هُمَا بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءَيْنِ.
And he should ask Allah-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty. Allah-azwj will Give him what he asks, for the Prophet-saww said: ‘Do not leave two cycles (in times of) heedlessness, and these are between the two Isha’s’’.[163]
16- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءَيْنِ مَا رَوَاهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَلَوِيُّ الْجَوَّانِيُّ فِي كِتَابِهِ إِلَيْنَا عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْجَوَّانِيِّ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ السَّرَاوِيِّ عَنْ عَتِيقِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ رِيَاحٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْجُرْجَانِيِّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّبَّاحِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجُرْجَانِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص عِنْدَ وَفَاتِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوْصِنَا
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – And from the Salats between the two Isha’s is what is reported by Abu Al-Hassan Ali Bin Al-Husayn Bin Ahmad Bin Ali Bin Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al Alawy Al Jawwany in his letter to us from his father, from his grandfather Ali Bin Ibrahim Al Jawwany, from Salama Bin Suleyman Al Sarawy, from Ateew Bin Ahmad Bin Riyah, from Umar Bin Sa’ad Al Jarjany, from Usman Bin Muhammad Al Sabbah, from Dawood Bin Suleyman Al Jurjany, from Amro Bin Saeed Al Zuhry,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws grandfather-asws, from his-asws father‑asws, from Amir Al-Momineen-asws having said: ‘I said to Rasool-Allah-azwj at his-saww expiry: ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww, advise us!’
فَقَالَ أُوصِيكُمْ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى الْحَمْدَ وَ إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً
He-saww said: ‘I-saww advise you all with praying two Cycles between Al-Maghrib and Al-Isha the last, reciting in the first (Surahs) Al Hamd and Al Zilzaal thirteen times, and in the second (Surahs) Al Hamd and Al Tawheed fifteen times.
فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ فَإِنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ فَإِنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فِي كُلِّ جُمُعَةٍ مَرَّةً كُتِبَ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ فَإِنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ زَاحَمَنِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ لَمْ يُحْصِ ثَوَابَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ جَلَّ وَ تَعَالَى.
The one who does that during every month would be from the pious ones. The one who does that during every year would be writes as being from the good doers. If he does that once during every Friday would be written as being from the praying ones. If he does that during every night will accompany me in the Paradise, and none can count his Rewards except Allah‑azwj, Lord-azwj of the worlds, Majestic and Exalted!’’[164]
17- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءَيْنِ مَا رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكِسَائِيِّ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى مَوَالِينَا ع فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى إِنَ ناشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئاً وَ أَقْوَمُ قِيلًا قَالَ هِيَ رَكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ يُقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَ عَشْرِ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَ آيَةِ السُّخْرَةِ وَ قَوْلِهِ وَ إِلهُكُمْ إِلهٌ واحِدٌ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – And from the Salats between the two Isha’s is what is reported by Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Ali Al Kufy, from Ali Bin Muhammad Al Kisaie,
‘Raising it to our Master-asws regarding Words of the Exalted: Surely, arising at night, it is the firmest treading and the straightest speech [73:6]. He-asws said: ‘These are two Cycles after Al-Maghrib. He should recite in the first with (Surah) Al Fatiha and ten Verses from beginning of Al Baqarah, and Verse of Al Sakhra (7:54 to 56), and His-azwj Words: And your God is one God! [2:163] for a people who are understanding [2:164], and (Surah) Al Tawheed fifteen times.
وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ فَاتِحَةُ الْكِتَابِ وَ آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ آخِرُ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ لِلَّهِ ما فِي السَّماواتِ إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ ادْعُ بِمَا شِئْتَ بَعْدَهُمَا
And in the second, (Surah) Al Fatiha, and Ayat Al Kursi, and end of Surah Al Baqarah from His‑azwj Words: For Allah is whatever is in the skies [2:284] – up to end of the Chapter, and (Surah) Al Tawheed fifteen times, then supplicate with whatever you desire to after these two’.
قَالَ فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ وَ وَاظَبَ عَلَيْهِ كُتِبَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ صَلَاةٍ سِتُّمِائَةِ أَلْفِ حَجَّةٍ.
He-asws said: ‘The one who does that and is persistent upon it, it will be written for him for every Salat, six hundred thousand Hajj’’.[165]
وَ رُوِيَ ذَلِكَ فِي طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ وَ فِيهَا زِيَادَةٌ رَوَاهَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّهْشَلِيِ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ وَ زَادَ فِيهِ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ وَ سَلَّمْتَ قُلْتَ- اللَّهُمَّ مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ وَ الْأَبْصَارِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ وَ دِينِ نَبِيِّكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ لَا تُزِغْ قَلْبِي بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنِي وَ هَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ وَ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ
And that is reported in another way and in it there is an increase reported by Ahmad Bin Ali Bin Muhammad, from his grandfather Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Al Abbas, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Al Nahshaly, similar to that, and there is an increase in it:
‘When you are free from the Salat and have performed Salaam, you should say, ‘O Allah-azwj, Turner of the hearts and the sights! Affirm my hear upon Your-azwj religion and religion of Your‑azwj Prophet-as and of Your-azwj Guardian-asws, and do not Let my heart to deviate after having Guided me, and Grant to me Mercy from Yourself-azwj, surely You-azwj are the Bestower, and Shelter me from the Fire by Your-azwj Mercy!
اللَّهُمَّ امْدُدْ لِي فِي عُمُرِي وَ انْشُرْ عَلَيَّ رَحْمَتَكَ وَ أَنْزِلْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ بَرَكَاتِكَ وَ إِنْ كُنْتُ عِنْدَكَ فِي أُمِّ الْكِتَابِ شَقِيّاً فَاجْعَلْنِي سَعِيداً فَإِنَّكَ تَمْحُو مَا تَشَاءُ وَ تُثْبِتُ وَ عِنْدَكَ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ
O Allah-azwj! Extend for me in my lifespan and Sprinkle Your-azwj Mercy upon me, and Send down Your-azwj Blessings upon me, and if I were to be wretched in the Mother of the Book in Your-azwj Possession, Make me to be fortunate, for You-azwj can Delete whatever You-azwj Desire to and Affirm, and in Your-azwj possession is Mother of the Book!’
وَ تَقُولُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْجَنَّةَ وَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْحُورَ الْعِينَ.
And you should say ten times, ‘I seek Shelter with Allah-azwj from the Fire’, and ten times, ‘I ask Allah-azwj for the Paradise’, and ten times, ‘I ask Allah-azwj for the Maiden Hourie’’.[166]
18- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءَيْنِ مَا رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْقُمِّيُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ انْفَتَلَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ذَنْبٌ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ غُفِرَ لَهُ.
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – And from the Salats between the two Isha’s is what is reported by Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Qummi, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Attar, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa Al Ashari, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed,
‘Raising it to Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who prays (optional) Salat of four Cycles after Al-Maghrib, reciting in every Cycle (Surah) Al Tawheed fifteen times, will finish from his Salat and there wouldn’t be any sin between him and Allah-azwj the Exalted except and it would have been Forgiven for him’’.[167]
وَ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ مَا رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْكُوفِيُّ الْبَزَّازُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكُلَيْنِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ وَ بَعْدَهَا أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَ لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ عَشْرَ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ كَانَتْ لَهُ عَدْلُ عَشْرِ رِقَابٍ.
And from the Salats between Al-Maghrib and Al Isha the last is what is reported by Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Ali Bin Saeed Al Kufy Al Barraz, may Allah-azwj Mercy him, from Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Ali Bin Muhammad Al Kulayni, from one of his companions,
‘From Al-Reza-asws having said: ‘One who prays Al-Maghrib Salat, and after it four Cycles and does not speak until he has prayed ten Cycles, reciting in every Cycles (Surahs) Al Fatiha and Al Tawheed, it would equate for him liberation of ten necks’’.[168]
الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، وَ رُوِيَ عَشْرُ رَكَعَاتٍ وَ ذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَ قَالَ أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ الْحَمْدَ مَرَّةً وَ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
(The book) ‘Al Mutahajjid’ –
‘And it is reported, ten Cycles, and he mentioned approximate to it, and said: ‘Four Cycles, reciting in every Cycle (Surah) Al Hamd once and fifteen times Al Tawheed’.
وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ انْفَتَلَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ذَنْبٌ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ غُفِرَ لَهُ.
And it is reported: ‘The one who does that will leave from his Salat and there wouldn’t be any sin between him and Allah-azwj except it will have been Forgiven for him’’.[169]
19- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءَيْنِ مَا رَوَيْنَاهُ بِعِدَّةِ طُرُقٍ فَمِنْهَا بِإِسْنَادِي إِلَى جَدِّي أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي جِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الشَّيْخِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ فِيمَا رَوَاهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ كِتَابِ ثَوَابِ الْأَعْمَالِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: تَنَفَّلُوا وَ لَوْ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمَا تُورِثَانِ دَارَ الْكَرَامَةِ
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – And from the Salats between the two Isha’s is what we are reporting by a number of ways. From these is by my chain to my grandfather Abu Ja’far Al Tusi, from Ibn Abu Jayyid, from Ibn Al Waleed, from the Sheykh Ja’far Bin Suleyman among what he reported in his book, ‘Kitab Sawaab Al Amaal’,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws, from Rasool-Allah-saww having said: ‘Pray optional Salats and even if two Cycles, light, for these two shall inherit the house of Honours!’
قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا مَعْنَى خَفِيفَتَيْنِ
It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww, and what is the meaning of ‘light’?’
قَالَ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا الْحَمْدَ وَحْدَهَا
He-saww said: ‘His reciting in them (Surah) Al Hamd alone’.
قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَتَى أُصَلِّيهَا
It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-azwj, so when should I pray these?’
قَالَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ الْعِشَاءِ.
He-saww said: ‘(During) what is between Al-Maghrib and Al-Isha’’.[170]
20- الْمُجْتَنَى، شَكَا رَجُلٌ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع جَاراً يُؤْذِيهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحَسَنُ ع إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ الْمَغْرِبَ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قُلْ يَا شَدِيدَ الْمِحَالِ يَا عَزِيزُ أَذْلَلْتَ بِعِزَّتِكَ جَمِيعَ مَا خَلَقْتَ اكْفِنِي شَرَّ فُلَانٍ بِمَا شِئْتَ
(The book) ‘Al Mujtana’ –
‘A man complained to Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws of a neighbour hurting him. Al-Hassan-asws said to him: ‘When you have prayed Al-Maghrib, then pray two Cycles, then say, ‘O Severe of the Strength! O Mighty One! You-azwj have Subdued by Your-azwj Mighty entirety of what You-azwj have Created. Suffice me for the evil of so and so with whatever You-azwj so Desire to!’’
قَالَ فَفَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ سُمِعَ صُرَاخٌ وَ قِيلَ فُلَانٌ قَدْ مَاتَ اللَّيْلَةَ.
He (the narrator) said, ‘The man did that. When it was in middle of the night, a scream was heard, and it was said, ‘So and so has died tonight!’’[171]
عُدَّةُ الدَّاعِي، مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّ فِيهِ بِعِزَّتِكَ الْجَبَابِرَةَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ.
(The book) ‘Uddat Al Daie’ –
‘Similar to it, except that in it is: ‘By Your-azwj Might (Subduing) the tyrants from Your-azwj creatures’’.[172]
باب 74 فضل الوتيرة و آدابها و عللها و تعقيبها و سائر الصلوات بعد العشاء الآخرة
CHAPTER 74 – MERIT OF AL-WITR, AND ITS ETIQUETTERS, AND ITS REASONS, AND ITS FOLLOW-UP, AND REST OF THE SALATS AFTER AL-ISHA THE LAST
1- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمْدَانَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنِ الْمُثَنَّى عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ أُصَلِّي الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ فَإِذَا صَلَّيْتُ صَلَّيْتُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ أَنَا جَالِسٌ
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from Ali Bin Hatim, from Muhammad Bin Hamdan, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Ja’far Bin Sama’at, from Al Musanna, from Al Mufazzal, ,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘I pray Al-Isha the last. When I have prayed it, can I pray two Cycles (optional) while I am seated?’
فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهَا وَاحِدَةٌ وَ لَوْ بِتَّ بِتَّ عَلَى وَتْرٍ.
‘He-asws said: ‘It is (counted as) one, and even if you are determined upon Witr’’.[173]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلَا يَبِيتَنَّ إِلَّا بِوَتْرٍ
And from him, from Ali Bin Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Ja’far Al Asady, from Musa Bin Imran Al Jufy, from Al Husayn Bin Yazeed Al Nowfaly, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who were to believe in Allah-azwj and the Last Day, he should not spend any night except with Witr (Salat)’.
قَالَ قُلْتُ تَعْنِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘You-asws mean the two Cycles after Al-Isha the last?’
قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّهُمَا بِرَكْعَةٍ فَمَنْ صَلَّاهَا ثُمَّ حَدَثَ بِهِ حَدَثٌ مَاتَ عَلَى وَتْرٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَحْدُثْ بِهِ حَدَثُ الْمَوْتِ يُصَلِّي الْوَتْرَ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ
He-asws said: ‘Yes! Rather, these are as one Cycles. Then one who prays these, then an event (of death) occurs with him, would have dies upon Witr. If the event of death does not occur with him, he should pray Al-Witr in the end of the night’.
فَقُلْتُ هَلْ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص هَاتَيْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ
I said, ‘Did Rasool-Allah-azwj pray these two Cycles (of Salat)?’
قَالَ لَا
He-asws said: ‘No!’
قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ
I said, ‘And why not?’
قَالَ لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ يَأْتِيهِ الْوَحْيُ وَ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ هَلْ يَمُوتُ أَمْ لَا وَ غَيْرُهُ لَا يَعْلَمُ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُصَلِّهِمَا وَ أَمَرَ بِهِمَا.
He-asws said: ‘Because Rasool-Allah-saww was such, the Revelation was coming to him-saww, and he-saww knew whether he-saww will be dying or not, while others do not know. So, for that reason he-saww did not pray these and (but) instructed with these’’.[174]
بيان: كَرِوَايَةِ الْحَارِثِ النَّضْرِيِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: رَكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ كَانَ أَبِي يُصَلِّيهِمَا وَ هُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَ أَنَا أُصَلِّيهِمَا وَ أَنَا قَائِمٌ.
Explanation (Ahadeeth only) – Like a report by Al-Haris Al-Nazry, from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘The two Cycles after Al-Isha the last, my-asws father-as would pray these while seated and I-asws pray these while I-asws am standing’’.
وَ كَرِوَايَةِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْهُ ع حَيْثُ قَالَ: وَ رَكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ تَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا مِائَةَ آيَةٍ قَائِماً أَوْ قَاعِداً وَ الْقِيَامُ أَفْضَلُ.
And like a report by Suleyman Bin Khalid, from him-asws whereby he-asws said: ‘And two Cycles after Al-Isha the last, you should recite in these one hundred Verses standing or sitting, and the standing is superior’’.
2- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، صَلَاةُ الْفَرَجِ بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ: شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع كَرْباً أَصَابَنِي قَالَ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ ضَعْ خَدَّكَ الْأَيْمَنَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ قُلْ يَا مُذِلَّ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ وَ مُعِزَّ كُلِّ ذَلِيلٍ قَدْ وَ حَقِّكَ بَلَغَ مَجْهُودِي
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – Salat Al Faraj, by the chain to Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Saffar, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Al Mugheira, from Ali Bin Hassan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer who said,
‘I complained to Abu Abdullah-asws of stress which had afflicted me. He-asws said: ‘O Abdul Rahman! When you have prayed Al-Isha the last, then pray two Cycles, then place your right cheek upon the ground, then say,
يَا مُذِلَّ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ وَ مُعِزَّ كُلِّ ذَلِيلٍ قَدْ وَ حَقِّكَ بَلَغَ مَجْهُودِي
‘O Humiliator of every tyrant and Honourer of every humiliated! It is so and Your-azwj rights have reach my (utmost) efforts!’
قَالَ فَمَا قُلْتُهُ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ حَتَّى جَاءَ لِيَ الْفَرَجُ.
He (the narrator) said, ‘I had not said it except three nights until the relief came to me’’.[175]
صَلَاةٌ لِطَلَبِ الرِّزْقِ رَوَى أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ هَارُونُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِيَ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ وَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُحَمَّدِيُّ قَالا قَالَ لَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ كُلُّ مَا رَوَيْتُهُ قَبْلَ دَفْنِ كُتُبِي وَ بَعْدَهَا فَقَدْ أَجَزْتُهُ لَكُمَا قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَا تَتْرُكُوا رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ فَإِنَّهَا مَجْلَبَةٌ لِلرِّزْقِ وَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى الْحَمْدَ وَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدَ وَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Salat to see the sustenance – It is reported by Abu Muhammad Haroun Bin Musa, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed who said, ‘Al Qasim Bin Muhammad Bin Hatim said to me, and Ja’far Bin Abdullah Al Muhammady, both said, ‘Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr said to us, ‘All what I have reported before the burial of my books and after it, I have segmented it for you’. Ibn Abu Umeyr said, ‘It is narrated to me by Hisham Bin Salim,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Do not neglect two Cycles after Al-Isha the last, for these are a puller of the sustenance, and you should recite in the first (Surah) Al Hamd and Ayat Al Kursi and (Surah Al Kafiroun), and in the second Al Hamd and thirteen times Al Tawheed.
فَإِذَا سَلَّمْتَ فَارْفَعْ يَدَيْكَ وَ قُلِ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ يَا مَنْ لَا تَرَاهُ الْعُيُونُ وَ لَا تُخَالِطُهُ الظُّنُونُ وَ لَا يَصِفُهُ الْوَاصِفُونَ يَا مَنْ لَا تُغَيِّرُهُ الدُّهُورُ وَ لَا تُبْلِيهِ الْأَزْمِنَةُ وَ لَا تُحِيلُهُ الْأُمُورُ
When you have performed Salaam, then raise your hands and say, ‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj, O One-azwj Whom the eyes cannot see nor can the thoughts mingle Him-azwj, nor can the describer describe Him-azwj! O One-azwj Whom neither the times alter Him-azwj nor to the eras decay Him-azwj nor do the affairs transform Him-azwj!
يَا مَنْ لَا يَذُوقُ الْمَوْتَ وَ لَا يَخَافُ الْفَوْتَ يَا مَنْ لَا تَضُرُّهُ الذُّنُوبُ وَ لَا تَنْقُصُهُ الْمَغْفِرَةُ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ هَبْ لِي مَا لَا يَنْقُصُكَ وَ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا لَا يَضُرُّكَ وَ افْعَلْ بِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ تَسْأَلُ حَاجَتَكَ
O One-azwj Who does not taste the death, nor fears the loss! O One-azwj the sins do not harm, nor does the Forgiving benefit Him-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Grant to me what will not reduce You-azwj and Forgive for me what will not harm You-azwj and Do such and such with me!’ – and ask your need’.
وَ قَالَ ع مَنْ صَلَّاهَا بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ بَيْتاً فِي الْجَنَّةِ.
And he-asws said: ‘One who prays these, Allah-azwj will Build a house for him in the Paradise’’.[176]
3- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ مَا رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْبَزَّازُ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْمَحَامِلِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْلَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ فَرَجٍ عَنْ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ عَنْ سَالِمٍ الْأَفْطَسِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ خَلْفَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ وَ قَرَأَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بَيدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَ الم تَنْزِيلُ السَّجْدَةَ كُنَّ لَهُ كَأَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ مِنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ.
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – And from the Salats after Al-Isha the last is what is reported by Muhammad Bin Umar Al Bazzaz, from Al Husayn Bin Ismail Al Mahamily, from Yahya Bin Ya’la, from Ibn Abu Maryam, from Abdullah Bin Faraj, from Abu Farwa, from Salim Al Aftas, from Saeed Bin Jubeyr, from Ibn Abbas,
‘Raising it to the Prophet-saww having said: ‘One who prays four Cycles after Al-Isha the last and recites in the first two Cycles (Surahs) Al Kafiroun and Al Tawheed, and in the second Cycle (Surahs) Al Mulk and Al Sajdah, there would be for him like four Cycles from Laylat Al Qadr!’’[177]
4- الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، وَ الْإِخْتِيَارُ، فِي النَّوَافِلِ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ مَرْوِيَّةً عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص يُقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى الْحَمْدُ وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ الْحَمْدُ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ الْحَمْدُ وَ الم تَنْزِيلٌ وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ الْحَمْدُ وَ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ.
(The book) ‘Al Mutahajjid’ and ‘Al Ikhtiyar’ –
‘Regarding the optional after Al-Isha are four Cycles reported from the Prophet-saww: ‘He should recite in the first (Surahs) Al Hamd and Al Kafiroun, and in the second Al Hamd and Al Tawheed, and in the third Al Hamd and Al Sajdah, and in the fourth Al Hamd and Al Mulk’’.[178]
5- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، صَلَاةُ الْوَتِيرَةِ رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّيَالِسِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ بْنِ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ يُصَلِّي أَبِي بَعْدَ عِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا مِائَةَ آيَةٍ وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَلَّاهُمَا وَ قَرَأَ بِمِائَةِ آيَةٍ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ.
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’ – Salat Al Wateera – It is reported by Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Al Zubeyr, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Tayalisy, from his father, from Ismail Bin Abdul Khaliq Bin Abd Rabbih,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘My-asws father used to pray two Cycles after Al-Isha the last while he-asws was seated, reciting one hundred Verses in these, and he-asws had said: ‘One who prays these and recites one hundred Verses will not be written as being from the heedless ones’’.[179]
قَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ بْنِ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ إِنَّ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا بِالْوَاقِعَةِ وَ الْإِخْلَاصِ.
Ismail Bin Abdul Khaliq Bin Abd Rabbih said,
‘Abu Ja’far-asws used to recite in these two with (Surahs) Al Waqia and Al Ikhlas’’.[180]
وَ رَوَى هَارُونُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ سَدِيرِ بْنِ حَنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْمُلْكِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ فَقَدْ أَكْثَرَ وَ أَطَابَ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ وَ إِنِّي لَأَرْكَعُ بِهَا بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ وَ أَنَا جَالِسٌ.
And it is reported by Haroun Bin Musa, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Bin Abdul Malik, from Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Salih, from Sadeyr Bin Hanan,
‘From Abu Ja’far Muhammad Bin Ali-asws having said: ‘One who recites Surah Al Mulk during a night, so he has frequented and done good and would not be from the heedless ones, and I‑asws tend to pray these Cycles after Al-Isha while I-asws am seated’’.[181]
الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، وَ غَيْرُهُ، يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يُقْرَأَ فِيهِمَا مِائَةُ آيَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَ يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يُقْرَأَ فِيهِمَا بِالْوَاقِعَةِ وَ الْإِخْلَاصِ وَ رُوِيَ سُورَةُ الْمُلْكِ وَ الْإِخْلَاصِ.
(The book) ‘Al Mutahajjid’ and others –
‘It is recommended to recite in these two one-hundred Verses from the Quran, and it is recommended that he recites in these with (Surahs) Al Waqia and Al Ikhlas (Al Tawheed)’, and it is reported Surah Al Mulk and Al Ikhlas’’.[182]
6- فَلَاحُ السَّائِلِ، وَ الْمُتَهَجِّدُ، وَ الْإِخْتِيَارُ، يَقُولُ بَعْدَ الْوَتِيرَةِ أَمْسَيْنَا وَ أَمْسَى الْحَمْدُ وَ الْعَظَمَةُ وَ الْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَ الْجَبَرُوتُ وَ الْحِلْمُ وَ الْجَلَالُ وَ الْبَهَاءُ وَ التَّقْدِيسُ وَ التَّعْظِيمُ وَ التَّسْبِيحُ وَ التَّكْبِيرُ وَ التَّهْلِيلُ وَ التَّحْمِيدُ وَ السَّمَاحُ وَ الْجُودُ وَ الْكَرَمُ وَ الْمَجْدُ وَ الْمَنُ وَ الْخَيْرُ وَ الْفَضْلُ وَ السَّعَةُ وَ الْحَوْلُ وَ الْقُوَّةُ وَ الْقُدْرَةُ وَ الْفَتْقُ وَ الرَّتْقُ وَ اللَّيْلُ وَ النَّهَارُ وَ الظُّلُمَاتُ وَ النُّورُ وَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةُ وَ الْخَلْقُ جَمِيعاً وَ الْأَمْرُ كُلُّهُ وَ مَا سَمَّيْتُ وَ مَا لَمْ أُسَمِّ وَ مَا عَلِمْتُ وَ مَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ وَ مَا كَانَ وَ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
(The book) ‘Falah Al Saail’, and ‘Al Mutahajjid’, and ‘Al Ikhtiyar’ –
‘He should say after Al-Wateera, ‘We have come to the evening, and the Praise, and the Magnificence, and the Greatness, and the Forcefulness, and the Forbearance, and the Majesty, and the Glory, and the Holiness, and the Reverence, and the Glorification, and the Greatness, and the Oneness, and the Praise, and the Excusing, and the Generosity, and the Benevolence, and the Glory, and the Conferment, and the good, and the merit, and the vastness, and the Might, and the Strength, and the Power, and the Rupture, and the Splitting, and the night, and the day, and the darkness, and the light, and the world, and the Hereafter, and the creation in its entirety, and all the matters, and what I have named, and what I did not name, and what I know of, and what I don’t know of, and what has happened, and what is to happen, has become for Allah-azwj Lord-azwj of the worlds!
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ النَّهَارَ وَ جَاءَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ نَحْنُ فِي نِعْمَةٍ مِنْهُ وَ عَافِيَةٍ وَ فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ
The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who Goes with the day and comes with the night, and we are in bounties from Him-azwj, and well-being, and might Grace!
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَهُ ما سَكَنَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهارِ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who for Him is whatever dwells during the night and the day, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing [6:13]!
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهارِ وَ يُولِجُ النَّهارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَ يُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِ وَ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسابٍ وَ هُوَ عَلِيمٌ بِذاتِ الصُّدُورِ
The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who Permeates the night into the day and Permeates the day into the night, and He-azwj Extracts the living from the dead and Extracts the dead from the living, and He-azwj Graces the one He-azwj so Desires without Reckoning, and He-azwj is Knowing of what is in the chests.
اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ نُمْسِي وَ بِكَ نُصْبِحُ وَ بِكَ نَحْيَا وَ بِكَ نَمُوتُ وَ إِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ
O Allah-azwj! By You-azwj we come to evening and by You-azwj we come to morning, and by You‑azwj we live, and by You-azwj we die, and to You-azwj is the destination!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أَذِلَّ أَوْ أُذِلَ أَوْ أَنْ أَضِلَّ أَوْ أُضِلَّ أَوْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ أَوْ أَجْهَلَ أَوْ يُجْهَلَ عَلَيَّ يَا مُصَرِّفَ الْقُلُوبِ وَ الْأَبْصَارِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ وَ طَاعَةِ رَسُولِكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ
O Allah-azwj! I seek Refuge with You-azwj from being humiliated or humiliating (others), or to stray or stray (others), or being oppressed or oppressing (others), or being ignorant or being ignored! O Turner of the hearts and the sights! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and affirm my heart upon obeying You-azwj and obeying Your-azwj Rasool-saww! May the greeting be upon him-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws!
اللَّهُمَ لا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنا وَ هَبْ لَنا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ
O Allah-azwj! Do not let our hearts deviate after having Guided us, and Grant to us Mercy from Yourself-azwj, surely You-azwj are the Bestower!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ لَكَ عَدُوّاً لَا يَأْلُونِي خَبَالًا حَرِيصاً عَلَى غَيِّي بَصِيراً بِعُيُوبِي يَرَانِي هُوَ وَ قَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا أَرَاهُمْ
O Allah-azwj! For You-azwj there is an enemy who does not cease to humiliate me, eager upon deviating me, insightful of my faults. He and his tribe see me from where I cannot see them!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَعِذْ مِنْهُ أَنْفُسَنَا وَ أَهَالِيَنَا وَ أَوْلَادَنَا وَ إِخْوَانَنَا وَ مَا أُغْلِقَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَبْوَابُنَا وَ أَحَاطَتْ بِهِ دُورُنَا
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and I seek Refuge from him for ourselves, and our family members, and our children, and our brethren, and what our doors are closed upon and our houses are surrounded with!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ حَرِّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا حَرَّمْتَ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَ بَاعِدْ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُ كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَبْعَدَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Prohibit us upon him just as You-azwj have Prohibited the Paradise upon him, and Distance between us and him just as You-azwj have Distance between the east and the west, and between the sky and the earth, and even more distant than that!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَعِذْنِي مِنْهُ وَ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَ لَمْزِهِ وَ فِتْنَتِهِ وَ دَوَاهِيهِ وَ غَوَائِلِهِ وَ سِحْرِهِ وَ نَفْثِهِ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Refuge me from him, and from his slander and his defamation, and his temptations, and his cunningness, and his deception, and his sorcery, and his blowing’s (spells)!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَعِذْنِي مِنْهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ فِي الْمَحْيَا وَ الْمَمَاتِ بِاللَّهِ أَدْفَعُ مَا أُطِيقُ وَ مَا لَا أُطِيقُ وَ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْقُوَّةُ وَ التَّوْفِيقُ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Refuge me from him in the world and the Hereafter, and in the life and the death. By Allah‑azwj I repel what I can endure and what I cannot endure, and from Allah-azwj is the strength and the inclination.
يَا مَنْ تَيْسِيرُ الْعَسِيرِ عَلَيْهِ سَهْلٌ يَسِيرٌ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ يَسِّرْ لِي مَا أَخَافُ عُسْرَهُ فَإِنَّ تَيْسِيرَ الْعَسِيرِ عَلَيْكَ سَهْلٌ يَسِيرٌ
O One-azwj Who Eases the difficulties! Upon Him-azwj is Easy to Ease. Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Ease for me what I fear its difficulty, for You-azwj East the difficulties. Upon You-azwj is Easy to Ease!
اللَّهُمَّ يَا رَبَّ الْأَرْبَابِ وَ يَا مُعْتِقَ الرِّقَابِ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا تَزُولُ وَ لَا تَبِيدُ وَ لَا تُغَيِّرُكَ الدُّهُورُ وَ الْأَزْمَانُ بَدَتْ قُدْرَتُكَ يَا إِلَهِي وَ لَمْ تَبْدُ هَيْئَةٌ فَشَبَّهُوكَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَ اتَّخَذُوا بَعْضَ آيَاتِكَ أَرْبَاباً يَا إِلَهِي
O Allah-azwj! O Lord-azwj of the lords, and O Liberator of the necks! You-azwj are Allah-azwj Who neither declines, nor perish, nor do the times and the eras change You-azwj! Your-azwj Power appeared, O my God-azwj and Your-azwj appearance did not appear. So, they made resemblances for You-azwj, O my Master and took some of Your-azwj signs as lords, O my God‑azwj!
فَمِنْ ثَمَّ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوكَ يَا إِلَهِي وَ أَنَا يَا إِلَهِي بَرِيءٌ إِلَيْكَ فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ بِالشُّبُهَاتِ طَلَبُوكَ وَ بَرِيءٌ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ شَبَّهُوكَ وَ جَهِلُوكَ
From then, O my God-azwj, they did not recognise You-azwj, while I, O my God-azwj, disavow to You-azwj during this night from those who are seeking You-azwj by making resemblances of you‑azwj, and I disavow to You-azwj from those who make resemblances of You-azwj and are ignorant of You-azwj!
يَا إِلَهِي أَنَا بَرِيءٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ بِصِفَاتِ عِبَادِكَ وَصَفُوكَ بَلْ أَنَا بَرِيءٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ جَحَدُوكَ وَ لَمْ يَعْبُدُوكَ
O my God-azwj! I disavow from those who are describing You-azwj with description of Your-azwj servant, but I am disavowing from those who are rejecting You-azwj and do not worship You‑azwj!
وَ أَنَا بَرِيءٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ فِي أَفْعَالِهِمْ جَوَّرُوكَ وَ أَنَا بَرِيءٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ بِقَبَائِحِ أَفْعَالِهِمْ نَحَلُوكَ وَ أَنَا بَرِيءٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ عَمَّا نَزَّهُوا عَنْهُ آبَاءَهُمْ وَ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ مَا نَزَّهُوكَ وَ أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ فِي مُخَالَفَةِ نَبِيِّكَ وَ آلِهِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ خَالَفُوكَ
And I disavow from those have wronged You-azwj in their actions, and I am disavowing from those who are disgracing You-azwj by ugliness of their actions, and I am disavowing from those from what they fathers and their mothers had distanced from what they distanced You-azwj, and I disavow to You-azwj from those who opposed You-azwj in opposing Your-azwj Prophet-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws. May the greeting be upon them-asws.
وَ أَنَا بَرِيءٌ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ فِي مُحَارَبَةِ أَوْلِيَائِكَ حَارَبُوكَ وَ أَنَا بَرِيءٌ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ فِي مُعَانَدَةِ آلِ نَبِيِّكَ ص عَانَدُوكَ
And I am disavowing to You-azwj from those who battled You-azwj in battling Your-azwj friends, and I am disavowing to You-azwj from those who were inimical to You-azwj in their enmity to the Progeny-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الَّذِينَ عَرَفُوكَ فَوَحَّدُوكَ وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُجَوِّرُوكَ وَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ نَزَّهُوكَ وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الَّذِينَ فِي طَاعَةِ أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ أَصْفِيَائِكَ أَطَاعُوكَ وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الَّذِينَ فِي خَلَوَاتِهِمْ وَ فِي آنَاءِ اللَّيْلِ وَ أَطْرَافِ النَّهَارِ رَاقَبُوكَ وَ عَبَدُوكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا عَلِيُّ بِكُمَا بِكُمَا
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Make me from the ones who recognise You-azwj so they found You-azwj, and Make me from the one who do not wrong You-azwj and they distanced You-azwj from that, and Make me from the ones in obedience to Your-azwj Guardians-asws and Your-azwj Elites obeying You-azwj, and Make me from those who are watchful and worship You-azwj in their seclusion and in the middle of the night and ends of the day. O Muhammad-saww, O Ali-asws! By you-asws both! By You-azwj both!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي إِذَا وُضِعَ عَلَى مَغَالِقِ أَبْوَابِ السَّمَاءِ لِلِانْفِتَاحِ انْفَتَحَتْ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي إِذَا وُضِعَ عَلَى مَضَايِقِ الْأَرْضِ لِلِانْفِرَاجِ انْفَرَجَتْ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي إِذَا وُضِعَ عَلَى الْبَأْسَاءِ لِلتَّيْسِيرِ تَيَسَّرَتْ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي إِذَا وُضِعَ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ لِلنُّشُورِ انْتَشَرَتْ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تَمُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِعِتْقِ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ.
O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj during this night by Your-azwj Name which when place upon locks of the doors of the sky for the opening, they are opened, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which when placed upon narrowness of the earth for the relief, they are rent asunder, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which when placed upon the difficulties to be eased, they are eased, and I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name which when placed upon the graves for the Resurrection, are Resurrected. Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and to Confer upon me by Liberating my neck from the Fire during this night!
: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي لَمْ أَعْمَلِ الْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّى أَعْطَيْتَنِيهَا وَ لَمْ أَعْمَلِ السَّيِّئَةَ حَتَّى أَعْلَمْتَنِيهَا اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عُدْ عَلَيَّ عِلْمَكَ بِعَطَائِكَ وَ دَاوِ دَائِي بِدَوَائِكَ فَإِنَ دَائِي ذُنُوبِيَ الْقَبِيحَةُ وَ دَوَاءَكَ عَفْوُكَ وَ حَلَاوَةُ رَحْمَتِكَ
O Allah-azwj! I did not do the good deed until You-azwj Granted it, and did not do the evil deed until You-azwj had let me know of it. O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and Count upon me Your-azwj Knowledge with my obeying You-azwj, and Medicate my illness by Your-azwj Medication, for my illnesses are my ugly sins and Your-azwj Medication is Your-azwj Pardon and sweetness of Your-azwj Mercy!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ تَفْضَحَنِي بَيْنَ الْجُمُوعِ بِسَرِيرَتِي وَ أَنْ أَلْقَاكَ بِخِزْيِ عَمَلِي وَ النَّدَامَةِ بِخَطِيئَتِي وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ تُظْهِرَ سَيِّئَاتِي عَلَى حَسَنَاتِي وَ أَنْ أُعْطَىَ كِتَابِي بِشِمَالِي فَيَسْوَدَّ بِذَلِكَ وَجْهِي وَ يَعْسِرَ بِذَلِكَ حِسَابِي وَ تَزِلَّ بِذَلِكَ قَدَمِي وَ يَكُونَ فِي مَوَاقِفِ الْأَشْرَارِ مَوْقِفِي وَ أَنْ أَصِيرَ فِي الْأَشْقِيَاءِ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ حَيْثُ لَا حَمِيمٌ يُطَاعُ وَ لَا رَحْمَةٌ مِنْكَ تُدَارِكُنِي فَأَهْوِيَ فِي مَهَاوِي الْغَاوِينَ
O Allah-azwj! I seek Refuge with You-azwj from Exposing me between the crowd with my secrets, and from meeting You-azwj with my disgraceful deeds and the remorse with my sins, and I seek Refuge with You-azwj from Revealing my evil deeds upon my good deeds, and from my being given my book in my left hand, so my face would be darkened by that and my Reckoning would be difficult due to that, and my feet will slip due to that, and my pausing would be among pausing of the evil ones, and I would become among the wretched punished ones whereby there will neither be any intimate one to obey nor any Mercy from You-azwj coming across me, so I would be demeaned among the demeaned deviants!
اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَعِذْنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Shelter me from that, all of it!
اللَّهُمَّ بِعِزَّتِكَ الْقَاهِرَةِ وَ سُلْطَانِكَ الْعَظِيمِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ بَدِّلْ لِيَ الدُّنْيَا الْفَانِيَةَ بِالدَّارِ الْآخِرَةِ الْبَاقِيَةِ وَ لَقِّنِي رَوْحَهَا وَ رَيْحَانَهَا وَ سَلَامَهَا وَ اسْقِنِي مِنْ بَارِدِهَا وَ أَظِلَّنِي فِي ظِلَالِهَا وَ زَوِّجْنِي مِنْ حُورِهَا وَ أَجْلِسْنِي عَلَى أَسِرَّتِهَا وَ أَخْدِمْنِي مِنْ وِلْدَانِهَا وَ أَطِفْ عَلَيَّ غِلْمَانَهَا وَ اسْقِنِي مِنْ شَرَابِهَا وَ أَوْرِدْنِي أَنْهَارَهَا وَ اهْدِلْ لِي ثِمَارَهَا وَ اثْوِنِي فِي كَرَامَتِهَا مُخَلَّداً
O Allah-azwj! By Your-azwj Subduing Might and Your-azwj Mighty Authority! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Replace for me the perishable world with the ever-lasting House of the Hereafter, and Make me faces its breezes, and its aromas, and its safety, and Quench me from its coolness, and Shade me in its shades, and Get me married from its Houries, and Make me sit upon its thrones, and Make me to be served by its youths, and its servants surrounding me, and Quench me from its drinks, and Make me arrive to its rivers, and Bestow its fruits upon me, and Reward me in its honours eternally!
لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيَّ يُرَوِّعُنِي وَ لَا نَصَبٌ يَمَسُّنِي وَ لَا حُزْنٌ يَعْتَرِينِي وَ لَا هَمٌّ يَشْغَلُنِي قَدْ رَضِيتُ ثَوَابَهَا وَ أَمِنْتُ عِقَابَهَا وَ اطْمَأْنَنْتُ فِي مَنَازِلِهَا وَ قَدْ جَعَلْتَهَا لِي مَلْجَأً وَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص رَفِيقاً وَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَصْحَاباً وَ لِلصَّالِحِينَ إِخْوَاناً فِي غُرَفٍ فَوْقَ الْغُرَفِ حَيْثُ الشَّرَفُ كُلُّ الشَّرَفِ
Neither should there be any fear to scare me, nor any toil tiring me, nor any grief saddening me, nor any worries pre-occupying me, being satisfied with its Rewards, and Secured from its punishments, and assured in its dwellings, and Make it a shelter for me and a friend of the Prophet-saww, and a companion of the Momineen, and a brother of the righteous ones in a chamber above the chamber whereby is the nobility of all nobilities!
اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مُعَاذَةَ مَنْ خَافَكَ وَ أَلْجَأُ إِلَيْكَ مَلْجَأَ مَنْ هَرَبَ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ النَّارِ الَّتِي لِلْكَافِرِينَ أَعْدَدْتَهَا وَ لِلْخَاطِئِينَ أَوْقَدْتَهَا وَ لِلْغَاوِينَ أَبْرَزْتَهَا ذَاتِ لَهَبٍ وَ سَعِيرٍ وَ شَهِيقٍ وَ زَفِيرٍ وَ شَرَرٍ كَأَنَّهُ جِمَالاتٌ صُفْرٌ
O Allah-azwj, and I seek Refuge with Your-azwj, Refuge of the one fearing You-azwj, and sheltering to You-azwj a sheltering of the one fleeing to You-azwj from the Fire which its preparation is for the Kafirs, and its ignition is for the sinners, and protrusion of its flames is for the deviants, and blazing fire, and exhalation, and inhalation, and sparks like a collection of yellow.
وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْ تَصْلِيَ بِهَا وَجْهِي أَوْ تُطْعِمَهَا لَحْمِي أَوْ تُوقِدَهَا بَدَنِي وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا إِلَهِي مِنْ لَهَبِهَا فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اجْعَلْ رَحْمَتَكَ حِرْزاً مِنْ عَذَابِهَا حَتَّى تُصَيِّرَنِي بِهَا فِي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ الَّذِينَ لا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَها وَ هُمْ فِي مَا اشْتَهَتْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ خالِدُونَ
And I seek Refuge with You-azwj O Allah-azwj from my face arriving to it, or for it to taste my flesh, or igniting my body, and I seek Refuge with You-azwj, O my God-azwj, from its flames. So, Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Make Your-azwj Mercy a Protection from its Punishment until I come with it to be among Your-azwj righteous servants, those who will neither hear its faintest sound and they would be among what they desire for themselves eternally!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ افْعَلْ بِي مَا سَأَلْتُكَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ مَعَ الْفَوْزِ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيَّ فِي وَقْتِي هَذَا وَ سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ وَ فِي كُلِّ أَمْرٍ شَفَعْتُ فِيهِ إِلَيْكَ فِيهِ وَ مَا لَمْ أَشْفَعْ إِلَيْكَ فِيهِ مِمَّا لِي فِيهِ النَّجَاةُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ الصَّلَاحُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ أَعِنِّي عَلَى كُلِّ مَا سَأَلْتُكَ أَنْ تَمُنَّ بِهِ عَلَيَّ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Doe with me what I am asking You-azwj to, from matter of the world and the Hereafter with the success with the Paradise, and Confer upon me during this time of mine and this time, and regarding every matter I seek intercession to You-azwj regarding it and what I do not seek intercession to You‑azwj regarding it, from what there is for me salvation from the Fire, and betterment in the world and the Hereafter, and Assist me upon all what I am asking You-azwj to Confer with upon me!
اللَّهُمَّ وَ إِنْ قَصُرَ دُعَائِي عَنْ حَاجَتِي أَوْ كَلَّ عَنْ طَلَبِهَا لِسَانِي فَلَا تُقَصِّرْنِي مِنْ جُودِكَ وَ لَا مِنْ كَرَمِكَ يَا سَيِّدِي فَأَنْتَ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ
O Allah-azwj, and even though my supplication is deficient from my needs, or all what my tongue is seeking, so do be Deficient with me from Your-azwj Generosity, nor from Your-azwj Benevolence, O my Master, for Your-azwj are with the Mighty Grace!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ افْعَلْ بِي مَا سَأَلْتُكَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ مَعَ الْفَوْزِ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيَّ وَ اكْفِنِي مَا أَهَمَّنِي وَ مَا لَمْ يُهِمَّنِي وَ مَا حَضَرَنِي وَ مَا غَابَ عَنِّي وَ مَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Do with me what I am asking You from matters of the world and the Hereafter, with the success with the Paradise, and Confer upon me and Suffice me of what worries me and what does not worry me, and what is present with me and what is absent from me, and what You-azwj are more Knowing of than me!
اللَّهُمَّ وَ هَذَا عَطَاؤُكَ وَ مَنُّكَ وَ هَذَا تَعْلِيمُكَ وَ تَأْدِيبُكَ وَ هَذَا تَوْفِيقُكَ وَ هَذِهِ رَغْبَتِي إِلَيْكَ مِنْ حَاجَتِي
O Allah-azwj, and this is Your-azwj Award, and Your-azwj Conferment, and this is Your-azwj Teaching, and Your-azwj Education, and this is Your-azwj Inclination, and this is my desire to You-azwj of my needs!
فَبِحَقِّكَ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى مَنْ سَأَلَكَ وَ بِحَقِّ ذِي الْحَقِّ عَلَيْكَ مِمَّنْ سَأَلَكَ وَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى مَا تَشَاءُ وَ بِحَقِّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ يَا مُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَى لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْقَائِمُ عَلَى كُلِّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ
O Allah-azwj! By Your-azwj right upon the one asking You-azwj, and by the right of the one with the right upon You-azwj from the ones asking You-azwj, and by Your-azwj Power upon whatever You-azwj so Desire, and by the right of ‘there is no god except You-azwj’, O Living, O Eternal, O Reviver of the dead! There is no god except You-azwj, and Custodian upon every soul with what it has earned!
أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنْ تُعْتِقَنِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَ تَكْلَأَنِي مِنَ الْعَارِ وَ تُدْخِلَنِي الْجَنَّةَ مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ فَإِنَّكَ تُجِيرُ وَ لَا يُجَارُ عَلَيْكَ
I ask You-azwj to Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and to Liberate me from the Fire and to Uproot me from the shame, and to Admit me into the Paradise with the righteous ones, for You-azwj Give Refuge and there is no refuge against You-azwj!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَعِذْنِي مِنْ سَطَوَاتِكَ وَ أَعِذْنِي مِنْ سُوءِ عُقُوبَتِكَ
O Allah-azwj! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, and Refuge me from Your-azwj Force and Refuge me from evil of Your-azwj Punishment!
اللَّهُمَّ سَاقَتْنِي إِلَيْكَ الذُّنُوبُ وَ أَنْتَ تَرْحَمُ مَنْ يَتُوبُ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اغْفِرْ لِي جُرْمِي وَ ارْحَمْ عَبْرَتِي وَ أَجِبْ دَعْوَتِي وَ أَقِلْ عَثْرَتِي وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَ زَوِّجْنِي مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ وَ أَعْطِنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ فَإِنِّي بِكَ إِلَيْكَ أَتَوَسَّلُ
O Allah-azwj! The signs have ushered me to You-azwj and You-azwj Mercy the ones repenting, so Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and Forgive my crimes for me and Mercy my tears, and Answer my supplication, and Reduce my stumbles, and Confer upon me with the Paradise, and Shelter me from the Fire, and get me married to the Maiden Houries, and Give me from Your-azwj Grace, for I seek means by You-azwj, to You-azwj!
فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اقْلِبْنِي مُوَفِّرَ الْعَمَلِ بِغُفْرَانِ الزَّلَلِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَ لَا تُهِنِّي فَأَهُونَ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ صَلِّ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَ سَلِّمْ تَسْلِيماً.
Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws and Turn me into a provider of the deeds by Forgiveness of the slips by Your-azwj Power, and do not Weaken me so I would be demeaned to Your-azwj creatures. O Allah-azwj, Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww the Prophet-saww and his-saww Pure Progeny-asws, and abundance greetings!’’[183]
7- جَامِعُ الْبَزَنْطِيِّ، نَقْلًا عَنْ بَعْضِ الْأَفَاضِلِ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ مِائَةَ آيَةٍ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ.
(The book) ‘Jamie’ of Al Bazanty, copying from one of the meritorious ones, from Al Halby,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘One who recites one hundred Verses after Al-Isha will not be from the heedless ones’’.[184]
وَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَمْقُتُ الرَّجُلَ يَكُونُ قَدْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ لَا يَسْمَعُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً.
And from Al Husayn Bin Ziyad who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘I-asws detest the man who happens to have read the Quran, then he sleeps until morning not making Allah-azwj hear anything from him’’.[185]
8- رِجَالُ الْكَشِّيِّ، عَنْ حَمْدَوَيْهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ الْمَشْرِقِيِّ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْبَصْرَةِ سَأَلُونِي فَقَالُوا إِنَّ يُونُسَ يَقُولُ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الْإِنْسَانُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ فَقُلْتُ صَدَقَ يُونُسُ.
(The book) ‘Rijaal’ of Al Kashi – from Hamdawiya, from Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Hisham Al Mashriqy,
‘From Al-Reza-asws having said: ‘The people of Al-Basrah asked me. They said, ‘Yunus says it is from the Sunnah if the person were to pray two Cycles after Al-Isha, while he is seated’. So I-asws said: ‘Yunus spoke the truth’’.[186]
باب 75 فضل صلاة الليل و عبادته
CHAPTER 75 – MERIT OF THE NIGHT SALAT AND ITS WORSHIP
لآيات
The Verses
آل عمران وَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحارِ و قال تعالى لَيْسُوا سَواءً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتابِ أُمَّةٌ قائِمَةٌ يَتْلُونَ آياتِ اللَّهِ آناءَ اللَّيْلِ وَ هُمْ يَسْجُدُونَ
(Surah) Aal-e-Imran-as: and the seekers of Forgiveness at pre-dawn [3:17], and the Exalted Said: They aren’t alike. From the people of the Book there is an upright community reciting the Verses of Allah during the night while being in Sajdah [3:113].
الإسراء وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نافِلَةً لَكَ عَسى أَنْ يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقاماً مَحْمُوداً
(Surah) Al Isra: And from the night, so keep vigil by it, an optional (Salat) of yours, perhaps your Lord will Raise you to a Praiseworthy position [17:79].
الفرقان وَ الَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّداً وَ قِياماً
(Surah) Al Furqan: And those who spend the night in Sajdah to their Lord, and standing [25:64].
التنزيل تَتَجافى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفاً وَ طَمَعاً وَ مِمَّا رَزَقْناهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ فَلا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ ما أُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزاءً بِما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
(Surah) Al Tanzeel: Their sides forsake their beds, supplicating to their Lord in fear and in hope, and they are spending from what We Graced them [32:16] So no soul knows what is hidden for them from delight of the eyes, being a Recompense of what they had been doing [32:17].
الزمر أَمَّنْ هُوَ قانِتٌ آناءَ اللَّيْلِ ساجِداً وَ قائِماً يَحْذَرُ الْآخِرَةَ وَ يَرْجُوا رَحْمَةَ رَبِّهِ
(Surah) Al Zumar: Safe is He who is obedient during the hours of the night, performing Sajdah and standing, being cautious of the Hereafter and hoping for the Mercy of his Lord. [39:9].
الذاريات كانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ما يَهْجَعُونَ وَ بِالْأَسْحارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
(Surah) Al Zariyaat: It was little from the night what they used to sleep [51:17] And in the early mornings they used to seek Forgiveness [51:18].
ق وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَ أَدْبارَ السُّجُودِ
(Surah) Qaf: And from the night, so Glorify Him, and (also) after the (Prescribed) Sajdahs [50:40].
الطور وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَ إِدْبارَ النُّجُومِ
(Surah) Al Tour: and Glorify with Praise of your Lord when you stand [52:48] And from the night, so Glorify Him, and at the retreat of the stars [52:49].
المزمل يا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ قُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا نِصْفَهُ أَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَ رَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلًا إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا إِنَّ ناشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئاً وَ أَقْوَمُ قِيلًا إِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهارِ سَبْحاً طَوِيلًا وَ اذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَ تَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا
(Surah) Al Muzzammil: O you, Al-Muzzammil (the wrapped one)! [73:1] Stand (to pray Salat) at night except a little [73:2] Half of it, or a little less from it [73:3] Or increase upon it, and recite the Quran add to it, and recite the Quran distinctively [73:4] We will soon be casting upon you a weighty Word [73:5] Surely, arising at night, it is the firmest treading and the straightest speech [73:6] Surely for you, during the day, is a lengthy occupation [73:7] And Mention the Name of your Lord and devote to Him with a devotion [73:8].
و قال تعالى إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدْنى مِنْ ثُلُثَيِ اللَّيْلِ وَ نِصْفَهُ وَ ثُلُثَهُ وَ طائِفَةٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ مَعَكَ وَ اللَّهُ يُقَدِّرُ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهارَ عَلِمَ أَنْ لَنْ تُحْصُوهُ فَتابَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْرَؤُا ما تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ عَلِمَ أَنْ سَيَكُونُ مِنْكُمْ مَرْضى وَ آخَرُونَ يَضْرِبُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَبْتَغُونَ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَ آخَرُونَ يُقاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَاقْرَؤُا ما تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ
And the Exalted Said: Surely, your Lord Knows that you stand (in Salat) nearly two-thirds of the night, and half of it, and a third of it, and (so do) a group of those who are with you.
And Allah Measures the night and the day. He Knows that you will never compute it. So He Turned to you all, therefore recite from the Quran what is easy for you.
He Knows that from you (some) would become sick, and others would be going about in the earth seeking from the Grace of Allah, and others would be fighting in the Way of Allah. Therefore, recite from it what is easy for you [73:20].
الدهر وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَاسْجُدْ لَهُ وَ سَبِّحْهُ لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا
(Surah) Al Dahr: And from the night. So do Sajdah to Him, and Glorify Him at night for long [76:26].
تفسير
Interpretation (Ahadeeth only)
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّ مَنِ اسْتَغْفَرَ اللَّهَ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فِي وَقْتِ السَّحَرِ فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ.
And it reported from Abu Abdullah-asws: ‘One who seeks Forgiveness of Allah-azwj seventy times during the time of pre-dawn, he is from the ones rightful of this Verse’’.
وَ رَوَى أَنَسٌ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَهُمُّ بِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ عَذَاباً فَإِذَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَى عُمَّارِ بُيُوتِي وَ إِلَى الْمُتَهَجِّدِينَ وَ إِلَى الْمُتَحَابِّينَ فِي اللَّهِ وَ إِلَى الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ صَرَفْتُهُ عَنْهُمْ.
And it is reported by Anas (well-known fabricator) from the Prophet-saww having said: ‘Allah-azwj the Exalted Says: “I-azwj Consider Punishing people of the earth, but when I-azwj Look at the ones staying in My-azwj houses (Masjids), and to the ones holding vigil (at night) and the ones loving each other for the Sake of Allah-azwj and to the ones seeking Forgiveness at pre-dawn, I-azwj Turn it away from them’’.
وَ رُوِيَ فِي الْفَقِيهِ بِسَنَدٍ صَحِيحٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ فِي وَتْرِهِ إِذَا أَوْتَرَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً وَ وَاظَبَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ حَتَّى تَمْضِيَ سَنَةٌ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عِنْدَهُ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ وَ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْمَغْفِرَةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.
And it is reported in (the book) ‘Al Faqeeh’ – by a correct chain from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who says in his ‘Witr’ (Salat), ‘I seek Forgiveness of Allah-azwj and repent to You-azwj’, seventy times and is persistent upon that until a year passes by, Allah-azwj will Write him in His-azwj Presence as being from the ones seeking Forgiveness at pre-dawn, and the Forgiveness from Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic is obligated for him’’.
وَ رُوِيَ فِي التَّهْذِيبِ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ بِالْأَسْحارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ فِي الْوَتْرِ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً.
And it is reported in ‘Al-Tahzeeb’ in the correct (Hadeeth) from Muawiya Bin Ammar who said, I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying regarding Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And in the early mornings they used to seek Forgiveness [51:18], in Al-Witr (Salat) in end of the night, seventy times’’.
وَ فِي الْمُوَثَّقِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحارِ فَقَالَ اسْتَغْفَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي وَتْرِهِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً.
And in the trusted (Hadeeth) from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I said to him-asws, And in the early mornings they used to seek Forgiveness [51:18]. He-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww sought Forgiveness in his Witr (Salat) seventy times’’.
وَ لَعَلَّهُ أَشَارَ بِهِ إِلَى مَا رَوَاهُ الشَّيْخُ بِسَنَدِهِ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ السَّابَاطِيِ قَالَ: كُنَّا جُلُوساً بِمِنًى فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مَا تَقُولُ فِي النَّافِلَةِ فَقَالَ فَرِيضَةٌ فَفَزِعْنَا وَ فَزِعَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّمَا أَعْنِي صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نافِلَةً لَكَ.
And perhaps he indicated to what is reported by the Sheykh by his chain from Ammar Al-Sabaty who said, ‘We were seated at Mina. A man said to him-asws, ‘What are you-asws saying regarding the optional (Salat)?’ He-asws said: ‘An Imposition!’ We panicked and the man panicked. Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘But rather I-asws meant the night Salat upon Rasool-Allah‑saww. Allah-azwj Says: And from the night, so keep vigil by it, an optional (Salat) of yours, [17:79]’’.
وَ رَوَى الْوَاحِدِيُّ بِالْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ وَ قَدْ أَصَابَنَا الْحَرُّ فَتَفَرَّقَ الْقَوْمُ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَقْرَبُهُمْ مِنِّي فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْبِئْنِي بِعَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ وَ يُبَاعِدُنِي مِنَ النَّارِ
And it is reported by Al-Wahidy by the chain from Muaz Bin Jabal who said, ‘While we were with Rasool-Allah-azwj in the military expedition of Tabuk, and the heat had afflicted us. So, the people separated. Rasool-Allah-saww was closest of them from me. I approached him and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! Inform me of a deed admitting me into the Paradise and distance me from the Fire!’
قَالَ لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْ عَظِيمٍ وَ إِنَّهُ لَيَسِيرٌ عَلَى مَنْ يَسَّرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ وَ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئاً وَ تُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَ تُؤَدِّي الزَّكَاةَ الْمَفْرُوضَةَ وَ تَصُومُ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ
He-saww said: ‘You have asked about a mighty matter and it is easy upon the one Allah-azwj Eases it upon him. Worship Allah-azwj and do not associate anything with Him-azwj, and establish the Salat and pay the Prescribed Zakat, and fast the month of Ramazan’.
قَالَ ص وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْبَأْتُكَ بِأَبْوَابِ الْخَيْرِ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
He-saww said: ‘And if you like I-saww can inform you with doors (matters) of goodness’. I said, ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah-saww!’
قَالَ الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ وَ الصَّدَقَةُ تُكَفِّرُ الْخَطِيئَةَ وَ قِيَامُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ يَبْتَغِي وَجْهَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ تَتَجافى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضاجِعِ.
He-saww said: ‘The fast is a shield, and the charity atones the sins, and the standing by the man in the middle of the night seeking the Face of Allah-azwj!’ Then he-saww recited this Verse: Their sides forsake their beds, [32:16]’’.
وَ بِالْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ بِلَالٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَيْكُمْ بِقِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهُ دَأْبُ الصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَ إِنَّ قِيَامَ اللَّيْلِ قُرْبَةٌ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ مَنْهَاةٌ عَنِ الْإِثْمِ وَ تَكْفِيرُ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ مَطْرَدَةُ الدَّاءِ فِي الْجَسَدِ.
And by the chain from Bilal who said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Upon you all is with standing at night for it is a discipline of the righteous ones before you, and standing at night (for Salat) is an offering to Allah-azwj and a prevention from the sinning, and an atonement of the evil deeds, and a Repeller of the illness in the body’’.
وَ يُؤَيِّدُ الْأَوَّلَ مَا رَوَاهُ فِي الْكَافِي بِسَنَدٍ صَحِيحٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخْبَرْتُكَ بِأَبْوَابِ الْخَيْرِ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ وَ الصَّدَقَةُ تَذْهَبُ بِالْخَطِيئَةِ وَ قِيَامُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ تَتَجافى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضاجِعِ.
And the first is supported by what is reported in Al Kafi by a correct chain from Abu Ja’far-asws having said in a lengthy Hadeeth: ‘If you like I-asws can inform you with doors (matters) of the goodness’. I said, ‘Yes, may I be sacrificed for you-asws!’ He-asws said: ‘The fast is a shield, and the charity does away with the sins, and standing by the man in middle of the night doing Zikr of Allah-azwj’. Then he-asws recited: Their sides forsake their beds, [32:16]’’.
وَ يُؤَيِّدُ الثَّانِيَ مَا رَوَى ابْنُ الشَّيْخِ فِي مَجَالِسِهِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى تَتَجافى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضاجِعِ قَالَ كَانُوا لَا يَنَامُونَ حَتَّى يُصَلُّوا الْعَتَمَةَ.
And the second is supported by what is reported by Ibn Al Sheykh in his ‘Majaalis’, from Al-Sadiq-asws regarding Words of the Exalted: Their sides forsake their beds, [32:16]. He-asws said: ‘They were not sleeping until they had prayed Al Atma (Salat)’’.
عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع آناءَ اللَّيْلِ أَيْ سَاعَاتِهِ- ساجِداً وَ قائِماً أَيْ يَسْجُدُ تَارَةً فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَ يَقُومُ أُخْرَى- يَحْذَرُ الْآخِرَةَ أَيْ عَذَابَهَا- وَ يَرْجُوا رَحْمَةَ رَبِّهِ أَيْ يَتَرَدَّدُ بَيْنَ الْخَوْفِ وَ الرَّجَاءِ.
From Abu Ja’far-asws: ‘the hours of the night, – i.e. its times – performing Sajdah and standing, – i.e., he does Sajdah at times in the Salat and he stands at other (times) – being cautious of the Hereafter – i.e. its Punishment – and hoping for the Mercy of his Lord. [39:9] – i.e., he hesitates between the fear and the hope’’.
وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع كَانُوا يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ اللَّهَ فِي الْوَتْرِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فِي السَّحَرِ.
And Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘They were seeking Forgiveness of Allah-azwj in Al-Witr (Salat) seventy times during the pre-dawn’’.
وَ رُوِيَ فِي التَّهْذِيبِ بِسَنَدٍ مُوَثَّقٍ كَالصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ما يَهْجَعُونَ قَالَ كَانَ الْقَوْمُ يَنَامُونَ وَ لَكِنْ كُلَّمَا انْقَلَبَ أَحَدُهُمْ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ.
And it is reported in ‘Al Tahzeeb’ – by a chain trusted like the correct, from Abu Baseer, from Abu Ja’far-asws, he (the narrator) said: It was little from the night what they used to sleep [51:17]. He-asws said: ‘The people were sleeping, but every time one of them turned, he said, ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest!’’
وَ إِلَى هَذَا أَشَارَ الصَّادِقُ ع عَلَى مَا نَقَلَ فِي مَجْمَعِ الْبَيَانِ قَالَ ع الْقَلِيلُ النِّصْفُ أَوِ انْقُصْ مِنَ الْقَلِيلِ أَوْ زِدْ عَلَى الْقَلِيلِ.
And to this is indicated by Al-Sadiq-asws upon what is transmitted in ‘Majma Al-Bayan’, he-asws said: ‘The little is the half, or less than the little, or more upon the little’’.
وَ رَوَى الشَّيْخُ فِي التَّهْذِيبِ بِسَنَدٍ صَحِيحٍ عَلَى الظَّاهِرِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى قُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا قَالَ أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْتِيَ عَلَيْهِ لَيْلَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيَالِي لَا يُصَلِّي فِيهَا شَيْئاً.
And it is reported by the Sheykh in ‘Al-Tahzeeb’ by a chain correct upon the apparent, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, from Abu Ja’far-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him-asws about Words of Allah-azwj the Exalted: Stand (to pray Salat) at night except a little [73:2]. He-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj Commanded him to pray Salat every night except if a night from the nights comes upon him he-saww did not pray anything during it’’.
وَ يُؤَيِّدُهُ مَا ذَكَرُهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي تَفْسِيرِهِ سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا قَالَ قِيَامُ اللَّيْلِ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ إِنَّ ناشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئاً وَ أَقْوَمُ قِيلًا قَالَ أَصْدَقُ الْقَوْلِ.
And it is supported by what is mentioned by Ali Bin Ibrahim in his Tafseer (Al Qummi): We will soon be casting upon you a weighty Word [73:5]. He said, ‘Standing at night, and it is His-azwj Word: Surely, arising at night, it is the firmest treading and the straightest speech [73:6]. He-asws said: ‘The word’’.
وَ يُؤَيِّدُهُ مَا صَحَّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: هِيَ قِيَامُ الرَّجُلِ عَنْ فِرَاشِهِ لَا يُرِيدُ بِهِ إِلَّا اللَّهَ.
And it is supported by what is correct, from Abu Abdullah-saww having said: ‘It is the man standing from his bed, not intending by it except Allah-azwj’’.
وَ الْمَرْوِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُمَا قَالا هِيَ الْقِيَامُ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ.
And the (report) reported from Abu Ja’far-asws and Abu Abdullah-asws, both said: ‘It is the standing in the end of the night up to the night Salat’’.
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ الْعِشَاءِ وَ يَقُولُ أَ مَا سَمِعْتُمْ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى إِنَّ ناشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هَذِهِ نَاشِئَةُ اللَّيْلِ.
And it is reported from Ali Bin Al Husayn-asws, he-asws used to pray salat between Al Maghrib and Al-Isha, and he-asws said: ‘Have you not heard Words of Allah-azwj the Exalted: Surely, arising at night, [73:6]? This is arising at night’’.
كَمَا رَوَاهُ الشَّيْخُ فِي التَّهْذِيبِ بِسَنَدٍ صَحِيحٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ إِنَّ ناشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئاً وَ أَقْوَمُ قِيلًا قَالَ يَعْنِي بِقَوْلِهِ أَقْوَمُ قِيلًا قِيَامَ الرَّجُلِ عَنْ فِرَاشِهِ يُرِيدُ بِهِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَا يُرِيدُ بِهِ غَيْرَهُ.
Like what is reported by the Sheykh in ‘Al-Tahzeeb’ by a correct chain from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Abdullah-asws regarding Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Surely, arising at night, it is the firmest treading and the straightest speech [73:6]. He-asws said: ‘He-azwj Meant by His-azwj Words: straightest speech [73:6], the man arising from his bed intending Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic by it, not intending anything else with it’’.
فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَوْلُهُ إِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهارِ سَبْحاً طَوِيلًا يَقُولُ فَرَاغاً طَوِيلًا لِنَوْمِكَ وَ حَاجَتِكَ.
In a report by Abu Al-Jaroud, from Abu Ja’far-asws: ‘His-azwj Words: Surely for you, during the day, is a lengthy occupation [73:7], He-azwj is Saying, a lengthy free times for Your-azwj sleep and your-saww needs’’.
وَ قَالَ الطَّبْرِسِيُّ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ وَ زُرَارَةُ وَ حُمْرَانُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّ التَّبَتُّلَ هُنَا رَفْعُ الْيَدَيْنِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ.
And Al-Tabarsy said, ‘It is reported by Muhammad Bin Muslim, and Zurara, and Humran, from Abu Ja’far-asws and Abu Abdullah-asws: ‘The devotion [73:8] over here is raising the hands in the Salat’’.
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: هُوَ رَفْعُ يَدِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ تَضَرُّعُكَ إِلَيْهِ.
And in a report by Abu Baseer having said: ‘It is raising your hands towards Allah-azwj and your beseeching to Him-azwj’’.
وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ لَكُمْ فِيهِ خُشُوعُ الْقَلْبِ وَ صَفَاءُ السِّرِّ.
And it is reported from Al-Reza-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws grandfather-asws having said: ‘Whatever is easy from it for you all having fearfulness of the heart in it and purity of the secret (intention)’’.
وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ وَ قَالَ مَا ذَلِكَ التَّسْبِيحُ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ.
And it is reported from Al-Reza-asws, Ahmad Bin Muhammad had asked him-asws about this Verse and said, ‘What is that glorification?’ He-asws said: ‘The night Salat’’.
1- تَفْسِيرُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا قَالَ انْقُصْ مِنَ الْقَلِيلِ أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ أَيْ عَلَى الْقَلِيلِ قَلِيلًا.
Tafseer Ali Bin Ibrahim – Half of it, or a little less from it [73:3]. He said, ‘Less than the little, Or increase upon it, [73:4] – i.e. a little upon the little’.
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدْنى مِنْ ثُلُثَيِ اللَّيْلِ وَ نِصْفَهُ وَ ثُلُثَهُ فَفَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ص ذَلِكَ وَ بَشَّرَ النَّاسَ
And in a report by Abu Al Jaroud,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws regarding His-azwj Words: Surely, your Lord Knows that you stand (in Salat) nearly two-thirds of the night, and half of it, and a third of it [73:20]. The Prophet-saww did that and gave glad tidings to the people.
فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَلِمَ أَنْ لَنْ تُحْصُوهُ وَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَقُومُ وَ لَا يَدْرِي مَتَى يُنْتَصَفُ اللَّيْلُ وَ مَتَى يَكُونُ الثُّلُثَانِ وَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَقُومُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ لَا يَحْفَظَهُ
That was grievous upon them. He Knows that you will never compute it [73:20], and the man would stand and he would not know when it would be half the night, and when would be the third, and the man would stand until morning fearing that he may not preserve it.
فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ عَلِمَ أَنْ لَنْ تُحْصُوهُ يَقُولُ مَتَى يَكُونُ النِّصْفُ وَ الثُّلُثُ نَسَخَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فَاقْرَؤُا ما تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ
So, Allah-azwj Revealed: Surely, your Lord Knows that you stand (in Salat) – up to His-azwj Words: He Knows that you will never compute it [73:20]. He-azwj is Saying when the half and the third would happen. This Verse is Abrogated: therefore, recite from the Quran what is easy for you from the Quran [73:20].
وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَأْتِ نَبِيٌّ إِلَّا خَلَا بِصَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ لَا جَاءَ نَبِيٌّ قَطُّ بِصَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ فِي أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ.
And know that no Prophet-as had come except he secluded with night Salat, and no Prophet‑as has come at all with the night Salat in the beginning of the night’’.[187]
2- كِتَابُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ كَفَّارَةٌ لِمَا اجْتَرَحَ بِالنَّهَارِ.
The book of Al Husayn Bin Usman – from Zurara,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘The night Salat is an atonement of what is committed at daytime’’.[188]
3- مَجَالِسُ الصَّدُوقِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الطَّالَقَانِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُقْدَةَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ التَّمِيمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ بَدْرٍ عَنْ سَوَّارِ بْنِ مُنِيبٍ عَنْ وَهْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ رُزِقَ صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ مِنْ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ قَامَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مُخْلِصاً فَتَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءاً سَابِغاً وَ صَلَّى لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِنِيَّةٍ صَادِقَةٍ وَ قَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ وَ بَدَنٍ خَاشِعٍ وَ عَيْنٍ دَامِعَةٍ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى خَلْفَهُ تِسْعَةَ صُفُوفٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فِي كُلِّ صَفٍّ مَا لَا يُحْصِي عَدَدَهُمْ إِلَّا اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَحَدُ طَرَفَيْ كُلِّ صَفٍّ فِي الْمَشْرِقِ وَ الْآخَرُ بِالْمَغْرِبِ
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Al Sadouq – from Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al Talaqany, from Ahmad Bin Uqdah Al Hamdany, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Tameemi, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Hisham, from Mansour Bin Mujahid, from Al Rabie Bin Badr, from Sawwar Bin Muneeb, from Wahab, from Ibn Abbas who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘One who is Graced the night Salat, a servant (man) of a maid (woman) standing for Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic sincerely, so he performs a perfect Wud’u and prays to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic with truthful intention and a sound heart, and a fearful body, and tearful eyes, Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted, nine rows of the Angels will be praying behind him, in each row being what their numbers cannot be counted except by Allah-azwj the Exalted, in one of the two ends of the row being in the east and the other in the west’.
قَالَ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ كَتَبَ لَهُ بِعَدَدِهِمْ دَرَجَاتٍ الْخَبَر.
He-asws said: ‘When he is free, ranks are written for him of their number’ – the Hadeeth’’.[189]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هَارُونَ الْفَامِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى إِذَا رَأَى أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ قَدْ أَسْرَفُوا فِي الْمَعَاصِي وَ فِيهَا ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نَادَاهُمْ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ وَ تَقَدَّسَتْ أَسْمَاؤُهُ
And from him, from Ahmad Bin Haroun Al Famy, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Ja’far, from his father, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘When Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Sees people of a town being extravagant in the disobedience and in it there are three persons from the Momineen, He-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty and Holy are His-azwj Names, Calls out to them: –
يَا أَهْلَ مَعْصِيَتِي لَوْ لَا مَنْ فِيكُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْمُتَحَابِّينَ بِجَلَالِي الْعَامِرِينَ بِصَلَاتِهِمْ أَرْضِي وَ مَسَاجِدِي- وَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحارِ خَوْفاً مِنِّي لَأَنْزَلْتُ بِكُمْ عَذَابِي ثُمَّ لَا أُبَالِي.
“O people disobeying Me-azwj! Had there not been for the Momineen among you all, the one loving each other for My-azwj Majesty, spending time with their Salat in My-azwj land and My-azwj Masjids, the ones seeking Forgiveness at pre-dawn fearing from Me-azwj, I-azwj would have Sent down My-azwj Punishment to you all, then I-azwj would not have Cared!”’[190]
4- مَجَالِسُ الصَّدُوقِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْقُرَشِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ أَوْحَى إِلَى الدُّنْيَا أَنْ أَتْعِبِي مَنْ خَدَمَكِ وَ اخْدُمِي مَنْ رَفَضَكِ
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Al Sadouq – from Muhammad Bin Ali Majaylawiya, from his uncle Muhammad Bin Abu Al Qasim, from Muhammad Bin Ali Al Qureyshi, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al Mufazzal Bin Umar,
‘From Al-Sadiq Ja’far Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty, Revealed to the world: “Follow the one who serves you and serve the one who rejects You-azwj!”
وَ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا تَخَلَّى بِسَيِّدِهِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ وَ نَاجَاهُ أَثْبَتَ اللَّهُ النُّورَ فِي قَلْبِهِ فَإِذَا قَالَ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ نَادَاهُ الْجَلِيلُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ لَبَّيْكَ عَبْدِي سَلْنِي أُعْطِكَ وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَيَّ أَكْفِكَ
And when the slave is alone with his Master-azwj in the middle of the dark night and whispers to Him-azwj, Allah-azwj Affirms the Noor in his heart. When he says, ‘O Lord-azwj! O Lord-azwj!’, the Majestic, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty, Calls out to him: ‘Here I-azwj am, My-azwj servant! Ask me, I-azwj shall Give you, and rely upon Me-azwj, I-azwj shall Suffice you!”
ثُمَّ يَقُولُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ مَلَائِكَتِي انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي فَقَدْ تَخَلَّى فِي جَوْفِ هَذَا اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ وَ الْبَطَّالُونَ لَاهُونَ وَ الْغَافِلُونَ نِيَامٌ اشْهَدُوا أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَهُ الْخَبَرَ.
Then He-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty, Says to His-azwj Angels: “Look at My-azwj servant! He has secluded in the middle of this dark night and the falsifiers are playing and the heedless ones are sleeping! I-azwj Testify that I-azwj have Forgiven (his sins) for him!” – the Hadeeth’’.[191]
5- مَعَانِي الْأَخْبَارِ، وَ الْخِصَالُ، وَ الْمَحَاسِنُ، لِلصَّدُوقِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ وَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ وَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَهْبِيِّ جَمِيعاً عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ زَافِرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: جَاءَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ عِشْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَ أَحْبِبْ مَنْ شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مُفَارِقُهُ وَ اعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مَجْزِيٌّ بِهِ وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ شَرَفَ الرَّجُلِ قِيَامُهُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ عِزَّهُ اسْتِغْنَاؤُهُ عَنِ النَّاسِ.
(The books) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbar’, and ‘Al Khisaal’, and ‘Al Mahaasin’ (Al Majaalis) of Al Sadouq, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Asady, from Muhammad Bin Jareer, and Al Hassan Bin Urwah, and Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Wahby, altogether from Muhammad Bin Humeyd, from Zafir Bin Suleyman, from Muhammad Bin Uyayna, from Abu Hazim, from Sahl Bin Sa’ad who said,
‘Jibraeel-as came to the Prophet-saww. He-as said: ‘O Muhammad-saww! Live for as long as you-saww like for you-saww will be dying, and love the one you like for you-saww will separate from him, and do whatever you-saww like for you-saww will be Recompensed for it, and know that nobility of the man is his standing at night and his honour is in his being needless from the people’’.[192]
6- الْمَعَانِي، وَ الْخِصَالُ، وَ الْمَجَالِسُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَسَدٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي غَيْلَانَ الثَّقِيفِيِّ وَ عِيسَى بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الْقُرَشِيِّ مَعاً عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّرْجُمَانِيِّ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرْجَانِيِّ عَنْ نَهْشَلِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَشْرَافُ أُمَّتِي حَمَلَةُ الْقُرْآنِ وَ أَصْحَابُ اللَّيْلِ.
(The book) ‘Al Ma’any’, and ‘Al Khisaal’, and ‘Al Majaalis’ – from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Asad Al Asady, from Umar Bin Abu Gaylan Al Saqafy and Isa Bin Suleyman Al Qureyshi, both together from Ibrahim Al Tarjumany, from Sa’ad Bin Saeed Al Jurjany, from Nahshal Bin Saeed, from Al Zahhak, from Ibn Abbas who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The nobles of my-saww community are bearers (memorisers) of the Quran and companions of the night (praying Salat at night)’’.[193]
7- الْمَجَالِسُ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَعْلَاهَا الْحُلَلُ وَ مِنْ أَسْفَلِهَا خَيْلٌ بُلْقٌ مُسْرَجَةٌ مُلْجَمَةٌ ذَوَاتُ أَجْنِحَةٍ لَا تَرُوثُ وَ لَا تَبُولُ فَيَرْكَبُهَا أَوْلِيَاءُ اللَّهِ فَتَطِيرُ بِهِمْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ شَاءُوا
(The book) ‘Al Majaalis’ – from Ali Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Muhammad Majaylawiya, from Al Barqy, from his father, from Al Husayn Bin Ulwan, from Amro Bin Sabit,
‘From Zayd son of Ali-asws (Bin Al-Husayn-asws), from his grandfather-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws said: ‘In the Paradise there is a tree, garments emerge from its top and from its bottom spotted horses, saddled, bridled, with wings, neither defecating nor urinating. The friends of Allah-azwj will ride these. They will fly with these in the Paradise wherever they so desire to.
فَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْهُمْ يَا رَبَّنَا مَا بَلَغَ بِعِبَادِكَ هَذِهِ الْكَرَامَةَ
Those lower than them will say, ‘O our Lord-azwj! What made these servants reach this honour?’
فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَقُومُونَ اللَّيْلَ وَ لَا يَنَامُونَ وَ يَصُومُونَ النَّهَارَ وَ لَا يَأْكُلُونَ وَ يُجَاهِدُونَ الْعَدُوَّ وَ لَا يَجْبُنُونَ وَ يَتَصَدَّقُونَ وَ لَا يَبْخَلُونَ.
Allah-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty will Say: ‘They were standing at night and not sleeping, and they were fasting at daytime and not eating, and they were fighting the enemy and were not be cowards, and they were giving charity and were not stingy’’.[194]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَوْلَايَ الصَّادِقَ ع يَقُولُ كَانَ فِيمَا نَاجَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ مُوسَى بْنَ عِمْرَانَ ع أَنْ قَالَ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ عِمْرَانَ كَذَبَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّنِي فَإِذَا جَنَّهُ اللَّيْلُ نَامَ عَنِّي أَ لَيْسَ كُلُّ مُحِبٍّ يُحِبُّ خَلْوَةَ حَبِيبِهِ
And from him, from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Abu Al Khattab, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al Mufazzal who said,
‘I heard my Master-asws Al-Sadiq-asws saying: ‘It was among what Allah-azwj Whispered to Musa‑as Bin Imran-as, He-azwj Said to him-as: ‘O son-as of Imran-as! He is lying, the one who claims that he loves me, but when the night shields he sleeps from Me-azwj! Doesn’t every loving one love to be alone with his beloved?
هَا أَنَا ذَا يَا ابْنَ عِمْرَانَ مُطَّلِعٌ عَلَى أَحِبَّائِي إِذَا جَنَّهُمُ اللَّيْلُ حَوَّلْتُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَ مَثَّلْتُ عُقُوبَتِي بَيْنَ أَعْيُنِهِمْ يُخَاطِبُونِّي عَنِ الْمُشَاهَدَةِ وَ يُكَلِّمُونِّي عَنِ الْحُضُورِ
Here I-azwj am, O son-as of Imran-as! I-azwj Notice upon My-azwj loving ones, when the night shields, I-azwj Transform their sights into their hearts and Establish My-azwj Punishment in front of their eyes. They are addressing Me-azwj from the witnessing and are speaking to Me-azwj from the presence!
يَا ابْنَ عِمْرَانَ هَبْ لِي مِنْ قَلْبِكَ الْخُشُوعَ وَ مِنْ بَدَنِكَ الْخُضُوعَ وَ مِنْ عَيْنَيْكَ الدُّمُوعَ فِي ظُلَمِ اللَّيْلِ وَ ادْعُنِي فَإِنَّكَ تَجِدُنِي قَرِيباً مُجِيباً.
O son-as of Imran-as! Gift to Me-azwj the fearfulness from your-as heart, and the humbleness from your-as body, and the tears from your-as eyes in darkness of the night, and supplicate to Me-azwj for you-as will find Me-azwj near, Responding!”’[195]
وَ مِنْهُ فِي مَنَاهِي النَّبِيِّ ص أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا زَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ يُوصِينِي بِقِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ خِيَارَ أُمَّتِي لَنْ يَنَامُوا.
And from him, ‘Among prohibitions by the Prophet-saww, he-saww said: ‘Jibraeel-as has not ceased to advise me-saww with standing at night until I-saww though that best ones of my-azwj community will not be sleeping’’.[196]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الصَّادِقَ ع يَقُولُ ثَلَاثَةٌ هُنَّ فَخْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَ زِينَةٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ الصَّلَاةُ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ وَ يَأْسُهُ مِمَّا فِي أَيْدِي النَّاسِ وَ وَلَايَةُ الْإِمَامِ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص.
And from him, from Muhammad Bin Musa Al Mutawakkil, from Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al Himeyri, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said,
‘I heard Al-Sadiq-asws saying: ‘Three (matters), these are a pride of the Momin and an adornment of the world and the Hereafter – the Salat in the end of the night, and his despairing from what is in hands of the people, and Wilayah of the Imam-asws from the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww’’.[197]
8- تَفْسِيرُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَ أَقِمِ الصَّلاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهارِ الْغَدَاةَ وَ الْمَغْرِبَ وَ زُلَفاً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ- إِنَّ الْحَسَناتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئاتِ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِاللَّيْلِ تَذْهَبُ بِمَا عَمِلُوا بِالنَّهَارِ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ الذُّنُوبِ.
Tafseer Ali Bin Ibrahim –
‘And establish the Salat in the two ends of the day – the morning and Al Maghrib – and near from the night – Al-Isha the last – Surely the good deeds erase the evil deeds, [11:114]. He said, ‘Salat of the Momineen at night does away with what they had done at daytime, from the evils deeds and the sins’’.[198]
وَ مِنْهُ وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نافِلَةً لَكَ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ وَ قَالَ سَبَبُ النُّورِ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ الصَّلَاةُ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ.
And from him – And from the night, so keep vigil by it, an optional (Salat) of yours, [17:79]. He said, ‘The night Salat’. And said, Cause of the Noor during the Qiyamah is the Salat in middle of the night’’.[199]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا مِنْ عَمَلٍ حَسَنٍ يَعْمَلُهُ الْعَبْدُ إِلَّا وَ لَهُ ثَوَابٌ فِي الْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يُبَيِّنْ ثَوَابَهَا لِعَظِيمِ خَطَرِهَا عِنْدَهُ
And from him, from his father, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Aasim Bin Humeyr,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘There is no good deed the servant does except and for him there is Reward (Mentioned) in the Quran except the night Salat, for Allah-azwj did not State its Rewards due to the largeness of its size in His-azwj Presence!
فَقَالَ تَتَجافى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفاً وَ طَمَعاً وَ مِمَّا رَزَقْناهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ فَلا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ ما أُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزاءً بِما كانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ.
He-azwj Said: Their sides forsake their beds, supplicating to their Lord in fear and in hope, and they are spending from what We Graced them [32:16] So no soul knows what is hidden for them from delight of the eyes, being a Recompense of what they had been doing [32:17]’’.[200]
9- تَفْسِيرُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ قَالَ لِصَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ- فَسَبِّحْهُ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ.
Tafseer Ali Bin Ibrahim –
‘and Glorify with Praise of your Lord when you stand [52:48]. He said, ‘For the night Salat’. Glorify, he said, ‘The night Salat’’.[201]
10- الْخِصَالُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الْكُمُنْدَانِيِّ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: شَرَفُ الْمُؤْمِنِ صَلَاتُهُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ عِزُّهُ كَفُّ الْأَذَى عَنِ النَّاسِ.
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – from his father, from Ali Bin Musa Al Kumdany and Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Attar, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Nobility of the Momin is his Salat at night, and his honour is refraining from harming the people’’.[202]
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – from his father, from Al Kumdany, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Jabalah, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said to Jibraeel-as: ‘Advise me-saww!’
11- الْخِصَالُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْكُمُنْدَانِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِجَبْرَئِيلَ عِظْنِي فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ عِشْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَ أَحْبِبْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مُفَارِقُهُ وَ اعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مُلَاقِيهِ شَرَفُ الْمُؤْمِنِ صَلَاتُهُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ عِزُّهُ كَفُّهُ عَنْ أَعْرَاضِ النَّاسِ.
He-as said: ‘O Muhammad-saww! live for as long as you-saww like for you-saww will be dying, and love whoever you-saww like for you-saww will be separated from him, and do whatever you-saww like for you-saww will be facing it! Nobility of the Momin is his Salat at night and his honour is his refraining from dishonouring the people’’.[203]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ عِنْدَ الْكَعْبَةِ فَذَكَرَ مَوَاعِظَهُ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ وَ صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي سَوَادِ اللَّيْلِ لِوَحْشَةِ الْقُبُورِ.
And from him, from his father, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny,
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father-asws having said: ‘Abu Zarr-ra, may Allah-azwj Mercy him-ra, said by the Kabah, and he-asws mentioned its subjects up to he-ra said, ‘And pray two Cycles in the darkness of the night for loneliness of the graves’’.[204]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ عَنْ ثُوَيْرِ بْنِ أَبِي فَاخِتَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: ثَلَاثٌ دَرَجَاتٌ إِفْشَاءُ السَّلَامِ وَ إِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ وَ الصَّلَاةُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّاسُ نِيَامٌ.
And from him, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from his father, from Haroun Bin Al Jahm, from Suweyr Bin Abu Fatiha, from Abu Jameela, from Sa’ad Bin Tareyf,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Three are ranks – initiating the greeting, and feeding the food, and the Salat at night while the people sleep’’.[205]
12- الْخِصَالُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ عَنْ خَالِهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ أَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ وَ أَفْشَى السَّلَامَ وَ صَلَّى بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّاسُ نِيَامٌ.
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – from his father, from Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al Himeyri, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Fazl Al Nowfaly, from Isa Bin Abdullah Al Hashimy, from his maternal uncle Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from a man, from Ibn Al Munkadir, by his chain, said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Best of you is one feeding the food, and initiating the greeting, and praying Salat at night while the people sleep’’.[206]
13- الْخِصَالُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مَرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ فِيمَا أَوْصَى بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا عَلِيُّ ثَلَاثٌ فَرَحَاتٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا لُقَى الْإِخْوَانِ وَ الْإِفْطَارُ مِنَ الصِّيَامِ وَ التَّهَجُّدُ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ الْخَبَرَ.
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – from his father, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ismail Bin Marrar, from Yunus,
‘Raising it to Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Among what Rasool-Allah-saww had advised with: ‘O Ali-asws! Three are a joy for the Momin in the world – meeting the brethren, and the breaking from the fast, and the vigil (praying Salat) from end of the night’ – the Hadeeth’’.[207]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ يَعْلَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: لَهْوُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْيَاءَ التَّمَتُّعِ بِالنِّسَاءِ وَ مُفَاكَهَةِ الْإِخْوَانِ وَ الصَّلَاةِ بِاللَّيْلِ.
And from him, from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Hammad Bin Ya’la, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz, from Zurara,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Playfulness of the Momin is in three things – the enjoyment with the women, and the humour to the brethren, and the Salat at night’’.[208]
14- الْعُيُونُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْجِعَابِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ التَّمِيمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ أَطَابَ الْكَلَامَ وَ أَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ وَ صَلَّى بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّاسُ نِيَامٌ.
(The book) ‘Al Uyoun’ – from Muhammad Bin Umar Al Jiaby, from Al-Hassan Bin Abdullah Al Tameemy, from his father,
‘From Al-Reza-asws, from his-asws forefather-asws having said: ‘The Prophet-saww said: ‘Best of you is one of good speck, and feeding the food, and praying Salat at night while the people sleep’’.[209]
15- مَجَالِسُ ابْنِ الشَّيْخِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْمُفِيدِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ بَحْرٍ السَّقَّاءِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ إِنَّ مِنْ رَوْحِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ثَلَاثَةً التَّهَجُّدَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ إِفْطَارَ الصَّائِمِ وَ لِقَاءَ الْإِخْوَانِ.
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Ibn Al Sheykh, from his father, from Al Mufeed, from Ahmad Bin Al Waleed, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Aban Bin Usman, from Bahr Al Saqqa’a who said,
‘From comfort of Allah-azwj the Exalted are three – the vigil (praying Salat) at night, and breaking the fast, and meeting the brethren’’.[210]
16- مَجَالِسُ ابْنِ الشَّيْخِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَحَّامِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْهَاشِمِيِّ الْمَنْصُورِيِّ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى إِنَّ الْحَسَناتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئاتِ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ تَذْهَبُ بِذُنُوبِ النَّهَارِ.
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Ibn Al Sheykh – from his father, from Abu Muhammad Al Fahham, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Hashimy Al Mansoury, from Musa Bin Isa,
‘From Abu Al-Hassan Al-Askari-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws, from Al-Sadiq-asws regarding Words of the Exalted: Surely the good deeds erase the evil deeds, [11:114]. He-asws said: ‘The night Salat erases sins of the daytime’’.[211]
17- الْخِصَالُ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْقَطَّانِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ بُهْلُولٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع فِي خَبَرٍ طَوِيلٍ ذَكَرَ فِيهِ الْأَئِمَّةَ وَ عَلَامَةَ الْإِمَامَةِ فَقَالَ وَ دِينُهُمُ الْوَرَعُ وَ الْعِفَّةُ وَ الصِّدْقُ وَ الصَّلَاحُ وَ الِاجْتِهَادُ وَ أَدَاءُ الْأَمَانَةِ إِلَى الْبَرِّ وَ الْفَاجِرِ وَ طُولُ السُّجُودِ وَ قِيَامُ اللَّيْلِ وَ اجْتِنَابُ الْمَحَارِمِ وَ انْتِظَارُ الْفَرَجِ بِالصَّبْرِ وَ حُسْنُ الصُّحْبَةِ وَ حُسْنُ الْجِوَارِ.
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – from Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Al Qattan, from Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Zakariya, from Bakr Bin Abdullah Bin Habeeb, from Tameem Bin Bahloul, from Abu Muawiya, from Al A’mash,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws in a lengthy Hadeeth mentioning in it the Imams-asws and signs of the Imamate, he-asws said: ‘And their religion is the devoutness, and the chastity, and the truthfulness, and the righteousness, and the struggling, and paying back the entrustments to the righteous and the immoral, and prolonging the Sajdah, and standing (for Salat) at night, and shunning the prohibitions, and awaiting the relief with the patience, and goodly accompaniment, and goodly neighbourliness’’.[212]
وَ مِنْهُ فِي وَصَايَا أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ص أَيُّ اللَّيْلِ أَفْضَلُ
And from him, ‘In advice of Abu Zarr-ra, may Allah-azwj be Satisfied with him-ra, he-ra asked the Prophet-saww, ‘Which (part of the) night is superior?’
قَالَ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْغَابِرِ.
He-saww said: ‘Middle of the late night’’.[213]
وَ مِنْهُ، وَ ثَوَابِ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع عَنْ آبَائِهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قِيَامُ اللَّيْلِ مَصَحَّةٌ لِلْبَدَنِ وَ مَرْضَاةٌ لِلرَّبِّ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ تَعَرُّضٌ لِلرَّحْمَةِ وَ تَمَسُّكٌ بِأَخْلَاقِ النَّبِيِّينَ.
And from him, and ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from his father, from Saeed Bin Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Qasim Bin Yahya, from his grandfather Al-Hassan Bin Rashid, from Abu Baseer and Muhammad Bin Muslim,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘Standing at night (for Salat) is healthy for the body, and Satisfaction for the Lord-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and exposes to the Mercy, and adherent with the manners of the Prophets-as’’.[214]
18- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ خَارِجٍ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَاهِرٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ الْعَوْفِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ مَا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا إِلَّا لِإِطْعَامِهِ الطَّعَامَ وَ صَلَاتِهِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّاسُ نِيَامٌ.
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from Muhammad Bin Amro Bin Ali Al Basry, from Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Bin Kharij Al Asammi, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Al Juneyd, from Amro Bin Saeed, from Ali Bin Zahir, from Hareyz, from Al A’mash, from Atiya Al Awfy,
‘From Jabir Bin Abdullah-ra, who said, ‘I-ra heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying: ‘Allah-azwj did not Take Ibrahim-as as a friend except for his-as feeding the food, and his-as praying Salat at night while the people sleep’’.[215]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْيَقْطِينِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ حُمْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَا يَبِيتَنَّ الرَّجُلُ وَ عَلَيْهِ وَتْرٌ.
And from him, from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Isa Al Yaqteeny, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Bazie, from Ibn Uzina, from Humran,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The man should not spend a night and upon him is (responsibility) to pray Al-Witr (Salat)’’.[216]
19- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلَا يَبِيتَنَّ إِلَّا بِوَتْرٍ.
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from his father, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Hareyz, from Zurara who said,
‘Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘One who were a believer in Allah-azwj and the Last Day should not spend a night except with Witr (Salat)’’.[217]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنِّي قَدْ حُرِمْتُ الصَّلَاةَ بِاللَّيْلِ
And from him, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Attar, from Imran Bin Musa, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Al Numan, from his father, from one of his men who said,
‘A man came to Amir Al-Momineen-asws. He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! I have been deprived of the night Salat’.
فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْتَ رَجُلٌ قَدْ قَيَّدَتْكَ ذُنُوبُكَ.
Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘You are a man, your sins have restricted you’’.[218]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ حَسَنٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَكْذِبُ الْكَذِبَةَ فَيُحْرَمُ بِهَا صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ فَإِذَا حُرِمَ بِهَا صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ حُرِمَ بِهَا الرِّزْقَ.
And from him, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Husayn Bin Hassan Al Kindy,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘The man tells a lie so he gets deprived of the night Salat due to it. When he is deprived of the night Salat, he is deprived of the sustenance due to it’’.[219]
20- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَا سُلَيْمَانُ لَا تَدَعْ قِيَامَ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ الْمَغْبُونَ مَنْ حُرِمَ قِيَامَ اللَّيْلِ.
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Is’haq, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman Al Daylami, from his father who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘O Suleyman! Do not leave standing at night (for Salat) for the embezzled is the one deprived of standing at night (for Salat)’’.[220]
21- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ رَهْبانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوها ما كَتَبْناها عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ابْتِغاءَ رِضْوانِ اللَّهِ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ.
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – From his father, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Abu Al Khattab, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from Muhammad Bin Abu Abdullah,
‘From Abu Al-Hassan-asws regarding Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And (as for) monasticism (priesthood), they innovated it – We did not Prescribe it upon them except for seeking the Pleasure of Allah, [57:27]. He-asws said: ‘The night Salat’’.[221]
توضيح فِي خَبَرٍ مَرْفُوعٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص فَمَا رَعَاهَا الَّذِينَ بَعْدَهُمْ حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا وَ ذَلِكَ لِتَكْذِيبِهِمْ بِمُحَمَّدٍ ص.
Clarification – In a Hadeeth raised from the Prophet-saww: ‘Those (who came) after them did not take care of it as was the right of taking care, and that is due to their belying Muhammad-saww’’.
22- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ الرَّازِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ صَلَّى بِاللَّيْلِ حَسُنَ وَجْهُهُ بِالنَّهَارِ.
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from his father, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Attar, from Muhammad Bin Hassan Al Razy, from Muhammad Bin Ali raising it, said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘One who prays Salat at night his face will be excellent at daytime’’.[222]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى إِنَّ ناشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئاً وَ أَقْوَمُ قِيلًا قَالَ يَعْنِي بِقَوْلِهِ وَ أَقْوَمُ قِيلًا قِيَامُ الرَّجُلِ عَنْ فِرَاشِهِ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَا يُرِيدُ بِهِ غَيْرَهُ.
And from him, from his father, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws regarding Words of the Exalted: Surely, arising at night, it is the firmest treading and the straightest speech [73:6]. He-asws said: ‘It means by His-azwj Words: straightest speech [73:6], the man standing at night from his bed in front of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, not intending anything else by it’’.[223]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَمُّونٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّوْفَلِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَقُومُ فِي اللَّيْلِ فَيَمِيلُ بِهِ النُّعَاسُ يَمِيناً وَ شِمَالًا وَ قَدْ وَقَعَ ذَقَنُهُ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ فَيَأْمُرُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ فَتُفَتَّحُ
And from him, from Muhammad Bin Ali Majaylawiya, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Ashary, from Musa Bin Ja’far Al Baghdady, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Ali Bin Muhammad Al Nowfaly who said,
‘I heard him-asws saying: ‘The servant arises during the night and the drowsiness inclines with him right and left and his cheeks fall upon his chest, so Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Commands doors of the sky to be opened.
ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي مَا يُصِيبُهُ فِي التَّقَرُّبِ إِلَيَّ بِمَا لَمْ أَفْرِضْ عَلَيْهِ رَاجِياً مِنِّي لِثَلَاثِ خِصَالٍ ذَنْباً أَغْفِرُهُ أَوْ تَوْبَةً أُجَدِّدُهَا أَوْ رِزْقاً أَزِيدُهُ فِيهِ أُشْهِدُكُمْ مَلَائِكَتِي أَنِّي قَدْ جَمَعْتُهُنَّ لَهُ.
Then He-azwj Says to His-azwj Angels: “Look at My-azwj servant! What has afflicted him in his drawing closer to Me-azwj with what I-azwj have not Obligated upon him, being hopeful from me for three traits – a sin I-azwj Forgive him, or repentance I-azwj renew Turning to him, or sustenance I increase regarding him! I-azwj Keep you as witnesses, My-azwj Angels! I-azwj have gathered (all) these for him!”’[224]
23- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ عَنْ حَرِيشِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَرِيشٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ الرَّكْعَتَانِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا فِيهَا.
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from his father, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq Bin Khuzeyman, from Hareysh Bin Muhammad Bin Hareysh, from his grandfather, from Anas Bin Malik (well-known fabricator) who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The two Cycles (prayed) in middle of the night is more beloved to me-saww than the world and whatever is in it’’.[225]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ إِنَّ الْحَسَناتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئاتِ قَالَ صَلَاةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ بِاللَّيْلِ تَذْهَبُ بِمَا عَمِلَ مِنْ ذَنْبِ النَّهَارِ.
And from him, from his father, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Ibrahim Bin Umar, from the one who narrated it,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws regarding Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Surely the good deeds erase the evil deeds, [11:114]. He-asws said: ‘Salat of the Momin at night erases what had been done from sins at daytime’’.[226]
الْهِدَايَةُ، عَنْهُ ع مُرْسَلًا مِثْلَهُ قَالَ وَ قَالَ ع مَنْ صَلَّى بِاللَّيْلِ حَسُنَ وَجْهُهُ بِالنَّهَارِ.
(The book) ‘Al Hidaya’ –
‘From him-asws by an unbroken chain, similar to it. He (the narrator) said, ‘And he-asws said: ‘One who prays Salat at night his face will be excellent at daytime’’.[227]
24- الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ آناءَ اللَّيْلِ ساجِداً وَ قائِماً يَحْذَرُ الْآخِرَةَ وَ يَرْجُوا رَحْمَةَ رَبِّهِ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَ الَّذِينَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from his father, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad, from Hareyz, from Zurara,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘during the hours of the night, performing Sajdah and standing, being cautious of the Hereafter and hoping for the Mercy of his Lord. Say: ‘Are they equal, those who do not know and those do know?’ [39:9]’.
قَالَ يَعْنِي صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ.
He-asws said: ‘It means the night Salat’’.[228]
25- ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، وَ الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَبِي زُهَيْرٍ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ آدَمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: عَلَيْكُمْ بِصَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهَا سُنَّةُ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَ دَأْبُ الصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَ مَطْرَدَةُ الدَّاءِ عَنْ أَجْسَادِكُمْ.
(The books) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’, and ‘Al Ilal’ – from his father, from Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Abu Zuheyr Al Nahdy, from Adam Bin Is’haq, from Muawiya Bin Ammar, from one of our companions,
‘From Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Upon you all is with (praying) the night Salat for it is a Sunnah of your Prophet-saww and discipline of the righteous ones before you all, and a repeller of the illnesses from your bodies’’.[229]
وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ تُبَيِّضُ الْوَجْهَ وَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ تُطَيِّبُ الرِّيحَ وَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ تَجْلِبُ الرِّزْقَ.
And Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘The night Salat brightens the face, and the night Salat betters the wind (odour), and the night Salat attracts the sustenance’’.[230]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْعَمْرَكِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُصِيبَ أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ بِعَذَابٍ قَالَ لَوْ لَا الَّذِينَ يَتَحَابُّونَ بِجَلَالِي وَ يَعْمُرُونَ مَسَاجِدِي وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ لَأَنْزَلْتُ بِهِمْ عَذَابِي.
And from him, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Al Amraky,
‘From Ali son of Ja’far-asws, from his brother-asws Musa-asws, from his father-asws, from Ali-asws having said: ‘When Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Wants to Afflict people with the earth with Punishment He-azwj Says: “Had it not been for the ones loving each other for My-azwj Majesty, and spending times in My-azwj Masjids, and seeking Forgiveness at pre-dawn, I-azwj would have Sent down My-azwj Punishment upon them!”’[231]
26- مَعَانِي الْأَخْبَارِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمُؤَدِّبِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْأَصْفَهَانِيِّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ مَكِّيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ شَيْخٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الرَّيِّ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ وَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النَّصْرِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ النَّصْرِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع قَالَ: الْمالُ وَ الْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا وَ ثَمَانُ رَكَعَاتٍ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ وَ الْوَتْرُ زِينَةُ الْآخِرَةِ وَ قَدْ يَجْمَعُهُمَا اللَّهُ لِأَقْوَامٍ.
(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbaar’ – From his father, from Abdullah Bin Al-Hassan Al Muwaddib, from Ahmad Bin Ali Al Asfahany, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al Saqafy, from Makky Bin Muhammad Sheykh, from people of Al Rayy, from Mansour Bin Al Abbas, and Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Al Nasr, from Saeed Bin Al Nasr,
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘The wealth and the children are an adornment of the life of the world [18:46], and eight Cycles Salat from end of the night, and Al-Witr (Salat) are adornments of the Hereafter, and Allah-azwj has Gathered these two for people’’.[232]
الْعِلَلُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَبِي قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ إِذَا رَأَى أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ قَدْ أَسْرَفُوا فِي الْمَعَاصِي وَ فِيهَا ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نَادَاهُمْ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ وَ تَقَدَّسَتْ أَسْمَاؤُهُ يَا أَهْلَ مَعْصِيَتِي لَوْ لَا مَا فِيكُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْمُتَحَابِّينَ بِجَلَالِي الْعَامِرِينَ بِصَلَاتِهِمْ أَرْضِي وَ مَسَاجِدِي الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ خَوْفاً مِنِّي لَأَنْزَلْتُ بِكُمْ عَذَابِي ثُمَّ لَا أُبَالِي.
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from his father, from Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al Himeyri, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa,
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘My-asws father-asws said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘When Allah-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty Sees people of a town to have been extravagant in disobedience and in it there are three persons from the Momineen, He-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Majesty and Holy are His-azwj Name, Calls out to them: “O people disobeying Me-azwj! Had it not been among you all Momineen loving each other for My-azwj Majesty, the ones spending time in My-azwj earth and My-azwj Masjid(s) with their Salat(s), seeking Forgiveness at pre-dawn fearing from Me-azwj, I-azwj would have Sent down My-azwj Punishment with you all, then I-azwj would not have Cared!”’[233]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: تَتَجافى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضاجِعِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرَى أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَنَامُونَ
And from him, from Ja’far Bin Ali Bin Al-Hassan, from his grandfather Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Al Abbas Bin Aamir, from Jabir, from Abu Ubeyda Al Haza’a,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws, from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Their sides forsake their beds, [32:16]. Perhaps you see (think) that the people were not sleeping (at all)?’
قَالَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ ابْنُ رَسُولِهِ أَعْلَمُ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww, and son-asws of His-azwj Rasool-saww are more knowing!’’
قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا بُدَّ لِهَذَا الْبَدَنِ أَنْ تُرِيحَهُ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ نَفْسُهُ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ النَّفْسُ اسْتَرَاحَ الْبَدَنُ وَ رَجَعَ الرُّوحُ وَ فِيهِ قُوَّةٌ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ
He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws said: ‘There is no escape for this body from resting it until its soul comes out. When the soul comes out, the body rests and the soul returns to it, and in it is strength upon the actions.
فَإِنَّمَا ذَكَرَهُمْ تَتَجافى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفاً وَ طَمَعاً أُنْزِلَتْ فِي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ أَتْبَاعِهِ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا يَنَامُونَ فِي أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ ثُلُثَا اللَّيْلِ أَوْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَزِعُوا إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ رَاغِبِينَ مُرْهَبِينَ طَامِعِينَ فِيمَا عِنْدَهُ فَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ
Rather He-azwj Mentioned them, Their sides forsake their beds, supplicating to their Lord in fear and in hope, [32:16]. It was Revealed regarding Amir Al-Momineen-asws and his-asws followers from our-asws Shias. They are sleeping in the beginning of the night. When a third of the night is gone, or whatever Allah-azwj so Desires, they panic to their Lord-azwj desirously, fearing, hoping regarding what is with Him-azwj. So, Allah-azwj Mentioned them in His-azwj Book.
فَأَخْبَرَكَ اللَّهُ بِمَا أَعْطَاهُمْ أَنَّهُ أَسْكَنَهُمْ فِي جِوَارِهِ وَ أَدْخَلَهُمْ جَنَّتَهُ وَ آمَنَ خَوْفَهُمْ وَ أَذْهَبَ رُعْبَهُمْ
Allah-azwj Informs you with what He-azwj has Given them that He-azwj will Settle them in His-azwj vicinity, and Admit them into His-azwj Paradise, and Secure their fears, and Remove their dread’.
قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنْ أَنَا قُمْتُ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ أَقُولُ إِذَا قُمْتُ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! If I were to stand in the end of the night, which thing should I be saying when I stand?’
قَالَ قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ إِلَهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى وَ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا قُلْتَهَا ذَهَبَ عَنْكَ رِجْزُ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ وَسْوَاسُهُ.
He-asws said: ‘Say, ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj Lord-azwj of the worlds, and God-azwj of the Rasools-as, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj Who Revives the dead and Resurrects ones in the graves!’ When you say it, the uncleanness of the Satan-la and his-la insinuations will go away from you’’.[234]
27- تَوْحِيدُ الصَّدُوقِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ النَّسَّابَةِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّائِغِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْعُرَنِيِّ عَنْ هَيْثَمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ مَوْلَى مُزَيْنَةَ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَا أَقْوَى عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ بِاللَّيْلِ
(The book) ‘Tawheed’ of Al Sadouq – from Ali Bin Ahmad Al Nasabah, from Ahmad Bin Salman Bin Al-Hassan, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Saig, from Khalid Al Urny, from Haysam, from Abu Sufyan a slave of Muzeyna, from the one who narrated,
‘From Salman Al-Farsy-ra, may Allah-azwj be Satisfied with him-ra, a man came to him-ra. He said, ‘O servant of Allah-azwj! I am not strong enough upon (praying) the Salat at night!’
فَقَالَ لَا تَعْصِ اللَّهَ بِالنَّهَارِ وَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنِّي قَدْ حُرِمْتُ الصَّلَاةَ بِاللَّيْلِ
He-ra said, ‘Do not disobey Allah-azwj at daytime; and a man had come to Amir Al-Momineen-asws. He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! I have been deprived of the Salat at night!’
فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَنْتَ رَجُلٌ قَدْ قَيَّدَتْكَ ذُنُوبُكَ.
Amir Al-Momineen-asws said to him: ‘You are a man, your sins have restricted you’’.[235]
28- مَجَالِسُ الصَّدُوقِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ الشِّتَاءُ رَبِيعُ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَطُولُ فِيهِ لَيْلُهُ فَيَسْتَعِينُ بِهِ عَلَى قِيَامِهِ وَ يَقْصُرُ فِيهِ نَهَارُهُ فَيَسْتَعِينُ بِهِ عَلَى صِيَامِهِ.
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Al Sadouq – from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, from Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Ash’ary, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman Al Daylami, from his father who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘The winter is spring of the Momin. His night is longer during it so he is assisted by it upon his standing, and his day is short during it so he is assisted by it upon his fasting’’.[236]
29- الْخِصَالُ، وَ مَجَالِسُ الصَّدُوقِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ سَدِيرِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ يَا بُنَيَّ وَ إِيَّاكَ وَ كَثْرَةَ النَّوْمِ بِاللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ كَثْرَةَ النَّوْمِ بِاللَّيْلِ تَدَعُ الرَّجُلَ فَقِيراً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’, and ‘Majaalis’ Al Sadouq – from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Ali Al Asady, from Muhamad Bin Abu Ayoub, from Ja’far Bin Sadeyr Bin Dawood, from his father, from Yusuf Bin Al Munkadir, from his father,
‘From Jabir Bin Abdullah-ra having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Mother-ra of Suleyman Bin Dawood-as said to Suleyman-as: ‘O my-ra son-asws, and beware of frequently sleeping at night, for a lot of sleep at night will leave the man poor on the Day of Qiyamah’’.[237]
30- ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: شَرَفُ الْمُؤْمِنِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ وَ عِزُّ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَفُّهُ عَنِ النَّاسِ.
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, from Al Abbas Bin Marouf, from Sa’dan, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Nobility of the Momin is his praying Salat at night, and honour of the Momin is his refraining from (harming) the people’’.[238]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنْ كَانَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَدْ قَالَ- الْمالُ وَ الْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا إِنَّ الثَّمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ يُصَلِّيهَا الْعَبْدُ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ زِينَةُ الْآخِرَةِ.
And from him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Attar, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Ash’ary, from Umar Bin Ali Bin Umar, from his uncle Muhammad Bin Umar, from the one who narrated it,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws ‘The wealth and the children are an adornment of the life of the world [18:46]. The eight Cycles the servant prays end of the night is an adornment of the Hereafter’’.[239]
وَ رَوَاهُ الْعَيَّاشِيُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّ فِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ الْمالُ وَ الْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا كَمَا أَنَّ ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ.
And it is reported by Al Ayyashi, from Muhammad Bin Umar,
‘Similar to it except in it he-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: The wealth and the children are an adornment of the life of the world [18:46], like what are eight Cycles (Salat as adornment of the Hereafter)’’.[240]
31- ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، بِالْإِسْنَادِ الْمُتَقَدِّمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ الْحَاجَةَ فَأَفْرَطَ فِي الشِّكَايَةِ حَتَّى كَادَ أَنْ يَشْكُوَ الْجُوعَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَا هَذَا أَ تُصَلِّي بِاللَّيْلِ
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – By the previous chain,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, a man came to him-asws and complained to him-asws of the need. He was excessive in the complaint to the extent he almost complained of the hunger. Abu Abdullah-asws said to him: ‘O you! Do you pray Salat at night?’
قَالَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ نَعَمْ
He (the narrator) said, ‘The man said, ‘Yes’.
قَالَ فَالْتَفَتَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ كَذَبَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ يُصَلِّي بِاللَّيْلِ وَ يَجُوعُ بِالنَّهَارِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ضَمِنَ بِصَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ قُوتَ النَّهَارِ.
He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Abdullah-asws turned towards his-asws companions. He-asws said: ‘He is lying, the one who claims that he prays Salat at night and he is hungry at daytime! Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Guaranteed subsistence of the day by the Salat at night’’.[241]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ تُحَسِّنُ الْوَجْهَ وَ تُحَسِّنُ الْخُلُقَ وَ تُطَيِّبُ الرِّيحَ وَ تُدِرُّ الرِّزْقَ وَ تَقْضِي الدَّيْنَ وَ تَذْهَبُ بِالْهَمِّ وَ تَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ.
And from him, from Al Husayn Bin Ahmad Bin Idrees, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Ash’ary, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Ahmad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Usman, from Muhammad Bin Abu Hamza Al Sumali, from Muawiya Bin Ammar,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘The night Salat improves the face and improves the manners, and betters the odour, and rotates (pulls) the sustenance, and pays off the debts, and does away with the worries, and polishes the sight’’.[242]
32- ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ الْبُيُوتَ الَّتِي يُصَلَّى فِيهَا بِاللَّيْلِ بِتِلَاوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ تُضِيءُ لِأَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ كَمَا يُضِيءُ نُجُومُ السَّمَاءِ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ.
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from his father, from Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al Himeyri, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Darraj, from Al Fuzeyl Bin Yasaar,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘The houses which are prayed in at night with recitation of the Quran illuminate for people of the sky just as the stars of the sky illuminate for people of the earth’’.[243]
33- الْمَحَاسِنُ، فِي رِوَايَةِ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَذَبَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ وَ هُوَ يَجُوعُ إِنَّ صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ تَضْمَنُ رِزْقَ النَّهَارِ.
(The book) ‘Al Mahaasin’ – In a report by Yaqoub Bin Yazeed,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘He is lying, the one who claims that he prays the night Salat and he is hungry! The night Salat guarantees sustenance at daytime’’.[244]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ سَابِقٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ بِعَذَابٍ قَالَ لَوْ لَا الَّذِينَ يَتَحَابُّونَ فِي جَلَالِي وَ يَعْمُرُونَ مَسَاجِدِي وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ لَأَنْزَلْتُ عَذَابِي.
And from him, from Al Abbas Bin Al Fazl, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad, from Musa Bin Sabiq,
‘From Ja’far-asws, from his-asws father-asws having said: ‘When Allah-azwj Wants to Punish people of the earth with a Punishment, He-azwj Says: “Had it not been for those who are loving each other for My-azwj Majesty, and are spending time in My-azwj Masjid and seeking Forgiveness at pre-dawn, I-azwj would have Sent down My-azwj Punishment’’.[245]
34- فِقْهُ الرِّضَا، حَافِظُوا عَلَى صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهَا حُرْمَةُ الرَّبِّ تُدِرُّ الرِّزْقَ وَ تُحَسِّنُ الْوَجْهَ وَ تَضْمَنُ رِزْقَ النَّهَارِ وَ طَوِّلُوا الْوُقُوفَ فِي الْوَتْرِ فَإِنَّهُ رُوِيَ أَنَّ مَنْ طَوَّلَ الْوُقُوفَ فِي الْوَتْرِ قَلَّ وُقُوفُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.
(The book) ‘Fiqh Al Reza-asws’ – Preserve upon the night Salat for it is a Sanctity of the Lord-azwj. It attracts the sustenance, and improves the face, and guarantees sustenance of the day, and prolong pausing in Al-Witr (Salat), for it has been reported that the one who prolongs the pausing in Al-Witr his pausing during the Day of Qiyamah will be reduced’’.[246]
35- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع يَقُولُ إِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نُطْعِمَ الطَّعَامَ وَ نُؤَدِّيَ فِي النَّائِبَةِ وَ نُصَلِّيَ إِذَا نَامَ النَّاسُ.
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Sayf Bin Ameyra, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Ali-asws had said: ‘We-asws People-asws of the Household are Commanded to feed the food, and pay back the entrustments, and pray Salat while the people sleep’’.[247]
36- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْكَرْخِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ إِنَّ الْحَسَناتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئاتِ
Al Ayyashi, from Ibrahim Al Karkhy,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said: ‘Allah-azwj Says in His-azwj Book: Surely the good deeds erase the evil deeds, [11:114]’.
قَالَ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ تَذْهَبُ بِذُنُوبِ النَّهَارِ
He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws said: ‘The night Salat erases sins of the daytime’.
وَ قَالَ تَذْهَبُ بِمَا جَرَحْتُمْ.
And he-asws said: ‘It erases what (sins) you have committed’’.[248]
وَ مِنْهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ الْحَسَناتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئاتِ
And from him,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘Surely the good deeds erase the evil deeds, [11:114]’.
قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ تُكَفِّرُ مَا كَانَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِ النَّهَارِ.
He-asws said: ‘The night salat is an atonement of whatever had happened from sins of the daytime’’.[249]
37- مَجَالِسُ الْمُفِيدِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ إِلَّا وَ هُوَ يُضْرَبُ عَلَيْهِ بِخَزَائِمَ مَعْقُودَةٍ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ ثُلُثَا اللَّيْلِ وَ بَقِيَ ثُلُثُهُ أَتَاهُ مَلَكٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ قُمْ فَاذْكُرِ اللَّهَ فَقَدْ دَنَا الصُّبْحُ
(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of Al Mufeed – by his chain,
‘Jabir Al-Ansari-ra, from the Prophet-saww having said: ‘O you people! There is none from a servant except and binding shackles have been struck upon him. When two-thirds of the night is gone and a third of it remains, an Angel comes to him. He said to him, ‘Arise and do Zikr of Allah-azwj, the morning is approaching!’
قَالَ فَإِنْ هُوَ تَحَرَّكَ وَ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ انْحَلَّتْ عَنْهُ عُقْدَةٌ وَ إِنْ قَامَ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَ دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ انْحَلَّتْ عَنْهُ الْعُقَدُ كُلُّهُنَّ فَيُصْبِحُ قَرِيرَ الْعَيْنِ.
He-saww said: ‘If he were to stir and do Zikr of Allah-azwj, his shackles are released from him, and if he stands to perform Wud’u and enters into the Salat, all of the shackles are released from him, so he comes to the morning delighted of the eyes’’.[250]
38- دَعَوَاتُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قِيَامُ اللَّيْلِ مَصَحَّةٌ لِلْبَدَنِ.
(The book) ‘Dawaat’ of Al Rawandy –
‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘Standing at night (for Salat) is healthy for the body’’.[251]
وَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص عَلَيْكُمْ بِقِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهُ دَأْبُ الصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَ إِنَّ قِيَامَ اللَّيْلِ قُرْبَةٌ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ تَكْفِيرُ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ مَنْهَاةٌ عَنِ الْإِثْمِ وَ مَطْرَدَةُ الدَّاءِ عَنِ الْجَسَدِ.
And from the Prophet-saww: ‘Upon you all is with standing at night (for Salat) for it is a discipline of the righteous ones before you, and standing at night (for Salat) is an offering to Allah-azwj and atones the evil deeds, and prevents from the sins, and repels the illnesses from the body’’.[252]
وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَلَيْكُمْ بِصَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهَا سُنَّةُ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَ مَطْرَدَةُ الدَّاءِ عَنْ أَجْسَادِكُمْ.
And Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Upon you all is with praying the night Salat for it is a Sunnah of your Prophet-saww and a repellent of the illnesses from your bodies!’’[253]
وَ يُرْوَى أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا قَامَ يُصَلِّي أَصْبَحَ طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ وَ إِذَا نَامَ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ أَصْبَحَ ثَقِيلًا مُوَصِّماً وَ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى مُوسَى ع قُمْ فِي ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ أَجْعَلْ قَبْرَكَ رَوْضَةً مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجِنَانِ.
And it is reported that when the man stand to pray (at night) it aromatises the breath, and when he sleeps until morning, he becomes sluggish, stigmatised; and Allah-azwj had Revealed to Musa-as: “Stand in darkness of the night, I-azwj shall Make your-as grave a garden from Gardens of the Paradise!”’[254]
39- أَعْلَامُ الدِّينِ، وَ عُدَّةُ الدَّاعِي، عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: لَا تُعْطُوا الْعَيْنَ حَظَّهَا فَإِنَّهَا أَقَلُّ شَيْءٍ شُكْراً.
(The book) ‘A’laam Al Deen’, and ‘Uddat Al Daie’ –
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Do not give the eyes its (full) share (of sleep), for it is a thing of least gratefulness’’.[255]
40- الْعُدَّةُ، عدة الداعي وَ رَوْضَةُ الْوَاعِظِينَ، وَ أَعْلَامُ الدِّينِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص إِذَا قَامَ الْعَبْدُ مِنْ لَذِيذِ مَضْجَعِهِ وَ النُّعَاسُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ لِيُرْضِيَ رَبَّهُ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ بِصَلَاةِ لَيْلِهِ بَاهَى اللَّهُ بِهِ مَلَائِكَتَهُ فَقَالَ أَ مَا تَرَوْنَ عَبْدِي هَذَا قَدْ قَامَ مِنْ لَذِيذِ مَضْجَعِهِ إِلَى صَلَاةٍ لَمْ أَفْرِضْهَا عَلَيْهِ اشْهَدُوا أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَهُ.
(The books) ‘Al Uddat Al Daie’, and ‘Rowzat Al Waizeen’, and ‘A’laam Al Deen’ –
‘When the servant stands from pleasure of his bed and there is drowsiness in his eyes, in order to please his Lord-azwj Mighty and Majestic with Salat in his night, Allah-azwj Boasts with him to His-azwj Angels: “Are you not seeing this servant of Mine-azwj standing from pleasure of his bed to pray a Salat I-azwj have not Obligated upon him? Be witnesses that I-azwj have Forgiven (his sins) for him!”’[256]
41- العدة، عدة الداعي قَالَ: دَخَلَ ضِرَارُ بْنُ ضَمْرَةَ اللَّيْثِيُّ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ صِفْ لِي عَلِيّاً فَقَالَ أَ وَ تُعْفِينِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَا أُعْفِيكَ
(The book) ‘Uddat Al Daie’ –
‘He said, ‘Zirar Bin Zamrah Al-Laysi entered to see Muawiya. He said to him, ‘Describe Ali-asws to me!’ He said, ‘And can you excuse me from that?’ He said, ‘I will not excuse you’.
فَقَالَ كَانَ وَ اللَّهِ بَعِيدَ الْمُدَى شَدِيدَ الْقُوَى يَقُولُ فَصْلًا وَ يَحْكُمُ عَدْلًا يَتَفَجَّرُ الْعِلْمُ مِنْ جَوَانِبِهِ وَ تَنْطِقُ الْحِكْمَةُ مِنْ نَوَاحِيهِ يَسْتَوْحِشُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ زَهْرَتِهَا وَ يَسْتَأْنِسُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ وَحْشَتِهِ كَانَ
He said, ‘He-asws was of long-term (thinking), intense of strength, speaking decisively, and judging justly, the knowledge burst forth from his-asws sides, and the wisdom spoke from his-asws tendencies. He-asws was averse from the world and its blossoms and was comforted with the night and his-asws loneliness.
وَ اللَّهِ غَزِيرَ الْعَبْرَةِ طَوِيلَ الْفِكْرَةِ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ وَ يُخَاطِبُ نَفْسَهُ وَ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ يُعْجِبُهُ مِنَ اللِّبَاسِ مَا خَشِنَ وَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ مَا جَشِبَ
By Allah-azwj! He-asws was of mighty lessons, long of thinking. He-asws used to turn his-asws hand and address himself-asws and whisper to his-asws Lord-azwj. It used to fascinate him-asws from the clothing, what was coarse, and from the food, what was dry.
كَانَ وَ اللَّهِ فِينَا كَأَحَدِنَا يُدْنِينَا إِذَا أَتَيْنَاهُ وَ يُجِيبُنَا إِذَا سَأَلْنَاهُ وَ كَانَ مَعَ دُنُوِّهِ مِنَّا وَ قُرْبِنَا مِنْهُ لَا نُكَلِّمُهُ لِهَيْبَتِهِ وَ لَا نَرْفَعُ عَيْنَنَا لِعَظَمَتِهِ
By Allah-azwj! He-asws was among us like one of us, drawing us closer whenever we came to him-asws, and he-asws would answer us when we asked him-asws, and we, along with his-asws closeness from us, and our closeness from him-asws, we would not speak to him-asws due to his-asws awe, and we dared not to raise our eyes due to his-asws magnificence.
فَإِنْ تَبَسَّمَ فَمِنْ مِثْلِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ الْمَنْظُومِ يُعَظِّمُ أَهْلَ الدِّينِ وَ يُحِبُّ الْمَسَاكِينَ لَا يَطْمَعُ الْقَوِيُّ فِي بَاطِلِهِ وَ لَا يَيْأَسُ الْفَقِيرُ مِنْ عَدْلِهِ فَأَشْهَدُ بِاللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ فِي بَعْضِ مَوَاقِفِهِ وَ قَدْ أَرْخَى اللَّيْلُ سُدُولَهُ وَ غَارَتْ نُجُومُهُ وَ هُوَ قَائِمٌ فِي مِحْرَابِهِ قَابِضٌ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ يَتَمَلْمَلُ تَمَلْمُلَ السَّلِيمِ وَ يَبْكِي بُكَاءَ الْحَزِينِ
If he-asws smile, it would be from like from the systematic pearls (teeth). He-asws used to magnify the people of the religion and loved the poor, not coveting in his falsehood, nor despair the poor from his-asws justice. I testify with Allah-azwj I had seen him-asws in one of his-asws standings (for Salat), and the night had brought down its darkness and displayed its stars, and he-asws was standing in his-asws prayer niche holding on to his-asws beard, being restless like the restlessness of the one bitten by a snake and crying with grief-stricken crying.
فَكَأَنِّي الْآنَ أَسْمَعُهُ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ يَا دُنْيَا دَنِيَّةٍ أَ بِي تَعَرَّضْتِ أَمْ إِلَيَّ تَشَوَّقْتِ هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ غُرِّي غَيْرِي لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيكِ قَدْ بَتَتُّكِ ثَلَاثاً لَا رَجْعَةَ لِي فِيهَا فَعُمُرُكِ قَصِيرٌ وَ خَطَرُكِ يَسِيرٌ وَ أَمَلُكِ حَقِيرٌ آهِ آهِ مِنْ قِلَّةِ الزَّادِ وَ بُعْدِ السَّفَرِ وَ وَحْشَةِ الطَّرِيقِ وَ عِظَمِ الْمَوْرِدِ
It is as if I can now hear him-asws and he-asws is saying: ‘O world! O world! Is it me-asws you are displaying to, or to me-asws you are luring? Far be it! Far be it! Deceive others, there is no need for me-asws regarding you! I-asws have already divorced you thrice, there is no return to me regarding you. Your life is short, and your perils are little, and your ownership is basic. Alas! Alas! Scarcity of provision and the long journey, and loneliness of the road, and greatness of the (arrival to) the resources!’
فَوَكَفَتْ دُمُوعُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ فَنَشَفَهَا بِكُمِّهِ وَ اخْتَنَقَ الْقَوْمُ بِالْبُكَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ كَانَ وَ اللَّهِ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ كَذَلِكَ فَكَيْفَ صَبْرُكَ عَنْهُ يَا ضِرَارُ قَالَ صَبْرُ مَنْ ذُبِحَ وَاحِدُهَا عَلَى صَدْرِهَا فَهِيَ لَا تَرْقَى عَبْرَتُهَا وَ لَا تَسْكُنُ حَسْرَتُهَا
The tears of Muawiya flowed upon his beard, and he wiped it with his sleeve, and the people choked with the crying. Then he said, ‘By Allah-azwj! Abu Al-Hassan-asws was like that, so how was your patience from him-asws, O Zirar?’ He said, ‘Patience of the one (mother) whose young is slaughtered upon her chest, so she can neither cry any tears nor can her regret (grief) calm down’.
ثُمَّ قَامَ وَ خَرَجَ وَ هُوَ بَاكٍ فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ أَمَا إِنَّكُمْ لَوْ فَقَدْتُمُونِي لَمَا كَانَ فِيكُمْ مَنْ يَثْنِي عَلَيَّ هَذَا الثَّنَاءَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ مَنْ حَضَرَ الصَّاحِبُ عَلَى قَدْرِ صَاحِبِهِ.
Then he stood up and went out crying. Muawiya said, ‘As for you all, if you were to lose me, there would not be anyone among you who can praise Ali-asws with this praise’. One of ones who were present said, ‘The companion is upon a worth of his companion’’.[257]
42- أَعْلَامُ الدِّينِ، وَ رَوْضَةُ الْوَاعِظِينَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي وَصِيَّتِهِ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ عَلَيْكَ يَا عَلِيُّ بِصَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ كَرَّرَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ دَفَعَاتٍ.
(The book) ‘A’alam Al Deen’, and ‘Rawzat Al Waizeen’ –
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said in a bequest to Amir Al-Momineen-asws: ‘O Ali-asws, and upon you-asws is with praying the night Salat’ – and he-saww reiterated that three times’’.[258]
وَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع كَذَبَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ يُصَلِّي اللَّيْلَ وَ يَجُوعُ بِالنَّهَارِ.
And Al-Sadiq-asws said: ‘He is lying, one who claims that he prays the night Salat and he is hungry at daytime’’.[259]
43- دَعَائِمُ الْإِسْلَامِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَصْلِهَا خَيْلٌ بُلْقٌ لَا تَرُوثُ وَ لَا تَبُولُ مُسْرَجَةٌ مُلْجَمَةٌ لُجُمُهَا الذَّهَبُ وَ سُرُوجُهَا الدُّرُّ وَ الْيَاقُوتُ فَيَسْتَوِي عَلَيْهَا أَهْلُ عِلِّيِّينَ
(The book) ‘Da’aim Al Islam’ –
‘From Ali-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘In the Paradise there is such a tree, spotted horses emerge from its roots. These neither defecate nor urinate. These are saddled, bridled. Their reins are of gold and their saddles are of gems and sapphire. The people of Illiyeen shall sit evenly upon these.
فَيَمُرُّونَ عَلَى مَنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُمْ فَيَقُولُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ رَبَّنَا بِمَ بَلَّغْتَ بِعِبَادِكَ هَذِهِ الْكَرَامَةَ
They will be passing by the ones lower than them. The people of Paradise will say, ‘Our Lord-azwj! Due to what has this honour reached with Your-azwj servants?’
فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ كَانُوا يَقُومُونَ اللَّيْلَ وَ كُنْتُمْ تَنَامُونَ وَ كَانُوا يَصُومُونَ النَّهَارَ وَ كُنْتُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ وَ كَانُوا يَتَصَدَّقُونَ وَ كُنْتُمْ تَبْخَلُونَ وَ كَانُوا يُجَاهِدُونَ وَ كُنْتُمْ تَجْبُنُونَ.
He-azwj will Say to them: “They were standing at night (for Salat) while you were sleeping, and they were fasting at daytime while you were eating, and they were giving charity while you were miserly, and they were fighting while you were cowards’’.[260]
عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَمَرَ بِالْوَتْرِ وَ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً كَانَ يُشَدِّدُ فِيهِ وَ لَا يُرَخِّصُ فِي تَرْكِهِ.
From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws, from Ali-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah-azwj instructed with praying Al-Witr’, and Ali-asws was intense regarding in and he-asws did not allow in neglecting it’’.[261]
وَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَ إِدْبارَ النُّجُومِ قَالَ هُوَ الْوَتْرُ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ.
And from Abu Abdullah-asws regarding Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And from the night, so Glorify Him, and at the retreat of the stars [52:49]. He-asws said: ‘It is Al-Witr (Salat) from end of the night’’.[262]
44- مَجْمَعُ الْبَيَانِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: إِذَا أَيْقَظَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَ صَلَّيَا كُتِبَا مِنَ الذَّاكِرِينَ اللَّهَ كَثِيراً وَ الذَّاكِراتِ.
(The book) ‘Majma’a Al Bayan’ – from Abu Saeed Al Khudri,
‘From the Prophet-saww having said: ‘When the man wakes up his wife at night and they both pray Salat, the are both written as being from the men who do Zikr of Allah a lot, and the women who do Zikr [33:35]’’.[263]
45- مِشْكَاةُ الْأَنْوَارِ، مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَحَاسِنِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَوْحَى إِلَى نَبِيٍّ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ أَنْ تَلْقَانِي فِي حَظِيرَةِ الْقُدْسِ فَكُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَحِيداً غَرِيباً مَهْمُوماً مَحْزُوناً مُسْتَوْحِشاً مِنَ النَّاسِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الطَّيْرِ الَّذِي يَطِيرُ فِي الْأَرْضِ الْقِفَارِ وَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ رُءُوسِ الْأَشْجَارِ وَ يَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَاءِ الْعُيُونِ فَإِذَا كَانَ اللَّيْلُ أَوْكَرَ وَحْدَهُ وَ اسْتَأْنَسَ بِرَبِّهِ وَ اسْتَوْحَشَ مِنَ الطُّيُورِ.
(The book) ‘Mishkat Al Anwaar’, from the book ‘Al Mahasin’,
‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Revealed to a Prophet-as from Prophets-as of the children of Israel: “If you-as love to meet Me-azwj in the Holy enclosure, then be in the world alone, estranged, worries, grieving, lonely from the people, at the status of the bird which flies in the wilderness of the earth and eats from tops of the trees, and drinks from water of the springs. When it were to be the night, it nests alone and is comforted by its Lord-azwj and is lonely from the (other) birds’’.[264]
وَ عَنِ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ الْمُدَاعِبَ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ بِلَا رَفَثٍ الْمُتَوَحِّدَ بِالْفِكْرِ الْمُتَخَلِّيَ بِالْعِبَرِ السَّاهِرَ بِالصَّلَاةِ.
And from Al-Baqir having said: ‘Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Loves the playfulness in the community without indecency, unity in the thinking, contemplative in (learning) the lessons, the vigilant with the Salat’’.[265]
46- كِتَابُ الْغَايَاتِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ أَخْبِرْنِي جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَيُّ سَاعَةٍ يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ قَرِيبٌ
(The book) ‘Kitab Al Gayaat’ – from Ibn Abu Yafour,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! Which time does the servant happens to be closest to Allah-azwj and Allah-azwj is close to him?’
قَالَ إِذَا قَامَ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ وَ الْعُيُونُ هَادِئَةٌ فَيَمْشِي إِلَى وَضُوئِهِ حَتَّى يَتَوَضَّأَ بِأَسْبَغِ وُضُوءٍ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ حَتَّى يَقُومَ فِي مَسْجِدِهِ فَيُوَجِّهُ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ يَصُفُّ قَدَمَيْهِ وَ يَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهُ وَ يُكَبِّرُ وَ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ فَقَرَأَ أَجْزَاءً وَ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ قَامَ لِيُعِيدَ صَلَاتَهُ
He-asws said: ‘When he stands in end of the night while the eyes are calm (shut), so he walks to his Wud’u until he performs Wud’u with a perfect Wud’u, then he comes until he stands in his Masjid (praying place) and faces his face to Allah-azwj, and rows his feet, and raises his voice and exclaims Takbeer and begins the Salat. He recites segments (of the Quran) and prays two Cycles and stand to repeat his Salat.
نَادَاهُ مُنَادٍ مِنْ عَنَانِ السَّمَاءِ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْعَرْشِ أَيُّهَا الْعَبْدُ الْمُنَادِي رَبَّهُ إِنَّ الْبِرَّ لَيُنْشَرُ عَلَى رَأْسِكَ مِنْ عَنَانِ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ مُحِيطَةٌ بِكَ مِنْ لَدُنْ قَدَمَيْكَ إِلَى عَنَانِ السَّمَاءِ
A caller calls out to him from heights of the sky on right of the Throne: ‘O servant calling out to his Lord-azwj! The righteousness is sprinkling upon your head from heights of the sky and the Angels are surrounding you from your feet to heights of the sky!’
وَ اللَّهُ يُنَادِي عَبْدِي لَوْ تَعْلَمُ مَنْ تُنَاجِي إِذاً مَا انْفَتَلْتَ
And Allah-azwj Calls out: “My-azwj servant! If only you knew Who you are whispering to, then you will not turn (finish)!”’
قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مَا الِانْفِتَالُ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed to you-asws, O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! What is the ‘turning’?’
قَالَ تَقُولُ بِوَجْهِكَ وَ جَسَدِكَ هَكَذَا ثُمَّ وَلَّى وَجْهَهُ فَذَلِكَ الِانْفِتَالُ
He-asws said: ‘Your saying with your face and your body like this!’ – then he-asws turned around his face – ‘So that is the turning’.
وَ قَالَ أَبْغَضُ الْخَلْقِ إِلَى اللَّهِ جِيفَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ بَطَّالٌ بِالنَّهَارِ.
And he-asws said: ‘The most hateful of the creatures to Allah-azwj is a corpse at night, and lazy during the day’’.[266]
وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص خِيَارُكُمْ أُولُو النُّهَى
And Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Best of you are the ones of cleverness!’
قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أُولُو النُّهَى
It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! Who are the ones of cleverness?’
فَقَالَ الْمُتَهَجِّدُونَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّاسُ نِيَامٌ.
He-asws said: ‘The ones striving at night while the people sleep’’.[267]
47- دَعَائِمُ الْإِسْلَامِ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَمْقُتُ الْعَبْدَ يَكُونُ قَدْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ يَنْتَبِهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَلَا يَقُومُ حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَا الصُّبْحُ قَامَ فَبَادَرَ الصَّلَاةَ.
(The book) ‘Da’aim Al Islam’ –
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘I-asws hate the servant happen to have read the Quran, then he wakes up from the night but he does not stand (for Salat) until when the morning approaches, he stands and rushes the Salat’’.[268]
وَ عَنْهُ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَ إِدْبارَ النُّجُومِ قَالَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِاللَّيْلِ.
And from him-asws regarding Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: and Glorify with Praise of your Lord when you stand [52:48] And from the night, so Glorify Him, and at the retreat of the stars [52:49]. He-asws said: ‘He-azwj Commanded him-saww to pray Salat at night’’.[269]
وَ عَنْهُ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَاسْجُدْ لَهُ وَ سَبِّحْهُ لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا قَالَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فِي سَاعَاتٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَفَعَلَ ص.
And from him-asws having said regarding Words of Mighty and Majestic: And from the night. So do Sajdah to Him, and Glorify Him at night for long [76:26]. He-asws said: ‘He-azwj Commanded him-saww to pray Salat in the timings from the night, so he-saww did’’.[270]
وَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ طُولَ اللَّيْلِ كَالْجِيفَةِ الْمُلْقَاةِ وَ أَمَرَ بِالْقِيَامِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَ التَّهَجُّدِ بِالصَّلَاةِ.
And from Ali-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww prohibited from the man being like the thrown corpse the (whole) length of the night, and he-saww instructed with the standing from the night and the vigil with the Salat’’.[271]
وَ قَالَ: أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ وَ أَطْعِمُوا الطَّعَامَ وَ صَلُّوا بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّاسُ نِيَامٌ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِسَلَامٍ.
Initiate the greeting, and feed the food, and pray Salat at night while the people sleep, you will enter the Paradise in safety’’.[272]
48- الْعِلَلُ، وَ الْعُيُونُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ أَخِيهِ الرِّضَا ع عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ: سُئِلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع مَا بَالُ الْمُتَهَجِّدِينَ بِاللَّيْلِ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ وَجْهاً
(The books) ‘Al Ilal’, and ‘Al Uyoun’ – from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed,
‘From Ismail son of Musa-asws, from his brother-asws Al-Reza-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws grandfather-asws having said: ‘Ali-asws Bin Al Husayn-asws was asked, ‘What is the matter the ones holding vigil at night are from the people of most excellent of faces?’
قَالَ لِأَنَّهُمْ خَلُّوا بِرَبِّهِمْ فَكَسَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ نُورِهِ.
He-asws said: ‘Because they are secluding with their Lord-azwj so Allah-azwj Clothes them with His-azwj Noor’’.[273]
49- الْمَجَازَاتُ النَّبَوِيَّةُ، مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ ع فِي ذَمِّ أَقْوَامٍ مِنَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ خُشُبٌ بِاللَّيْلِ جُدُرٌ بِالنَّهَارِ فِي كَلَامٍ طَوِيلٍ.
(The book) ‘Al Majazaat Al Nabawiya’ –
‘From that are his-asws words in condemnation of a group of the hypocrites: ‘They are planks of wood at night, walls at daytime’ – in a lengthy speech’’.[274]
قال السيد و هذه استعارة و المراد أنهم ينامون الليل كله من غير قيام لصلاة و لا استيقاظ لمناجاة فهم كالخشب الملقاة و في التنزيل كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُسَنَّدَةٌ يريد تعالى أنهم لا خير فيهم و لا نفع عندهم كالخشب الواهية التي تدعم لئلا تتهافت و تمسك لئلا تتساقط.
Explanation – The Seyyid said, ‘And this is a metaphor, and the intended with it they were sleeping then night all of it from without standing for the Salat nor waking up for whispering, so they are like planks of wood thrown in the bed). And in Revelation: It is as if they are planks propped up. [63:4]. The Exalted Intends that there is no good in them nor any benefit with them, like a weak piece of wood which is supported lest it crumbles, and held up lest it falls’.
50- الْمَحَاسِنُ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَ لَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِأَصْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ فَرْعِهِ وَ ذِرْوَتِهِ وَ سَنَامِهِ
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – from Al Husayn Bin Ali Bin Fazzal, from Sa’alba Bin Maymoun, from Ali Bin Abdul Aziz who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Shall I inform you with the root of Al Islam and its branch, and its apex and its hump?’
قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Yes, may I be sacrificed for you-asws!’
قَالَ أَصْلُهُ الصَّلَاةُ وَ فَرْعُهُ الزَّكَاةُ وَ ذِرْوَتُهُ وَ سَنَامُهُ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَ لَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِأَبْوَابِ الْخَيْرِ الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ وَ الصَّدَقَةُ تَحُطُّ الْخَطِيئَةَ وَ قِيَامُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ
He-asws said: ‘It’s root is the Salat, and its branch is the Zakat, and its apex and its hump is the Jihad in the Way of Allah-azwj. Shall I-asws inform you with the doors of goodness? The fasting is a shield, and the charity drops off the sins, and the man standing in the middle of the night whispering to his Lord-azwj’.
ثُمَّ تَلَا تَتَجافى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفاً وَ طَمَعاً وَ مِمَّا رَزَقْناهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ.
Then he-asws recited: Their sides forsake their beds, supplicating to their Lord in fear and in hope, and they are spending from what We Graced them [32:16]’’.[275]
51 دَعَائِمُ الْإِسْلَامِ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: وَقَفَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ حَلْقَةِ بَابِ الْكَعْبَةِ فَوَعَظَ النَّاسَ ثُمَّ قَالَ حُجَّ حَجَّةً لِعَظَائِمِ الْأُمُورِ وَ صُمْ يَوْماً لِزَجْرَةِ النُّشُورِ وَ صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي سَوَادِ اللَّيْلِ لِوَحْشَةِ الْقُبُورِ إِلَى آخِرِ الْخَبَرِ.
(The book) ‘Da’aim Al Islam’ –
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘Abu Zarr-ra, may Allah-azwj have Mercy upon him-ra, paused by the door of the Kaaba and preached to the people, then said, ‘Perform Hajj for the mighty matters, and fast a day for rebuking at the Resurrection, and pray two Cycles in darkness of the night for loneliness of the graves’ – up to end of the report’’.[276]
52 تَنْبِيهُ الْخَاطِرِ، وَ إِرْشَادُ الْقُلُوبِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِسِرَاجٌ لِصَاحِبِهَا فِي ظُلْمَةِ الْقَبْرِ.
(The book) ‘Tanbeeh Al Khatir’, and ‘Irshad Al Quloub’ –
‘The night Salat will be a lamp for its performer in darkness of the grave’’.[277]
وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَرْضَاةُ الرَّبِّ وَ حُبُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ سُنَّةُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ نُورُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ وَ أَصْلُ الْإِيمَانِ وَ رَاحَةُ الْأَبْدَانِ وَ كَرَاهِيَةُ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ سِلَاحٌ عَلَى الْأَعْدَاءِ وَ إِجَابَةٌ لِلدُّعَاءِ وَ قَبُولُ الْأَعْمَالِ وَ بَرَكَةٌ فِي الرِّزْقِ وَ شَفِيعٌ بَيْنَ صَاحِبِهَا وَ بَيْنَ مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ وَ سِرَاجٌ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَ فِرَاشٌ تَحْتَ جَنْبِهِ وَ جَوَابٌ مَعَ مُنْكَرٍ وَ نَكِيرٍ وَ مُونِسٌ وَ زَائِرٌ فِي قَبْرِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
And it is reported from Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The night Salat is satisfies the Lord-azwj, and love of the Angels, and Sunnah of the Prophets-as, and Noor of the recognition, and root of the Eman, and comfort of the bodies, and abhorrence of Satan-la, and a weapon against the enemies, and responder for the supplication, and acceptance of the deeds, and Blessings in the sustenance, and intercedes between its performer and the Angel of death, and a lamp in his grave, and a bed beneath his side, and an answer with Munkar and Nakeer, and a comforter, and a visitor in his grave up to the Day of Qiyamah.
فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ كَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ ظِلًّا فَوْقَهُ وَ تَاجاً عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَ لِبَاساً عَلَى بَدَنِهِ وَ نُوراً يَسْعَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ سِتْراً بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ النَّارِ وَ حُجَّةً لِلْمُؤْمِنِ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ ثِقْلًا فِي الْمِيزَانِ وَ جَوَازاً عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ وَ مِفْتَاحاً لِلْجَنَّةِ
When it will be the Day of Qiyamah, the Salat would be a shade above him, and a crown upon his head, and an apparel upon his body, and a light sprinting in front of him, and a veil (barrier) between him and the Fire, and an argument for the Momin in front of Allah-azwj the Exalted, and weight in the Scale, and a permit upon the Bridge, and a key for the Paradise.
لِأَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَكْبِيرٌ وَ تَحْمِيدٌ وَ تَسْبِيحٌ وَ تَمْجِيدٌ وَ تَقْدِيسٌ وَ تَعْظِيمٌ وَ قِرَاءَةٌ وَ دُعَاءٌ وَ إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الْأَعْمَالِ كُلِّهَا الصَّلَاةُ لِوَقْتِهَا.
(This is) because the Salat is (exclamation of) Greatness, and praise, and glorification, and exaltation, and sanctification, and magnification, and recitation, and supplication; and the best of deeds, all of them, is praying the Salat at its timing’’.[278]
الْبَلَدُ الْأَمِينِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَرْضَاةُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى آخِرِ الْخَبَرِ.
(The book) ‘Al Balad Al Ameen’ –
‘From the Prophet-saww having said: ‘The night Salat satisfies the Lord-azwj’ – up to end of the Hadeeth’’.[279]
53 رَوْضَةُ الْوَاعِظِينَ، قَالَ الرِّضَا ع عَلَيْكُمْ بِصَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ فَمَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَقُومُ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ فَيُصَلِّي ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَ رَكْعَتَيِ الشَّفْعِ وَ رَكْعَةَ الْوَتْرِ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ اللَّهَ فِي قُنُوتِهِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً إِلَّا أُجِيرَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ وَ مُدَّ لَهُ فِي عُمُرِهِ وَ وُسِّعَ عَلَيْهِ فِي مَعِيشَتِهِ
(The book) ‘Rowzat Al Waizeen’ –
‘Al-Reza-asws said: ‘Upon you all is with praying the night Salat. There is none from a servant standing at end of the night, so he prays eight Cycles, and two Cycles of Al-Shaf’a, and a Cycles of Al-Witr, and seeks Forgiveness of Allah-azwj in his Qunout seventy times, except he will be sheltered from punishment of the grave, and from punishment of the Fire, and there will be an extension for him in his lifespan, and there will be expansion for him in his livelihood’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ ع إِنَّ الْبُيُوتَ الَّتِي يُصَلَّى فِيهَا بِاللَّيْلِ يَزْهَرُ نُورُهَا لِأَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ كَمَا يَزْهَرُ نُورُ الْكَوَاكِبِ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ
Then he-asws said: ‘The houses which he prays in at night, it’s light will sparkle for people of the sky just as light of the stars sparkles for people of the earth’.
وَ سَأَلَ الصَّادِقَ ع عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ سِيماهُمْ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ مِنْ أَثَرِ السُّجُودِ قَالَ هُوَ السَّهَرُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ
And Al-Sadiq-asws was asked by Abdullah Bin Sinan about Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Their marks are in their faces from the effects of the Sajdahs [48:29]. He-asws said: ‘It is staying up late in the Salat’.
وَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع لَيْسَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا مَنْ لَمْ يُصَلِّ صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ.
And Al-Sadiq-asws said: ‘He isn’t from our Shias, one does not pray the night Salat’’.[280]
54 فِقْهُ الرِّضَا، قَالَ ع عَلَيْكَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فِي اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَوْصَى بِهَا عَلِيّاً فَقَالَ فِي وَصِيَّتِهِ عَلَيْكَ بِصَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثاً وَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ تَزِيدُ فِي الرِّزْقِ وَ بَهَاءِ الْوَجْهِ وَ تُحَسِّنُ الْخُلُقَ.
(The book) ‘Fiqh Al-Reza-asws’ – He-asws said: ‘Upon you is with praying Salat during the night, for Rasool-Allah-saww had bequeathed Ali-asws with it. He-saww said in his-saww bequest: ‘Upon you-asws is with praying the night Salat’, saying it thrice, and the night Salat increases in the sustenance, and glory of the face, and improves the manners’’.[281]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 1
[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 2
[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 3 / 1
[4] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 3 / 2
[5] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 3 / 3
[6] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 3 / 4
[7] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 3 / 5
[8] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 3 / 6
[9] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 3 / 7
[10] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 3 / 8
[11] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 3 / 9
[12] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 3 / 10
[13] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 4 a
[14] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 4 b
[15] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 5
[16] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 6
[17] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 7 a
[18] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 7 b
[19] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 7 c
[20] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 8 a
[21] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 8 b
[22] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 8 c
[23] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 9 a
[24] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 9 b
[25] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 9 c
[26] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 10
[27] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 11
[28] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 12 a
[29] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 12 b
[30] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 13 a
[31] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 13 b
[32] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 13 c
[33] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 14
[34] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 15 a
[35] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 15 b
[36] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 16
[37] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 17 a
[38] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 17 b
[39] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 18
[40] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 19 a
[41] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 19 b
[42] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 20
[43] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 69 H 21
[44] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 1
[45] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 2 a
[46] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 2 b
[47] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 3
[48] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 4
[49] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 5 a
[50] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 5 b
[51] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 6 a
[52] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 6 b
[53] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 7
[54] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 8 a
[55] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 8 b
[56] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 9
[57] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 10
[58] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 11
[59] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 12
[60] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 13 a
[61] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 13 b
[62] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 13 c
[63] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 14
[64] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 15
[65] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 16
[66] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 17
[67] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 18
[68] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 19
[69] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 20
[70] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 21
[71] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 22
[72] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 23
[73] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 24
[74] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 25
[75] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 26
[76] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 27
[77] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 28
[78] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 29 a
[79] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 29 b
[80] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 29 c
[81] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 30
[82] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 31
[83] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 32 a
[84] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 32 b
[85] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 33
[86] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 34 a
[87] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 34 b
[88] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 34 c
[89] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 34 d
[90] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 35
[91] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 36
[92] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 37
[93] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 38
[94] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 39
[95] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 40 a
[96] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 40 b
[97] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 41
[98] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 42
[99] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 43 a
[100] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 43 b
[101] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 44 a
[102] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 44 b
[103] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 44 c
[104] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 44 d
[105] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 44 e
[106] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 70 H 44 f
[107] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 1
[108] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 2
[109] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 3
[110] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 4 a
[111] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 4 b
[112] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 5
[113] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 6
[114] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 7 a
[115] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 7 b
[116] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 8
[117] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 9 a
[118] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 9 b
[119] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 9 c
[120] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 9 d
[121] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 10 a
[122] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 11 a
[123] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 11 a
[124] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 11 b
[125] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 12 a
[126] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 12 b
[127] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 12 c
[128] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 12 d
[129] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 13
[130] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 14
[131] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 15
[132] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 16
[133] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 17
[134] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 18
[135] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 19 a
[136] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 19 b
[137] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 19 c
[138] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 20 a
[139] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 83 – The Book Salat – Ch 71 H 20 b
[140] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 72 H 1
[141] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 72 H 2
[142] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 72 H 3 a
[143] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 72 H 3 b
[144] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 72 H 3 c
[145] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 72 H 3 d
[146] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 1
[147] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 2 a
[148] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 2 b
[149] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 3
[150] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 4
[151] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 5
[152] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 6
[153] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 7
[154] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 8
[155] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 9 a
[156] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 9 b
[157] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 10
[158] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 11
[159] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 12
[160] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 13 a
[161] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 13 b
[162] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 14
[163] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 15
[164] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 16
[165] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 17 a
[166] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 17 b
[167] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 18 a
[168] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 18 b
[169] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 18 c
[170] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 19
[171] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 20 a
[172] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 73 H 20 b
[173] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 1 a
[174] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 1 b
[175] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 2 a
[176] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 2 b
[177] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 3
[178] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 4
[179] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 5 a
[180] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 5 b
[181] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 5 c
[182] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 5 d
[183] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 6
[184] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 7 a
[185] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 7 b
[186] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 74 H 8
[187] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 1
[188] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 2
[189] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 3 a
[190] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 3 b
[191] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 4
[192] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 5
[193] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 6
[194] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 7 a
[195] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 7 b
[196] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 7 c
[197] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 7 d
[198] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 8 a
[199] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 8 b
[200] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 8 c
[201] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 9
[202] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 10
[203] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 11 a
[204] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 11 b
[205] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 11 c
[206] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 12
[207] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 13 a
[208] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 13 b
[209] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 14
[210] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 15
[211] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 16
[212] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 17 a
[213] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 17 b
[214] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 17 c
[215] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 18 a
[216] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 18 b
[217] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 19 a
[218] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 19 b
[219] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 19 c
[220] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 20
[221] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 21
[222] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 22 a
[223] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 22 b
[224] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 22 c
[225] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 23 a
[226] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 23 b
[227] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 23 c
[228] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 24
[229] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 25 a
[230] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 25 b
[231] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 25 c
[232] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 26 a
[233] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 26 b
[234] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 26 c
[235] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 27
[236] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 28
[237] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 29
[238] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 30 a
[239] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 30 b
[240] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 30 c
[241] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 31 a
[242] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 31 b
[243] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 32
[244] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 33 a
[245] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 33 b
[246] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 34
[247] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 35
[248] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 36 a
[249] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 36 b
[250] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 37
[251] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 38 a
[252] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 38 b
[253] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 38 c
[254] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 38 d
[255] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 39
[256] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 40
[257] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 41
[258] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 42 a
[259] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 42 b
[260] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 43 a
[261] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 43 b
[262] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 43 c
[263] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 44
[264] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 45 a
[265] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 45 b
[266] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 46 a
[267] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 46 b
[268] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 47 a
[269] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 47 b
[270] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 47 c
[271] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 47 d
[272] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 47 e
[273] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 48
[274] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 49
[275] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 50
[276] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 51
[277] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 52 a
[278] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 52 b
[279] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 52 c
[280] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 53
[281] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 84 – The Book Salat – Ch 75 H 54