Nafilah of Fajr - The Supererogatory Dawn Prayer
Salawat, Tasbih & Tawheed: In the book of Man-La-Yahduruhul-Faqih, it is reported that whoever invoke blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household one
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Salawat, Tasbih & Tawheed: In the book of Man-La-Yahduruhul-Faqih, it is reported that whoever invoke blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household one hundred times between the supererogatory and the obligatory dawn prayers, Almighty Allah will save his face from the heat of Hellfire.
Salawat, Tasbih & Tawheed: Whoever repeats the following supplicatory prayer one hundred times, Almighty Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.
Salawat, Tasbih & Tawheed: Whoever recites [Surah al-Tawheed](A116) twenty-one times, Almighty Allah will build for him a house in Paradise, and whoever recites it forty times, Almighty Allah will forgive him.
Request of the author: I please my faithful brothers to mention me - the sinful whose face has been blackened by sins - in their supplications, because I am in urgent need for prayers. Eventually, Allah is the source of success.
Text and Translation
Nafilah of Fajr
Upon accomplishment of the Night Prayer, you may stand up for offering the supererogatory dawn prayer, which consists of two units in the first of which you may recite [Surah al-Faatehah](A5) and [Surah al-Kafirun](A113) and in the second unit [Surah al-Faatehah](A5) and [Surah al-Tawheed](A116).
When you accomplish the prayer, you may sleep on the right side like a dead in the grave, put your right cheek on your right hand, and recite:
اِسْتَمْسَكْتُ بِعُرْوَةِ اللهِ الْوُثْقَى
ISTAMSAKTO BE-U’RWATIL WUSQAL
I have laid hold on Allah’s firmest handle
الَّتِي لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا
LATEE LAN FE-SAAMA LAHAA
that shall never break off.
وَاعْتَصَمْتُ بِحَبْلِ اللهِ الْمَتِيْنِ
WA’ TASAMTO BE-HABLIL LAAHIL MATEENE
I have held fast to Allah’s solid rope.
وَاَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ شَرِّ فَسَقَةِ الْعَرَبِ وَالْعَجَمِ
WA A-O’OZO BILLAAHE MIN SHARRE FASAQATIL A’RABE WAL A’JAME
I pray for Allah’s protection against the evil of the sinful Arabs and non-Arabs.
وَاَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ شَرِّ فَسَقَةِ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ
WA A-O’OZO BILLAAHE MIN SHARRE FASAQATIL JINNE WAL INSE.
I pray for Allah’s protection against the evil of the sinful jinn and men.
You may then repeat this doxology three times:
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّ الصَّبَاحِ فَالِقِ الاِصْبَاحِ
SUBHAANA RABBIS SABAAHE FAALEQIL ISBAAHE
All glory be to the Lord of mornings, the Cleaver of daybreak.
You may then recite the five verses of [Surah Al-’Imran](A7).
You may then sit and recite [Tasbih al-Zahra](I9).
Salawat, Tasbih & Tawheed
Between the supererogatory and the obligatory dawn prayers, recite 100 times:
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
ALLAAHUMMA SALLE A’LAA MOHAMMADIN WA AALE MOHAMMADIN.
O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
Recite 100 times:
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيْمِ وَبِحَمْدِهٖ
SUBHAANA RABBEYAL A’ZEEME WA BEHAMDEHI
All glory be to my Lord, the All-great, and in praise of Him.
اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ رَبِّي وَاَتُوبُ اِلَيْهِ
ASTAGHFERUL LAAHE RABBEE WA ATOOBO ELAYHE.
I implore Allah, my Lord, for forgiveness and I repent to Him.
Recite [Surah al-Tawheed](A116) 21 times (or 40 times).
Dua of al-Sahifah al-Sajjadiyyah
After the Night Prayer, it is highly advisable to recite the thirty-second supplication of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah:
اَللّٰهُمَّ يَا ذَا الْمُلْكِ الْمُتَاَبِّدِ بِالْخُلُودِ…
ALLAAHUMMA YAA ZAL MULKIL MOTA-ABBEDE BIL-KHOLOODE.
O Allah, O Possessor of kingdom perpetual in everlastingness…
Thanksgiving Prostration
You may then do a thanksgiving prostration, praying for the good of your brothers-in-faith, and recite this supplication in it:
اَللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ الْفَجْرِ وَاللَّيَالِي الْعَشْرِ
ALLAAHUMMA RABBAL FAJRE WAL LAYAALIL A’SHRE
O Allah, O Lord of the daybreak, the ten nights,
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
WASH SHAF-E’ WAL WATRE
the even and the odd,
وَاللَّيْلِ اِذَا يَسْرِ
WAL LAYLE EZAA YASRE
and the night when it departs!
وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
WA RABBA KULLE SHAY-IN
O Lord of all things!
وَاِلٰهَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
WA ELAAHA KULLE SHAY-IN
O Lord of all things!
وَخَالِقَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
WA KHAALEQA KULLE SHAY-IN
O Creator of all things!
وَمَلِكَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
WA MALEKA KULLE SHAY-IN
O King of all things!
صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهٖ
SALLE A’LAA MOHAMMADINW WA AALEHI
(Please) send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household,
وَافْعَلْ بِي وَبِ… مَا اَنْتَ اَهْلُهٗ
WAF A’L BEE WA BE… MAA ANTA AHLOHU
do to me and to so-and-so that which befits You,
وَلَا تَفْعَلْ بِنَا مَا نَحْنُ اَهْلُهٗ
WA LAA TAF-A’L BENAA MAA NAHNO AHLOHU
but do not do to us that which we deserve,
فَاِنَّكَ اَهْلُ التَّقْوٰى وَاَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ
FA-INNAKA AHLUT TAQWAA WA AHLUL MAGHFERATE.
for You are verily worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
