Daily Supplications & Aamaal in Rajab (Rajab)
It is advisable to say the following supplicatory prayer each day in Rajab. It has been narrated that Imam Zayn al-’Abidin (a.s.) used to say this supplicatory prayer on the first day of Rajab while he was imprisoned::
یَامَنْ یَمْلِکُ حَوَآئِجَ السَّآئِلِیْنَ وَیَعْلَمُ ضَمِیْرَ الصَّامِتِیْنَ لِکُلِّ مَسْئَلَۃٍ مِنْکَ سَمْعٌ حَاضِرٌ وَجَوَابٌ عَتِیْدٌ اَللّٰھُمَّ وَمَوَاعِیْدُکَ الصَّادِقَۃُ وَاَیَادِیکَ الْفَاضِلَۃُ وَرَحْمَتُکَ الْوَاسِعَۃُ فَاَسْئَلُکَ اَنْ تُصَلِّیَ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰ لِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاَنْ تَقْضِیَ حَوَآئِجِی لِلدُّنْیَا وَالْاٰخِرَۃِ اِنَّکَ عَلٰی کُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدِیْرٌ
Translation:
O He who manages the wants of the needy, and is aware of that which is hidden in the heart of the silent sufferers! Every problem receives Your attention, and is settled well. O Allah, Your promises come true, Your favors are many, and Your Mercy is extensive, therefore, I beseech You to send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and fulfill my desires in this world and in the world to come. Verily, You have power over all things.
It is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer that Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq(a.s.) used to say everyday in Rajab:
خَابَ الْوَافِدُوْنَ عَلٰی غَیْرِکَ وَخَسِرَ الْمُتَعَرِّضُوْنَ اِلَّا لَکَ وَضَاعَ الْمُلِمُّوْنَ اِلَّا بِکَ وَاَجْدَبَ الْمُنْتَجِعُوْنَ اِلَّا مَنِ انْتَجَعَ فَضْلَکَ بَابُکَ مَفْتُوْحٌ لِلرَّاغِبِیْنَ وَخَیْرُکَ مَبذُوْلٌ لِلطَّالِبِیْنَ وَفَضْلُکَ مُبُاحٌ لِلسَّآئِلِیْنَ وَنَیْلُکَ مُتَاحٌ لِلْاٰمِلِیْنَ وَرِزْقُکَ مَبْسُوْطٌ لِمَنْ عَصَاکَ وَحِلْمُکَ مُعْتَرِضٌ لِمَنْ نَاوَاکَ عَادَتُکَ الْاِحْسَانُ اِلَی الْمُسِئِیْنَ وَسَبِیْلُکَ الْاِ بْقَآئُ عَلَی الْمُعْتَدِیْنَ اَللّٰھُمَّ فَاھْدِنِیْ ھُدَی الْمُھْتَدِیْنَ وَارْزُقْنِیْ اجْتِھَادِ الْمُجْتَھِدِیْنَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِیْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِیْنَ الْمُبْعَدِیْنَ وَاغْفِرْلِیْ یَوْمِ الدِّیْنِ
Translation:
Those who come to anyone other than You have really gone wrong. Those who visit anyone other than You have missed the right way. Those who depend upon other than You have lost except those who depend upon You. Those who have had recourse to other than Your favors will have lived in poverty except those who have recourse to Your favors. Your door is always open before those who desire for You. Your wealth is always available for those who seek it. Your favors are always obtainable by those who ask for them. Your rewards are accessible for those who hope for them. Your sustenance is extended for even those who disobey You. Your forbearance is reachable for even those who antagonize You. Your habit is to do favor to the wrongdoers and Your custom is to overlook the transgressors. O Allah, (please do) lead me to the path of the well-guided ones, grant me the determination of the hardworking ones, do not include me with the unmindful ones who are dismissed (from Your mercy), and forgive me on the Judgment Day.
Shaykh al-Tusi mentions In his book of al-Misbah, that al-Mu’alla ibn Khunays has reported Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq(a.s.) as saying, “In Rajab, you may say the following supplicatory prayer:
اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنِّیْٓ اَسْئَلُکَ صَبْرَ الشَّاکِرِیْنَ لَکَ وَعَمَلَ الْخَآئِفِیْنَ مِنْکَ وَیَقِیْنَ الْعَابِدِیْنَ لَکَ اَللّٰھُمَّ اَنْتَ الْعَلِیُّ الْعَظِیْمُ وَاَنَا عَبْدُکَ الْبَآئِسُ الْفَقِیْرُ اَنْتَ الْغَنِیُّ الْحَمِیْدُ وَاَنَا الْعَبْدُ الذَّلِیْلُ اَللّٰھُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰلِہ وَامْنُنْ بِغِنَاکَ عَلٰی فَقْرِیْ وَبِحِلْمِکَ عَلٰی جَھْلِیْ وَبِقُوَّتِکَ عَلٰی ضَعْفِیْ یَاقَوِیُّ یَاعَزِیْزُ اَللّٰھُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰلِہِ الْاَوْصِیَآئِ الْمَرْضِیِّیْنَ وَاکْفِنِیْ مَااَھْمَّنِیْ مِنْ اَمْرِ الدُّنْیَا وَالاَخِرَۃِ یَآ اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِیْنَ۔
Translation:
O Allah, I implore You for the endurance of those who always thank You, the efforts of those who fear You, and the faith of those who worship You.O Allah, You are verily the Most High, the All-great, while I am Your servant—the miserable and the needy. You are the Self-Sufficient, the Praised, I am the humble servant. O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Houswhile ehold and do favor to my neediness through Your self-sufficiency, to my impatience through Your forbearance, and to my weakness through Your power. O All-power, O Almighty. O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household; the Successors (of prophet hood) and the Pleased; and save me from whatever aggrieves me among the worldly and religious affairs. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!
Explanation / Details::
The previously mentioned supplicatory prayer has been also mentioned by Sayyid Ibn Tawus al-Hasani in his book of Iqbal al-A’mal. According to the narration, this supplicatory prayer is the most comprehensive and it is advisable to repeat it any time.
Shaykh al-Tusi has also mentioned that the following supplicatory prayer is advisedly repeated each day in Rajab
اَللّٰھُمَّ یَاذَا الْمِنَنِ السَّابِغَۃِ وَالْاٰلَآءِ الْوَازِعَۃِ وَالرَّحْۃِ الْوَاسِعَۃِ وَالْقُدْرَۃِ الْجَامِعَۃِ وَالنِّعَمِ الْجَسِیْمَۃِ وَالْمَوَاھِبِ الْعَظِیْمَۃِ وَالْاَیَادِی الْجَمِیْلَۃِ وَالْعَطَایَا الْجَزِیْلَۃِ یَامَنْ لَا یُنْعَتُ بِتَمْثِیْلٍ وَّلَا یُمَثَّلُ بِنَظِیْرٍ وَّلَا یُغْلَبُ بِظَھِیْرٍ یَامَنْ خَلَقَ فَرَزَقَ وَاَلْھَمَ فَاَنْطَقَ وَابْتَدَعَ فَشَرَعَ وَعَلَا فَارْتَفَعَ وَقَدَّرَ فَاَحْسَنَ وَصَوَّرَ فَاَتْقَنَ وَاحْتَجَّ فَاَبْلَغَ وَاَنْعَمَ فَاَسْبَغَ وَاَعْطٰی فَاَجْزَلَ وَمَنَحَ فَاَفْضَلَ یَامَنْ سَمَا فِی الْعِزِّ فَقَاتَ خَوَاطِرَ الْاَبْصَارِ وَدَنَا فِی اللُّطْفِ فَجَازَ ھَوَاجِسَ الْاَفْکَارِ یَامَنْ تَوَحَّدَ بِالْمُلْکِ فَلَا نِدَّلَہُ فِیْ مَلَکُوْتِ سُلْطَانِہِ وَتَفَرَّدَ بِالْاٰلَآئِ وَالْکِبْرِیَآئِ فَلَا ضِدَّ لَہُ فِیْ جَبَرُوْتِ شَاْنِہِ یَامَنْ حَارَتْ فِیْ کِبْرِیَآئِ ھَیْبَتِہِ دَقَائِقُ لَطَآئِفِ الْاَوْھَامِ وَانْحَسَرَتْ دُوْنَ اِدْرَاکِ عَظَمَتِہِ خَطَایِفُ اَبْصَارِ الْاَنَامِ یَامَنْ عَنَتِ الْوُجُوْہُ لِھَیْبَتِہِ وَخَضَعَتِ الرِّقَابُ لِعَظَمَتِہِ وَوَجِلَتِ الْقُلُوبُ مِنْ خِیْفَتِہِ اَسْئَلُکَ بِھٰذِہِ الْمِدْحَۃِ الَّتِیْ لَا تَنْبَغِیْ اِلّاَ لَکَ وَبِمَا وَاَیْتَ بِہِ عَلٰی نَفْسِکَ لِدَاعِیْکَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ وَبِمَا ضَمِنْتَ الْاِجَابَۃَ فِیْہِ عَلٰی نَفْسِکَ لِلدَّاعِیْنَ یَآ اَسْمَعَ السَّامِعِیْنَ وَاَبْصَرَ النَّاظِرِیْنَ وَاَسْرَعَ الْحَاسِبِیْنَ یَاذَا الْقُوَّۃِ الْمَتِیْنَ صَلِّ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ النَّبِیِّیْنَ وَعَلٰی اَھْلِ بَیْتِہِ وَاقْسِمْ لِیْ فِیْ شَھْرِنَا ھٰذَا خَیْرَ مَاقَسَمْتَ وَاحْتِمْ لِیْ فِیْ قَضَآئِکَ خَیْرَ مَاحَتَمْتَ وَاخْتِمْ لِیْ بِالسَّعَادَۃِ فِیْمَنْ خَتَمْتَ وَاَحْیِنِیْ مَآ اَحْیَیْتَنِیْ مَوْفُوْرًا وَّاَمِتْنِیْ مَسْرُوْرًا وَّمَغْفُورًا وَتَوَلَّ اَنْتَ نَجَاتِیْ مِنْ مُسَآئَلَۃِ الْبَرْزَخِ وَادْ رَاْعَنِّی مُنْکَرًا وَّنَکِیْرًا وَّاَرِعَیْنِیْ مُبَشِّرًا وَّبَشِیْرًا وَّاجْعَلْ لِّیْ اِلٰی رِضْوَانِکَ وَجَنَّاتِکَ مَصِیْرًا وَّعَیْشًا قَرِیْرًا وَّمُلْکًا کَبِیْرًا وَّصَلِّ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَّاٰ لِہِ کَثِیْرًا
Translation:
O Allah, the Lord of the complete favors, the utter bounties, the immense mercy, the all-embracing power, the vast graces, the great bestowals, the nice gifts, and the abundant donations! O He Who is not resembled to anything, is not likened to any match, and is not overcome by any supported one! O He Who has created and then granted sustenance, has inspired to understand and then made speech, has made and then enacted laws, has risen high and then elevated, has estimated so perfectly, has shaped so excellently, has provided arguments so conclusively, has bestowed so completely, has granted so abundantly, and has conferred so favorably! O He Who has elevated so honorably that all sights have missed Him, and has approached so gently that He has passed all apprehensions! O He Who has possessed so incomparably that no peer can ever be found for Him in the domination of His power and has been so matchless in bounties and pride that nothing can oppose Him in the omnipotence of His situation! O He, the pride of Whose dignity has perplexed even the finest allusions and Whose greatness cannot be recognized by even the twinkling of the people’s sights! O He before Whose dignity all faces have humbled themselves, to Whose greatness all necks submitted, and Whom is feared by all hearts! I pray to You in the name of this piece of praise that none deserves save You, in the name of that which You have made incumbent upon Yourself for the believers who pray to You, and in the name of Your guaranteeing response for those who supplicate to You. O best hearer of all those who can hear! O best seer of all those who can see! O swiftest in calling to account! (Please do) bless Muhammad, the seal of the Prophets, and his Household, and grant us a portion of the best of that which You decide in this month, choose for me the best act that You decide, seal my life with happiness with which You seal the lives of others,adorn my whole life with abundant wealth, grasp my soul with happiness and forgiveness of my sins, be my Redeemer as regards the Interrogation of the Grave, protect me against Munkar and Nakir, let my eyes see Mubashshir and Bashir, cause the end of my march to be towards Your pleasure and Paradises, decide for me delightful living and big kingdom, and bless Muhammad and his Household very much.
Explanation / Details::
This supplicatory prayer is also advisably said in Masjid Sa’sa’ah.
Shaykh al-Tusi has narrated that the following holy Signatureof Imam al-Mahdi(a.s.) was conveyed to the grand Shaykh Abu-Ja’far Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman ibn Sa’id:
On each day in Rajab, you may say the following supplicatory prayer:
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنِّیْٓ اَسْئَلُکَ بِمَعَانِیْ جَمِیْعِ مَا یَدْعُوْکَ بِہٖ وُلَاۃُ اَمْرِکَ الْمَاْمُوْنُوْنَ عَلٰی سِرِّکَ الْمُسْتَبْشِرُوْنَ بِاَمْرِکَ الْوَاصِفُوْنَ لِقُدْرَتِکَ الْمُعْلِنُوْنَ لِعَظَمَتِکَ اَسْئَلُکَ بِمَا نَطَقَ فِیْھِمْ مَشِیَّتُکَ فَجَعَلْتَھُمْ مَعَادِنَ لِکَلِمَاتِکَ وَاَرْکَانًا لِتَوْحِیْدِکَ وَاٰیَاتِکَ وَمَقَامَاتِکَ الَّتِیْ لَا تَعْطِیْلَ لَھَا فِیْ کُلِّ مَکَانٍ یَعْرِفُکَ بِھَا مَنْ عَرَفَکَ لَا فَرْقَ بَیْنَکَ وَبَیْنَھَآ اِلّاَ اَنَّھُمْ عِبَادُکَ وَخَلْقُکَ فَتْقُھَا وَرَتْقُھَا بِیَدِکَ بَدْؤُھَا مِنْکَ وَعَوْدُھَآ اِلَیْکَ اَعْضَادٌ وَّاَشْھَادٌ وَّمُنَاۃٌ وَّاَزْوَادٌ وَّحَفَظَۃٌ وَّرُوَّادٌ فَبِھِمْ مَلَأْتَ سَمَآئَکَ وَاَرْضَکَ حَتّٰی ظَھَرَ اَنْ لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلّآَ اَنْتَ فَبِذَلِکَ اَسْئَلُکَ وَبِمَوَاقِعِ الْعِزِّ مِنْ رَحْمَتِکَ وَبِمَقَامَاتِکَ وَعَلَامَاتِکَ اَنْ تُصَلِّیَ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰ لِہِ وَاَنْ تَزِیْدَنِیْ اِیْمَانًا وَتَثْبِیْتًا یَابَاطِنًا فِیْ ظُھُوْرِہٖ وَظَاھِرًا فِیْ بُطُونِہٖ وَمَکْنُونِہٖ یَامُفَرِّقًا بَیْنَ النُّوْرِ وَالدَّیْجُوْرِ مَوْصُوْفًاۢ بِغَیْرِکُنْہٍ وَمَعْرُوفًاۢ بِغَیْرِ شِبْہٍ حَآدَّ کُلِّ مَحْدُوْدٍ وَّشَاھِدَ کُلِّ مَشْھُوْدٍ وَّمُوْجِدَ کُلِّ مَوْجُوْدٍ وَّمُحْصِیَ کُلِّ مَعْدُوْدٍ فَاقِدَ کُلِّ مَفْقُوْدٍ لَّیْسَ دُوْنَکَ مِنْ مَعْبُودٍ اَھْلَ الْکِبْرِیَآئِ وَالْجُودِ یَامَنْ لَا یُکَیَّفُ بِکَیْفٍ وَلَا یُؤَیَّنُ بِاَیْنٍ یَا مُحْتَجِبًا عَنْ کُلِّ عَیْنٍ یَادَیْمُومُ یَاقَیُّومُ وَعَالِمَ کُلِّ مَعْلُومٍ صَلِّ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰلِہٖ وَعَلٰی عِبَادِکَ الْمُنْتَجَبِیْنَ وَبَشَرِکَ الْمُحْتَجَبِیْنَ وَمَلَآئِکَتِکَ الْمُقَرَّبِیْنَ وَالْبُھْمِ الصَّآفِّیْنَ الْحَآفِّیْنَ وَبَارِکْ لَنَا فِیْ شَھْرِنَا ھٰذَا الْمُرَجَّبِ الْمُکَرَّمِ وَمَا بَعْدَہٗ مِنَ الْاَشْھُرِ الْحُرُمِ وَاَسْبِغْ عَلَیْنَا فِیْہِ النِّعَمَ وَاَجْزِلْ لَنَا فِیْہِ الْقِسَمَ وَاَبْرِرْلَنَا فِیْہِ الْقَسَمَ بِاِسْمِکَ الْاَعَظَمِ الْاَعْظَمِ الْأَجَّلِ الْاَکْرَمِ الَّذِیْ وَضَعْتَہُ عَلَی النَّھَارِ فَاَضَآئَ وَعَلَی اللَّیْلِ فَاَظْلَمَ وَاغْفِرْلَنَا مَاتَعْلَمُ مِنَّا وَمَا لَا نَعْلَمُ وَاعْصِمْنَا مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ خَیْرَ الْعِصَمِ وَاکْفِنَا کَوَافِیَ قَدَرِکَ وَاْمنُنْ عَلَیْنَا بِحُسْنِ نَظَرِکَ وَلَا تَکِلْنَا اِلٰی غَیْرِکَ وَلَا تَمْنَعْنَا مِنْ خَیْرِکَ وَبَارِکْ لَنَا فِیْمَا کَتَبْتَہُ لَنَا مِنْ اَعْمَارِنَا وَاَصْلِحْ لَنَا خَبِیْئَۃَ اَسْرَارِنَا وَاَعْطِنَا مِنْکَ الْاَمَانَ وَاسْتَعْمِلْنَا بِحُسْنِ الْاِیْمَانِ وَبَلِّغْنَا شَھْرَالصِّیَامِ وَمَا بَعْدَہٗ مِنَ الْأَیَّامِ وَالْاَعْوَامِ یَاذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْاِکْرَامِ
Translation:
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
O Allah, I beseech You by the meanings of all the supplications of those whom You have invested with Your authority, the trustees of Your secret, those who rejoice in Your command, the describers of Your power, the proclaimers of Your supremacy. I implore You by Your will that has manifested itself through them and thus You have made them the essences of Your Words, the pillars of Your Oneness, Your Signs and Stations, which are never inoperative in any place. Through them, You are known to those who know You. -there being no difference between You and them except that they are Your servants and creation. their unstitching and mending is in Your hand they enamate from You and return to You. They are the instruments, witnesses, planners, defenders guards and scouts by whose means You have filled Your heavens and earth until it became manifest that there is no god save You. I thus implore You in the name of all this, and by the recipients of honor and might by your mercy, and by Your stations and Signs, to send blessings to Muhammad and his Household and increase me in faith and fortitude. O He Who is Immanent in His Evidence! O He Who is Evident in His Immanence and in His hiddenness! O He Who sets apart light from murk! O He Whom is described without recognition of his real essence! and He Whom is recognized without having anything like Him! O Edger of all edged things! O Witness of all done things! O Bringer into being all existent things! O Knower of the number of all countable things! O Knower of the place of all lost things! None is worshipped except You. You are the worthiest of all pride and magnanimity. O He about Whom, it is infeasible to as ‘how’ and it is infeasible to ask ‘where’! O He Who is concealed from all sights! O Everlasting, O Self-Subsistent, O Knower of all known things! (Please do) send blessings to Muhammad, his Household, Your selected servants, Your concealed human beings, Your favorite angels, and the Angels who draw themselves out in ranks and who throng (round the Divine Throne), and bless us in this month—the honored and dignified— as well as the next sacred months, pour upon us Your graces in this month, grant us abundant shares of blessings, admit our requests, in the name of Your Name, the Greatest, the Greatest, the Loftiest, the Most Honored that You put on daylight and it thus lit up and You put on night and it thus darkened, forgive us all that which You know about us and all that which we do not know, protect us against sins with the best of protection, save us against the acts that You predetermine, bestow upon us with Your superb looking, do not leave us in the hands of anyone other than You, do not prevent us from Your goodness, bless us during the age that You have decided for us, make righteous for us our inner selves, grant us Your security, make us enjoy perfect faith, and make us catch the month of fasting and the days and years coming after, O Lord of Majesty and Honor!
Shaykh al-Tusi has also narrated that a document signed by Imam al-Mahdi(a.s.) was received by Shaykh Abu’l-Qasim, Imam al-Mahdi’s representative, comprising that the following supplicatory prayer would be recommendably said in the month of Rajab:
اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنِّیْٓ اَسْئَلُکَ بِالْمَوْلُودَیْنِ فِیْ رَجَبٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ الثَّانِیْ وَابْنِہِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُنْتَجَبِ وَاَتَقَرَّبُ بِھِمَا اِلَیْکَ خَیْرَ الْقُرْبِ یَامَنْ اِلَیْہِ الْمَعْرُوفُ طُلِبَ وَفِیْمَا لَدَیْہِ رُغِبَ اَسْئَلُکَ سُؤَالَ مُقْتَرِفٍ مُذْنِبٍ قَدْ قَدْ اَوْ بَقَتْہُ ذُنُوبُہُ وَاَوْ ثَقَتْہُ عُیُوبُہُ فَطَالَ عَلَی الْخَطَا یَادُؤُبُہُ وَمِنَ الرَّازَا یَاخُطُوبُہُ یَسْئَلُکَ التَّوْبَۃَ وَحُسْنَ الْاَوْبَۃِ وَالنُّزُوْعَ عَنِ الْحَوْبَۃِ وَمِنَ النَّارِ فَکَاکَ رَقَبَتِہِ وَالْعَفْوَ عَمَّا فِیْ رِبْقَتِہِ فَاَنْتَ مَوْلَایَ اَعْظَمُ اَمَلِہِ وَثِقَتُہُ اَللّٰھُمَّ وَاَسْئَلُکَ بِمَسَآئِلِکَ الشَّرِیْفَۃِ وَوَسَآئِلِکَ الْمُنِیْفَۃِ اَنْ تَتَغَمَّدَنِیْ فِیْ فِیْ ھَذَا الشَّھْرِ بِرَحْمَۃٍ مِنْکَ وَاسِعَۃٍ وَنِعْمَۃٍ وَازِعَۃٍ وَنَفْسٍ بِمَا رَزَقْتَھَا قَانِعَۃٍ اِلَی نُزُوْلِ الْحَافِرَۃِ وَمَحَلِّ الْاٰخِرَۃِ وَمَا ھِیَ اِلَیْہِ صَآئِرَۃٌ ۔
Translation:
O Allah: I beseech You in the name of those who were born in Rajab, Muhammad ibn `Ali II and his son `Ali ibn Muhammad, the divinely selected. And I seek nearness to You through both of them for they are the best means of nearness to You. O He from Whom favors are sought, and what He possesses is desired; I beseech You with the entreaty of him whom is enchained by his sins and is bound by his defects; therefore, he devoted himself to offenses and disasters have attacked him heavily. He is now begging You for accepting his repentance; and for good return from You; and for redeeming from punishment; and for releasing from Hellfire; and for overlooking the sins that are hanged to him. Certainly, You, O my Master, the greatest hope and desire that He has. And, O Allah, I beg You by all the holy means that You admit and by all the elevated courses that take to You, that You, in this month, encompass me with vast mercy of You, with abundant favors, and with satisfaction with what You have decided for myself until I am put in my final hole, which is my abode to the Hereafter and the Final Fate.
Sayyid Ibn Tawus has narrated that Muhammad ibn Dhakwan - known as al-Sajjad due to his remarkable, time-consuming prostration during which he used to weep so heavily that he lost his sight - asked Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq(a.s.), saying, “May Allah accept me as ransom for you! We are now in Rajab; I therefore please you to teach me a supplicatory prayer due to which Almighty Allah may help me.” Hence, the Imam (a.s.) asked him to write down the following:
You may say the following (supplicatory prayer) each day in Rajab; in mornings, evenings, and after each of the obligatory prayers:
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
یَامَنْ اَرْجُوْہُ لِکُلِّ خَیْرٍ وَاٰمَنْ سَخَطَہُ عِنْدَ کُلِّ شَرٍّ یَامَنْ یُعْطِی الْکَثِیْرَ بِالْقَلِیْلِ یَامَنْ یُعْطِیْ مَنْ سَئَلَہُ یَامَنْ یُعْطِیْ مَنْ لَمْ یَسْئَلْہٗ وَمَنْ لَمْ یَعْرِفْہُ تَحَنُّنًا مِّنْہُ وَرَحْمَۃً اَعْطِنِیْ بِمَسْئَلَتِیْ اِیَّاکَ جَمِیْعَ خَیْرَ الدُّنْیَا وَجَمِیْعَ خَیْرَ الْاٰخِرَۃِ وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّیْ بِمَسْئَلَتِیْ اِیَّاکَ جَمِیْعَ شَرِّ الدُّنْیَا وَشَرِّ الْاٰخِرَۃِ فَاِنَّہُ غَیْرُ مَنْقُوْصٍ مَّآ اَعْطَیْتَ وَزِدْنِیْ مِنْ فَضْلِکَ یَاکَرِیْمُ ۔
The narrator then added that Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) then grasped his beard with his left hand, while saying this supplicatory prayer, and moved ceaselessly the forefinger of his right hand. He then added:
یَاذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْاِکْرَمِ یَاذَا النَّعْمَآئِ وَالْجُوْدِ یَاذَا الْمَنِّ وَالطَّوْلِ حَرِّمْ شَیْبَتِیْ عَلَی النَّارِ ۔
Translation:
In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent the All-Merciful.
O He Whom alone I hope for all good things; and Whose wrath I do not expect when I do wrong; O He Who recompenses the little deed with very much reward; O He Who answers him who begs Him; O He Who gives those who do not ask Him and do not even recognize Him out of His kindness and mercifulness: (please do) give me, for I pray You, the whole welfare of this world and the whole welfare of the Next World; and save me, for I pray You, the whole evil of this world and the Next World Verily, all that which You give is unblemished. (Please do) increase Your favors upon me, O the All-generous.
The narrator then added that Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) then grasped his beard with his left hand, while saying this supplicatory prayer, and moved ceaselessly the forefinger of his right hand. He then added:
O the Lord of Majesty and Honor; O the Lord of bliss and magnanimity; O the Lord of favor and munificence; (please do) rescue my white-hair beard from Hellfire.
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is reported as saying: Whoever repeats the following imploration for forgiveness one hundred times in Rajab
اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّٰہَ الَّذِیْ لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا ھُوَ وَحْدَہُ لَا شَرِیْکَ لَہٗ وَاَتُوْبُ اِلَیْہِ
Translation:
I implore the forgiveness of Allah. There is no god save Him, the One and Only Who has no partner, and I repent before Him.
Explanation / Details::
and immediately gives alms after it, Almighty Allah will conclude his life with mercy and forgiveness. Also, whoever repeats it four hundred times, will be given the reward of one hundred martyrs
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is also reported to have said this Statement one thousand times in Rajab
لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّااللّٰه
Translation:
There is no god but Allah
Explanation / Details::
Almighty Allah will decide for him one hundred thousand rewards and award him one hundred houses in Paradise:
A Hadith reads that whoever repeats the following imploration for forgiveness seventy times in the morning and seventy times in the evening on each day in Rajab
اَسْتَغْفِرُ اﷲ وَ اَتُوْبُ اِلَیْہَ
After this raise the hands towards the sky and say:
اَللّٰھُمَّ اغْفِرْلِیْ وَتُبْ عَلَیَّ
Translation:
I implore the forgiveness of Allah and I repent to Him.
After this raise the hands towards the sky and say:
O Allah, (please do) forgive me and accept my repentance.
Explanation / Details::
Will be admitted by Almighty Allah if he dies in Rajab and Hellfire will not touch him on account of the blessings of Rajab:
It is recommended to implore Almighty Allah for forgiveness in the following form one thousand times in Rajab so that He will forgive:
اَسْتَغْفِرُ اﷲَ ذَالْجَلَالِ وَالْاِکْرَامِ مِنْ جَمِیْعِ الذُّنُوْبِ وَالْاَثَامِ
Translation:
I implore Allah, the Lord of majesty and honor, to forgive my all sins and offenses.
Sayyid Ibn Tawus has mentionedIn his book entitled Iqbal al-Amal, great rewards for those who repeat Surah al-Tawheed ten thousand, one thousand, or one hundred times in Rajab. Likewise, he has narrated that one who recites this Surah(of al-Tawheed) one hundred times on Fridays in Rajab will enjoy, on the Resurrection Day, light that draws him towards Paradise.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
قُلْ ھُوَ اللّٰهُ اَحَدٌ ﴿۱﴾ اَللّٰهُ الصَّمَدُ ﴿۲﴾ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُوْلَدْ ﴿۳﴾ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهٗ كُفُوًا اَحَدٌ ﴿۴﴾
Sayyid Ibn Tawus has also narrated that one who fasts on a day in Rajab and offers a four-unit prayer in the first unit of which he repeats Ayah al-Kursi one hundred times and in the second, Surah al-Tawheed two hundred times, will not depart life before he sees (in sleep) his place in Paradise or someone else sees it on behalf of him.
Sayyid Ibn Tawus has also reported from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) that if one offer a four-unit prayer on Friday in Rajab between the obligatory Zohr and Asr Prayers in each unit of which Surah al-Faatehah is recited once, Ayah al-Kursi repeated seven times, and Surah al-Tawheed five times; and then the following imploration for forgiveness repeated ten times :
اَسْتَغْفِرُ اﷲَالَّذِیْ لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلّاَ ھُوَ وَاَسْئَلُہُ التَّوْبَۃَ۔
Translation:
I implore for Allah’s forgiveness and I pray to Him for accepting of my repentance.
Explanation / Details::
if one offers this prayer, Almighty Allah will decide for him since the day on which he offered this prayer and up to the day of his death one thousand rewards a day, a city built with ruby in Paradise for each verse (of the Holy Qur’an) he recites, a palace built with white pearls in Paradise for each letter he recites from the Holy Qur’an, Paradisiacal Women, ultimate pleasure, inclusion with the (true) worshippers, seal his life with happiness and forgiveness...
It is recommended to fast on three days in the month of Rajab: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. It has been narrated that whoever fasts on these three days in one of the Sacred Months will be awarded with the reward of nine hundred year worship.
It is recommended to offer a sixty-unit prayer in Rajab. Each night, it is recommended to offer two units of this prayer in the first unit of which Surah al-Faatehah is recited once, Surah al-Kafirun (No. 109) repeated three times, and Surah al-Tawheed recited one time. After the accomplishment of the two prayer units, it is recommended to raise the hands towards the sky and say the following:
لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَحْدَہُ لَا شَرِیْکَ لَہٗ لَہُ الْمُلْکُ وَلَہُ الْحَمْدُ یُحْیِیْ وَیُمِیْتُ وَھُوَ حَیٌّ لَّا یَمُوْتُ بِیَدِہِ الْخَیْرُ وَھُوَ عَلٰی کُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدِیْرٌ وَاِلَیْہِ الْمَصِیْرُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّۃَ اِلَّا بِااللّٰهِ الْعَلِیِّ الْعَظِیْمِ اَللّٰھُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِیِّ الْاُمِیِّ وَاٰ لِہِ
Translation:
There is no creature or entity worthy of worship except for Allah, the One who has no partners. Sovereignty belongs to Him ,All Praise is for Him (alone), He gives life, puts to death ,he is the Everliving and will never die . In His hands is all goodness and He has power over all things and to Him return all things and there is no strength or power except with Allah, the High, the Grand. O’ Allah! Send your blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad the Prophet, the Ummi.”
Explanation / Details::
It is also recommended to pass one’s hand over the face while uttering the last statement.
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is reported to have said that if one offers this prayer and says this supplicatory prayer, Almighty Allah will respond to his needs and award him the reward of sixth times of Hajj and ‘Umrah (ritual pilgrimage).
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is also reported as saying that Almighty Allah will forgive all the sins of those who offer a ten unit prayer, at one night in Rajab, reciting in each unit Surah al-Faatehah once and repeating Surah al-Tawheed three times.
Allamah al-Majlisi has mentioned In Zad al-Ma’ad, that Imam AliAmeer al-Momineen(a.s.) reported the following from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.): If one repeats the following Quranic chapters, litanies, and supplicatory prayers three times each day and each night in the months of Rajab, Sha’ban, and Ramadan,
(1) Surah al-Faatehah, (2) Ayah al-Kursi, (3) Surah al-Kafirun, (4) Surah al-Tawheed, (5) Surah al-Falaq, (6) Surah al-Nas, (7) the following litany:
سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ وَلَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّااللّٰهُ وَاللّٰهُ اَکْبَرُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّۃَ اِلّاَ بِاللّٰهِ الْعَلِیِّ الْعَظِیْمِ
3 Times
اَللّٰھُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَللّٰھُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
4 Hundred Times
اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّٰهَ وَاَتُوْبُ اِلَیْہِ
Translation:
All glory be to Allah, all praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, Allah is the Greatest, and there is no might and no strength but with Allah, the All-high the All great.
3 Times
Allah! Send blessings on Your prophet Mohammad (saww) and his progeny Allah please forgive the believing men & women
4 Hundred Times
I implore the forgiveness of Allah and I repent to Him.
Explanation / Details::
So he will have all his sins forgiven even if they are as many as and as much as raindrops, tree leaves, sea foam... etc: