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AAMAL TO BE PERFORMED ONLY DURING NIGHT
The recommended rites that are dedicated to the nights of Ramadan are as follows:
First: It is recommended to postpone breaking one’s fast later than the Isha’ Prayer unless one is too weak to keep fasting or one is being waited by people to break the fasting altogether, in an invitation for example.
Second: It is recommended to begin breaking the fast with utterly legally gotten food, especially dates. This act doubles the reward of the prayer to four hundred folds. It is also advisable to break the fast with dates, ripe dates, candy, sugar-candy, and cool water.
Third: It is recommended to say the familiar supplicatory prayers of breaking the fast, such as the following:
اَللّٰهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْتُ،
O Allah, for the sake of You have I fasted,
وَعَلٰى رِزْقِكَ اَفْطَرْتُ،
with Your sustenance have I broken my fast,
وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ،
and in You have I trusted.
One who says this supplicatory prayer will be awarded, by Almighty Allah, the rewards of all those who observe fasting on that day.
Sayyid ibn Tawus and al-Kaf’ami have narrated the supplicatory prayer that begins with:
اَللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ النُّوْرِ الْعَظِيْمِ
O Allah, Lord of the Magnificent Light...
This supplicatory prayer also brings about a great merit.
It has been narrated that Imam Ali(a.s.) used to say the following supplicatory prayer when he would break his fasting:
بِسْمِ اللهِ
In the Name of Allah.
اَللّٰهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْنَا
O Allah, for You have we fasted
وَعَلٰى رِزْقِكَ اَفْطَرْنَا
and with Your sustenance have we broken our fasting;
فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا
so, (please) accept form us.
اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُ۔
You are surely the All-hearing, the All-knower.
Fourth: It is recommended to say the following imploration for forgiveness at the first bite of the food with which the fasting is broken:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ،
In the Name of Allah; the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
يَا وَاسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ اِغْفِرْ لِيْ۔
O Liberal in forgiving! (Please do) forgive me.
Forgiveness of Almighty Allah is the reward of those who say this imploration.
A Hadith reads: Almighty Allah releases from Hellfire one million persons at the last hour of every day in Ramadan; therefore, pray Him to include you with these released ones.
Fifth: It is recommended to recite Surah al-Qadr at breaking the fast.
Sixth: It is recommended to give alms at the time of breaking the fast and to offer food to the other fasters even if with a single date and a drink of water. Concerning this, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is reported to have said, “Verily, anyone who offers food for a faster in Ramadan will have the same reward that is decided for the faster without having any amount of his reward reduced and will have the same reward of acting good deeds according to the power of that food.”
‘Allamah al-Hilli, in al-Risalah al-Sa’diyyah, has narrated that Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq(a.s.) said, “As for any believer who feeds another believer with a single bite of food in Ramadan, Almighty Allah will decide for him the reward of manumitting thirty believing slaves and will decide to respond to his prayers.”
Seventh: Narrations have confirmed that it is advisable to recite Surah al-Qadr one thousand times a night.
Eighth: When possible, it is recommended to recite Surah al-Dukhan (No. 44) one hundred times a night.
Ninth: Sayyid ibn Tawus has mentioned that if one says the following supplicatory prayer each night in Ramadan, his sins of forty years will be forgiven:
اَللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ
O Allah, the Lord of the month of Ramadan
الَّذِيْ اَنْزَلْتَ فِيْهِ الْقُرْاٰنَ،
in which You have revealed the Qur'an
وَافْتَرَضْتَ عَلٰى عِبَادِكَ فِيْهِ الصِّيَامَ،
and made obligatory-fasting in this month upon Your servants!
صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ،
Please, send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
وَارْزُقْنِيْ حَجَّ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ
and provide me with the opportunity to go to Your ‘Sacred House’ for pilgrimage
فِيْ عَامِيْ هٰذَا وَفِيْ كُلِّ عَامٍ،
in this year and in all years.
وَاغْفِرْ لِيْ تِلْكَ الذُّنُوْبَ الْعِظَامَ،
Forgive my overbearing sins,
فَاِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُهَا غَيْرُكَ
for verily no one other than You can forgive them.
يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا عَلَّامُ۔
O All-beneficent! O All-knowing!
Tenth: It is recommended to say the previously mentioned supplicatory prayer known as Dua al-Hajj after the Maghrib Prayer.