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Eighth: It is recommended, thereafter, to offer the ‘Id Prayer (Salat al-’Id), which consists of two units. In the first unit, recite Surah al-Faatehah and Surah al-A’la (No. 87). After the recitation of these Surahs, say the Takbir statement (i.e. Allahu-akbar) five times and raise your hands for Qunut after each Takbir, saying:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اَهْلَ الْكِبْرِيَاۤءِ وَ الْعَظَمَةِ
O Allah, You are the Lord of glory and greatness,
وَ اَهْلَ الْجُوْدِ وَ الْجَبَرُوْتِ
the Lord of magnanimity and omnipotence,
وَ اَهْلَ الْعَفْوِ وَ الرَّحْمَةِ
the Lord of pardon and mercy,
وَ اَهْلَ التَّقْوٰى وَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ
and the worthiest of being feared and the worthiest of forgiving;
اَسْاَلُكَ بِحَقِّ هٰذَا الْيَوْمِ
I beseech You in the name of this day,
الَّذِيْ جَعَلْتَهُ لِلْمُسْلِمِيْنَ عِيْدًا
which You have decided to be feast for Muslims
وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهِ ذُخْرًا وَ شَرَفًا وَ كَرَامَةً وَ مَزِيْدًا
and to be safety and increasing honor for Muhammad—peace of Allah be upon him and his Household—
اَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
(I beseech You) to send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
وَ اَنْ تُدْخِلَنِيْ فِيْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ
include me withevery item of goodness
اَدْخَلْتَ فِيْهِ مُحَمَّدًا وَ اٰلَ مُحَمَّدٍ
with which You have included Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
وَ اَنْ تُخْرِجَنِيْ مِنْ كُلِّ سُوْۤءٍ
and save me from any item of evil
اَخْرَجْتَ مِنْهُ مُحَمَّدًا وَ اٰلَ مُحَمَّدٍ
from which You have saved Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ
may Your blessings be upon him and upon them.
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْۤ اَسْاَلُكَ خَيْرَ مَا سَاَلَكَ مِنْهُ عِبَادُكَ الصَّالِحُوْنَ
O Allah, I pray You for the best of all that for which Your righteous servants have prayed You,
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِكَ فِيْهِ مِمَّا اسْتَعَاذَ مِنْهُ عِبَادُكَ الصَّالِحُوْنَ (الْمُخْلِصُوْنَ)
and seek Your protection against all that against which Your righteous servants have asked Your protection.
You may then say the Takbir statement for the sixth time, do the genuflection (ruku'), and prostrate yourself (sujud). When you stand up for the second unit, recite Surah al-Faatehah and Surah al-Shams (No. 91) and then say the Takbir statement four times only raising the hands for Qunut after each statement. After that, say the fifth Takbir statement and continue the prayer. After accomplishment of the prayer, say the famous Tasbih al-Zahra’(a.s.).
Narrations have mentioned many supplicatory prayers to be said after the ‘Id Prayer; rather, the best of them may be the forty-sixth supplication of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah
It is also recommended to offer the ‘Id Prayer outdoors, directly on the ground without putting a carpet or any other thing under the feet, to return from a way other than the one taken in the coming, and to pray Almighty Allah for accepting the acts of one’s brethren-in-faith.
Ninth: It is recommended to visit the holy tomb of Imam al-Husayn (a.s.).
Tenth: It is recommended to say the famous supplicatory prayer known as Dua al-Nudbah, which will be cited later on in this book. Sayyid Ibn Tawus has instructed, saying: After saying Dua al-Nudbah, prostrate yourself and say the following:
اَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَارٍ حَرُّهَا لَا يُطْفٰى
I seek refuge with You from fire whose heat is never extinguished,
وَ جَدِيْدُهَا لَا يَبْلٰى
whose fresh flame never deteriorates,
وَ عَطْشَانُهَا لَا يَرْوٰى
and whose thirsty is never quenched.
You may then put your right cheek on the ground and say the following:
اِلٰهِيْ لَا تُقَلِّبْ وَجْهِيْ فِيْ النَّارِ
O my God, (please) do not turn my face in Hellfire
بَعْدَ سُجُوْدِيْ وَ تَعْفِيْرِيْ لَكَ
after I have prostrated myself and soiled my face before You;
بِغَيْرِ مَنٍّ مِنِّيْ عَلَيْكَ
it is not a show of favor from me to You,
بَلْ لَكَ الْمَنُّ عَلَيَّ
but it is You Who have this favor on me.
You may then put your left cheek on the ground and say the following:
اِرْحَمْ مَنْ اَسَاۤءَ وَ اقْتَرَفَ
Have mercy on one who has transgressed and committed blunders,
وَ اسْتَكَانَ وَ اعْتَرَفَ۔
but is now showing humility and confessing.
You may then return to the (ordinary) prostration and say the following:
اِنْ كُنْتُ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ
If I am the most miserable servant (of You),
فَاَنْتَ نِعْمَ الرَّبُّ
You are verily the best Lord.
عَظُمَ الذَّنْبُ مِنْ عَبْدِكَ
Grand is the sin of Your servant;
فَلْيَحْسُنِ الْعَفْوُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ يَا كَرِيْمُ
so, let pardon of You be nice. O All-noble.
You may then repeat the following word one hundred times:
اَلْعَفْوَ اَلْعَفْوَ
(I plead for) pardon. (I plead for) pardon.
Sayyid Ibn Tawus then adds, “Do not spend this day withentertainment and negligence while you do not know whether your deeds have been accepted or rejected. Rather, if you hope for acceptance of your deeds, you must show thanks; and if you anticipate rejection, you must be intensely sad.”
THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF SHAWWAL
According to some narrations, Imam Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq(a.s.) departed life on the twenty fifth of Shawwal, AH 148. However, other historians have decided that he departed life on the fifteenth of Rajab. The reason of his death was that he was offered poisoned grapes. It has been also narrated that at his last hours, he (a.s.) gathered all his relatives and said to them, “Our Intercession (shafa’ah) shall not be won by him who belittles his prayers and who does not care for them.”