English

When Friday dawns (i.e fajr), it is recommended to say the following:

اَصْبَحْتُ فِي ذِمَّةِ اللّٰهِ

I begin this morning seeking the protection of Allah,

وَ ذِمَّةِ مَلَاۤئِكَتِهِ

the protection of His angels,

وَ ذِمَمِ اَنْبِيَاۤئِهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ

the protections of His prophets and messengers, peace be upon them,

وَ ذِمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهِ

the protection of Muhammad, peace be upon him and his Household,

وَ ذِمَمِ الْاَوْصِيَاۤءِ مِنْ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ

and the protections of the Successors from Muhammad’s progeny, peace be upon them.

اٰمَنْتُ بِسِرِّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ وَ عَلَانِيَتِهِمْ

I believe in the secrets of Muhammad’s progeny, peace be upon them, and in their open affairs

وَ ظَاهِرِهِمْ وَ بَاطِنِهِمْ

and in their exoteric and their esoteric affairs.

وَ اَشْهَدُ اَنَّهُمْ فِي عِلْمِ اللّٰهِ وَ طَاعَتِهِ

I bear witness that they, as regarding their knowledge of Allah and their obedience to Him,

كَمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهِ۔

are just like Muhammad, peace be upon him and his Household.

It has been also narrated that one who says the following litany three times before the dawn (fajr) Prayer on Fridays will have all his sins forgiven even if they are as innumerable as swelling foams:

اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ الَّذِيْ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ

I pray the forgiveness of Allah save Whom there is no god;

الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّوْمُ

the Ever-living and Ever-subsisting,

وَ اَتُوْبُ اِلَيْهِ۔

and I turn in repentance to Him.