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AAMAL OF ZOHR PRAYERS ON FRIDAY
Twenty-First: Among the recommended acts on Fridays is that one may say the following supplicatory prayer at midday (zohr) as is narrated by Muhammad ibn Muslim on the authority of Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq, peace be upon him. Yet, the following form of the supplication has been quoted from Shaykh al-Tusi’s famous book entitled Misbah al-Mutahajjid:
لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللهُ
There is no god save Allah.
وَ اللهُ اَكْبَرُ
Allah is the Most Great.
وَ سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ
Glory be to Allah.
وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِيْ لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا
All praise be to Allah Who has not taken to Himself a son
وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيْكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ
nor has He had any partner in sovereignty
وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ
nor does He need any to protect Him from humiliation,
وَ كَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيْرًا
and magnify Him for His greatness and glory.
You may then say the following:
يَا سَابِغَ النِّعَمِ
O Conferrer of boon amply!
يَا دَافِعَ النِّقَمِ
O Repeller of troubles!
يَا بَارِئَ النَّسَمِ
O Maker of souls!
يَا عَلِيَّ الْهِمَمِ
O Sublime in determinations!
يَا مُغْشِيَ الظُّلَمِ
O Coverer[of daylight] with darkness!
يَا ذَا الْجُوْدِ وَ الْكَرَمِ
O Lord of magnanimity and nobility!
يَا كَاشِفَ الضُّرِّ وَ الْاَلَمِ
O Remover of harm and pains!
يَا مُوْنِسَ الْمُسْتَوْحِشِيْنَ فِي الظُّلَمِ
O Entertainer of those lonely in darkness!
يَا عَالِمًا لَا يُعَلَّمُ
O All-knowing Who never needs teaching!
صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
(Please) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
وَ افْعَلْ بِيْ مَا اَنْتَ اَهْلُهُ
and do to me all that which befits You.
يَا مَنِ اسْمُهُ دَوَاۤءٌ
O He Whose Name is remedy,
وَ ذِكْرُهُ شِفَاۤءٌ
the remembrance of Whom is cure,
وَ طَاعَتُهُ غَنَاۤءٌ [غِنًى]
and the obedience to Whom is sufficiency,
اِرْحَمْ مَنْ رَأْسُ مَالِهِ الرَّجَاۤءُ
(please) have mercy upon him whose wealth is only hope [for You]
وَ سِلَاحُهُ الْبُكَاۤءُ
and whose weapon is only weeping.
سُبْحَانَكَ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ
Glory be to You. There is no god save You.
يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ
O All-tender, O All-Bestower,
يَا بَدِيْعَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ
O Fashioner of the heavens and the earth,
يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْاِكْرَامِ۔
O Lord of majesty and honor.
Twenty-Second: It is recommended to recite Surah al-Jumu’ah (No. 62) and Surah al-Munafiqun (No. 63) in the Zohr (noon) Prayer on Fridays and to recite Surah al-Jumu’ah and Surah al-Tawheed in the Asr (afternoon) Prayer.
Shaykh al-Saduq has narrated that Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq(a.s.) said: It is obligatory upon all believers who claim being adherents (Shi’ah) to us (i.e. to the Ahl al-Bayt) to recite Surah al-Jumu’ah and Surah al-A’la (No. 78) in the obligatory prayers at Friday nights and to recite Surah al-Jumu’ah and Surah al-Munafiqun in the Zohr Prayer on Fridays. One who does so will be regarded as following the example of the Holy Messenger, peace be upon him and his Household, and Almighty Allah will award him Paradise.
Shaykh al-Kulayni has narrated in a semi-authentic narration that al-Halabi asked Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq(a.s.) whether one should recite the Zohr Prayer audibly on Fridays (in case one cannot attend the congregational Friday Prayer). The Imam (a.s.) answered on the affirmative and confirmed that one should recite Surah al-Jumu’ah and al-Munafiqun in the Zohr Prayer on Fridays.
Twenty-Third: With reference to the post-prayer litanies in general and the supplications to be said after the Friday Zohr Prayer, Shaykh al-Tusi has quoted Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq(a.s.) as saying: Whoever recites on Friday after the concluding part of the Zohr Prayer the following parts of the Holy Qur’an, will be under the divine protection all over the week:
(1) Surah al-Faatehah seven times, (2) Surah al-Nas seven times, (3) Surah al-Falaq seven times, (4) Surah al-Tawheed seven times, (5) Surah al-Kafirun seven times, (6) the last two verses of Surah al-Tawbah (No. 9), (7) the final verses of Surah al-Hashr, and (8) the final verses of SurahAl-’Imran.
Twenty-Fourth: Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq(a.s.) is also reported to have said: If one says the following supplicatory prayer after the Fajr Prayer or the Zohr Prayer, no sin will be recorded against him for a whole year:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْ صَلَاتَكَ
O Allah, (please do) let Your blessings
وَ صَلَاةَ مَلَاۤئِكَتِكَ وَ رُسُلِكَ
and the blessings of Your angels and Messengers
عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
be on Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.
Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq(a.s.) is also reported to have said: If one says the following supplicatory prayer after the Fajr Prayer or the Zohr Prayer (on Fridays), he will not die before he catches the age of Imam al-Mahdi, peace be upon him:
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُمْ۔
O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and hasten their Relief.
The earlier supplication also brings about security from misfortunes up to the next Friday if it is repeated three times after the Friday Zohr Prayer.
It has been also narrated that one who invokes Almighty Allah’s blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household, peace be upon them, between the two obligatory Zohr and Asr prayers will have the reward of offering a seventy-unit prayer.
Twenty-Fifth: It is recommended to say the following two supplications of al-Sahifah al-Sajjadiyyah al-Kamilah:
«يَا مَنْ يَرْحَمُ مَنْ لَا تَرْحَمَهُ الْعِبَادُ»
O He Who has mercy upon him toward whom the servants show no mercy...
The earlier supplication also brings about security from misfortunes up to the next Friday if it is repeated three times after the Friday Zohr Prayer.
«اَللّٰهُمَّ هٰذَا يَوْمٌ مُبَارَكٌ»
O Allah, this is a blessed and fortunate day...
Then, supplicate as seems proper to you and invoke blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household one thousand times. Thus was Imam Zayn al-’Abidin(a.s.) used to doing.
Twenty-Sixth: In his book of Misbah al-Mutahajjid, Shaykh al-Tusi says that the Holy Imams, peace be upon them, are reported to have said: When one offers, after the obligatory Zohr Prayer on Fridays, a two-unit prayer reciting in each unit Surah al-Faatehah once and repeating Surah al-Tawheed seven times and after accomplishment says the following supplicatory prayer, one will be saved against all misfortunes and seditious matters up to the next Friday, and will be joined with Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his Household, and Prophet Abraham, peace be upon him:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِيْ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ
O Allah, include me with the inhabitants of Paradise
الَّتِيْ حَشْوُهَا الْبَرَكَةُ
whose stuffing is blessing
وَ عُمَّارُهَا الْمَلَاۤئِكَةُ
and whose constructors are the angels
مَعَ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ
with our Prophet Muhammad,
صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهِ
peace of Allah be upon him and his Household,
وَ اَبِيْنَا اِبْرَاهِيْمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ۔
and our father Abraham, peace be upon him.
Commenting on this supplication, Shaykh al-Tusi instructs that one who is not from the Holy Prophet’s offspring should say, “his father (abihi)” instead of “our father (abina).”