Ramadan 16

16th Ramadan in the Islamic lunar calendar is the 252nd day of the year.

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Other CalendarsLunar Hijri Calendar

• 14 AH - Beginning of the Battle of Qadisiyya (November 3, 635)
• 37 AH/38 AH - Arrival of Muhammad b. Abi Bakr, the son of the first caliph and the governor of Imam Ali (a), in Egypt. (February 15, 659)
• 1383 AH - Demise of Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar, a Shia jurist, and the founder of the Faculty of Jurisprudence in Najaf. (January 31, 1964)
• 1414 AH - Demise of Sayyid Mahmud Mujtahid Sistani jurist and professor at the seminary, and the younger brother of Sayyid Ali Sistani. (February 27, 1994)

For this day, in addition to the common acts of worship observed on all days of Ramadan, some specific supplications and deeds have also been narrated. Sayyid b. Tawus has narrated more prayers for this day in his book Iqbal al-A'mal.

	Special Acts and Prayers for the Sixteenth of Ramadan
Prayer	Perform twelve rak'as of prayer (six prayers of two rak'as each), reciting Sura al-Fatiha once and Sura al-Takathur twelve times in each rak'a.".
Supplication of the Day	O Allah, on this day, grant me compatibility with the good, keep me away from patching up with the evil, lead me in it, by Your mercy, to the permanent abode, by Your Godship, O the God of the worlds. Arabic: اللَّهُمَّ وَفِّقْنِی فِیهِ لِمُوَافَقَةِ الْاَبْرَارِ وَ جَنِّبْنِی فِیهِ مُرَافَقَةَ الْاَشْرَارِ وَ آوِنِی فِیهِ بِرَحْمَتِکَ اِلَی [فِی] دَارِ الْقَرَارِ بِاِلَهِیَّتِکَ یَا اِلَهَ الْعَالَمِینَ