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Salman's Prayer (Arabic: صلاة سلمان الفارسي) is a thirty-rak'a recommended prayer that the Prophet (s) taught to Salman al-Farsi to perform in the month of Rajab. Ten rak'as of this prayer are performed on the first of the month of Rajab, ten rak'as in the middle of the month, and ten rak'as at the end of the month of Rajab. Forgiveness of sins, fulfilment of desires, deliverance from the fire of Hell, and entry into Paradise are stated among the virtues and effects of this prayer.

This prayer has been cited in sources such as Misbah al-mutahajjid by al-Shaykh al-Tusi, al-Mazar al-kabir by Ibn al-Mashhadi, and Iqbal al-a'mal authored by al-Sayyid b. Tawus.

Status and Virtues

Salman's Prayer is a recommended prayer that the Prophet (s) taught to Salman to perform in the month of Rajab.[1]

In a hadith, Salman al-Farsi has narrated from the Prophet of Islam (s) regarding the virtue and reward of this prayer that if any believer performs this thirty-rak'a prayer in the month of Rajab, all their minor sins and major sins will be forgiven; the reward of someone who has fasted the entire month of Rajab will be granted to them; they will be counted among the performers of prayer until the following year; the deed of one of the martyrs of the Battle of Badr will be recorded for them every day; for every day they fast, the worship of one year will be recorded for them; they will be elevated a thousand degrees; if they fast the entire month, God will save them from the fire of Hell and make Paradise obligatory for them.[2]

The hadith continues that after the prayer, the performer of the prayer should ask for their request, and their supplication will be answered, and God will place seven trenches between them and Hell, each as vast as the distance between heaven and the earth. Also, every rak'a of this prayer will be counted as a million rak'as, and they will be granted immunity from the fire of Hell and the permission to cross the Bridge of Sirat.[3]

It has been narrated that this prayer is a sign of distinction between believers and hypocrites, and hypocrites do not perform this prayer.[4]

Al-Shaykh al-Tusi in Misbah al-mutahajjid,[5] Ibn al-Mashhadi in al-Mazar al-kabir,[6] al-Sayyid b. Tawus in Iqbal al-a'mal,[7] Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi in Zad al-ma'ad,[8] and Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi in Mafatih al-jinan[9] have mentioned this prayer under the practices of the month of Rajab.

Method of Performing the Prayer

Salman's Prayer consists of thirty rak'as, which are performed on three days: the first of Rajab, the middle of Rajab, and the end of Rajab, with ten rak'as being performed each day.

  • Ten rak'as on the first of Rajab: On the first day of the month of Rajab, ten rak'as of prayer are performed. In each rak'a, Sura al-Fatiha is recited once, and Sura al-Tawhid is recited three times, and Sura al-Kafirun is recited three times. After the salam, the performer of the prayer raises their hands and says: "There is no god but Allah, the One; He has no partner. To Him belongs the kingdom and to Him is all praise. He gives life and causes death, and He is living and does not die. In His hand is all good, and He has power over all things. O God, there is no preventer for what You give, and no giver for what You prevent, and the wealth of the wealthy does not benefit them against You." After the supplication, they wipe their face with their hands.[10]
  • Ten rak'as in the middle of Rajab: Similar to the first day, they perform ten rak'as in the middle of the month of Rajab, and after the salam, by raising their hands, they recite this supplication: "There is no god but Allah, the One, He has no partner. To Him belongs the kingdom and to Him is all praise. He gives life and causes death, and He is living and does not die. In His hand is all good, and He has power over all things. One God, Single, Unique, Independent; He has taken neither a wife nor a child." After the supplication, they wipe their face with their hands.[11]
  • Ten rak'as at the end of Rajab: In the last ten rak'as of Rajab, similar to the previous twenty rak'as, they recite al-Fatiha once and al-Tawhid and al-Kafirun three times. After the salam, they raise their hands and supplicate: "There is no god but Allah, the One, He has no partner. To Him belongs the kingdom and to Him is all praise. He gives life and causes death, and He is living and does not die. In His hand is all good, and He has power over all things. And may Allah bless Muhammad and his pure progeny, and there is no power or strength except in Allah, the High, the Great." After the supplication, they wipe their face with their hands and ask God for their request.[12]

Another Prayer

Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi in Mafatih al-jinan has also mentioned another prayer for Salman on the first day of the month of Rajab, which consists of ten rak'as, and in each rak'a, al-Fatiha is recited once and al-Tawhid is recited three times.[13] Among the virtues of this prayer, forgiveness of sins, protection from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the Day of Resurrection, and the eradication of the diseases of leprosy, vitiligo, and pleurisy have been mentioned.[14]

Notes

  1. ↑ Muʾassisa-yi Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Fiqh-i Islāmī, Farhang-i fiqh, vol. 9, p. 126.
  2. ↑ Ṭūsī, Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid, pp. 817-819.
  3. ↑ Ṭūsī, Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid, p. 819.
  4. ↑ Ṭūsī, Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid, p. 818.
  5. ↑ Ṭūsī, Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid, vol. 2, pp. 817-819.
  6. ↑ Ibn al-Mashhadī, al-Mazār al-kabīr, pp. 201-203.
  7. ↑ Ibn Ṭāwūs, Iqbāl al-aʿmāl, vol. 2, p. 637.
  8. ↑ Majlisī, Zād al-maʿād, pp. 22-23.
  9. ↑ Qummī, Mafātīḥ al-jinān, aʿmāl-i rūz-i awwal-i māh-i Rajab, p. 142.
  10. ↑ Ṭūsī, Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid, p. 818; Ibn al-Mashhadī, al-Mazār al-kabīr, pp. 201-202; Ibn Ṭāwūs, Iqbāl al-aʿmāl, vol. 2, p. 637.
  11. ↑ Ṭūsī, Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid, pp. 818-819; Ibn al-Mashhadī, al-Mazār al-kabīr, p. 202; Ibn Ṭāwūs, Iqbāl al-aʿmāl, vol. 2, p. 637.
  12. ↑ Ṭūsī, Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid, p. 819; Ibn al-Mashhadī, al-Mazār al-kabīr, pp. 202-203.
  13. ↑ Qummī, Mafātīḥ al-jinān, aʿmāl-i rūz-i awwal-i māh-i Rajab, p. 142.
  14. ↑ Qummī, Mafātīḥ al-jinān, aʿmāl-i rūz-i awwal-i māh-i Rajab, p. 142.

References

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  • Ibn Ṭāwūs, ʿAlī b. Mūsā. Iqbāl al-aʿmāl. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, 1409 AH.
  • Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Zād al-maʿād. Edited by ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Aʿlamī, Beirut: Muʾassasat al-Aʿlamī li-l-Maṭbūʿāt, 1423 AH.
  • Muʾassisa-yi Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Fiqh-i Islāmī. Farhang-i fiqh muṭābiq-i madhhab-i Ahl al-Bayt (a). Qom: Muʾassisa-yi Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Fiqh-i Islāmī bar madhhab-i Ahl al-Bayt (a), 1382 SH.
  • Qummī, Shaykh ʿAbbās. Mafātīḥ al-jinān. Qom: Nashr-i Uswa, n.d.
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