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'''Thankfulness Prayer''' or '''Al-Shukr Prayer''' (Arabic: {{ia|صَلاةُ الشُّکْر}}) is a [[recommended prayer]] performed to thank and express gratitude to [[God]]. Thankfulness Prayer does not have a special form, time or conditions and is performed as a normal "two-[[rak'a]] prayer". Like other recommended prayers, it can be performed while sitting, standing, walking, inside a vehicle, etc. But, it is better to be performed while standing. | '''Thankfulness Prayer''' or '''Al-Shukr Prayer''' (Arabic: {{ia|صَلاةُ الشُّکْر}}) is a [[recommended prayer]] performed to thank and express gratitude to [[God]]. Thankfulness Prayer does not have a special form, time or conditions and is performed as a normal "two-[[rak'a]] prayer". Like other recommended prayers, it can be performed while sitting, standing, walking, inside a vehicle, etc. But, it is better to be performed while standing.<ref>Yazdī, ''al-ʿUrwa al-wuthqā'', vol. 2, p. 11.</ref> | ||
However, a Thankfulness Prayer is narrated from [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] with a special instruction as below: | However, a Thankfulness Prayer is narrated from [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] with a special instruction as below: | ||
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centered pull quote|"When you are bestowed a divine [[blessing]], perform two rak'as of prayer. In the first rak'a, recite [[Qur'an 1]] (Sura al-Fatiha) and then [[Qur'an 112]] (Sura al-Ikhlas) and in the second rak'a, recite Qur'an 1 first and then recite [[Qur'an 109]] (Sura al-Kafirun). In [[ruku']] and [[sajda]] of the first rak'a say:{{-}} "Al-ḥamd-u li-Allah shukr-an shukr-an wa ḥamd-an" (Arabic: {{ia| اَلْحَمْدُ لِلهِ شُکْراً شُکْراً وَ حَمْداً}}) (All praise, thankfulness and gratitude belong to Allah);{{-}} and, in ruku' and sajda of the second rak'a, say:{{-}} "Al-ḥamd-u li-Allah al-ladhi-stajab-a du'a-'i wa a'ṭani mas'alati" (All praise belongs to God who fulfilled my [[du'a]] and met my request).{{-}} (Arabic: {{ia|اَلْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِی اسْتَجَابَ دُعَائِی وَ أَعْطَانِی مَسْأَلَتِی}}) | centered pull quote|"When you are bestowed a divine [[blessing]], perform two rak'as of prayer. In the first rak'a, recite [[Qur'an 1]] (Sura al-Fatiha) and then [[Qur'an 112]] (Sura al-Ikhlas) and in the second rak'a, recite Qur'an 1 first and then recite [[Qur'an 109]] (Sura al-Kafirun). In [[ruku']] and [[sajda]] of the first rak'a say:{{-}} "Al-ḥamd-u li-Allah shukr-an shukr-an wa ḥamd-an" (Arabic: {{ia| اَلْحَمْدُ لِلهِ شُکْراً شُکْراً وَ حَمْداً}}) (All praise, thankfulness and gratitude belong to Allah);{{-}} and, in ruku' and sajda of the second rak'a, say:{{-}} "Al-ḥamd-u li-Allah al-ladhi-stajab-a du'a-'i wa a'ṭani mas'alati" (All praise belongs to God who fulfilled my [[du'a]] and met my request).{{-}} (Arabic: {{ia|اَلْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِی اسْتَجَابَ دُعَائِی وَ أَعْطَانِی مَسْأَلَتِی}}) | ||
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In some sources, it is instructed to recite the du'a of "al-ḥamd-u li-Allah shukr-an shukr-an li-Allah wa ḥamd-an" (Arabic: {{ia|اَلحَمدُ لِلهِ شُکراً شُکراً لله وَ حَمداً}}) (All praise belongs to [[Allah]], gratitude and praise belong to Allah) in ruku' and sajda of both rak'as and to recite the du'a of "al-ḥamdu li-Allah al-ladhi qaḍa ḥajati wa a'ṭani mas'alati"{{-}} (Arabic: {{ia|اَلحمدُ للهِ الَّذی قَضا حَاجَتی وَ أعطانی مَسأَلَتی}}) (All praise belongs to the Allah Who fulfilled my need and met my request.) after the end of the [[prayer]]. | In some sources, it is instructed to recite the du'a of "al-ḥamd-u li-Allah shukr-an shukr-an li-Allah wa ḥamd-an" (Arabic: {{ia|اَلحَمدُ لِلهِ شُکراً شُکراً لله وَ حَمداً}}) (All praise belongs to [[Allah]], gratitude and praise belong to Allah) in ruku' and sajda of both rak'as and to recite the du'a of "al-ḥamdu li-Allah al-ladhi qaḍa ḥajati wa a'ṭani mas'alati"{{-}} (Arabic: {{ia|اَلحمدُ للهِ الَّذی قَضا حَاجَتی وَ أعطانی مَسأَلَتی}}) (All praise belongs to the Allah Who fulfilled my need and met my request.) after the end of the [[prayer]].<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 3, p. 481; Ṭūsī, ''Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid'', vol. 2, p. 532.</ref> | ||
Also, it is [[recommended]] to recite du'a of [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] which is mentioned in ''[[Sahifat al-Sajjadiyya]]'' after the Thankfulness Prayer. | Also, it is [[recommended]] to recite du'a of [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] which is mentioned in ''[[al-Sahifat al-Sajjadiyya]]'' after the Thankfulness Prayer.<ref>''Al-Sahifat al-Sajjadiyya'', p. 162.</ref> | ||
In addition to this prayer mentioned in [[Shi'a]] sources, [[Sunni]]s too have transmitted a prayer from the [[Prophet (s)]], reporting that after the [[conquest of Mecca]] due to thank God for the victory, the Prophet (s) performed four "two-rak'a prayers" as a Thankfulness Prayer. Thus, some of the [[companions]] followed him (a) and performed this prayer after their victories.<ref>Ibn Kathīr, ''al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya'', vol. 1, p. 324.</ref> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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*''Al-Sahifat al-Sajjadiyya''. Qom: Daftar Nashr al-Hādī, 1376 Sh. | |||
*Ibn Kathīr, Ismāʿīl b. ʿUmar. ''Al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya''. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1407 AH. | |||
*Kulaynī, Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-. ''Al-Kāfī''. Edited by ʿAlī Akbar Ghaffārī & Muḥammad Ākhūndī. Fourth edition. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmīyya, 1407 AH. | |||
*Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. ''Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid wa salāḥ al-mutaʿabbid''. Beirut: Muʾassisat Fiqh al-Shīʿa, 1411 AH. | |||
*Yazdī, Sayyid Muḥammad Kāẓim al-. ''Al-ʿUrwa al-wuthqā''. Qom: Muʾassisat al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1419 AH. | |||
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