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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.<ref>Yazdī, ''al-ʿUrwa al-wuthqā'', vol. 2, p. 11.</ref>
'''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}})
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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]].<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 3, p. 481; Ṭūsī, ''Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjid'', vol. 2, p. 532.</ref>
|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:
|اَلْحَمْدُ لِلهِ شُکْراً شُکْراً وَ حَمْداً
|All praise, thankfulness and gratitude belong to Allah
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|and, in ruku' and sajda of the second rak'a, say:
|اَلْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِی اسْتَجَابَ دُعَائِی وَ أَعْطَانِی مَسْأَلَتِی
|All praise belongs to God who fulfilled my [[du'a]] and met my request.
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|In some sources, it is instructed to recite the following du'a in ruku' and sajda of both rak'as
|اَلحَمدُ لِلهِ شُکراً شُکراً لله وَ حَمداً  
|All praise belongs to [[Allah]], gratitude and praise belong to Allah
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|and to recite this du'a after the end of the [[prayer]]:
|اَلحمدُ للهِ الَّذی قَضا حَاجَتی وَ أعطانی مَسأَلَتی
|All praise belongs to the Allah Who fulfilled my need and met my request.}}<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 ''[[al-Sahifat al-Sajjadiyya]]'' after the Thankfulness Prayer.<ref>''Al-Sahifat al-Sajjadiyya'', p. 162.</ref>
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>
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