Prayer of Sunday in Dhu l-Qa'da: Difference between revisions

Prayer of Sunday in Dhu al-Qi’da is four rak’as of prayer recommended to be performed on one of the Sundays of Dhu al-Qi’da. Many merits are mentioned in hadiths for it, including forgiveness of sins and dying while having faith.

For performing this prayer, a person should perform ghusl on one of the Sundays of Dhu al-Qi’da and performs wudu (or performs wudu before ghusl) and then performs two two-rak’a prayers, each like a fajr prayer with the intention of the prayer of Sunday in Dhu al-Qi’da. He should recite sura al-Fatiha once, sura al-Tawhid three times, sura al-Nas once and then sura al-Falaq once in each rak’a. After the four rak’as, he should repent (saying a dhikr like Astaghfirullah-a wa atub-u ilayh) seventy times, and says the dhikr La hawl-a wa la quwwat-a illa billah once and then recites the following supplication, “Ya ‘Aziz-u ya Ghaffar-u-ghfir-li dhunubi wa dhunub-a jami’ al-mu’minin wa-l-mu’minat-I fa innah-u la yaghfir-u-dhunub-a illa ant.”

Many rewards are mentioned for this prayer including a hadith from the noble Prophet (a), “whoever performs this prayer, his repentance will be accepted, his sins will be forgiven, his enemies on the Day of Judgment will be satisfied, he will die having faith, his religion and faith will not be taken away from him, his grave will become wide and illuminated, his parents will be pleased with him, God's forgiveness will include his parents and his descendants, his daily sustenance will increase, the angel of death will be easy on him upon dying, he will pass away easily, etc.”

The time for performing this prayer is a Sunday in Dhu al-Qi’da at any hour of the day. According to the last phrase of the supplication, if it is performed on a Sunday in other months, it will have the same rewards.

In Iqbal al-a’mal, section of the recommended actions in the month of Dhu al-Qi’da, Sayyid b. Tawus transmitted a hadith which is the hadith source of this prayer from Anas b. Malik from the Prophet (a).

This hadith is mursal and weak regarding the chain of transmission, but based on the rule of tasamuh in the arguments of traditions, performing this prayer is valid and a person who performs it will achieve the mentioned merits by the will of God.