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

'''Prayer of Sunday in Dhu al-Qi'da''' is four [[rak'a]]s of [[prayer]] [[recommended]] to be performed on one of the Sundays of [[Dhu al-Qi'da]]. Many merits are mentioned in [[hadith]]s 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 [[Qur'an 1]] once, [[Qur'an 112]] three times, [[Qur'an 114]] once and then [[Qur'an 113]] 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 [[reward]]s are mentioned for this prayer including a hadith from the noble [[Prophet (s)]], "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 [[reward]]s.

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 (s).

*The material for this article is mainly taken from {{ia|[[:fa:نماز یکشنبه ماه ذی القعده|نماز یکشنبه ماه ذی القعده]]}} in Farsi WikiShia.

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