Recommended Prayers in the Month of Ramadan: Difference between revisions

'''Recommended prayers in the Ramadan month''' are specific prayers that are recommended to be said in the [[Ramadan]] month. Some of these prayers should be said every night in Ramadan and some are specific to certain days or nights thereof. There are specific prayers recommended for the nights of Ramadan known as [[Laylat al-Qadr]].

According to ''[[Mafatih al-jinan]]'', it is recommended ([[mustahabb]]) to say two [[rak'a]]s of prayers every night of the Ramadan month. In each rak'a of this prayer, [[Sura al-Hamd]] should be recited once and then [[Sura al-Tawhid]] should be recited three times. When the prayer ends, the following should be recited:  

The person should then recites [[al-Tasbihat al-Arba'a]] 7 times, {{Arabic|سبحان الله و الحمدلله و لا اله الا الله و الله اکبر}}

According to ''Mafatih al-jinan'', the following are the specific prayers of each night of the Ramadan month:

| Ninth || 6 rak'as between salat [[salat al-maghrib|al-maghrib]] and [[salat al-'isha'|al-'isha']], in each of which sura al-Hamd is recited once and then [[ayat al-kursi]] is recited 7 times. When the prayer ends, salawat should be recited 50 times.

In the first and second decades of the Ramadan month, 20 rak'as of prayers should be said (10 prayers each of which has two rak'as): 8 rak'as after the salat al-maghrib, 12 rak'as after the salat al-'isha', and in the third decade of the Ramadan month, 30 rak'as should be said every night: 8 rak'as after salat al-maghrib, and 22 rak'as after salat al-'isha'. In addition to these, 300 rak'as are recommended to be said in the nights of [[Laylat al-Qadr]].

* Two rak'as of prayer in each of which sura al-Hamd is recited once and then sura al-Tawhid is recited 7 times. When the prayer ends, [[istighfar]] "Astaghrif Allah wa atub ilayh" ({{inlineArabic|أستغفرُ اللّهَ وَ أتوبُ إليه}}); should be recited 70 times.