Treasure House of Prayers — Page 68
PRAYERS 68 detrimental for my faith, my worldly affairs and is eventually harmful, then remove it from me and cause me to move away from it. Enable me to attain good wherever it may be and then make me satisfied and contented with it. S al a tut-Tasb ih As per a single and unauthentic narration of Hadrat Ab u R a fi‘ ra , the Holy Prophet sa taught his uncle, Hadrat ‘Abb a s ra , the manner in which this nafal prayer should be offered. He explained its blessings and said, "O uncle, shall I give you something, with which all your sins will be forgiven. All sins, former and the later, old and new, sins of omission or commission, trivial or large, hidden or manifest” On enquiry from Hadrat ‘Abb a s ra , as to who has the capability to offer this prayer daily? The Holy Prophet sa replied that this prayer can be offered according to one’s capability, daily, weekly, monthly, annually or once in a life time. The manner in which this four rak‘ a t nafal s al a t is offered is as follows: ْ َْ ﺳُﺒ ْ ﺤَﺎنَ اﷲِ وَاحل ْ ﻤ َ ﺪُ ﻟِﻠªِّٰ وَﻻَ اِﻟªَٰ اِﻻ َّ اﻟﻠªُّٰ وَاﻟﻠªُّٰ اَک رب. 106 In each rak‘ a t after reciting S u rah Al-F a ti h ah and another S u rah the above should be repeated fifteen times. The above prayer should then be repeated ten times after praising and glorifying God in each ruk u ‘, qa‘dah , sajdah , between the sajdahs and while sitting after the sajdah in each rak‘ah. In this way in every rak‘ah it is repeated seventy-five times, which equals three hundred times in four rak‘ a t. Various Prayers for Everyday Life For blessings every important task should be started with Bismill a hir-Ra h m a nir-Ra hi m (In the name of All a h