Night of wishes 1st Friday of Rajab - Tonight

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    Pray salat al-ragha'ib. from Ghawth A'zim on the Night of wishes 1st Friday of Rajab


    Night of wishes 1st Friday of Rajab - Tonight

    The First Friday of Rajab

    As for the night of the first Friday of the month of Rajab or its first night, both known as the "Night of wishes" (laylat al-ragha'ib) during which is performed the salat al-ragha'ib.

    How To Perform The Prayer of 1st Friday of Rajab

    ........" It is most important, however, that none of you should neglect the First Friday in Rajab, for it is the night that the angels call the Night of [the Granting of] Wishes [Lailat ar-Ragha'ib]. This is because, by the time the first third of the night has elapsed, there will not be a single angel still at large in the heavens, nor in any region of the earth bar one. They will all be gathered together in the Ka'ba and the area immediately surrounding it. Allah (Exalted is He) will condescend to notice that they have assembled there, and He will say: "My angels, ask Me for whatever you wish!" Their response to this will be: "Our Lord, the request we wish to make is that You grant forgiveness to those who faithfully keep the

    fast in Rajab," whereupon Allah (Exalted is He) will tell them: "That I have already done!" Then Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: " No one will go unrewarded if he fasts during the daytime on Thursday, the first Thursday in Rajab.

    In the evening between Maghrib and `Isha, perform 12 units (Rak'at) of prayer, in two's (i.e. two at a

    time). In each unit recite: Once Sura-al-Fateha; three times Sura-al-Qadr; and 12 times Sura-al-Tawhid (Qul huwallahu).

    After the 12 units (rakats) are over, recite 70 times:
    Salawat (while sitting) : "Allahumma Salli `Ala Muhammad, Annabiyyil Ummiyyi, Wa `Ala Aalihi"

    Tasbih (in Sajdah): "Subbuhun Quddusun, Rabbul Mala`ikati Warruh" All-Glorious, All-Holy,n Lord of the Angels and of the Spirit!

    Istighfar (while sitting): "Rabbigh-Fir, War-ham, Watajawaz `Amma Ta'alamu, Innaka antal `aliyyul A`azim"

    My Lord, forgive and have mercy m pardon that which You well know, for You are the Mighty, the Supreme

    Tasbih (again in Sajdah): "Subbuhun Quddusun, Rabbul Mala'ikati Warruh" All-Glorious, All-Holy,n Lord of the Angels and of the Spirit!

    Then seek your needs, they will be granted, Inshallah.

    Reward for praying 12 rakah on first night

    Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) also said: " By Him in whose Hand is my soul [wa 'lladhi nafsi bi-yadih], I assure you that no servant [of His], whether manservant ['abd] or maidservant [ama], will ever perform this particular salat-prayer without Allah forgiving all the sins of which that individual has ever been guilty, even if they are like the flecks of foam upon the ocean, as numerous as all the grains of sand, as heavy as the mountains, and as many as the drops of rain and the leaves on all the trees. On the Day of Resurrection [Yawm al-Qiyama], he will be allowed to intercede on behalf of seven hundred members of his family."

    Excerpts from Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq Vol.3 by Master of Sufis Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani

    for more duas and more detail
    http://www.deenislam.co.uk/dua/rajab.htm
     

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