Prayer of Sunday in Dhu l-Qa’da
Prayer of Sunday in Dhu l-Qa’da
For performing this prayer, a person should perform ghusl on one of the Sundays of Dhu l-Qa’da and perform wudu (or perform wudu before ghusl) and then perform two two-rak’a prayers, each simliar to a fajr prayer with the intention of the prayer of Sunday in Dhu l-Qa’da. One should recite Qur’an 1 (Sura al-Fatiha) once, Qur’an 112 (Sura al-Ikhlas) three times, Qur’an 114 (Sura al-Nas) once and then Qur’an 113 (Sura al-Falaq) once in each rak’a. After the four rak’as, one should repent (saying a dhikr such as Astaghfirullah-a wa atub-u ilayh (استغفر الله و اتوب الیه)) seventy times, and say the dhikr La hawl-a wa la quwwat-a illa billah (لا حول ولا قوّة إلاّ بالله العلي العظيم) once and then recite 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.”
«یا عَزِیزُ یا غَفَّارُ اغْفِرْ لِی ذُنُوبِی وَ ذُنُوبَ جَمِیعِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا یغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ»
Merits of the Prayer of Sunday in Dhu l-Qa’da
Many rewards are mentioned for this prayer including a hadith from the Holy 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