A'mal To Be Performed Only During Night

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AAMAL TO BE PERFORMED ONLY DURING NIGHT The recommended rites that are dedicated to the nights of Ramadan are as follows:
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First: It is recommended to postpone breaking one's fast later than the Isha' Prayer unless one is too weak to keep fasting or one is being waited by people to break the fasting altogether, in an invitation for example.
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Second: It is recommended to begin breaking the fast with utterly legally gotten food, especially dates. This act doubles the reward of the prayer to four hundred folds. It is also advisable to break the fast with dates, ripe dates, candy,
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sugar-candy, and cool water.
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Third: It is recommended to say the familiar supplicatory prayers of breaking the fast, such as the following:
ุงูŽู„ู„ู‘ู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ู„ูŽูƒูŽ ุตูู…ู’ุชูุŒ
Oh God, silence is yours,
ูˆูŽุนูŽู„ูŽู‰ ุฑูุฒู’ู‚ููƒูŽ ุงูŽูู’ุทูŽุฑู’ุชูุŒ
And with your provision I broke my fast,
ูˆูŽุนูŽู„ูŽูŠู’ูƒูŽ ุชูŽูˆูŽูƒู‘ูŽู„ู’ุชูุŒ
And in you I trust,
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One who says this supplicatory prayer will be awarded, by
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Almighty Allah, the rewards of all those who observe fasting
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on that day.
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Sayyid ibn Tawus and al-Kaf'ami have narrated the
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supplicatory prayer that begins with:
ุงูŽู„ู„ูŽู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ุฑูŽุจู‘ูŽ ุงู„ู†ู‘ููˆู’ุฑู ุงู„ู’ุนูŽุธููŠู…ู
Oh God, Lord of the Great Light
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This supplicatory prayer also brings about a great merit.
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It has been narrated that Imam Ali(a.s.) used to say the
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following supplicatory prayer when he would break his
ุจูุณู’ู…ู ุงู„ู„ู‡ู
In the Name of Allah (I begin).
ุงูŽู„ู„ู‘ูŽู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ู„ูŽูƒูŽ ุตูู…ู’ู†ูŽุง
Oh God, you have our fast
ูˆูŽุนูŽู„ูŽู‰ ุฑูุฒู’ู‚ููƒูŽ ุงูŽูู’ุทูŽุฑู’ู†ูŽุง
And with your provision we break our fast
ููŽุชูŽู‚ูŽุจูŽู„ู’ ู…ูู†ู‘ูŽุง
So accept from us
ุฅูู†ู‘ูŽูƒูŽ ุขูŽู†ู’ุชูŽ ุงู„ุณู‘ูŽู…ููŠู’ุนู ุงู„ู’ุนูŽู„ููŠู’ู…ู.
Indeed, You are the Hearing, the All-Knowing.
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Fourth: It is recommended to say the following imploration
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for forgiveness at the first bite of the food with which the
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fasting is broken:
ุจูุณู’ู…ู ุงู„ู„ู‘ู‡ู ุงู„ุฑู‘ูŽุญู’ู…ู’ู†ู ุงู„ุฑู‘ูŽุญููŠู’ู…ูุŒ
In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful,
ูŠูŽุง ูˆูŽุงุณูุนูŽ ุงู„ู…ูŽุบู’ููุฑูŽุฉู ุงูุบู’ููุฑู’ ู„ููŠู’.
O Most Forgiving, forgive me.
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Forgiveness of Almighty Allah is the reward of those who say
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this imploration.
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A Hadith reads: Almighty Allah releases from Hellfire one
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million persons at the last hour of every day in Ramadan;
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therefore, pray Him to include you with these released ones.
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Fifth: It is recommended to recite Surah al-Qadr at breaking
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Sixth: It is recommended to give alms at the time of breaking
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the fast and to offer food to the other fasters even if with a
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single date and a drink of water. Concerning this, the Holy
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Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is reported to have said, "Verily, anyone
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who offers food for a faster in Ramadan will have the same
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reward that is decided for the faster without having any
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amount of his reward reduced and will have the same reward
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of acting good deeds according to the power of that food."
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'Allamah al-Hilli, in al-Risalah al-Sa'diyyah, has narrated that
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Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq(a.s.) said, "As for any believer who
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feeds another believer with a single bite of food in Ramadan,
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Almighty Allah will decide for him the reward of manumitting
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thirty believing slaves and will decide to respond to his
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Seventh: Narrations have confirmed that it is advisable to
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recite Surah al-Qadr one thousand times a night.
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Eighth: When possible, it is recommended to recite Surah al-
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Dukhan (No. 44) one hundred times a night.
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Ninth: Sayyid ibn Tawus has mentioned that if one says the
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following supplicatory prayer each night in Ramadan, his sins
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of forty years will be forgiven:
ุงูŽู„ู„ู‘ูŽู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ุฑูŽุจู‘ูŽ ุดูŽู‡ู’ุฑู ุฑูŽู…ูŽุถูŽุงู†ูŽ
Oh God, Lord of the month of Ramadan
ุงู„ู‘ูŽุฐููŠู’ ุงูŽู†ู’ุฒูŽู„ู’ุชูŽ ูููŠู’ู‡ู ุงู„ู’ู‚ูุฑู’ุงู’ู†ูŽุŒ
In which You sent down the Qurโ€™an,
ูˆูŽุงูู’ุชูŽุฑูŽุถู’ุชูŽ ุนูŽู„ูŽู‰ ุนูุจูŽุงุฏููƒูŽ ูููŠู’ู‡ู ุงู„ุตู‘ููŠูŽุงู…ูŽุŒ
And you made it obligatory for your servants to fast therein.
ุตูŽู„ู‘ูŽ ุนูŽู„ู‰ ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ูˆูŽุงู„ู ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏูุŒ
Blessings be upon Muhammad and his family,
ูˆูŽุงุฒู’ุฒูู‚ู’ู†ููŠู’ ุญูŽุฌู‘ูŽ ุจูŽูŠู’ุชููƒูŽ ุงู„ุญูŽุฑูŽุงู…ู
And grant me the opportunity to perform Hajj to Your Sacred House
ูููŠ ุนูŽุงู…ููŠู’ ู‡ูŽุฐูŽุง ูˆูŽูููŠู’ ูƒูู„ู‘ู ุนูŽุงู…ูุŒ
In this year and every year,
ูˆูŽุงุบู’ููุฑู’ ู„ููŠ ุชูู„ู’ูƒูŽ ุงู„ุฐู‘ูŽู†ููˆู’ุจูŽ ุงู„ู’ุนูุธูŽุงู…ูŽุŒ
And forgive me these grave sins,
ููŽุฅูู†ู‘ูŽู‡ู ู„ูŽุง ูŠูŽุบู’ููุฑูู‡ูŽุง ุบูŽูŠู’ุฑููƒูŽ
No one will forgive her except you
ูŠูŽุง ุฑูŽุญู’ู…ู’ู†ู ูŠูŽุง ุนูŽู„ูŽุงู…ู.
O Most Merciful, O All-Knowing.