PRAYERS FOR THE NIGHTS OF RAMADHAN In Zad al-Ma'ad, 'Allamah al-Majlisi has referred to the prayers of Ramadan nights in the last chapter of the recommended rites of Ramadan. Hereby, I will refer to these
DUA ZA MICHA YA RAMADHANI Katika Zad al-Ma'ad, 'Allamah al-Majlisi amerejea swala za usiku wa Ramadhani katika sura ya mwisho ya ibada zilizopendekezwa za Ramadhani. Kwa hili, nitarejea hizi
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prayers as briefly as mentioned in the book involved:
maombi kwa ufupi kama ilivyotajwa katika kitabu kinachohusika:
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The First Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al-Faatehah once and Surah al-Tawheed fifteen times.
Swalah ya Kwanza ya Usiku: Rakaa nne zenye Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Tawhiyd mara kumi na tano.
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The Second Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al-Faatehah once and Surah al-Qadr twenty times.
Swalah ya Pili ya Usiku: Rakaa nne zenye Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Qadr mara ishirini.
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The Third Night Prayer: Ten units with Surah al-Faatehah once and Surah al-Tawheed fifty times.
Swalah ya Tatu ya Usiku: Rakaa kumi pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Tawhiyd mara hamsini.
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The Fourth Night Prayer: Eight units with Surah al-Faatehah once and Surah al-Qadr twenty times.
Swala ya Nne ya Usiku: Rakaa nane zenye Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Qadr mara ishirini.
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The Fifth Night Prayer: Two units with Surah al-Faatehah and Surah al-Tawheed fifty times. After accomplishment, SWALAWAT is repeated one hundred times:
Swalah ya Tano ya Usiku: Rakaa mbili zenye Surah al-Faatehah na Surah al-Tawhiyd mara hamsini. Baada ya kukamilika, SWALAWAT inarudiwa mara mia moja:
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The Sixth Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al-Faatehah and Surah al-Mulk (No. 67).
Swala ya Sita ya Usiku: Rakaa nne zenye Surah al-Faatehah na Surah al-Mulk (Na. 67).
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The Seventh Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al-Faatehah once and Surah al-Qadr thirteen times.
Swala ya Saba ya Usiku: Rakaa nne zenye Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Qadr mara kumi na tatu.
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The Eighth Night Prayer: Two units with Surah al-Faatehah and Surah al-Tawheed ten times. After accomplishment, SUBHANA ALLAH is repeated one thousand times:
Swala ya Nane ya Usiku: Rakaa mbili pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah na Surah al-Tawhiyd mara kumi. Baada ya kukamilika, SUBHANA ALLAH hurudiwa mara elfu moja:
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The Ninth Night Prayer: Six units offered between the Maghrib and Isha' obligatory Prayers with Surah al-Faatehah and Ayah al-Kursi seven times. After accomplishment, SWALAWAT is repeated fifty times:
Swalah ya Tisa ya Usiku: Rakaa sita zinazoswaliwa baina ya Maghrib na Ishaa Swala za faradhi pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah na Ayah al-Kursi mara saba. Baada ya kukamilika, SWALAWAT inarudiwa mara hamsini:
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The Tenth Night Prayer: Twenty units with Surah al-Faatehah once and Surah al-Tawheed thirty times.
Swalah ya Kumi ya Usiku: Rakaa ishirini na Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Tawhiyd mara thelathini.
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The Eleventh Night Prayer: Two units with Surah al-Faatehah once and Surah al-Kawthar (No. 108) twenty times.
Swala ya Kumi na Moja ya Usiku: Rakaa mbili zenye Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Kawthar (Na. 108) mara ishirini.
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The Twelfth Night Prayer: Eight units with Surah al-Faatehah once and Surah al-Qadr thirty times.
Swala ya Kumi na Mbili ya Usiku: Rakaa nane zenye Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Qadr mara thelathini.
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The Thirteenth Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al- Faatehah once and Surah al-Tawheed twenty-five times.
Swalah ya kumi na tatu ya usiku: Rakaa nne pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Tawhiyd mara ishirini na tano.
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The Fourteenth Night Prayer: Six units with Surah al- Faatehah once and Surah al-Zalzalah (No. 99) thirty times.
Swala ya Kumi na Nne ya Usiku: Rakaa sita pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Zalzalah (Na. 99) mara thelathini.
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The Fifteenth Night Prayer: Four units, in the first two units, Surah al-Faatehah is recited once and Surah al-Tawheed repeated one hundred times. In the last two units, Surah al- Faatehah is recited once and Surah al-Tawheed repeated fifty
Swala ya Usiku wa Kumi na Tano: Rakaa nne, katika rakaa mbili za mwanzo, Surah al-Faatehah inasomwa mara moja na Sura ya Tawhiyd inarudiwa mara mia moja. Katika rakaa mbili za mwisho, Surah al-Faatehah inasomwa mara moja na Sura ya Tawhiyd inarudiwa hamsini.
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times.
nyakati.
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The Sixteenth Night Prayer: Twelve units with Surah al- Faatehah once and Surah al-Takathur (No. 102) twelve times.
Swala ya Usiku wa Kumi na Sita: Rakaa kumi na mbili zenye Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Takathur (Na. 102) mara kumi na mbili.
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The Seventeenth Night Prayer: Two units with Surah al- Faatehah once and any selected Surah in the first unit and Surah al-Faatehah once and Surah al-Tawheed one hundred times. After accomplishment, LA ILAHA ILLA ALLAH is
Swala ya Kumi na Saba ya Usiku: Rakaa mbili zenye Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Sura yoyote iliyochaguliwa katika rakaa ya kwanza na Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Tawhiyd mara mia moja. Baada ya kukamilika, LA ILAHA ILLA ALLAH ni
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repeated one hundred times:
kurudiwa mara mia moja:
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The Eighteenth Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al- Faatehah once and Surah al-Kawthar twenty-five times.
Swala ya Kumi na Nane ya Usiku: Rakaa nne pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Kawthar mara ishirini na tano.
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The Nineteenth Night Prayer: Fifty units with Surah al- Faatehah and Surah al-Zalzalah (No. 99).
Swala ya Usiku wa Kumi na Tisa: Rakaa hamsini pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah na Surah al-Zalzalah (Na. 99).
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The Twentieth to Twenty-Fourth Nights Prayer: At these nights, it is recommended to offer an eight unit prayer with any selected Surahs.
Sala ya Ishirini hadi Ishirini na Nne: Katika mikesha hii, inapendekezwa kuswali rakaa nane pamoja na Sura zozote zilizochaguliwa.
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The Twenty-Fifth Night Prayer: Eight units with Surah al- Faatehah once and Surah al-Tawheed ten times.
Swala ya Ishirini na Tano ya Usiku: Rakaa nane pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Tawhiyd mara kumi.
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The Twenty-Sixth Night Prayer: Eight units with Surah al- Faatehah once and Surah al-Tawheed one hundred times.
Swala ya Ishirini na Sita ya Usiku: Rakaa nane pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Tawhiyd mara mia moja.
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The Twenty-Seventh Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al- Faatehah once and Surah al-Mulk. If this is impossible, replace Surah al-Mulk with repeating Surah al-Tawheed twenty-five times.
Swala ya Ishirini na Saba ya Usiku: Rakaa nne zenye Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Surah al-Mulk. Ikiwa hili haliwezekani, badala ya Surah al-Mulk na kurudia Surah al-Tawhiyd mara ishirini na tano.
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The Twenty-Eighth Night Prayer: Six units with Surah al- Faatehah once and Ayah al-Kursi one hundred times, Surah al- Tawheed one hundred times, and Surah al-Kawthar one hundred times. After accomplishment, SWALAWAT is
Swala ya Ishirini na Nane ya Usiku: Rakaa sita pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah mara moja na Ayah al-Kursi mara mia moja, Surah al-Tawhiyd mara mia moja, na Surah al-Kawthar mara mia moja. Baada ya mafanikio, SWALAWAT ni
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repeated one hundred times:
kurudiwa mara mia moja:
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According to my own readings in the books of narrations, 1 found that the prayer of the twenty-eighth night of Ramadan consists of six units with Surah al-Faatehah once, Ayah al- Kursi ten times, Surah al-Kawthar ten times, and Surah al-
Kwa mujibu wa usomaji wangu mwenyewe katika vitabu vya riwaya, 1 nimeona kwamba sala ya usiku ishirini na nane ya Ramadhani ina rakaa sita pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah mara moja, Ayah al-Kursi mara kumi, Surah al-Kawthar mara kumi, na Surah al-
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Tawheed ten times. After accomplishment the same aforementioned invocation is repeated one hundred times.
Tawhiyd mara kumi. Baada ya kukamilika ombi lile lile lililotajwa hapo juu hurudiwa mara mia moja.
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The Twenty-Ninth Night Prayer: Two units with Surah al- Faatehah and Surah al-Tawheed twenty times.
Swala ya Ishirini na Tisa ya Usiku: Rakaa mbili pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah na Surah al-Tawhiyd mara ishirini.
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The Thirtieth Night Prayer: Twelve units with Surah al- Faatehah and Surah al-Tawheed twenty times. After accomplishment, SWALAWAT is repeated one hundred times:
Swala ya Usiku wa Thelathini: Rakaa kumi na mbili pamoja na Surah al-Faatehah na Surah al-Tawhiyd mara ishirini. Baada ya kukamilika, SWALAWAT inarudiwa mara mia moja:
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Note that each two units of all of the aforementioned prayers should be separated by uttering the Taslim statement.
Kumbuka kwamba kila rakaa mbili za sala zote zilizotajwa zitenganishwe kwa kutamka kauli ya Taslim.
