Zilqad

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ZILQAD The month of Dhu'l-Qa'dah is the first of the Sacred Months to which Almighty Allah has referred in the Holy Qur'an.
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Sayyid Ibn Tawus defines this month as the month of responding to the prayers in hardships. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is reported as having mentioned a great reward for those who offer a special prayer on Sundays in Dhu'l-Qa'dah,
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adding that their repentance would be accepted, their sins forgiven, their rivals made pleased with them on the Resurrection Day, caused to die on true faith, given the true religion, granted expansion and light in the grave, the parents
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made pleased with them, their parents and offspring had their sins forgiven, provided with expansive sustenance, and granted lenience of the Angel of Death and easiness of their souls leaving their bodies.
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The method of this prayer is that one should bathe oneself on Sunday, do the ritual ablution (wudu'), and offer a four-unit prayer in each unit of which Surah al-Faatehah is recited once, Surah al-Tawheed repeated three times, and Surah al-
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Falaq and Surah al-Nas recited once each. After that, the statement of imploring for forgiveness (Istighfar: saying, astaghfirullah) is repeated one hundred times, and, finally, the following statement is said:
لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللهِ الْعَلِيَّ الْعَظِيمِ
There is no power nor strength except in God, the Most High, the Great
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After that, the following supplicatory prayer is said:
يَا عَزِيْزُ يَا غَفَّارُ
Oh dear, oh forgiving
اِغْفِزْ لِي ذُنُوْبِيْ وَ ذُنُوْبَ جَمِيْعِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
Forgive me my sins and the sins of all believing men and women
فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذَّنُوْبَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ.
For no one forgives sins except you.