The Report about Prayers to be Performed on the Last Night of the Month of Ramaḍān

Faḍāʾil al-Ashhar al-Thalātha|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 2

Faḍāʾil al-Ashhar al-Thalātha

Book 3, Chapter 2

The Report about Prayers to be Performed on the Last Night of the Month of Ramaḍān
6 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 1

حدثنا أبو محمد عبدوس بن علي بن العبّاس الجرجاني، قال: حدثنا أبو عمران موسى بن الحسين الباغشي المؤدّب، قال: حدثنا أبو عبد الله محمد بن أحمد القرشي [القرمي]، قال: أخبرنا الحسين بن علي بن خالد، قال: حدثنا معروف بن الوليد، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثنا أبو طيبة، عن كردين وبرد الحادي [الحادوي]، عن الربيع بن خيثم، عن عبد الله بن مسعود، عن النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله)، قال: والذي بعثني بالحق أن جبرئيل أخبرني عن إسرافيل عن ربه تبارك وتعالى أنه قال: من صلى في آخر ليلة من شهر رمضان عشر ركعات يقرأ في كل ركعة فاتحة الكتاب مرة و﴿قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ﴾، عشر مرات ويقول في ركوعه وسجوده عشر مرات: سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا إله إلا الله والله أكبر ويتشهد في كل ركعتين ثم يسلم فإذا فرغ من آخر عشر ركعات قال بعد فراغه من التسليم: استغفر الله، الف مرة، فإذا فرغ من الإستغفار سجد ويقول في سجوده: « يا حي يا قيوم يا ذا الجلال والإكرام يا رحمن الدنيا والآخرة ورحيمهما يا أرحم الراحمين يا إله الأولين والآخرين اغفرلنا ذنوبنا وتقبل منا صلاتنا وصيامنا وقيامنا ». قال النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله): والذي بعثني بالحق أنه لا يرفع رأسه من السجود حتى يغفر الله له ويتقبل منه شهر رمضان ويتجاوز عن ذنوبه وإن كان قد أذنب سبعين ذنباً كل ذنب أعظم من ذنوب العباد ويتقبل من جميع أهل الكورة التي هو فيها، وقال النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) لجبرئيل (عليه السلام): يا جبرئيل يتقبل الله منه خاصة شهر رمضان ومن جميع أهل بلاده عامة، قال: نعم، والذي بعثك أنه من كرامته عليه وعظم منزلته لربه يتقبل الله منه ومنهم صلاتهم وصيامهم وقيامهم ويغفر لهم ذنوبهم ويستجيب له دعائه، والذي بعثني بالحق أنه متى صلى هذه الصلاة واستغفر هذا الاستغفار يتقبل الله منه صلاته وصيامه وقيامه ويغفر له ويستجيب دعائه لديه، لأن الله جل جلاله يقول في كتابه: ﴿ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًۭا﴾، ويقول: ﴿وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ﴾، وقال: ﴿وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَـٰحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ﴾، ويقول عز وجل: ﴿وَأَنِ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُم مَّتَـٰعًا حَسَنًا إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى وَيُؤْتِ كُلَّ ذِى فَضْلٍۢ فَضْلَهُۥ﴾، وقال عز وجل: ﴿وَٱسْتَغْفِرْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ تَوَّابًۢا﴾، وقال النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم): هذه هدية لي خاصة ولأمتي من الرجال والنساء لم يعطها الله عز وجل أحداً ممن كان قبلي من الأنبياء وغيرهم.

Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdūs b. ʿAlī b. al-ʿAbbās al-Jurjānī narrated to us, saying that Abū ʿImrān Mūsā b. al-Ḥusayn al-Bāghishī al-Muʾaddib narrated to him among others, saying that Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Qurashī [or al-Quramī] narrated to him among others, saying that al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī b. Khālid informed him among others, saying that Maʿrūf b. al-Walīd narrated to him among others, saying that Saʿd b. ʿAbd Allāh narrated to him among others, saying that Abū Ṭayba narrated to him among others, from Kurdīn and Barad al-Ḥādī [or al-Ḥādawī], from al-Rabīʿ b. Khaytham, from ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd, from the Holy Prophet (sawa), who said: “By He Who sent me forth with the Truth! Verily, Jibraʿīl has informed me, from Isrāfīl, from his Lord (twt), Who has said: “Whoever performs—in the last night of the month of Ramaḍān—a prayer consisting of ten units, of which each unit includes the recitation of the Opener of the Book (i.e., Sūrat al-Fātiḥa) once and the chapter of ﴾Say: “He is Allāh, Who is One”﴿ (i.e., Sūrat al-Tawḥīd) ten times, while in bowing and prostration the utterance of “Glory be to Allāh, and praise be to Allāh, there is no god but Allāh, and Allāh is ineffable” must be made ten times, and then the ritual testimony at the end of every two units. Then, after performing the invocation of peace and completing all ten units, the person should say in another invocation of peace: “I seek forgiveness from Allāh” a thousand times. After completing this invocation of forgiveness, he should return to prostration and say therein: O’ Ever-Living, o’ Sustainer of all existences, o’ Possessor of Splendour and Honour, o’ Entirely Merciful in the life of this world and the Hereafter, o’ Innately Merciful over both, o’ Most Merciful of all those who show mercy, o’ Deity of the first generations and the last! Forgive us our sins, and accept from us our prayers, fasting, and standing in worship.” The Holy Prophet (sawa) commented: “By He Who sent me forth with the Truth! Such a person would not raise his head from prostration until Allāh has forgiven him, accepted his (deeds in the) month of Ramaḍān, and pardoned his sins—even if he had committed seventy sins, each of which was greater than the sins of all people—and He will accept (the deeds in the month of Ramaḍān) from all the inhabitants of the land in which he resides.” [1] The Prophet (sawa) then said to Jibraʿīl (as): “O’ Jibraʿīl! Does Allāh accept his (good works in) Ramaḍān specifically, as well as those of the people of his land, generally?” Jibraʿīl responded: “Yes! By He Who sent you forth, it is due to his honour and the grandeur of his station with his Lord that Allāh will accept from him and from them their prayers, fasting, and standing for worship—He will forgive them their sins and answer his supplications.” The Holy Prophet continued: “By He Who sent me forth with the Truth! Verily, when a person performs this prayer and seeks forgiveness with this invocation of forgiveness, Allāh will accept from him his prayers, fasting, and standing in worship, forgive his sins, and answer his supplications, for Allāh (jj) says in His Book: ﴾Seek your Lord’s forgiveness, for He is truly Most Forgiving﴿ [71:10], and He says: ﴾So seek your Lord’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance﴿ [11:90]. And He has said: ﴾They are those who, upon committing an evil deed or wronging themselves, remember Allāh and seek forgiveness for their sins—and who forgives sins except Allāh?﴿ [3:135]. And He (azwj) has also said: ﴾And seek your Lord’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance. He will grant you a good provision for an appointed term and graciously reward the doers of good﴿ [11:3]. And He (azwj) has said: ﴾Seek His forgiveness, for certainly He is ever Accepting of Repentance﴿ [110:3].” The Holy Prophet (sws) concluded: “This is a gift for me, specifically, and for my community—both its men and its women—such that Allāh (azwj) has not given this to anyone before me, whether from among the Prophets or anyone else.”

Ḥadīth 2

حدثنا أبو أحمد محمد بن جعفر البندار الشافعي بفرغانه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن القاضي أبو علي التمّار، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد المستفاض الفرياني القاضي، قال: حدثنا عبد الأعلى بن حماد البرسي، قال: حدثنا سفيان بن عيينة، عن الزهري، عن أبي سلمة، عن أبي هريرة، قال: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): من قام ليلة القدر إيماناً وإحتساباً غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبه، وكان رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) يحييه ولا يختمه.

Abu Aḥmad Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Bandār al-Shāfiʿī narrated to us in Farghāna, saying that the judge, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan—Abū ʿAlī al-Tammār—narrated to him among others, saying that the judge, Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Mustafāḍ al-Faryānī, narrated to him among others, saying that ʿAbd al-Aʿlā b. Ḥammād al-Barṣī narrated to him among others, saying that Sufyān b. ʿUyayna narrated to him among others, from al-Zuhrī, from Abī Salama, from Abī Hurayra, who reports: “The Messenger of Allāh (sawa) has said: “Whoever stands for worship on the Night of Power, having faith in and having accounted for its reward, will be forgiven for whatever preceded him of his sins.” The Messenger of Allāh (sawa) would revive this custom (yearly) and not end it.”

Ḥadīth 3

حدثنا أبو أحمد محمد بن جعفر البندار، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن نوح، قال: حدثنا أبو محمد عبد الله بن أحمد بن حماد، قال: حدثنا عبد الرحيم بن زيد، عن أبيه، عن سعيد بن جبير، عن ابن عبّاس، قال: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم): من أدرك شهر رمضان بمكّة فصامه وقامه بما تيسر له عدل مائة الف شهر فيما سواه من البلد وكان له بكل يوم حملان فرس في سبيل الله وكل ليلة حملان فرس في سبيل الله في كل ليلة عتق رقبة وكل يوم صدقة وكل ليلة صدقة وكل يوم شفاعة وكل ليلة شفاعة وكل يوم درجة.

Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Bandār narrated to us, saying that Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Nūḥ narrated to him among others, saying that Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥammād narrated to him among others, saying that ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Zayd narrated to him among others, from his father, from Saʿīd b. Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who reports that the Messenger of Allāh (sws) has said: “Whoever experiences the month of Ramaḍān in Mecca, fasting and standing for worship therein as much as he is at ease to, will have his effort counted for as much as a hundred thousand months (spent doing the same) in any other land. For each day and each night, he gets the reward of equipping two horses in the way of Allāh. For each night, he gets the reward of freeing a slave. For each day and night, he gets the reward of giving charity, and for each day and night, he gets the reward of intercession. And for each day, he is elevated in rank by a degree.”

Ḥadīth 4

حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن يحيى العطّار، قال: حدثنا أبي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي الصهبان، عن ابن أبي عمير، قال: قال موسى بن جعفر (عليه السلام): من اغتسل ليلة القدر وأحياها إلى طلوع الفجر خرج من ذنوبه.

Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā al-ʿAṭṭār narrated to us, saying that his father narrated to him among others, saying that Muḥammad b. Abī’l-Ṣihbān narrated to him among others, from Ibn Abī ʿUmayr, who reports that Mūsā b. Jaʿfar (as) has said: “Absolved of his sins is he who performs the ritual bath for the Night of Power and then revives it—spending the whole night in worship—until the break of dawn.”

Ḥadīth 5

حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطّان، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يحيى بن زكريّا القطّان، قال: حدثنا بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب، قال: حدثنا تميم بن بهلول، قال: حدثنا أبو معاوية الضرير، عن إسماعيل بن مهران، قال: سمعت جعفر بن محمد (عليه السلام) يقول: من اغتسل ليالي الغسل من شهر رمضان خرج من ذنوبه كهيئة يوم ولدته أمه، فقلت: يا ابن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) ما ليالي الغسل؟ قال: ليلة سبع عشرة وليلة تسع عشرة وليلة إحدى وعشرين وليلة ثلاث وعشرين من شهر رمضان، قال: فقلت: هل فيها صلاة غير ما في سائر ليالي الشهر؟ قال: لا، إلا في ليلة إحدى وعشرين وثلاث وعشرين [لأن] فإن فيها يرجو ليلة القدر ويستحب أن يصلي في كل ليلة منها مائة، فإن فعل ذلك أعتقه الله من النار وأوجب له الجنة وشفعه في مثل ربيعة ومضر.

Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qaṭṭān narrated to us, saying that Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā b. Zakariyyā al-Qaṭṭān narrated to him among others, saying that Bakr b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Ḥabīb narrated to him among others, saying that Tamīm b. Bahlūl narrated to him among others, saying that Abū Muʿāwiya al-Ḍarīr narrated to him among others, from Ismāʿīl b. Mihrān, who narrates: “I heard Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad (as) say: “Whoever performs the ritual bath on its nights—in the month of Ramaḍān—will be absolved of his sins as like the newborn on the day his mother gave birth to him.” I said to him: “O’ son of the Messenger of Allāh (sws)! What are the nights of ritual bathing?” So he replied: “The seventeenth, nineteenth, twenty-first, and twenty-third nights of the month of Ramaḍān.” Ibn Mihrān continued his narration: “I said: “Is there a prayer to be performed in these nights different from those performed in the other nights of this month?,’ so he replied: “No, except for on the twenty-first and twenty-third nights—[because] hope is placed in these nights, that either of them is the true Night of Power, and it is recommended in each of the two nights to perform a hundred (units) of prayer—verily, whoever does that, Allāh will grant him absolution from Perdition and mandate upon him admission into Paradise, and he is allowed to intercede for (as many people as) the likes of (the tribes of) Rabīʿa and Muḍar (combined).”

Ḥadīth 6

حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطّان، قال: حدثنا الحسن بن علي السكري، قال: حدثنا محمد بن زكريّا الجوهري، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن عمارة، عن أبيه، عن جابر بن يزيد الجعفي، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر (عليهما السلام)، قال: من أحيى ليلة ثلاث وعشرين من شهر رمضان وصلى فيها مائة ركعة وسع الله عليه معيشته، وكفاه أمر من يعاديه، وأعاذه من الغرق والهدم والسرق من شر الدنيا، ورفع عنه هول منكر ونكير، وخرج من قبره ونوره يتلألأ لأهل الجمع، ويعطى كتابه بيمينه، ويكتب له براءة من النار وجواز على الصراط وأمان من العذاب، ويدخل الجنة بغير حساب، ويجعل فيه رفقاء النبيين والصديقين والشهداء والصالحين، وحسن أولئك رفيقاً.

Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qaṭṭān narrated to us, saying that al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Sukarī narrated to him among others, saying that Muḥammad b. Zakariyyā al-Jawharī narrated to him among others, saying that Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmmāra narrated to him among others, from his father, from Jābir b. Yazīd al-Ju‘fī, from Abī Jaʿfar, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Bāqir (as-d), who has said: “Whoever revives the twenty-third night of the month of Ramaḍān—by performing a hundred units of prayer—Allāh will broaden his means of living, suffice him in the matter of his enemies, spare him from drowning, destruction, and theft—from among the evils of the world—and relieve him of the terror of Munkar and Nakīr, and bring him out of his grave while his light fills up the people of the throng (on the Day of Judgement), and give him his record of deeds in his right hand, and record for him exoneration from Perdition, safe passage over the Bridge, and security from punishment, and admit him into Paradise—without any accountability—and make him one of the friends of the Prophets, the truth-speakers, the martyrs, and the righteous, and how great are they as compeers!”