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Rajab’s Practices and Du’as
آداب شهر رجب
Rajab’s Adab (Practices)
‘Rajab is the month of Allah’ Rajabun Shahrullah
Welcoming Rajab
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ ١
17:1 “Exalted is He who enraptured His servant by night from the Sacred mosque (Mecca) to the Farthest Mosque (Masjid al-Aqsa).”
(Holy Quran, The Night Journey )
The Welcoming of Rajab`s adab (practice) is to be performed in the evening between Salatul Àsr and Maghrib on the day prior to first day of Rajab. It`s recommended to perform ritual purification Ghusul/Shower after Salatul ‘Asr (before sunset). Dress in best clothes and pray 2 raka`at Salaat al Wudu.
Then proceed with the rest of the practices as indicated in the following handout of `Welcoming Rajab Adab and Practices`.
Welcoming Rajab – Adab and Practices
Important Events in Rajab:
First Thursday Night of Rajab – Lailatul Raghaib (Night of Desires)
8th Rajab – Urs of Sultan ul Awliya Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil Haqqani
13th Rajab – Imam ‘Ali (as)’s Birthday
27th of Rajab is Isra wal Miraj (Night of Ascension)
Prophet Muhammad (saws)’s ascension to the heavens and beyond
Daily Practices in Rajab
1. To recite the Saint of Rajab’s Du’a daily, after each Salat (Daily Prayer) in the month of Rajab.
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful,
“O Allah, I ask forgiveness of You for everything for which I repented to You then returned to. And I ask forgiveness of You for everything I displeased You with and all that concerns me with which You are displeased. And I ask forgiveness of You for the favors which I used for increasing my disobedience towards You…”
2. Practices of the Qiyamul Lail – Nightly/Early Morning Devotions. These practices are to be performed daily two hours prior to Salatul Fajr (Morning prayer)in the month of Rajab.
3. Lentil Diet
The Lentil diet is prescribed for spiritual purposes, to control the ego and our desires for food pleasure. It helps to discipline our ego to eat adapt to the same taste by eating the same food for 40 days. It helps us control our desire for food and heedless eating. Also allow us to see that we eat food to live, instead of living to eat.
The Lentil Diet in the holy month of Rajab, (7th Lunar Month of Islamic Calendar) is a 40 days diet, starting first day of Rajab (7th Lunar month) to 10th of Sha’ban (8th Lunar month). For more details on this Lentil Diet, please refer to the following handout.
Lentil Diet for Rajab Mar 2017
Fasting in Rajab
Fasting the months of Rajab and Sha’ban as a nafila or supererogatory worship is recommended, with the intention of following the Sunna of the Prophet (s) who has established the merit of this fast. According to the Sunan of Abu Dawud, the Prophet (saws) has made the fasting of the sacred months praiseworthy, and Rajab is one of them.
It is recommended to fast as much as possible in this holy month of Rajab, especially fast in the following holy days:
1. First day of Rajab – Welcoming Rajab
2. First Thursday of Rajab – Lailatul Raghaib (Night of Desires)
3. 26th of Rajab – Night of Isra wal Mi’raj (The Night Journey and Ascension) of Prophet Muhammad (saws)
4. 27th of Rajab – Day of Isra wal Mi’raj
5. Last Day of Rajab
Lailatul Raghaib ليلة الرغائب (The Night of Desires)
(The First Thursday Night of Rajab)
The first Thursday Night in Rajab is the holy Laylat ar Ragha’ib, ‘the Sacred Night of Desires’. It is one of the most important nights in Islamic history for all human beings. It is the night that the Prophet (s) was transferred from his holy father to his holy mother’s womb. It falls on the first Friday of Rajab. All that you wish for on this night, God gives you for the sake of His beloved Prophet (s). In Islamic countries they celebrate this night with praising of the Prophet (s), remembrance of Sayyidina Muhammad’s (saws) life, remembrance of God in their hearts, and visits to mosques, which stay open throughout the night until dawn.
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