Common Aamal of Shab-e-Qadr

- - - - - Performing Ghusl - - - - -

It is recommended to perform Ghusl in the evening so that the prayers of Maghrib and Isha'a are performed in absolute cleanliness

- - - - - Two Unit Namaz - - - - -

Prophet Mohammad (s.a.w) has said that whoever performs two Raka'at of prayers during Shab-e-Qadr then before his rising up from the prayers, Allah(swt) will forgive all his sins and the sins of his parents. The prayer is in a manner that after Sura Al-Hamd, recites 7 times Sura Tawheed (Qul ho-Allah ho Ahad) and after prayers recites 70 times:

اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ وَ اَتُوْبُ اِلَيْهِ

I seek the forgiveness of Allah and I repent before Him

- - - - - Amaal of Holy Quran - - - - -

One should open the Holy Qur'an and hold it in front of his face. Then recite

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْاَلُكَ بِكِتَابِكَ الْمُنْزَلِ وَ مَا فِيْهِ

O Allah I beseech Thee in the name of Thy revealed Book and that which is in it

وَ فِيْهِ اسْمُكَ الْاَكْبَرُ وَ اَسْمَاؤُكَ الْحُسْنٰى

and Thy Great Name and Thy (Other) beautiful names are in it

وَ مَا يُخَافُ وَ يُرْجٰى

and in it there is that which warns and gives hope to

اَنْ تَجْعَلَنِيْ مِنْ عُتَقَائِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ

include me among those who have been set free from the Hellfire. (After that one should pray to God for any needs of his.)

Take the Holy Qur'an and hold it on your head and recite:

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

اَللّٰهُمَّ بِحَقِّ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ

O Allah: for the sake of this (Holy) Qur'an

وَ بِحَقِّ مَنْ اَرْسَلْتَہٗ بِہٖ

and for the sake of that person (Prophet s.a.w) through whom You sent it,

وَ بِحَقِّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مَدَحْتَہٗ فِيْہٖ

and for the sake of those believers who have been praised therein

وَ بِحَقِّكَ عَلَيْهِمْ

and in the name of Your obligation to them,

فَلَا اَحَدَ اَعْرَفُ بِحَقِّكَ مِنْكَ

no one is aware of Your obligation more than You

Recite the below 10 times each

بِكَ يَا اللهُ

For Your sake, O Allah

بِمُحَمّدٍ

for the sake of Muhammad

بِعَلِيٍّ

for the sake of Ali

بِفَاطِمَةَ

for the sake of Fatimah

بِالْحَسَنِ

for the sake of Hasan

بِالْحُسَيْنِ

for the sake of Husayn

بِعَلِىِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ

for the sake of `Ali ibn Husayn

بِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ

for the sake of Muhammad ibn Ali

بِجَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ

for the sake of Ja`far ibn Muhammad

بِمُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ

for the sake of Musa ibn Jafar

بِعَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسٰى

for the sake of Ali ibn Musa

بِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ

for the sake of Muhammad ibn Ali

بِعَلِىِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ

for the sake of Ali ibn Muhammad

بِالْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ

for the sake of Hasan ibn Ali

بِالْحُجَّةِ

for the sake of al-Hujjah

One should then pray to Almighty Allah to fulfill one’s desires