Al-Kafi · Hadith 6

The Book of Prayer · Salah (prayer) of Fatimah al-Zahra’, ‘Alayha al-Salam, and other Salawat (prayers) to build up Interests · Volume 3, book 4, chapter 92, Hadith 6

Original Arabic text

6ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ بَعْضِهِمْ (عَلَيْهِم الْسَّلام) فِي قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّ ناشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئاً وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلاً قَالَ هِيَ رَكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ تَقْرَأُ فِي أَوَّلِ رَكْعَةٍ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَعَشْرٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَآيَةِ السُّخْرَةِ وَمِنْ قَوْلِهِ وَإِلهُكُمْ إِلهٌ واحِدٌ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الرَّحْمنُ الرَّحِيمُ. إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ لَآياتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً قُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَآيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَآخِرَ الْبَقَرَةِ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ لله ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَما فِي الأرْضِ إِلَى أَنْ تَخْتِمَ السُّورَةَ وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً قُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ ادْعُ بَعْدَ هَذَا بِمَا شِئْتَ قَالَ وَمَنْ وَاظَبَ عَلَيْهِ كُتِبَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ صَلاَةٍ سِتُّمِائَةِ أَلْفِ حَجَّةٍ.

Published English translation

6. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from through his chain of narrators who has said the following: “One of the ’A’immah about the words of Allah, ‘An initiation (for Salah (prayer) is of a stronger impression’ (73:6), the Imam has said, ‘It is the two Rak‘at Salah (prayer) after Maghrib (Salah (prayer) soon after sunset). In the first Rak‘at read al-Fatihah and ten verses from the beginning of Chapter 2, verse 54 of Chapter 7, verses 153-154 of Chapter 2 and 15 times Chapter 112. In the second Rak‘at after al-Fatihah read verses 255- 257, then verses 284 - 286 of Chapter 2 and 15 times Chapter 112 of the Holy Quran. Then ask for your wishes as you like. If one maintains this practice a reward of six hundred thousand Hajj will be given to him.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مرفوع

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/448)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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