ADAB OF LAYLATUL RAGHA’IB

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Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

After Isha Prayer,

Adab of Tariqa:

  • Al Shahada 3 times
  • AstaghfiruLlah 70 times
  • Rabita Sharifa
  • Al Fatihah 1 time (with the intention of receiving the manifestations and protection descended with it in Makkah al- Mukarramah)
  • (Qur’ān 02:285-286) ‘Āmana Ar-Rasūlu Bimā ‘Unzila ‘Ilayhi Min Rabbihi Wa Al-Mu’uminūna; Kullun ‘Āmana Billāhi Wa Malā’ikatihi Wa Kutubihi Wa Rusulihi Lā Nufarriqu Bayna  ‘Aĥadin Min Rusulihi; Wa Qālū Sami`nā Wa ‘Aţa`nā;  Ghufrānaka Rabbanā Wa ‘Ilayka Al-Masīr ﴾285﴿ Lā Yukallifu Allāhu Nafsāan ‘Illā Wus`ahā; Lahā Mā Kasabat Wa `Alayhā Mā Aktasabat; Rabbanā Lā Tu’uākhidhnā ‘In Nasīnā ‘Aw ‘Akhţa’nā; Rabbanā Wa Lā  Taĥmil `Alaynā ‘Işrāan Kamā Ĥamaltahu `Alá Al-Ladhīna Min Qablinā; Rabbanā Wa Lā Tuĥammilnā Mā Lā Ţāqata Lanā Bihi; Wa A`fu `Annā Wa Aghfir Lanā Wa Arĥamnā; ‘Anta Mawlānā Fānsurnā `Alá Al-Qawmi Al-Kāfirīn ﴾286﴿
  • Surat ash-Sharh (Qur’ān 94) 7 times 
  • Surat al-Ikhlas (Qur’ān 112) 11 times 
  • Surat al-Falaq (Qur’ān 113) 1 time 
  • Surat an-Nas (Qur’ān 114) 1 time 
  • La ilaha illaLlah 10 times (and after the last time: Muhammadun RasuluLlah)
  • Salawat 10 times (Allahumma salli aa’la Muhammadin wa aa’la ali Muhammadin wa sallim)
    • Ihda’/Dedication: 

    Ila sharafi’ ‘n-Nabi, sallaLlahu `alayhi wa sallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi l-kiram, wa ila arwahi jamee’i al Anbiya’i wa l-Mursalin wa Khudama’i sharai’ihim wa ila arwahi al ‘Aimmati al arba’a, wa ila arwahi Mashayyikhina fi t-Tariqati n-Naqshbandiyyati l-Aliyyah, khassatan Imamu t-Tariqah wa Ghawthu l-Khaliqah Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, Habibuna Murshiduna Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Adil ar Rabbani, wa sai’ri Sadatina wa s-Siddiqiyun.

    [(Translation) To the honor of the Prophet, Prayers and Peace be upon Him, and his family, and his companions, and the souls of all the prophets as well as of His messengers and of those who served their Sharia, and to the souls of the four Imams. And to the souls of our Mashayikh of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Tariqa, in particular to the soul of the Imam of the Tariqa Ghawth al-Khaliqa (the Help of Creation), Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Adil ar Rabbani,  and the rest of our masters and Siddiqiyun.]

    • Al Fatihah 1 time (with the intention of recieving the manifestations and protection descended with it in Madinah Al Munawwarah)
    • Allahu Allahu Allahu Haqq, Allahu Allahu Allahu Haqq, Allahu Allahu Allahu Haqq
    • Read The Grand Transmitted Dua of Sultan-ul Awliya Mawlana Shaykh  Abdullah al Fa’iz ad-Daghestani.
    • Tasabih Prayer: 4 Rakaa’ts.
    • Shukr Prayer: 2 Rakaa’ts with Dua Al Qunūt.
    • Sunnat al Ragha’ib Prayer, best prayed between Maghrib and Isha; if not possible then after Isha.
      • 12 Raka’ats, done in sets of 2 Rakaa’ts;
        • In each Rakaa’t: 1 Fatiha, 3 Surat Al-Qadr, 12 Surat al Ikhlas.
        • After completing the prayer, read 70 times: “Allahumma salli aa’la Sayyidina Muhammadin in-Nabiyyil Ummiyi wa aa’la ‘Alihi wa sallim.”
        • Then make Sajdah and while in Sajdah read: “Subbuhun Quddoosun Rabbuna wa Rabbul Malaikati wa r-Ruh”. 
        • Then make Dua while in Sajdah, where we ask Allah جل جلاله for forgiveness and whatever good we want in this world and the hereafter. And one of the best Duas is: “Rabbanā ‘Ātinā Fī d-Dunyā hasanatan wa fī l-‘Ākhirati hasanatan wa Qinā `Adhāba n-Nār”, “Our Lord! Give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the torment of the Fire.” (Qur’ān 02:201).