THE TENTH NIGHT OF MUHARRAM; THE ASHURA NIGHT
اللّيلة العاشرة؛ ليلة عاشوراء
Sayyid Ibn Tawus, in Iqbal al-Aʿmal, has mentioned a number of supplicatory prayers and a big number of prayers that are advisably said and offered at this tenth night of Muharram. He has also cited the big rewards of saying and offering these supplications and prayers. For instance, it is recommended to offer a one hundred unit prayer with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Tawhid three times. After accomplishment, the doxological statements are repeated seventy times:
وقد أورد السّيد في الاقبال لهذه اللّيلة أدعية وصلوات كثيرة بما لها من وافر الفضل منها الصّلاة مائة ركعة كلّ ركعة بالحمد وقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ ثلاث مرّات ويقول بعد الفراغ من الجميع
All glory be to Allah, all praise be to Allah, there is no god save Allah, Allah is the Greatest, and there is neither might nor power save with Allah, the All-high the All-great.
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ
According to another narration, one should implore for Almighty Allah’s forgiveness after the previously mentioned statements. It is also recommended to offer a four unit prayer at the last of this night, reciting Surah al-Fatihah once and repeating Ayah al-Kursi and Surah al-Tawhid, Surah al-Falaq, and Surah al-Nas ten times each. After accomplishment, Surah al-Tawhid is repeated one hundred times.
وقد ورد الاستغفار ايضاً بعد كلمة (الْعَلىِّ الْعَظيمِ) في رواية أخرى ومنها الصّلاة أربع ركعات في آخر اللّيل يقرأ في كلّ ركعة بعد الحمد كلا من آية الكرسي والتّوحيد والفلق والنّاس عشر مرّات ويقرأ التّوحيد بعد السّلام مائة مرّة
It is also recommended to offer a four unit prayer with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Tawhid fifty times.
Matching the prayer of Imam Ali Amir al-Mu’minin, which brings about a tremendous reward, Sayyid Ibn Tawus says after citing this prayer, “When you finish the fourth units, you may mention Almighty Allah, invoke blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household, and curse their enemies as many times as possible. As regarding the reward of spending this whole night with acts of worship, it has been narrated that one who does so shall be considered having worshipped Almighty Allah with the worship of all the angels.”
ومنها الصّلاة أربع ركعات يقرأ في كلّ ركعة الحمد والتّوحيد خمسين مرّة وهذه الصّلاة تطابق صلاة أمير المؤمنين صلوات الله وسلامه عليه ذات الفضل العظيم وقال السّيد بعد ذكر هذه الصّلاة: فاذا سلّمت من الرّابعة فأكثر ذكر الله تعالى والصّلاة على رسوله واللّعن على اعدائهم ما استطعت وروي في فضل احياء هذه اللّيلة انّ من أحياها فكأنّما عبد الله عبادة جميع الملائكة |
To practice acts of worship at this night is equal to seventy-year worship. Moreover, as for one who succeeds to visit the tomb of Imam al-Hussein at this night and spends the whole night there up to morning, Almighty Allah shall resurrect him, on the Judgment Day, spotted with the blood of Imam al-Hussein in the group of those who were martyred with him.
أجر العامل فيها يعدل سبعين سنة ومن وفّق في هذه اللّيلة لزيارة الحُسين (عليه السلام) بكربلاء والمبيت عنده حتى يصبح حشره الله يوم القيامة ملطّخاً بدم الحسين (عليه السلام) في جملة الشّهداء معه (عليه السلام)