Eid Prayer

Eighth: It is recommended, thereafter, to offer the ‘Id Prayer (Salat al-’Id), which consists of two units. In the first unit, recite Surah al-Faatehah and Surah al-A’la (No. 87). After the recitation of these Surahs, say the Takbir statement (i.e. Allahu-akbar) five times and raise your hands for Qunut after each Takbir, saying:

O Allah, You are the Lord of glory and greatness,

اے صاحبِ کبریا و عظمت

the Lord of magnanimity and omnipotence,

اے صاحبِ جود و جبروت،

the Lord of pardon and mercy,

اے صاحبِ عفو و رحمت

and the worthiest of being feared and the worthiest of forgiving;

اے صاحبِ تقویٰ و مغفرت

I beseech You in the name of this day,

میں تجھ سے اس دن کے حق سے سوال کرتا ہوں

which You have decided to be feast for Muslims

جس کو تو نے مسلمانوں کے لیے روزِ عید بنایا

and to be safety and increasing honor for Muhammad—peace of Allah be upon him and his Household—

اور حضرت محمد صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہ کے لیے شرف و کرامت کے مقام کا سبب بنایا

(I beseech You) to send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

محمدؐ و آل محمدؐ پر رحمت نازل فرما

include me withevery item of goodness

اور ہم کو اس نیکی میں داخل کردے

with which You have included Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

جس میں محمدؐ و آل محمدؐ کو داخل کیا ہے

and save me from any item of evil

اور ہر اس برائی سے نکال دے

from which You have saved Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

جس سے محمدؐ و آل محمدؐ کو دور رکھا ہے۔

may Your blessings be upon him and upon them.

( جن پر تیری رحمت و برکات ہیں)

O Allah, I pray You for the best of all that for which Your righteous servants have prayed You,

میں تجھ سے سوال کرتا ہوں اس خیر کے بارے میں جس کا صالحین نے تجھ سے سوال کیا

and seek Your protection against all that against which Your righteous servants have asked Your protection.

اور پناہ مانگتا ہوں ان برائیوں سے جس سے تیرے مخلص بندوں نے پناہ چاہی۔

You may then say the Takbir statement for the sixth time, do the genuflection (ruku'), and prostrate yourself (sujud). When you stand up for the second unit, recite Surah al-Faatehah and Surah al-Shams (No. 91) and then say the Takbir statement four times only raising the hands for Qunut after each statement. After that, say the fifth Takbir statement and continue the prayer. After accomplishment of the prayer, say the famous Tasbih al-Zahra’(a.s.).

Narrations have mentioned many supplicatory prayers to be said after the ‘Id Prayer; rather, the best of them may be the 46th supplication of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah

It is also recommended to offer the ‘Id Prayer outdoors, directly on the ground without putting a carpet or any other thing under the feet, to return from a way other than the one taken in the coming, and to pray Almighty Allah for accepting the acts of one’s brethren-in-faith.

Ninth: It is recommended to visit the holy tomb of Imam al-Husayn (a.s.).

Tenth: It is recommended to say the famous supplicatory prayer known as Dua al-Nudbah. Sayyid Ibn Tawus has instructed, saying: After saying Dua al-Nudbah, prostrate yourself and say the following:

I seek refuge with You from fire whose heat is never extinguished,

خدایا میں تیری پناہ چاہتا ہوں اس آگ سے جس کی حرارت سرد ہونے والی نہیں ہے

whose fresh flame never deteriorates,

جس کی تازگی جانے والی نہیں ہے

and whose thirsty is never quenched.

جس کی پیاس بجھائی نہیں جاسکتی۔

You may then put your right cheek on the ground and say the following:

O my God, (please) do not turn my face in Hellfire

پروردگار میرے اس رخسارے کو جہنّم میں نہ لوٹانا

after I have prostrated myself and soiled my face before You;

اس سجدہ کے بعد اور خاک پر سر رکھنے کے بعد

it is not a show of favor from me to You,

اگرچہ میرا تجھ پر کوئی احسان نہیں ہے،

but it is You Who have this favor on me.

تیرا ہی مجھ پر احسان ہے۔

You may then put your left cheek on the ground and say the following:

Have mercy on one who has transgressed and committed blunders,

خدایا اس پر رحم کر جس نے برائی کی گناہ کیا

but is now showing humility and confessing.

بے چارہ ہوگیا اور اپنے گناہوں کا اقرار کیا۔

You may then return to the (ordinary) prostration and say the following:

If I am the most miserable servant (of You),

اگر میں بدترین بندہ ہوں

You are verily the best Lord.

تو تو بہترین پروردگار ہے۔

Grand is the sin of Your servant;

بندے کے گناہ عظیم ہیں

so, let pardon of You be nice. O All-noble.

تو تیری طرف سے بہترین معافی ہونی چاہیے اے کریم۔

You may then repeat the following word one hundred times:

(I plead for) pardon. (I plead for) pardon.

معافی معافی

Sayyid Ibn Tawus then adds, “Do not spend this day with entertainment and negligence while you do not know whether your deeds have been accepted or rejected. Rather, if you hope for acceptance of your deeds, you must show thanks; and if you anticipate rejection, you must be intensely sad.”

THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF SHAWWAL

According to some narrations, Imam Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq(a.s.) departed life on the 25th of Shawwal, AH 148. However, other historians have decided that he departed life on the fifteenth of Rajab. The reason of his death was that he was offered poisoned grapes. It has been also narrated that at his last hours, he (a.s.) gathered all his relatives and said to them, “Our Intercession (shafa’ah) shall not be won by him who belittles his prayers and who does not care for them.”