نماز سلمان
Fifth: It is recommended to begin with offering the famous Salat Salman (The Prayer of Salman al-Farisi), which consists of thirty units. On the first of Rajab, it is advisable to offer ten units of this prayer separating each couple with a Taslim. In each unit, one should recite Surah al-Faatehah one time, Surah al-Tawheed three times, and Surah al-Kafirun three times. After Taslim, it is recommended to raise the hands up and say the following litany:
لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ
There is no god save Allah,
اللہ کے سوا کوئی معبود نہیں
وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ
the One and Only Who has no partner.
جو یکتا ہے اس کا کوئی ثانی نہیں
لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ
To him is the kingdom and to Him is all praise.
حکومت اس کی اور حمد اسی کی ہے
يُحْيِيْ وَ يُمِيْتُ
He gives life and causes to die
وہ زندہ کرتا اور موت دیتا ہے
وَ هُوَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوْتُ
while He is Ever-living and never dies.
وہ ایسا زندہ ہے جسے موت نہیں بھلائی
بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ
In His hand is the good
اسی کے پاس ہے
وَ هُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ۔
and He has power over all things.
اور وہ ہر چیز پر قدرت رکھتا ہے۔
The following litany should be said thereafter:
اَللّٰهُمَّ لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا اَعْطَيْتَ
O Allah, verily, none can ever divest him whom You decide to give,
اے معبود! جو کچھ تو دے اُسے کوئی روکنے والا نہیں
وَ لَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ
none can ever give him whom You decide to deprive,
اور جو کچھ تو روکے وہ کوئی دے نہیں سکتا
وَ لَا يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ۔
and nothing can ever stop that which You decide.
اور نفع نہیں دیتا کسی کا نصیب سوائے تیری دی ہوئی خوش بختی کے۔
Then, one should pass the hands over the face.
Other ten units of this prayer should be offered on the fifteenth (i.e. middle) of Rajab in the very aforementioned form and litanies. However, the following litany should be added after the first one:
اِلَهًا وَاحِدًا اَحَدًا
The Lord Who is One, One and Only,
وہ معبود یگانہ،
فَرْدًا صَمَدًا
Singular, and Besought by the all,
یکتا، تنہا اور بے نیاز ہے
لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ صَاحِبَةً وَ لَا وَلَدًا۔
has betaken neither a wife nor a son.
نہ اس کی کوئی زوجہ ہے نہ اس کی کوئی اولاد ہے۔
The last ten units of this prayer should be offered on the last day of Rajab in this very form; rather, the following litany is added after the first one:
وَ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِهِ الطَّاهِرِيْنَ
May Allah send blessings to Muhammad and upon his Household, the Immaculate.
اور خدا کی رحمت ہو حضرت محمدؐ اور اس کی پاکیزہ آلؑ پر
وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيْمِ۔
There is neither might nor power save with Allah, the Most High, the All-great.
اور نہیں کوئی طاقت و قوّت مگر وہ جو بلند وہ بزرگ خدا سے ہے۔
Then, one should pass the hands over the face and submit his requests.
This greatly advantageous prayer must not be neglected. However, Salman has another prayer, to be offered on this day, which consists of ten units in each of which Surah al-Faatehah should be recited once and Surah al-Tawheed three times. This prayer brings about a great reward; it achieves forgiveness of all sins, protects against the grave torture and the chastisement on the Resurrection Day, and saves from leprosy, elephantiasis, and pleurisy.
Sayyid Ibn Tawus has also mentioned, in his book of Iqbal al-A’mal, another prayer that is offered on the first of Rajab.
According to some narrations, Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) was born on the first of Rajab, AH 57. Yet, I believe that his birth was on the third of Safar.
THE SECOND OF RAJAB
According to some narrations, Imam Ali al-Hadi al-Naqi(a.s.) was born on the second of Rajab, AH 212. He departed life on the third of Rajab, AH 254, in Surra-man-Ra’a (currently Samarra’, Iraq).
THE TENTH OF RAJAB
On the word of Ibn ‘Ayyash, Imam Muhammad al-Jawad al-Taqi(a.s.) was born on the tenth of Rajab.