Bismillah. Ibn Abī Nasr narrates that he asked Abul Hasan al-Ridā (a): in which month should we visit [and perform the ziyārah of] Imam al-Husayn (a)? He said in the middle of Rajab and in the middle of Sha‘bān. (al-Tūsī, Tahdhīb 6:48; taken from Forty Hadīth: Rajab and Sha ‘bān, Hadith 5) For our Quranic … Read more
Bismillah. اِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئًا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا La prière pendant la nuit est plus efficace et plus propice pour la récitation. (Sūrat Al-Muzzammil No.73, Āyat 6) La sourate al-Muzzammil est la deuxième ou la troisième sourate révélée au Saint Prophète (s). Lorsque le Prophète sallallāhu ‘alayhi waālihi wasallam commença à inviter ouvertement le … Read more
Bismillah. Abū ‘Abdillāh (al-Sādiq) (a) said: The Messenger of Allah (s) has said, ‘Rajab is the month of istighfār (i.e. pleading for forgiveness from Allah) for my Ummah, (so) do a lot of istighfār in it for surely He is All-forgiving and All-merciful (Q, 6:54, 165), and Sha‘bān is my month. Say in Rajab many … Read more