Sunnah prayer Last Friday-(Thursday Night) of Ramadhan

The Sunnat prayer done in the Last Friday of Ramadhan
from Mawlana Shaykh Adnan Kabbani 

**The Sunnah prayer done in the Last Friday night (meaning Thursday night)  Ramadhan***

The following prayer is to be done on the Night of the last Friday in Ramadhan-(meaning Thursday Night in western terms as in Islam the Night comes first), it equals a thousand months of worship, it covers all the worship one has missed in one’s lifetime.

Sayyidina Abu Bakr Siddiq (ra) said that this was a Sunnah prayer done to atone for all the past prayers that we missed since we were born. It is was equivalent to 400 years of missed past prayers, and Sayyidina Ali (ra) said that it could even be rewarded as 1000 years of missed prayers. When asked what the excess years are for, since we live for only 60+ years, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said that it will be used to atone for the missed prayers of our parents and ancestors, as well as for people in our town or village.

It is a four raka’at prayer prayed with one tashahud and one salam at the end (the is no tashahud after two raka’ats, just continue from the 2nd to the 3rd raka’at WITHOUT reading ‘At-tahiyyatul…’.

It is prayed with the intention: I am praying this sunnah/nafil prayer, as atonement all the prayers I have missed in my lifetime since the day I was born, till this moment.

In each and every raka’at;

Surah Fatihah once, & Surah al-Qadr-(Surah 97) 15 times, then Surah al-Kauthar-(Surah 108) 15 times.

Then read; Innallaha wa mala'ikatahu yusalluna 'alan-Nabiyy, ya ayyuha ladhina amanu, sallu 'alayhi wa sallimu taslima.

Then recite 100 Salawat/Darood Shareef upon Rasulullah (peace be upon him).

Finally, recite the following dua’a 3 times