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General Amaal for Shaban

GENERAL AAMAL IN Shaโ€˜bฤn

Importance of Shaโ€˜bฤn
Istigfar
It is recommended to recite the following imploration for forgiveness 70 times every day in Shaโ€™ban:
ุงูŽุณู’ุชูŽุบู’ููุฑู ุงู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ูŽ ูˆูŽ ุงูŽุณู’ุงูŽู„ูู‡ู ุงู„ุชู‘ูŽูˆู’ุจูŽุฉูŽ
Istigfar
It is recommended to recite the following imploration for forgiveness 70 times every day in Shaโ€™ban:
ุงูŽุณู’ุชูŽุบู’ููุฑู ุงู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ูŽ ุงู„ู‘ูŽุฐููŠ ู„ูŽุง ุงูู„ูŽู‡ูŽ ุฅูู„ู‘ูŽุง ู‡ููˆูŽ ุงู„ุฑู‘ูŽุญู’ู…ูŽู†ู ุงู„ุฑู‘ูŽุญููŠู…ู ุงู„ู’ุญูŽูŠู‘ู ุงู„ู’ู‚ูŽูŠู‘ููˆู…ู ูˆูŽ ุงูŽุชููˆุจู ุงูู„ูŽูŠู’ู‡ู.
However, some narrations have mentioned this imploration with some difference in the order of the statements, by preceding the phrase, โ€œalhayyu alqayyumuโ€ to โ€œarrahmanu arrahimuโ€. In any case, any form of the supplication is acceptable.

According to narrations, the best words that are advisably said in Shaโ€™ban are the implorations for the forgiveness of Almighty Allah (i.e. istighfar). Hence, to implore for Almighty Allahโ€™s forgiveness seventy times a day in Shaโ€™ban is equal to imploring for His forgiveness seventy thousand times a day in the other months.

Give alms
It is recommended to give alms in this month even if it is as small as a half date. Almsgiving in this month brings about rescue from Hellfire. In this respect, it has been narrated that when Imam al-Sadiq (ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู…) was asked about the merits of observing fasting in Rajab, he answered, โ€œWhy do you not ask about the merits of observing fasting in Shaโ€™ban?โ€ โ€œWhat is then the reward of one who observes fasting on one day in Shaโ€™ban?โ€ asked the narrator. The Imam (ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู…) answered, โ€œThe reward will be Paradise. I swear it by Allah.โ€ The narrator then asked again, โ€œWhat are the best deeds that should be done in Shaโ€™ban.โ€ The Imam (ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู…) answered, โ€œAlmsgiving and imploring for forgiveness are the best deeds in Shaโ€™ban. Verily, if anyone of you gives alms in Shaโ€™ban, Almighty Allah will breed that alms in the very same way as you breed your small camels. Hence, this alms will be as huge as Mount Uhud on the Resurrection Day.โ€
Glorification
It is recommended to repeat the following 1000 times in Shaโ€™ban:
ู„ูŽุง ุงูู„ูŽู‡ูŽ ุฅูู„ู‘ูŽุง ุงู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ู ูˆูŽ ู„ูŽุง ู†ูŽุนู’ุจูุฏู ุฅูู„ู‘ูŽุง ุงููŠู‘ูŽุงู‡ู ู…ูุฎู’ู„ูุตููŠู†ูŽ ู„ูŽู‡ู ุงู„ุฏู‘ููŠู†ูŽ ูˆูŽ ู„ูŽูˆู’ ูƒูŽุฑูู‡ูŽ ุงู„ู’ู…ูุดู’ุฑููƒููˆู†ูŽ
This devout rite brings about a great reward. The reward of one who repeats this glorification in Shaโ€™ban is that one is awarded the reward of serving (Almighty Allah) for one thousand years.
2 rakat prayer and fasting
It is recommended to offer a two rakat prayer every Thursday in Shaโ€™ban. In each unit, it is recommended to recite Surah al-Fatehah once and repeat Surah al-Tawแธฅฤซd one hundred times. After accomplishment, one should invoke Godโ€™s blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household one hundred times. This amaal achieves the granting of all worldly and religious needs. It is also recommended to observe fasting on Thursdays in Shaโ€™ban. In this respect, a Hadith reads that the skies decorate themselves each Thursday in Shaโ€™ban and the angels pray Almighty Allah, saying, โ€œO our God, (please do) forgive those who observe fasting on this day and respond to their prayers.โ€

The Holy Prophet (ุตู„ู‰ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ูˆุนู„ู‰ ุขู„ู‡ ูˆุณู„ู…) is also reported as saying, โ€œIf one observes fasting each Monday and Thursday in Shaโ€™ban, Almighty Allah will grant forty of his needs - twenty appertained to the worldly life and twenty to the Hereafter.โ€

Salawat
It is highly recommended to recite the invocation of blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household.

It is recommended to recite the following form of invocation of blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household that is reported from Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Sajjad (i.e. Imam Zayn al-โ€™Abidin) each midday in Shaโ€™ban and at the fifteenth night of it:

ุงูŽู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ุตูŽู„ู‘ู ุนูŽู„ูŽู‰ ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ูˆูŽ ุขู„ู ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ุดูŽุฌูŽุฑูŽุฉู ุงู„ู†ู‘ูุจููˆู‘ูŽุฉู ูˆูŽ ู…ูŽูˆู’ุถูุนู ุงู„ุฑู‘ูุณูŽุงู„ูŽุฉู ูˆูŽ ู…ูุฎู’ุชูŽู„ูŽูู ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽู„ูŽุงุฆููƒูŽุฉู ูˆูŽ ู…ูŽุนู’ุฏูู†ู ุงู„ู’ุนูู„ู’ู…ู ูˆูŽ ุงูŽู‡ู’ู„ู ุจูŽูŠู’ุชู ุงู„ู’ูˆูŽุญู’ูŠู ุงูŽู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ุตูŽู„ู‘ู ุนูŽู„ูŽู‰ ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ูˆูŽ ุขู„ู ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ุงู„ู’ููู„ู’ูƒู ุงู„ู’ุฌูŽุงุฑููŠูŽุฉู ูููŠ ุงู„ู„ู‘ูุฌูŽุฌู ุงู„ู’ุบูŽุงู…ูุฑูŽุฉู ูŠูŽุฃู’ู…ูŽู†ู ู…ูŽู†ู’ ุฑูŽูƒูุจูŽู‡ูŽุง ูˆูŽ ูŠูŽุบู’ุฑูŽู‚ู ู…ูŽู†ู’ ุชูŽุฑูŽูƒูŽู‡ูŽุง ุงู„ู’ู…ูุชูŽู‚ูŽุฏู‘ูู…ู ู„ูŽู‡ูู…ู’ ู…ูŽุงุฑูู‚ูŒ ูˆูŽ ุงู„ู’ู…ูุชูŽุงูŽุฎู‘ูุฑู ุนูŽู†ู’ู‡ูู…ู’ ุฒูŽุงู‡ูู‚ูŒ ูˆูŽ ุงู„ู„ุงุฒูู…ู ู„ูŽู‡ูู…ู’ ู„ุงุญูู‚ูŒ ุงูŽู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ุตูŽู„ู‘ู ุนูŽู„ูŽู‰ ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ูˆูŽ ุขู„ู ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ุงู„ู’ูƒูŽู‡ู’ูู ุงู„ู’ุญูŽุตููŠู†ู ูˆูŽ ุบููŠูŽุงุซู ุงู„ู’ู…ูุถู’ุทูŽุฑู‘ู ุงู„ู’ู…ูุณู’ุชูŽูƒููŠู†ู ูˆูŽ ู…ูŽู„ู’ุฌูŽุงู ุงู„ู’ู‡ูŽุงุฑูุจููŠู†ูŽ ูˆูŽ ุนูุตู’ู…ูŽุฉู ุงู„ู’ู…ูุนู’ุชูŽุตูู…ููŠู†ูŽ ุงูŽู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ุตูŽู„ู‘ู ุนูŽู„ูŽู‰ ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ูˆูŽ ุขู„ู ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ุตูŽู„ูŽุงุฉู‹ ูƒูŽุซููŠุฑูŽุฉู‹ ุชูŽูƒููˆู†ู ู„ูŽู‡ูู…ู’ ุฑูุถู‹ู‰ ูˆูŽ ู„ูุญูŽู‚ู‘ู ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ูˆูŽ ุขู„ู ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ุงูŽุฏูŽุงุกู‹ ูˆูŽ ู‚ูŽุถูŽุงุกู‹ ุจูุญูŽูˆู’ู„ู ู…ูู†ู’ูƒูŽ ูˆูŽ ู‚ููˆู‘ูŽุฉู ูŠูŽุง ุฑูŽุจู‘ูŽ ุงู„ู’ุนูŽุงู„ูŽู…ููŠู†ูŽ ุงูŽู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ุตูŽู„ู‘ู ุนูŽู„ูŽู‰ ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ูˆูŽ ุขู„ู ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ุงู„ุทู‘ูŽูŠู‘ูุจููŠู†ูŽ ุงู„ู’ุงูŽุจู’ุฑูŽุงุฑู ุงู„ู’ุงูŽุฎู’ูŠูŽุงุฑู ุงู„ู‘ูŽุฐููŠู†ูŽ ุงูŽูˆู’ุฌูŽุจู’ุชูŽ ุญูู‚ููˆู‚ูŽู‡ูู…ู’ ูˆูŽ ููŽุฑูŽุถู’ุชูŽ ุทูŽุงุนูŽุชูŽู‡ูู…ู’ ูˆูŽ ูˆูู„ูŽุงูŠูŽุชูŽู‡ูู…ู’ ุงูŽู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ุตูŽู„ู‘ู ุนูŽู„ูŽู‰ ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ูˆูŽ ุขู„ู ู…ูุญูŽู…ู‘ูŽุฏู ูˆูŽ ุงุนู’ู…ูุฑู’ ู‚ูŽู„ู’ุจููŠ ุจูุทูŽุงุนูŽุชููƒูŽ ูˆูŽ ู„ูŽุง ุชูุฎู’ุฒูู†ููŠ ุจูู…ูŽุนู’ุตููŠูŽุชููƒูŽ ูˆูŽ ุงุฑู’ุฒูู‚ู’ู†ููŠ ู…ููˆูŽุงุณูŽุงุฉูŽ ู…ูŽู†ู’ ู‚ูŽุชู‘ูŽุฑู’ุชูŽ ุนูŽู„ูŽูŠู’ู‡ู ู…ูู†ู’ ุฑูุฒู’ู‚ููƒูŽุŒ ุจูู…ูŽุง ูˆูŽุณู‘ูŽุนู’ุชูŽ ุนูŽู„ูŽูŠู‘ูŽ ู…ูู†ู’ ููŽุถู’ู„ููƒูŽ ูˆูŽ ู†ูŽุดูŽุฑู’ุชูŽ ุนูŽู„ูŽูŠู‘ูŽ ู…ูู†ู’ ุนูŽุฏู’ู„ููƒูŽ ูˆูŽ ุงูŽุญู’ูŠูŽูŠู’ุชูŽู†ููŠ ุชูŽุญู’ุชูŽ ุธูู„ู‘ููƒูŽ ูˆูŽ ู‡ูฐุฐูŽุง ุดูŽู‡ู’ุฑู ู†ูŽุจููŠู‘ููƒูŽ ุณูŽูŠู‘ูุฏู ุฑูุณูู„ููƒูŽ ุดูŽุนู’ุจูŽุงู†ู ุงู„ู‘ูŽุฐููŠ ุญูŽููŽูู’ุชูŽู‡ู ู…ูู†ู’ูƒูŽ ุจูุงู„ุฑู‘ูŽุญู’ู…ูŽุฉู ูˆูŽ ุงู„ุฑู‘ูุถู’ูˆูŽุงู†ู ุงู„ู‘ูŽุฐููŠ ูƒูŽุงู†ูŽ ุฑูŽุณููˆู„ู ุงู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ู ุตูŽู„ู‘ูŽู‰ ุงู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ู ุนูŽู„ูŽูŠู’ู‡ู ูˆูŽ ุขู„ูู‡ู ูˆูŽ [ุณูŽู„ู‘ูŽู…ูŽโ€] ูŠูŽุฏู’ุงูŽุจู ูููŠ ุตููŠูŽุงู…ูู‡ู ูˆูŽ ู‚ููŠูŽุงู…ูู‡ู ูููŠ ู„ูŽูŠูŽุงู„ููŠู‡ู ูˆูŽ ุงูŽูŠู‘ูŽุงู…ูู‡ู ุจูุฎููˆุนุง ู„ูŽูƒูŽ ูููŠ ุงููƒู’ุฑูŽุงู…ูู‡ู ูˆูŽ ุงูุนู’ุธูŽุงู…ูู‡ู ุงูู„ูŽู‰ ู…ูŽุญูŽู„ู‘ู ุญูู…ูŽุงู…ูู‡ู ุงูŽู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ููŽุงูŽุนูู†ู‘ูŽุง ุนูŽู„ูŽู‰ ุงู„ุงุณู’ุชูู†ูŽุงู†ู ุจูุณูู†ู‘ูŽุชูู‡ู ูููŠู‡ู ูˆูŽ ู†ูŽูŠู’ู„ู ุงู„ุดู‘ูŽููŽุงุนูŽุฉู ู„ูŽุฏูŽูŠู’ู‡ู ุงูŽู„ู„ู‘ูฐู‡ูู…ู‘ูŽ ูˆูŽ ุงุฌู’ุนูŽู„ู’ู‡ู ู„ููŠ ุดูŽูููŠุนุงู‹ู…ูุดูŽูู‘ูŽุนุงู‹ูˆูŽ ุทูŽุฑููŠู‚ุงู‹ุงูู„ูŽูŠู’ูƒูŽ ู…ูŽู‡ู’ูŠูŽุนุงู‹ูˆูŽ ุงุฌู’ุนูŽู„ู’ู†ููŠ ู„ูŽู‡ู ู…ูุชู‘ูŽุจูุนุงู‹ุญูŽุชู‘ูŽู‰ ุงูŽู„ู’ู‚ูŽุงูƒูŽ ูŠูŽูˆู’ู…ูŽ ุงู„ู’ู‚ููŠูŽุงู…ูŽุฉู ุนูŽู†ู‘ููŠ ุฑูŽุงุถููŠุงู‹ูˆูŽ ุนูŽู†ู’ ุฐูู†ููˆุจููŠ ุบูŽุงุถููŠุงู‹ู‚ูŽุฏู’ ุงูŽูˆู’ุฌูŽุจู’ุชูŽ ู„ููŠ ู…ูู†ู’ูƒูŽ ุงู„ุฑู‘ูŽุญู’ู…ูŽุฉูŽ ูˆูŽ ุงู„ุฑู‘ูุถู’ูˆูŽุงู†ูŽ ูˆูŽ ุงูŽู†ู’ุฒูŽู„ู’ุชูŽู†ููŠ ุฏูŽุงุฑูŽ ุงู„ู’ู‚ูŽุฑูŽุงุฑู ูˆูŽ ู…ูŽุญูŽู„ู‘ูŽ ุงู„ู’ุงูŽุฎู’ูŠูŽุงุฑู.
Munajat al-Shabaniyyah
It is recommended to recite Munajat al-Shabaniyyah that has been narrated by Ibn Khalawayh who commented on it, saying, โ€œThis is the confidential prayer of Imam Ali Ameer al-Momineen and the Holy Imams (ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู…) who used to recite it in the month of Shaโ€™ban.โ€