1.Friday Dua just Before Dawn/Fajr
Shaykh al-Tusi, Sayyid Ibn Tawus, and others have mentioned the followingThe dua alludes to dangers of total reliance on one's own intelligence.اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi
O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,
وَهَبْ لِيَ ٱلْغَدَاةَ رِضَاكَ wa hab liya alghadata ridaka
grant me Your satisfaction this very early morning,
وَأَسْكِنْ قَلْبِي خَوْفَكَ wa askin qalbi khawfaka
place fear of You in my heart,
وَٱقْطَعْهُ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ waqta`hu `amman siwaka
and separate it from (leaning to) anyone other than You,
حَتَّىٰ لاَ أَرْجُوَ وَلاَ أَخَافَ إِلاَّ إِيَّاكَ hatta la arjwa wa la akhafa illa iyyaka
so that I will hope for and fear none save You.
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi
O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his Household
وَهَبْ لِي ثَبَاتَ ٱلْيَقينِ wa hab li thabata alyaqini
and grant me resolute faith,
wa mahda al-ikhlasi
pure sincerity (to You),
wa sharafa alttawhidi
honorable belief in (Your) oneness,
وَدَوَامَ ٱلاِسْتِقَامَةِ wa dawama al-istiqamati
persistent straightness,
wa ma`dina alssabri
essential tolerance,
وَٱلرِّضَا بِٱلْقَضَاءِ وَٱلْقَدَرِ walrrida bilqada'i walqadari
and satisfaction with (Your) predetermination and decrees.
يَا قَاضِيَ حَوَائِجِ ٱلسَّائِلينَ ya qadiya hawa'iji alssa'ilina
O He Who settles the needs of His beseechers;
يَا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي ضَمِيرِ ٱلصَّامِتِينَ ya man ya`lamu ma fi damiri alssamitina
O He Who knows what is in the innermost of the silent;
صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi
send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,
wastajib du`a'i
respond to my prayers,
waghfir dhanbi
forgive my sins,
wa awsi` rizqi
expand my means of livelihood,
وَٱقْضِ حَوَائِجِي فِي نَفْسِي waqdi hawa'iji fi nafsi
and settle the needs of myself
وَإِخْوَانِي فِي دِينِي وَأَهْلِي wa ikhwani fi dini wa ahli
and my brethren-in-faith and my family members.
إِلٰهِي طُمُوحُ ٱلآمَالِ قَدْ خَابَتْ إِلاَّ لَدَيْكَ ilahi tumuhu al-amali qad khabat illa ladayka
O Allah, all ambitions of expectations are disappointed except those addressed to You,
وَمَعَاكِفُ ٱلْهِمَمِ قَدْ تَعَطَّلَتْ إِلاَّ عَلَيْكَ wa ma`akifu alhimami qad ta`attalat illa `alayka
all resolute determinations are paralyzed except those relied upon You,
وَمَذَاهِبُ ٱلْعُقُولِ قَدْ سَمَتْ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ wa madhahibu al`uquli qad samat illa ilayka
and all reason-based tendencies are wasted except those directed to You.
فَأَنْتَ الَّرجَاءُ وَإِلَيْكَ الْمُلْتَجَأُ fa-anta alrraja'u wa ilayka almultaja'u
So, You are the ultimate hope and to You is the resort.
يَا أَكْرَمَ مَقْصُودٍ وَأَجْوَدَ مَسْؤُولٍ ya akrama maqsudin wa ajwada mas'ulin
O He Who is the noblest objective and the most magnanimous desired,
هَرَبْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَفْسِي harabtu ilayka binafsi
I am fleeing to You from myself.
يَا مَلْجَأَ ٱلْهَارِبِينَ بِأَثْقَالِ ٱلذُّنُوبِ ya malja'a alharibina bi-athqali aldhdhunubi
O shelter of those who flee overburdened with the heavy loads of sins,
أَحْمِلُهَا عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِي ahmiluha `ala zahri
carrying my sins on my back,
لاَ أَجِدُ لِي إِلَيْكَ شَافِعاً la ajidu li ilayka shafi`an
I cannot find any interceder for me
سِوَىٰ مَعْرِفَتِي بِأَنَّكَ أَقْرَبُ مَنْ رَجَاهُ ٱلطَّالِبُونَ siwa ma`rifati bi'annaka aqrabu man rajahu alttalibuna
except that I know for sure that You are the nearest of all those who are hoped by beseechers
وَأَمَّلَ مَا لَدَيْهِ ٱلرَّاغِبُونَ wa ammala ma ladayhi alrraghibuna
and of all those whose donations are expected by the desirous.
يَا مَنْ فَتَقَ ٱلْعُقُولَ بِمَعْرِفَتِهِ ya man fataqa al`uqula bima`rifatihi
O He Who has split the intellects on the recognition of Him,
وَأَطْلَقَ ٱلأَلْسُنَ بِحَمْدِهِ wa atlaqa al-alsuna bihamdihi
made tongues articulate with the praising of Him
وَجَعَلَ مَا ٱمْتَنَّ بِهِ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ فِي كِفَاءٍ لِتَاْدِيَةِ حَقِّهِ wa ja`ala ma imtanna bihi `ala `ibadihi fi kifa'in lita'diyati haqqhi
and made that which He has conferred upon His servants enough means for the fulfillment of their duties towards Him;
صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi
(please) send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,
وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ عَلَىٰ عَقْلِي سَبيلاًَ wa la taj`al lilshshaytani `ala `aqli sabilan
do not give Satan any way (of success) over my reason,
وَلاَ لِلْبَاطِلِ عَلَىٰ عَمَلِي دَلِيلاً wa la lilbatili `ala `amali dalilan
and do not give wrongness a way to reach my deeds.
2.It has been narrated that one who says the following litany three times before the Dawn (Fajr) Prayer on Fridays will have all his sins forgiven even if they are as innumerable as swelling foams:أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ astaghfiru allaha alladhi la ilaha illa huwa
I pray the forgiveness of Allah save Whom there is no god;
ٱلْحَيُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ alhayyu alqayyumu wa atubu ilayhi
the Ever-living and Ever-subsisting,and I turn in repentance to Him
Friday Duas at Fajr
3.When Friday dawns (at fajr), it is recommended to say the following:أَصْبَحْتُ فِي ذِمَّةِ ٱللَّهِ asbahtu fi dhimmati allahi
I begin this morning seeking the protection of Allah,
wa dhimmati mala'ikatihi
the protection of His angels,
وَذِمَمِ أَنْبِيَائِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ عَلَيهِمُ ٱلسَّلاَمُ wa dhimami anbiya'ihi wa rusulihi `alayhimu alssalamu
the protections of His prophets and messengers, peace be upon them,
وَذِمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ wa dhimmati muhammadin salla allahu `alayhi wa alihi
the protection of Muhammad, peace be upon him and his Household,
وَذِمَمِ ٱلأَوْصِيَاءِ مِنَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّلاَمُ wa dhimami al-awsiya'i min ali muhammadin `alayhimu alssalamu
and the protections of the Successors from Muhammad’s progeny, peace be upon them.
آمَنْتُ بِسِرِّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّلاَمُ وَعَلاَنِيَتِهِمْ amantu bisirri ali muhammadin `alayhimu alssalamu wa `alaniyatihim
I believe in the secrets of Muhammad’s progeny, peace be upon them, and in their open affairs
وَظَاهِرِهِمْ وَبَاطِنِهِمْ wa zahirihim wa batinihim
and in their exoteric and their esoteric affairs.
وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُمْ فِي عِلْمِ ٱللَّهِ وَطَاعَتِهِ wa ash-hadu annahum fi `ilmi allahi wa ta`atihi
I bear witness that they, as regarding their knowledge of Allah and their obedience to Him,
كَمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ ka-muhammadin salla allahu `alayhi wa alihi
are just like Muhammad, peace be upon him and his Household.
Recite 2 Rakat Nafila of Fajr4.In his book of al-`Arus, Shaykh Ja`far ibn Ahmad al-Qummi has recorded that Imam al-Sadiq (as) is reported to have said that one who repeats the following litany one hundred times between the Dawn nafila (2 rakat before fajr) and obligatory prayers will be provided with, a house in Paradise:سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ ٱلْعَظيمِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ subhana rabbiya al`azimi wa bihamdihi
All glory be to Allah, the All-great and with the Praising of Him;
اسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّي وَاتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ astaghfiru allaha rabbi wa atubu ilayhi
I pray the forgiveness of Allah, my Lord, and I turn repentant to Him.
