Niyyat Dugana Shab-e-Qadr  |  Invocations after Lailatul Qadr Prayer

It is narrated in the 20th chapter of Maten-e-Shareef by Hzt. Bandagi Miyan Syed Khundmeer Raz. that on 26th of Ramazan Hzt. Miran Alahis Salam offered Farz prayer (Namaz) of ‘Isha and then looked up and asked what night it was? Miyan Syed Salaamullah Raz. replied that it was 27th night. After this he said that “it is being revealed to that the Holy Quran was sent to Syed-ul-Mursalin Sal'am in this night and it is described in Soora-e-Qadr. But its exact date was kept a secret for you alone, Shab-e-Qadr (The night of power) is better and holier than the nights of one thousand months. Wake up and offer Dugana as a token of gratitude to Allah”. Then Hzt. Miran Alahis Salam, got up and offered congregational prayer with 13 Muqtadees (people) under his leadership (Imammat). After this he sat down and offered the following invocation loudly—-

                                
‘O’ Allah let me live a submissive person (Miskin)
at this Haz.Salamullah Raz. requested him to include them also in this bless. After words by order of Allah he recited the invocations like this ‘O’ our Protector keep us submissive——

        
And then laid his head in Sijdah for some time. Then raised his head and again started speaking about the Glory and excellence of Shab-e-Qadr. The next year he offered Dugana Shab-e-Qadr with 72 people and looking towards Haz. Miyan Syed Khundmeer, said that it should be counted as Farz-e-Ain. It is compulsory for everybody to offer it. And Haz. Bandagi Miyan Syed Khundmeer Raz. did the same and offered invocations in the similar way in congregation.

Important: The first Dugana of Lailatul Qadr was offered by Haz. Miran Alahis Salam at KAHA and the second Dugana at the town of FARAH MUBARAK. After performing the second Dugana he passed away within one month and twenty three days.

It is to be clarified that in the group of Mahdavies there are two methods of making Niyyat for performance of Dugana-e-Lailatul Qadr. Some perform Dugana Shareef saying “Farzullah Ta'ala” while making niyyat and some do not say this. Both types of Niyyat are given below.

Intention (Niyyat) Dugana Lailatul Qadr

1.          

I intend to offer two Rak'at prayer (Namaz) Lailatul Qadr in the following of Mahdi-e-Mauood,
behind this Imam for the sake of Allah, turning my face towards Ka'bah, Allaho Akber.

2.         

I intended to offer two rak'at prayer (Namaz) Farz Lailatul Qadr in the following of
Mahdi-e-Mauood, for the sake of Allah, turning my face towards the Ka'bah, Allaho Akber.

The traditional way of performance of the prayer is as follows. On 27th night of Ramadan, after taking bath, wearing as for as possible decent new dress, saying Azan at mid-night, before the time of Sahar, offering Four rak'ats of Sunnat and Four rak'ats of Farz ('Isha) prayers and two rakats of sunnat prayer. Then offer Dugana-e-Lailatul Qadre two rakats. In first rakat after reciting Soora-e-Fatiha, recite Soora-e-Vadduha, and in the second rakat after Soora-e-Fatiha recite Soora-e-Qadr with fear of Allah and humility in heart. Then the Imam shall recite the following invocations loudly, meanwhile the Musallies will be engaged in listening to the Dua and Zikr.

This Dugana prayer we get once in the whole year. Therefore one should try his best to offer in congregation behind the Murshid i.e. the spiritual guide. If one is not available for Imammat, it should be offered behind some saintly person or one of the most pious person among the group.

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‘O’ our protector (Rub), keep us submissive while alive and also submissive at death and on
the day of judgement keep us in the category of submissives with Thy grace O’ Merciful, O’
greatest Merciful. O’ our savour (Rab), show us the world as scanty and show us Thy greatness
in a big form and bestow us with the strength for Thy obedience and keep us firm on Thy path;
Thy love; Thy worship; and Thy desire. O’ Greatest merciful of all the mercifuls.

O’ our Allah, show us the truth as truth (Haq) and give us strength to follow it and show us the
false (Batil) as false and give us strength to avoid it. O’ Greatest merciful of all the mercifuls.

O’ Allah, forgive us our mistakes, O’ Allah don’t put more burden on us like on our
predecessors.

O’ Allah do not thrust a burden on us which we cannot bear and forgive us, and oversee (our
mistakes) and be merciful on us. You are our Master and Lord. Thy alone help us for our
prevalence over the non believers. O’ Allah undoubtedly we heard Thy call for obedience and
belief on Thou, so therefore we obeyed and had belief on Thou. O’ Allah forgive our sins and
reduce our evils and give us a death with good deeds.

O’ Allah bestow us with Thy mercy promised to Thy Apostles and don’t disgrace us on the Day
of Judgement. Of course Thou won’t go back on Thy promise. (3-194)

O’ Allah give us goodness in this world and give us goodness Here-after and save us from the
fire of the Hell.

O’ Allah don’t change our hearts after you have showed us the right path and bestow us Thy
mercy and bless. Of course Thou is the Bestower and Thou is the best Bestower and Thou is
the best Bestower. (3-8)

Important: After offering the said invocations and supplications to be offered in Dugana Tahiyatul wudhu and the above mentioned invocations to be recited at the time of Sajda-e-Munajat (Supplication) recite with all humility and modesty and humbly pray Allah to fulfil our hearts desire. It is the Holiest night when Allah showers Mercy and Blessings and countless angles will be present to say Amin at every prayer and invocations offered this night sincerely. (Zaoq Shaoq Namaz)

After this getting up from Sijdah-e-Munajat, offer Vitr prayer in congregation. Then all the congregation shall stand up and should recite this Tasbeeh loudly.

The Imam should say —-

                                                                                    
There is no God but Allah.

Then all the Muqtadees should say —-

                                                                           
Mohammed Sal'am is the Apostle of Allah.

Then Imam should say —-

                                                                                         
Allah alone is our Lord in-deed.

Then all the Muqtadees should say —

                                                                                        
Mohamed Sal'am is our Nabi.

Then the Imam should say—

                                                                    
The Holy Quran and Mahdi Mauood Alahis Sal'am are our Imams.

Then all the Muqtadees say—

                                                                                 
i.e.it is true and we accept it.

Important: After performing Dugana Shareef it is the practice that the spiritual guide (Murshid) drink, a little from the bowl and distributes the offal (Paskhurda) among the present(1).

After this as a mark of extreme greatitude towards Allah’s, un-limited grace and mercy through Mahdi Mauood Alahis salam with an intention of offering to Allah (Nazarullah), Khatimain alahima salam and all the prophets, saints, men and women distribute sweets to all the men, women present on the occasion.

On this occasion also it is better to offer reward of recital of the Holy Quran (Khatm-e-Quran) and Darood to the dead relatives for the sake of Allah. It is also customery to offer some cash to the priest (Murshid) in the name of Allah. It is also necessary to distribute among the poor and needy people in the name of Allah and with sincerity of heart. It is better to pay Zakath (Poor Tax) on this night every year. It is necessary since in this Holy night what ever is spent in the name of Allah as charity and the Zikr prayers, is better than the prayer and Zikr which are accepted, and alms given for thousand months (i.e. This is equivalent to 83 years and 4 months). The excellence and glory of Shabe Qadr (The night of power) is shown in Soora-e-Qadr of the Holy Quran. Hence it is necessary that the whole night is spent in Zikr and prayer and not even a single breath is spent with out the Zikr of the Almighty Allah. It is better than offering prayers Zikr and glorification of the name of Allah for one thousand months. The charity and alms given in the night will also be counted likewise. Due to these reasons we should engage ourselves with utmost concentration of mind and purity of heart in good and virtuous deeds and Zikr-e-khafi. Even a single moment should not be wasted. A single breath spent in glorification of Allah during this sacred night is better and superior than that of thousand month’s, Zikr of the other nights. Thus the greater we value this holiest and the most valuable night is better.
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(1) This is to be obtained from a perfect priest, since the wonder full effects of the "Paskhurda" are narrated in Matan-e-shareef capter 20
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One day Hzt. Nabi Kareem Sal'am narrated and praised the extra ordinary prayer offered by one person Sham’aon from Bani Israil for a thousand months saying that he observed daily fast for thousand months and made war (Jihad) against the infidels and engaged himself in worship and zikr of Almighty Allah in the nights until he achieved martydom. The audience of this meeting were feeling sorry at their inablity to perform such worship, and religious wars against the infidels, because of the limitation of their age. Hzt. Nabi Kareem sal'am was also moved. Therefore Allah showered His extreme grace and Mercy on the followers of Islam by revealing Soora-e-Qadr through His messenger Hzt. Jibrail Alahis Salam revealed that the Night of Power (shab-e-Qadr) is better than the struggle of Sham'aon for thousand months. After listening to the importance of Shab-e-Qadr the venerable companions of the Holy Prophet tried their best to know the exact date of the Sacred Night, but in vain, Keeping this particular night secret during the life of Hzt. Nabi Kareem Sal'am was Will of Allah only. It is quite clearly narrated in the chapter “Lailatul Qadr” in Mishkat-e-Shareef that Anhuzoor Sal'am said “I tried to find out the exact date of Shab-e-Qadr, which was revealed to me and made me forget it. And I offered prayer (Namaz) in that Holy night”.

This matter is worth considering that when the revelation of the Holy Quran started through Jibrail Alaihis Salam, Hzt. Nabi Kareem Sal'am with an intention to get it by heart, used to memorise the first words meanwhile he was unable to hear the second one and he was afraid of it. Then Allah ordered him not to move his tongue rapidly, only reciting it was enough and preserving the Holy Word in memory was the responsibility of Allah. (P. 29, R.17)

It was Allah's wish to reveal about this Holy Night only through Mehdi-e-Maood Khalifatulla, He made Nabi Kareem Sala'm to forget it though already revealed to him. For the sake of completing His Blessings on Anhuzoor Sal'am the Shab-e-Qadr was revealed, and was again concealed, by erasing the same from his memory. Common sense and good reasoning will show that no Imam or scholar or writer of the Quranic commentary (Tafsir) had any right or capacity to fix a particular night as Shab-e-Qadr. Only the Khalifatullah could expose the Shab-e-Qadr by direct revelation from Allah. This has happened on 27th of Ramadan in the year 909 Hijra, Hzt. Syed Mohammed Mahdi-e-Mauood Khalifatullah Alaihs Salam was instructed by Allah that the Holy Book was revealed on the Prophet Sal'am on that Night only and that it is indicated in the Soorah-e-Qadr and was concealed and revealed through the promised Mahdi only. Hence Allah ordered him to offer Dugana as a mark of gratitude to Allah. Thereafter he offered the prayer as thanks giving Salat for the revelation of the Night of Power to him and accordingly the Mahdavi people are enjoying the benefits of Shab-e-Qadr on this Night every year, Allah bestows His bless on whom so ever He wills.

It is clarified that the people who believe that the promised Mahdi-e-Mauood would take birth just before the Day of judgement, then the world will be destroyed and the opportunity for repentance (tauba) will be closed. If Mahdi-e-Mauood takes birth at that time and reveals the Shab-e-Qadr by orders of Allah, or those who do not believe in the advent of the promised Mahdi according to them Hzt. Isa Alaihis Salam will reveal the Night of Power at the faque end of the world; then the followers of Islam would have no opportunity to get the benefits of that powerful and Holy Night. Thus the very purpose of revealing the Soora Qadr (Verses of Qadr) would be defeated.

Hence this stand cannot be correct. Because no word of the Holy Quran is wasteful. Thus even after revelation of the Soora-e-Qadr the concealing of the Night of power (Shab-e-Qadr) from the Prophet Sal'am confirms only the Will of Allah to reveal the same through the promised Mahdi, well before the Dooms Day. Logically it is well established. This stand is supported by this tradition also.

Hadees Shareef—

                   
Hzt. Rasoool-e-Kareem Sal'am said “How my Ummah will become stray, when I am in the
beginning, Isa at the end and Mahdi, belonging to my family in the middle.

There was no prophet to be born after the Prophet Sal'am and no Book was to be revealed after the revelation of the Quran and so Shab-e-Qadr was revealed in the Soora-e-Qadr and through the Promised Mahdi in the world. In the same way orders of the vilayah were also revealed

in the Holy Quran thus Allah said —

                                                                           
(75-19) “Of course it is for us to explain it (The Quran) (and make it clear)

Thus the orders pertaining to the higher laws i.e. vilayah were also found in the Holy Quran and were put to pracitce as compulsory (Farayaz) Acts through the Khalifa of Allah Hzt. Syed Mohammed Jaunpuri Mahdi-e-Mauood Alaihis Salam. Although Anhuzoor Sal'am did not reveal them during the period of prophet-hood as mandatory, but put them to practice as voluntary acts and stressed their eminence. The details of the higher laws would be discussed later.

For a person in search of the truth the event of Shab-e-Qadr itself is more than sufficient proof to accept Hzt. Syed Mohammed Junpuri as Mahdi-e-Mauood.

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