Sholat sunnah on last friday of Ramadhan

The Sunnat prayer done in the Last Friday of Ramadhan

The following prayer is to be done on the night of the last Friday in Ramadhan, 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 Sunnat 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 (saw) 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 the 1st raka’at, recite Surah Fatihah once, and Surah al-Qadr (Surah 97) 15 times.
In the 2nd raka’at, recite Surah al-Fatihah once, then Surah al-Kauthar (Surah 108) 15 times.
In the 3rd raka’at, recite Surah Fatihah once, and Surah al-Qadr (Surah 97) 15 times.
In the 4th raka’at, recite Surah al-Fatihah once, then Surah al-Kauthar (Surah 108) 15 times.
Then read Sayyidul Selawat, and the Quranic verse, “Innallah hawa mala ikatahu, you sollu ‘alan nabi….”

Then recite 100 Selawat/Darood Shareef upon Rasulullah (saw).

Finally, recite the following do’a 3 times:

You may pray this with an Imam leading, and the jema’ah may choose to read with Imam or just remain silent while concentrating on the Imam’s reading. When the Imam raeds the do’a, the congregation MUST recite Ameen, so that it is as if they too are reading this do’a. They needn’t read it again, if the Imam has already done so.

Shaykh Adnan has also performed this prayer this year, slightly different, with 15 Surah Al Qadr and 15 Surah Al-Kauthar being recited after Surah al-Fatihah, in EACH of the 4 raka’ats.

Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani (q) teaches another Sunnat prayer, Solat al-Khusama, that is to be done on the last Friday of Ramadhan.

In addition to the Sunnat prayer above, this is another special Solat that is done on the last Friday of Ramadhan, usually between Juma’at prayers and asar.

It is a 4 raka’at prayer, done at one go with one salam at the end, that is done, so that the reward of it is donated to all people whom you have harmed and sinned against, so that Allah will use the reward to satisfy their claims on the Day of Resurrection, if He so wills.

It is done as follows:

1st raka’at: Surah al-Fatihah, followed by Surah al-Ikhlas (Qul hu Allau ahad) 11 times
2nd raka’at: Surah al-Fatihah, followed by Surah al-Ikhlas (Qul hu Allau ahad) 10 times, and Surah al-Kafiroon, 3 times
3rd raka’at: Surah al-Fatihah, followed by Surah al-Ikhlas (Qul hu Allau ahad) 10 times, and Surah al-Takathur (Alha kumu takathur), 1 time. Surah al-Takathur is Surah number 102.
4th raka’at: Surah al-Fatihah, followed by Surah al-Ikhlas (Qul hu Allau ahad) 15 times, and Ayatul Kusi 1 time.
Then donate the spiritual reward of the performance of this prayer, to all those enemies who will have a claim against you on Judgement Day.