1st Day of Zilhajj

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Introduction

A number of devotional acts may be practiced on this blessed day:

First: It is recommended to observe fasting on this day, for its reward is equal to the reward of eighty months worship.

Second: It is recommended to offer Salat Faatemah. According to Shaykh al-Tusi, this prayer consists of four units each couple of which are offered separately. At each unit, Surah al-Faatehah is recited once and Surah al-Tawheed repeated fifty times. After the Tasleem statement, the famous Tasbeeh al-Zahra litany is done. Thereafter, the following doxology (zikr) is said:

سُبْحَانَ ذِيْ الْعِزِّ الشَّامِخِ الْمُنِيْفِ

SUBHAANA ZIL I'ZZIL SHAAMEKHIL MONEEFE

Glory be to the Lord of Honor and Sublime Authority.

سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ الْبَاذِخِ الْعَظِيْمِ

SUBHAANA ZIL JALAALIL BAAZEKHIL A'ZEEME

Glory be to the Lord of Majesty and Exalted Greatness.

سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْمُلْكِ الْفَاخِرِ الْقَدِيْمِ

SUBHAANA ZIL MULKIL FAAKHERIL QADEEME

Glory be to the Lord of eternal, splendid sovereignty.

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ يَرٰى اَثَرَ النَّمْلَةِ فِيْ الصَّفَا

SUBHAANA MAN YARAA ASARAN NAMLATE FIS SAFAA

Glory be to Him Who makes out the footprints of the ant on the stone.

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ يَرٰى وَقْعَ الطَّيْرِ فِىْ الْهَوَاۤءِ

SUBHAANA MAN YARAA WAQ-A'T TAYRE FIL HAWAAA-E

Glory be to Him Who knows the exact time and place of the bird dipping down through the air.

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ هٰكَذَا وَ لَا هٰكَذَا غَيْرُهٗ

SUBHAANA MAN HOWA HAAKAZAA WA LAA HAAKAZAA GHAYROHU.

Glory be to Him Who is like this and no one other than Him is like this.

Third: It is recommended to offer a two unit prayer half an hour before midday (zohr). At each unit, Surah al-Faatehah is recited once and Surah al-Tawheed, Ayah al-Kursi, and Surah al-Qadr repeated ten times each.

Fourth: One who fears an oppressor and says the following words on this day will be saved, by Almighty Allah:

حَسْبِيْ حَسْبِيْ حَسْبِيْ مِنْ سُؤَالِيْ عِلْمُكَ بِحَالِيْ

HASBEE HASBEE HASBEE MIN SO-AALEE I'LMOKA BEHAALEE.

Sufficient for me, sufficient for me, sufficient for me regarding my asking is Your knowledge of my condition.

On this day, Prophet Abraham (a.s.) was born.

On this day too, yet according to the narration of the two Shaykhs, Imam Ali Ameer al-Moameneen (a.s.) married Lady Fatimah al-Zahra (a.s.).