Ramadan New Moon Sighting Dua,
Ramadan Moonsighting, Crescent Moon
(Hilal)
When the crescent of Ramadan is sighted,
turn towards Qiblah, raising hands towards
the sky, address it as under: -
RABBEE WA RABBUKALLAAHU RABBUL
A'ALAMEEN ALLAAHUMMA AHILLAHOO
A'LAYNAA BIL-AMNI WAL EEMAANI WAS
SALAAMATI WAL ISLAAMI WAL MUSAARA-
A'TI ILAA MAA TUH'IBBU WAL TARZ'AA
ALLAAHUMMA BAARIK LANAA FEE
SHARINAA HAAD'AA WAR-ZUQNAA
KHAYRAHOO WA A'WNAHOO WAS'RIF
A'NNAA Z'URRAHOO WA SHARRAHOO WA
BALAAA-AHOO WA FITNATAHOO
My Lord and your Lord is Allah, the Lord of
the worlds. O Allah for us let this month be
a period of peace, faith safety and total
submission to Thy will; make us walk apace
swiftly to that which Thou likes and
approves. O Allah pour out much blessings
on us in this month, make available for us
its generous good and assistance, and keep
us safe from the harm, evil, misfortune and
mischief that may try to trap us in this
month.
Dua of Imam Zainul
Abedin (A.S.):
Imam Zainul Abedin
(A.S.) used to invoke
the following Dua at
the beginning of the holy month of
Ramadan: -
All praise is due to God who guided us to
praise Him, and made us worthy of it in
order that we may be grateful for His
goodness, and that He may, thereupon
confer on us the reward of the righteous.
And all praise be to God, who conferred on
us His religion, and distinguished us with
His creed, and conducted us into the path
of His goodness, in order that, through His
grace we may walk along them towards His
approbation - a praise which He may accept
from us, and on account of which He may
be pleased with us.
And praise be to God who ordained His
month, the month of Ramadan, the month
of fasts, the month of Islam the month of
purity, the month of purification and the
month of standing up (for prayer) to beone
of those paths. In this month the Qur'an
was made to descend, as guidance to
mankind and contains clear instruction and
distinction (between right and wrong).
And He manifested its superiority to all the
other months by allotting it abundant
honors and celebrated excellence:
therefore, He prohibited in it what He had
allowed in other months in order to exalt it;
and forbade in it food and drink, in order to
honor it.
And appointed for it a definite time, which
the High and Glorious doth not to be
anticipated before it, and would not accept
if delayed after it.
Then He gave excellence to one of its
nights over a thousand months and named
it 'Lailetul Qadr" the night of Qadr (destiny),
wherein descend the angels and the spirit
by permission of their Lord, for every
matter; peace and everlasting blessing till
the dawn of the morning to whomsoever of
His servants He will, according to the
decree confirmed by Him.
O Lord, bless Mohammad and his Aal
(family) and inspire us to know its
excellence and honor its dignity, and to
abstain from whatever Thou hast forbidden
in it; and help us to observe its fasts, by
restraining our limbs from disobeying Thee
and employing them in that which would
please Thee:
So that we may not lend our ears to any
vain (speech-such as singing, etc.) and may
not direct our eyes towards any
amusement; and so that we may not stretch
our hands towards anything forbidden,and
may not step with our feet towards
anything prohibited; and so that nothing
may fill our bellies but what Thou hast
made lawful and our tongue may not utter
anything save what Thou hast permitted;
and we may cease to exert ourselves except
in that which would bring us nearer Thy
reward, and stop doing everything save
that which would protect us from Thy
torment.
Then, purify all this from showiness loved
by the ostentatious and notoriety desired
by seekers of fame (so that) we may not, in
our worship of Thee, join anyone besides
Thee, and may not, therein desire any other
object except Thee.
O Lord, bless Mohammad and his Aal
(family) and give us grace to perform timely
the five prayers with due regard to their
limits which Thou hast enjoined and
ceremonies which Thou hast prescribed,
and times which Thou hast fixed; and in this
respect raise us to the rank of those who
performed them (i.e., the five daily prayers)
with success, who duly observed their
essential points, who always performed
them at (proper) times, in most perfect and
complete purity and most evident and
touching humility, according to the rules
laid down by Thy servant and Thy apostle,
Thy favors on him and his Aal (family),
concerning their bows and prostrations and
all the other excellent (rites).
And, O Lord, give us grace, in this month, to
show favor to our relations and do good to
them, and to take care of our neighbours
with kindness and benevolence, and to
purge our property of obligations, and
purify it by giving the legal alms; and to call
back him who deserted us, and be just to
him who was unjust to us, and make peace
with him who was hostile to us-far be it
from us to reconcile him who is abhorred
on account of Thee and for Thy sake; for,
verily he is an enemy whom we will never
be on good terms.
And give us grace, therein to approach
Thee by means of pure deeds, whereby
Thou mayest purify us of sins.
And guard us, therein, from, relapsing into
blemishes, so that, none of Thy angels may
have occasion to report unto Thee but such
of conduct as would (necessarily) fall under
the heads of obedience to Thee and means
of approaching Thee.
O Lord, I beg Thee for the sake of this
month, and for the sake of him who adored
Thee in it, from its beginning to the time of
its closing, whether he belonged to the
class of angels whom Thou didst advance
to nearness, or of prophets whom Thou
didst send, or of pious servants whom Thou
didst distinguish, to bless Muhammad and
his Aal (family) and make us, in this month,
worthy of that which Thou hast promised
to Thy friend out of Thy bounty; and
entitled us to that to which Thou hast
entitled those who are most diligent in Thy
service; and place us in the class of those
who deserve high and exalter (rank) by Thy
mercy.
O Lord, bless Mohammad and his Aal
(family), and restrain us from unbelief in
Thy unity, and deficiency in glorifying Thee
and entertaining doubt in Thy religion,and
being blind to Thy path, and neglecting to
honor Thee, and being deceived by Satan,
Thy enemy, the stoned one.
O Lord, bless Mohammad and his Aal
(family), and since, in every night of the
nights of this our month, there are men
whom Thy pardon doth liberate, or whom
Thy forbearance forgives, therefore, let us
be of these men; and let us be to our
month the best of people and companions.
O Lord, bless Mohammad and his Aal
(family), and obliterate our sins along with
the disappearance of its crescent, and
remove from us our penalties with the
expiration of its days; so that the month
may pass from us while Thou hast cleansed
us, within it, of guilt's, and freed us of sins.
O Lord, bless Mohammad and his Aal
(family), and if we deviate in it then set us
right; and if we hesitate make us firm, and if
Satan, Thy enemy, overwhelms us then
deliver us from him.
O Lord, fill this month with our worship of
Thee alone, and adorn its moments with
our service to Thee; and help us in the day-
time to observe fast, and at night to pray
and beseech Thee and humble (ourselves)
unto Thee, and abase (ourselves) in thy
presence; so that neither its day may bear
witness against us of negligence, nor its
night of default.
O Lord, and let us be like this in all the
months and days, as long as Thou keeps us
alive; and let us be of Thy righteous
servants, who will inherit paradise, wherein
they shall live forever; and who do give
what they give with a fearing heart, for
verily, they shall return to Thee! And let us
be of those who are prompt in charity and
excel therein.
O Lord confers blessings on Mohammad
and his Aal (family), in every time and every
moment, and in every condition, greater in
number to the blessings Thou didst confer
on whomsoever Thou didst bless: Verily
Thou art the doer of what Thou resolves.
The Niyat (Intent) for keeping fast.
The fasts of the month of Ramadan are
obligatory. When the Crescent is sighted
we should declare to ourselves that, we will
keep all fasts during this month wajib
qurbatan ilallah i.e., to attain nearness to
Allah. Just like Salat/Namaz (prayers) the
Niyat of fasting is mental, and is the case
with Niyat of every action. To declare it in
words cannot only be defined as Niyat.
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