قَالَ لِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص كَانَ يُغَلِّسُ بِهَا لِقُرْبِهَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ. He -asws said: ‘Because the Prophet -saww was (being loud) at the onset of the night with it due to its nearness from the night’’. [11] How to recite ‘ Qul ho Wal ho Ahhad ’?
It has been narrated from Ali Ibn Ahmed Ibn Mohammed Ibn Imran who from Muhammad Bin Abu Abdullah, raising it from Abdul Al-Kufi, who said, ‘I asked Al-Reza -asws about the Tawheed (Oneness). So he -asws said: ‘The one who recites [112:1] Say: He Allah is One and believes in it, so he has recognised the Tawheed (Oneness)’.
I said, ‘How should one recite it?’ He -asws said: ‘Just as the people are reciting it, and increase in it, كَذَلِكَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي كَذَلِكَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي كَذَلِكَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي ‘Like that is Allah -azwj my Lord -azwj , like that is Allah -azwj my Lord -azwj , like that is Allah -azwj my Lord -azwj ’’ ( three times ).
[12] It is recommended to recite Chapter 97 in a Rakat (Cycle) of a Salāt: عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُبْدُوسٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّكَ كَتَبْتَ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَرَجِ تُعَلِّمُهُ أَنَّ أَفْضَلَ مَا تَقْرَأُ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ بِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ إِنَّ صَدْرِي لَيَضِيقُ بِقِرَاءَتِهِمَا فِي الْفَجْرِ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلام ) لَا يَضِيقَنَّ صَدْرُكَ بِهِمَا فَإِنَّ الْفَضْلَ وَ اللَّهِ فِيهِمَا .
Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Abdous, from Muhammad Bin Zawiya, from Abu Ali Bin Rashid who said, ‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws !