Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: The Excellence of Friday and its Night َّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَ٠َّدِ بْنِ عُذَافِرٍ عَنْ عُ٠َرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َرُ إِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ لَيْلَةُ الْجُ٠َلاَئِكَةٌ بِعَدَدِ الذَّرِّ فِي أَيْدِيهِ٠ُ الذَّهَبِ وَقَرَاطِيسُ الْفِضَّةِ لاَ تَكْتُبُونَ إِلَى لَيْلَةِ السَّبْتِ إِلاَّ الصَّلاَةَ عَلَى ٠َّدٍ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَأَكْثِرْ ٠ِنْهَا وَقَالَ يَا عُ٠ِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى ٠َّدٍ وَعَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْ٠َرَّةٍ وَفِي سَائِرِ الأيَّا٠13.

Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ‘Amr ibn ‘Uthman from Muhammad ibn ‘Adhafir from ‘Umar ibn Yazid who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said to me, ‘O ‘Umar, on Friday nights angels by the number of atoms come to earth with pens of gold and papers of silver in their hands.

They write no other thing until Saturday except about Allahumma Salli ‘Ala Muhammad wa ‘Ali Muhammad (O Allah grant Muhammad and his family a compensation worthy of their serving Your cause). I pray to Allah to grant them such rewards.

You should say, “Allahumma Salli ‘Ala Muhammad wa ‘Ali Muhammad (O Allah grant Muhammad and his family a compensation worthy of their serving Your cause) a great deal.” The Imam also said, ‘O ‘Umar, it is of the Sunnah (tradition the Holy Prophet) to say, “Allahumma Salli ‘Ala Muhammad wa ‘Ali Muhammad (O Allah grant Muhammad and his family a compensation worthy of their serving Your cause)” every Friday one thousand times and one hundred times on other days.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/343))