Imam -asws replied...

Imam -asws replied: Take a bath after the sunset, then recite Magrib prayers, and raise both your hands and pray to Allah -azwj : The One Who rewards more than one deserves, the most Powerful and the most Kind, please forgive my sins, which I have forgotten but these are written in Your register, then go into prostration and recite 100 times ‘أتوب إلى الله ‘ and then make your wish.

It is also narrated Amir-ul-Momaneen -asws used to offer two-part salat after Magrib salat in Shab-e-Qadr and in the first ‘Rakat’ would recite 1000 time ‘Qulhowal ho Ahad’ after ‘Alhamnd’ but only once ‘Qulhowal ho Ahad’ after ‘Alhamnd’ in the second ‘Rakat’.

[21] The Desert is the place for Eid-Salat (under open skies and prostration on earth) وَ رَوَى جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ‏ لَمْ‏ يَشْهَدْ جَمَاعَةَ النَّاسِ‏ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ وَ لْيَتَطَيَّبْ بِمَا وَجَدَ وَ يُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِهِ وَحْدَهُ كَمَا يُصَلِّي فِي جَمَاعَةٍ.

And it has been narrated from Jafar ibn Bashir, who heard it from Abd Allah ibn Sinan, who says: Abu Abd Allah -asws said: The one who cannot join people in the Eid ‘Jamat’ (congregational) prayers, he, may take a bath wear fragrance and offer Salat in the house as he would in the Jamat.

[22] وَ رَوَى هَارُونُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ الْغَنَوِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: الْخُرُوجُ يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَ الْأَضْحَى إِلَى الْجَبَّانَةِ حَسَنٌ لِمَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ الْخُرُوجَ إِلَيْهَا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ مَرِيضاً لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ أَ يُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِهِ فَقَالَ لَا. Haroon ibn Hamza Al-Ghannavi has been narrated: Abu Abd Allah -asws said: It is better to go to a desert for the offering of the Salat of Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha, if one can.

I (the narrator) asked, if someone is ill and is unable go to the desert, can he offer the Salat at home. Imam -asws replied, no, (he should not). [23] Why do Eid-days Bring ‘Grief’ to the Ahl Al-Bayt -asws ? وَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ مَا مِنْ عِيدٍ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ أَضْحًى وَ لَا فِطْرٍ- إِلَّا وَ هُوَ يُجَدَّدُ فِيهِ لآِلِ مُحَمَّدٍ حُزْنٌ قِيلَ وَ لِمَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لِأَنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَ حَقَّهُمْ فِي يَدِ غَيْرِهِمْ‏.

And Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws said: On every Eid, either its Eid-ul-Fitr or Eid-ul-Azha, it bring grief to Aly Mohammed, I (the narrator) said, I asked why is that? The Imam -asws said: Because they -asws see their -asws rights have been taken away by the others (their -asws enemies).

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