Prayer of Hadrat Jafar Tayyar (as)

Prayer of Hadrat Jafar Tayyar (as)

The prayer of Hadrat Jafar Tayyar (as) is one of great elixirs and red gold. This prayer consists of 4 prostrations total that are to be prayed in sets of 2. One should recite tashahhud and salam in the 2nd and 4th prostrations (i.e. this prayer should be prayed like one who performs fajr prayer twice). It has been narrated through reliable sources that the rewards for the recitation of this prayer are great such as the forgiveness of cardinal sins. The best time to recite this prayer is on Friday morning. In the first rakat one should recite Surah Fatiha and Surah Zilzal. In the second rakat one should recite Surah Fatiha and Surah Adiyat. In the third rakat one should recite Surah Fatiha and Surah Nasr. In the fourth rakat one should recite Surah Fatiha and Surah Tawheed. Upon completing the recitation part one should recite the following 50 times (ie in each rakat after one has recited the suras)

All glory is for Allah, all praise is for Allah alone, there is no god except Allah and Allah is the greatest and he should repeat the same glorifications (tasbih) of Allah ten times in each of the following:

• While bowing down (ruku`),
• after rising from ruku’,
• while performing the first prostration (sajdah),
• after sitting up from the first prostration,
• while performing the second prostration,
• after sitting up from the second prostration (before standing up)

This should be done in each of the four rak’ats so that it finally numbers 300 times in total.