Chapter on the Recommended Prayers

From him, from Muhammad ibn Isma'il, from Abdullah ibn Uthman, from Abu Isma'il al-Sarraj, from Abdullah ibn Waddah and Ali ibn Abi Hamzah, from Isma'il ibn al-Arqat and his mother Umm Salamah, the sister of Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I (Isma'il ibn al-Arqat) fell severely ill during the Month of Ramadan, to the point that I was near death, and the Banu Hashim gathered at night for the funeral, believing that I was dead. My mother (Umm Salamah) became distressed over me, so Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, my maternal uncle, said to her: “Go up to the roof of the house, face the sky, and pray two rak‘ahs. When you finish the prayer with the salam, then say; ‘O’ Allah سبحانه وتعالى, You عز وجل granted him to me when he was nothing. O’ Allah سبحانه وتعالى, I now ask You عز وجل to grant him to me anew so lend him to me.’” He (Isma'il ibn al-Arqat) said: “So she did that, and I regained consciousness and sat up, and they brought suhur for themselves harisah, and they ate it for suhur, and I ate with them.”