Chapter on the Recommended Prayers
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 9
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُحْبَلَ لَهُ فَلْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ اَلْجُمُعَةِ يُطِيلُ فِيهِمَا اَلرُّكُوعَ وَ اَلسُّجُودَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَا سَأَلَكَ بِهِ زَكَرِيَّا إِذْ قَالَ« رَبِّ لاٰ تَذَرْنِي فَرْداً وَ أَنْتَ خَيْرُ اَلْوٰارِثِينَ» اَللَّهُمَّ هَبْ لِي« ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ اَلدُّعٰاءِ» اَللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ اِسْتَحْلَلْتُهَا وَ بِأَمَانَتِكَ أَخَذْتُهَا فَإِنْ قَضَيْتَ فِي رَحِمِهَا وَلَداً فَاجْعَلْهُ غُلاَماً وَ لاَ تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ فِيهِ نَصِيباً وَ لاَ شِرْكاً»
Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from a man from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said:
Imam al-Baqir عليه السلام said: “Whoever desires that conception (pregnancy) be granted to him, let him pray two units of prayer after Jumu‘ah (Friday prayer), prolonging the bowing (ruku‘) and the prostration (sujud) in them. Then let him say: ‘O’ Allah سبحانه وتعالى, I ask You عز وجل by what Zakariyya عليه السلام asked You عز وجل when he said: ‘My Lord, do not leave me alone, and You are the best of inheritors’. (Surah Al Anbiya 21:89) O’ Allah سبحانه وتعالى, grant me ‘good offspring; indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication’. (Surah Aal Imran 3:38) O’ Allah سبحانه وتعالى, by Your name I have made her lawful, and by Your trust I have taken her (as a wife), so if You decree in her womb a child, then make him a boy, and do not make for Satan any share or partnership in him’.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 348
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