The Work of Day and Night Disclaimer ThisPublisherhavebooksfrombothAuthenticand Deviant scholars.TheReadersarerequestedtobe carefulanddifferentiate suchscholars.The sufism mentionedinthisbookreferstoearlystagesufism whichisentirelydifferentfromwhatitistoday.We recommend the reader to read the book "Devil's Deception"byIbnJawzifor furtherclarificationon thisissue. -Sunniconnect.com THE WORK OFDAYAND NIGHT Suyutis Collection of Prophetic Practices and Prayers JALAL AL-DIN AL-SUYUTI WWW.SUNNICONNECT.COM Translated by RASHAD JAMEER U Copyright©RashadJameer2016 Thiseditionpublished2016by THEISLAMICTEXTSSOCIETY MILLERS HOUSE KINGSMILLLANE GREATSHELFORD CAMBRIDGECB22 5EN,UK BritishLibraryCataloguing-in-PublicationData. Acataloguerecordforthisbookis availablefromTheBritishLibrary. ISBN9781903682890 Reprinted2018 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced, installedinretrievalsystems,ortransmittedinanyform orbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying, recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwritten permissionofthePublishers. Coverdesign©TheIslamicTextsSociety FrontcoverArabiccalligraphybyArabiccalligraphy4you TypesettingbyMartinHumphreys CONTENTS Acknowledgements.... IX Translator’sIntroduction XI THE WORK OF DAY AND NIGHT TheWorkof Dayand Night 2 DailyPracticesuponAwakening 4 DailyPracticesuponEnteringtheWashroom .... 6 DailyPracticesfortheLesserAblution 10 DailyPracticesfortheGreaterAblution 16 DailyPracticesfortheRitualPrayer 18 SupererogatoryPrayers 46 SupplicationsfortheMorningandtheEvening... 58 DailyPracticesfortheDayofJumca 74 DailyPracticesduringtheTenDaysof Dhu’l-Hijja 82 DailyPracticesfortheDayofcArafa 84 DailyPracticesforRecitingtheQur’an 88 DailyPracticesforFasting 98 DailyPracticesforEatingandDrinking 104 DailyPracticesforClothingandAdornment no DailyPracticesforSittingandStanding 118 DailyPracticesuponSleeping 122 VariousPracticesduringtheNightandtheDay... 138 InvocationsduringTimesof Need 154 VariousReportedSupplications 172 VariousReportedExpressionsofSeekingRefugeinGod... 194 TheNinety-nineBeautifulNamesofGod.., 200 Endnotes 207 Appendix:ASelectionofTransliteratedPrayers 223 Glossary 229 Bibliography 233 ‘AndGodwillobserveyourdeeds,and[sowill]HisMessenger; thenyouwillbetakenbacktotheKnoweroftheunseenandthewitnessed, andHewillinformyouofwhat youusedtodo! (Q.ix.94) DEDICATION Tomydaughter,tomyteachers,especiallyUstadhAbdal-Hakim al-Asyuti,toallstudentsof knowledgeandtoyou,thereader. Maythisbookbeawasila(means)forustogainthecompany ofSayyidunaMuhammadal-Mustafa Amin.