Ghufayla prayer
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Ghufayla prayers is one of the Mustahab prayers which is offered
between Maghrib and Isha prayers. Its time is after Maghrib prayer till
the redness in western sky is gone. In its first Rak’at after Surah
al-Hamd, instead of any other Surah, the following verses should be
recited: Wa znnuni iz zahaba mughaziban fazanna an ian naqdira ‘alayhi
fanada fiz zulumati an la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu
minazzalimin fastajabna lahu wa najjaynahu minal ghammi wa kazalika nunjil
muminin. In the second Rak’at after Surah al-Hamd, instead of other
Surah, the following verse should be recited: Wa ‘indahu mafatihul
ghaybi la ya’lamuha illa ya’lamuha wa la habbatin fi zulumatil wal
bahri wa ma tasqutu min waraqatin illa yalamuha wa la habbatin fi
zulumatil arz wa la ratbin wa la yabisin illa fi kitabim mubin. And in
Qunut this Dua be recited: Alla humma inni as aluka bi magatihli ghaybil
lati la ya’lamuha illa anta an tusalliya ‘ala Muhammadin wa Ali
Muhammad wa an taf al bi … (here one should mention his wishes).
Thereafter, the following Dua should be read: Alla
humma anta waliyyu ni’mati wal qadiruala talabati talamu hajati fa as
aluka bihaqqi Muhammadin wa Ali Muhammadin ‘alayhi wa ‘alay
himussalamu lamma qazaaytaha li.