Book of Namaz

9- While you make masah with the outer surface of your hands
on the back of the neck, you recite the following prayer:
Allahumme a’tiq raqabetî minen-Nâr. (O my Allah! Make my
neck free from the fire.)
10- After making masah on the neck, you wash your right foot
together with the ankle bones on both sides three times, inserting
the little finger of the left hand between the toes from underneath
them, beginning with the little toe. While doing so, you should
recite the following prayer: Allahumme thebbit qademeye alessirâti
yewme tezillu fîhil-aqdâmu. (O my Allah! On the Day when
feet slip, make my feet stationary on the Sirât.)
11- You wash your left foot together with the ankle bones on
both sides three times. You insert the little finger of the left hand
between the toes from underneath them, beginning with the big
toe. While doing so, you should recite the following prayer:
Allahumme tâ tatrud qademeyye ales-sirâti yewme tatrudu kullu
aqdâmi a’dâike. Allahumme’j-al sa’yî meshkûren we zenbî
maghfûren we amelî maqbûlen we tijâretî len tebûre. (O my
Allah! On the Day when Your enemies’ feet slip from the Sirât,
do not make my feet slip. O my Allah! Make my work
auspicious. Forgive my sins. Accept my deeds. Make my trade
halâl.)
Our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ says: (Whoever
performs an ablution and, looks skyward and recites this prayer:
“Subhanekallahumme we bihamdike, Eshhedu en lâ ilâhe illâ ente
wahdeke lâ sherîke leke estaghfiruka we etûbu ileyke eshhedu en
lâ ilâhe illallah we eshhedu enne Muhammeden abduke we
Resûluke,” Allahu ta’âlâ forgives that person’s sins, He affirms it
with a signature of acceptance and keeps it under the ‘Arsh-i a’lâ.
On the Judgement Day, the person who recited this prayer comes
and receives it’s thawâb.)
In a hadîth-i sherîf, Rasûlullah ‘alaihis-salâm said: (Whoever
performs an ablution and then recites the sûra of “Innâ
enzelnâhu…” once, Allahu ta’âlâ registers him as one of the
siddîqs. If he recites it twice, He registers him as one of the
martyrs. If he recites it thrice, he will be resurrected together with
Prophets.)
In another hadîth-i sherîf, it is stated: (Whoever performs an
ablution and then evokes salâtu salâm on me ten times, after he
performs a ritual ablution, Allahu ta’âlâ removes that person’s
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