the terror of the grave. The first night of the month of Rajab is known as Laylatur Raghaib.
The Holy Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W.S.) used to fast on the first thursday of the month of Rajab, and between Maghrib and Isha Prayers recite twelve Rak'at Namaz (in Si sets of two units) as under:
In every Rak'at after Surah-al-Hamd recite three times Surah-al-Qadr and twelve times Surah-an-Naas. After Salaam recite seventy times:
اللهم صل على محمد النبي الامي وعلى اله
Then go into prostration (Sajdah) and say seventy times:
سبوح قدوس رب الملائكة والروح
Then sit erect and say seventy times:
رب اغفر وارحم وتجاوز عما تعلم انك انت العلي الا عظم
Then again go into Sajdah and say seventy times:
سبوح قدوس رب الملائكة والروح
It has been related that a person who fasts for twelve days in the month of Sha'ban, Allah will send seventy thousand Angels daily to his grave. And if a person visits an ailing man, Allah appoints an Angel for him who accompanies him in his grave till Qayamat.
Abu Sa'eed Khudri says, that he heard the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S) telling Amirul Mo'mineen Ali (A.S.), "O Ali!