Faḍāʾil al-Ashhur al-Thalātha 1, narration 15

Translation

Abū Muḥammad Jaʿfar b. Nuʿaym al-Ḥājim narrated to us, saying that Aḥmad b. Idrīs narrated to him among others, from Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Abī’l-Khaṭṭāb, who said that Ismāʿīl b. Mihrān narrated to him among others, as did ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Warrāq. The latter said that Saʿd b. ʿAbd Allāh narrated to him among others, from al-Haytham b. Abī Masrūq al-Nahdī, who said that Ismāʿīl b. Mihrān narrated to him among others, from Muḥammad b. Yazīd, from Sufyān al-Thawrī, who said that Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad narrated to him, from his father, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī (Abū Jaʿfar al-Bāqir), from his father, ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn, from his father, al-Ḥusayn, from his brother, al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī, from their father, ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (as-p), who said: “Whoever fasts a day of Rajab, whether it be at the month’s beginning, its middle, or its end, will have what he brought forth of his sins forgiven, as well as what he has kept back. Whoever fasts three days of Rajab at the month’s beginning, three days in its middle, and three at its end, will have what he brought forth of his sins forgiven, as well as what he has kept back. Whoever stays awake (engaged in prayer) during one of the nights of Rajab will receive his freedom from the Fire from Allāh, and his intercession for seventy thousand sinners is accepted. Whoever gives charity in the form of ṣadaqa in the month of Rajab seeking the Face (i.e. satisfaction) of Allāh, will be honoured by Allāh on the Day of Judgement in Paradise with a reward that no eyes have seen, nor any ear heard, nor any human intellect has grasped.”

Translation: Haseeb Hassan — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.