TO HAVE CHILDREN

-If the wife does not give birth to a child within reasonable time both the husband and wife should recite surah al Fajr (chapter 89) 3 or 7 times a day -Recite surah al Muzzammil (chapter 73) 11 times and every time blow breath through the palm of the right hand on some white sugar and give it to the wife to eat, if there is no birth of a child within reasonable time, and it is feared that she is incapable of producing children OR The wife should fast and at the time of breaking the fast should drink a glass of milk on which surah al Muzzammil has been recited 77 times as described above.

DU-A'A 1
If there is no birth of a child within reasonable time recites the following portion of verse 89 of Anbiya 3 times after every obligatory salaat.

O my Lord, do not leave me alone (childless), though You are the best of inheritors.

DU-A'A 2
If there is no birth of a child for a very long period recite the following portion of verse 38 of Al Imran as many times as possible. O Lord, bestow on me a goodly offspring from You; verily, You are the hearer of prayer.

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DU-A'A 3 If there is no birth of a child for a very long time the husband should pray a 2 rakat salat after Jumaa prayers and in rukus and sajdahs (of both the rakats) recite the following prayer. O my Allah, I beseech You in the name of that which Zakariyyaa referred to: O Lord, do not leave me alone (childless), though You are the best of inheritors. O my Allah, bestow on me a goodly offspring from You; verily, You are the hearer of prayers. O my Allah, in Your name I have lawfully taken her (as my wife) and I have appropriated and treated her (as) Your bounty entrusted to me, so if You decide to put a child in her womb, please make (this child) submissive, blessed, intelligent and do not let Shaytan be one of the two therein and let him not plant (himself with the child).

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DU-A'A 4 Carry out the following a'mal taught by Imam Muhammad bin Ali al Baqir to have a child. Glory be to Allah. (70 times) I seek forgiveness from Allah. (10 times) Glory be to Allah. (9 times)

Seek forgiveness of your Lord. Verily He is ever most forgiving. He will send you abundant rain from the heaven. And will help you with wealth and sons, and will make for you gardens, and will make for you rivers.

DU-A'A 5 If there is no birth of a child for a long time take two boiled eggs (chicken) take off the cover and write with saffron verse 47 of adh Dhariyat on one egg and give to the wife to eat; then write with saffron verse 48 of ad Dhariyat on the other egg and give it to the husband to eat. Do this for 40 consecutive days. We built the heavens with might, and verily We are the Lord of power and expanse. We spread the earth (like a carpet) an excellent spreader (We are).

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DU-A'A 6
If it appears that the wife is incapable of producing a child write the following verses (Al Mominun: 12, 13, 14) on 7 leaves of sweet basil (an aromatic labiate plant) separately, and give one leaf a day to the wife to eat with a glass of cow's milk each time.

Verily We created man from an extract of clay. Then We made him of a sperm, in a firm resting place; Then We made the sperm into a clot, then We made the clot into a lump of flesh, then We made in the lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh; thereafter We caused it to grow into another creation; so blessed be Allah, the best of creators.

DU-A'A 7
If it appears that the wife is incapable of producing child, recite the following dua'a on 11 almonds separately and give them to the wife to eat one a day for 11 consecutive days. O my Allah, You witness and I am observed. So who takes care of the observed save He who witnesses, O Lord?

DU-A'A 8

If there is no birth of a child within a reasonable time, fast for three consecutive days and recite verse 74 of Furqan (see du-a'a 229(ii) 21 times before going to sleep.

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