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For women, pregnancy and giving birth are blissful yet very tense moments. Blissful for she blessed with an offspring, yet tense for there are physical and mental changes along with pregnancy period. It is stated in Al-Qur’an that pregnant woman is becoming weak and weaker (wahnan ‘ala wahnin), especially when in labor.

Islam shows guidance in every aspects of a moslem daily life, from significant matters to trivial ones. As example, we were given guidance to say prayer when going or coming out of a bathroom, when starting an activity, before going to bed or upon waking up, before and after eating, after shalat, etc. The same goes for pregnant woman, she needs prayer and zikir, whether those are daily routine or specific ones.

Zikirs and duas in this book were taken from book Al-Ifadahg fi Ma Jaa fi Wirdi’I-Wiladah (Indonesian edition, Smart Media, 2006) written by Naurah binti ‘Abdurrahman, a moslemah knowledgeable in womanhood, and finds the importance of zikir and prayer to give comfort and supernatural power to pregnant and in labor women.

This zikir and prayer compilation has valid and shahih ground from Rasulullah hadits, so you don’t have to worry about falling into forbidden bid’ah.

Zikirs and duas came from either Al-Qur’an or Al-Hadhit. For ones that came from Qur’an, I will only write down the name of the surah, the verses number and how many times they should be read. Ones from Al-hadits are not entirely written here.