Perform Ghusl in flowing water and splash thirty palmfuls of water on the head. This act brings about security against all pains and ailments up to the next year.
It is recommended to wash one’s face with a handful of rose water so as to be saved against humiliation and poverty, and to pour some of it on the head so as to be saved from pleurisy.
Recite two rakaats, in the first of which after Sura Hamd recite Sura Fath (Sura no 48), in the second rakat after the recitation of Sura Hamd recite any other Sura. If one offers this prayer, Almighty Allah will save him from all evils and will keep him under His custody up to the next year.
Recite two rakaats in the first of which, after the recitation of Sura Hamd, recite Sura Ikhlaas thirty times, and in the second after the recitation of Sura Hamd, recite Sura Qadr thirty times and after the prayers give alms. Whoever does so, will have purchased from Allah, his safety for the month.