Wa `alaykum as-salam wa rahamatullah wa barakatuh

 

Your help and support for your father during his illness is highly praised and rewarded by Allah. I ask Allah to accept your deeds and to bless you and him with His mercy and forgiveness. There are certain things you have mentioned in your message which are not islamically correct and I wanted to highlight them in my answer.

 

First, Salatu al-Khair has been proved by some people by basing themselves on a fabricated report which is falsely attributed to the Prophet. This is the reason the massive majority of scholars maintained that it is an act of innovation. This has been confirmed by many scholars of hadith who graded this report as forgery.

 

Secondly, making a total of one thousand recitations of Surat Al-Ikhlas has not been reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him) who said, “He who does something contrary to our way (i.e., Islam) will have it rejected.” (Muslim)

Concerning what you see in your state of vigilance, it cannot be ascertained as a vision of angels. Angles can be sighted by humans if they are shaped in man’s form. But one cannot see them in their real form of light. Allah created man from dust, He created the jinn from fire and He created the angels from light. It is proven by the definitive texts that it is not possible for humans to see the jinn unless they appear in a different form, such as in the form of humans or animals. The angels cannot be seen in their original form by most people unless they appear in human form.

You should not pay attention to all those things and turn to Allah in devotion and dedication and ask Him for guidance and forgiveness. You should not inform others about them since it may affect your commitment to Allah. People may think highly about you, start praising you and you, therefore, start showing off your deeds.