In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
Waking up in the middle of the night and pray tahajjud is a special time between a servant and his Creator, to whom we belong and will return, but how unfortunate that many people deprive themselves from this great time. They wouldn't mind waking up in the middle of the night to catch an early morning flight or work until 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning just so they don't lose this world, but they don't care to even try to wake up for tahajjud.
Abu Salama ibn 'Abdu'r-Rahman related from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
Every night, when a third of the night remains, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, descends to the lowest heaven saying, 'Is there anyone calling on Me that I may answer him? Is there anyone asking anything of Me that I may give it to him? Is there anyone asking forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him?[Bukhari]
Allah Most High said,
Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur'an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed. (78) And from [part of] the night, pray with it as additional [worship] for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station. (79) And say, "My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority."(80) [Al-Isra'17:78-80]
Allah has praised those who wake up at night for His remembrance, supplication, and to seek forgiveness and entreat Him, saying,
They forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear and hope, and spend of what We have bestowed on them. No soul knows what is kept hid from them of joy, as a reward for what they used to do. Then is one who was a believer like one who was defiantly disobedient? They are not equal.[As-Sajda 32:16-18]
Abu Hurayra (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
The best prayer after the obligatory prayers is the night prayer.[Muslim]
Abu Hurayra (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked,
"What prayer is most virtuous, after the obligatory prayers?" He said, "Prayer in the depths of the night."[Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah]
Abd Allah ibn Salam (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
O people! Spread the salams, feed others, maintain family ties, and pray at night when others sleep and you will enter Heaven safely.[Tirmidhi, Hakim]
Abu Umama al-Bahili (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
Hold fast to night prayer, for it was the way of the righteous before you, a way of drawing closer to your Lord, an expiation for wrong deeds, and a shield from sin.[Tirmidhi, and others]
If you are regular in praying tahajjud, ensure three things:
1. Thank Allah every night that Allah allowed you take advantage of this great blessing.
2. Admit to Allah that while you are unworthy of such a blessing, you are in need of it.
3. Beg Allah that He allows you to wake up the following night as well.
If you are sporadic in waking up for tahajjud, be sure to “make-up” the prayer on the days that you don’t get up. And ask Allah to grant you this blessing every night.
Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that 'I heard the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,'
Whenever one of you sleeps through his night devotions, or through a part of them, then, if you perform them between the Fajr (i.e after Ishraq) and Dhuhr prayer, you will receive the same reward as if you performed them at night.(Muslim)
May Allah grant us tawfiq to the highest station. Ameen.
Please include us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
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