The Virtue of Standing in Night Prayer
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. In another question, they ask: If you would be so kind, please speak about standing in night prayer?
Answer:
Standing in night prayer is among the best of the voluntary prayers. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah:Sahih Muslim 1163a Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Muzzammil 73:6] In the hadith, it is mentioned that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, descends Sunan Abi Dawud 4733Sahih (Al-Albani) Is there anyone who asks, so I will answer him?
Is there anyone seeking forgiveness? May Allah forgive him. When a Muslim prays whatever he can in the last part of the night, he exposes himself to these noble occasions and great bounties. Eager to attain the noble good, he says in describing the righteous that they are[Adh-Dhariyat 51:17-18]. He, the Exalted and Majestic, said: [As-Sajdah 32:16]. He, the Exalted, said, and in describing the servants of the Most Merciful: [Al-Furqan 25:64], and so on from the evidence in the Book and the Sunnah that indicate the beginning of standing in night prayer, which is the constant practice of the righteous.
It is an expiation for sins and a removal of illness from the body, as came in the hadith. The virtue of standing in night prayer is great, and its good is abundant. The Muslim should have a share of standing in night prayer, even if it is little. The more, the better, but even if it is little, he should not deprive himself of standing in night prayer, especially in the last part of the night, the time of the Divine Descent, and in the late hours of the night, for this is the time when supplication is answered. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. In another question, they ask: If you would be so kind, please speak about standing in night prayer?
Answer:
Standing in night prayer is among the best of the voluntary prayers. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah:
the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night
افضل الصلاه بعد الفريضه صلاه الليلIndeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words.
إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئًا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًاevery night to the heaven of this world when a third night remains and says: (Is there
كل ليله الى سماء الدنيا حين يبقى ثلث الليل الاخر فيقول هل منIs there anyone seeking forgiveness? May Allah forgive him. When a Muslim prays whatever he can in the last part of the night, he exposes himself to these noble occasions and great bounties. Eager to attain the noble good, he says in describing the righteous that they are
(17) They used to sleep but little of the night, (18) And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ وَبِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَThey arise from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend.
تَتَجَافَىٰ جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَAnd those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer]
وَالَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًا وَقِيَامًاIt is an expiation for sins and a removal of illness from the body, as came in the hadith. The virtue of standing in night prayer is great, and its good is abundant. The Muslim should have a share of standing in night prayer, even if it is little. The more, the better, but even if it is little, he should not deprive himself of standing in night prayer, especially in the last part of the night, the time of the Divine Descent, and in the late hours of the night, for this is the time when supplication is answered. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، فضل قيام الليل. الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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