What is the ruling on keeping the night of Muzdalifah awake with lessons, lectures, or standing in night prayer?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on keeping the night of Muzdalifah awake with lessons, lectures, or standing in night prayer? And is it true that the pilgrim does not pray the witr on that night?
Answer:
And he slept until the dawn, so the act of worship is to sleep as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) slept. Do not hold lessons, do not stay up late, and do not sit reciting dhikr of Allah. Your sleep is a remembrance of Allah, because you followed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes. It is not reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the witr in Muzdalifah, but taking from the generality of his Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him) and that he said, “Indeed, Allah is Odd and loves the odd, so be odd, O people of the Qur’an. Whoever does not pray the witr is not one of us,” this is a general statement that includes the night of Muzdalifah and others. So he prays the witr on the night of Muzdalifah and maintains the witr, but he does not perform tahajjud. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on keeping the night of Muzdalifah awake with lessons, lectures, or standing in night prayer? And is it true that the pilgrim does not pray the witr on that night?
Answer:
And he slept until the dawn, so the act of worship is to sleep as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) slept. Do not hold lessons, do not stay up late, and do not sit reciting dhikr of Allah. Your sleep is a remembrance of Allah, because you followed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes. It is not reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the witr in Muzdalifah, but taking from the generality of his Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him) and that he said, “Indeed, Allah is Odd and loves the odd, so be odd, O people of the Qur’an. Whoever does not pray the witr is not one of us,” this is a general statement that includes the night of Muzdalifah and others. So he prays the witr on the night of Muzdalifah and maintains the witr, but he does not perform tahajjud. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [938 -2802] ما حُكم إحياء ليلة مُزدلفة بدروس أو مُحاضرات أو قيام ليل؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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