Is the one who sleeps through the Fajr prayer due to heavy sleep considered one who abandons the prayer?
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, my sleep is heavy, and every day or every two days I sleep through the Fajr prayer, and I am unable to get up until after the time has passed. If this happens consistently, am I considered like one who abandons it intentionally?
Answer:
If this sleep is due to an illness that afflicts you, if it is indeed due to an illness that afflicts you, then you are excused. But if this sleep is the result of laziness, or if you stay up at night, and many people nowadays stay up watching satellite channels or playing games, staying up and taking the night as day, then this does not excuse you; it is not an excuse, this is not an excuse for you. So you must fear Allah, sleep early, and strive to stand for prayer. You should instruct someone to wake you up, or set an alarm for the time that alerts you to prayer. If this is not the result of illness but rather the result of heavy sleep, this is not an excuse. Heavy sleep is not an excuse because you are sleeping late; perhaps it was that the Prophet ﷺ because the hadith is subsequent to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Because he will get up in the last part of the night to perform tahajjud, so he sleeps in order to get up. Also, the conclusion of deeds is that the conclusion of the day's deeds is prayer, so he sleeps immediately after the prayer, and nothing comes after it that invalidates this good conclusion. So in any case, you must take the measures to wake up and not continue saying, "I am a heavy sleeper." This is not an excuse. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, my sleep is heavy, and every day or every two days I sleep through the Fajr prayer, and I am unable to get up until after the time has passed. If this happens consistently, am I considered like one who abandons it intentionally?
Answer:
If this sleep is due to an illness that afflicts you, if it is indeed due to an illness that afflicts you, then you are excused. But if this sleep is the result of laziness, or if you stay up at night, and many people nowadays stay up watching satellite channels or playing games, staying up and taking the night as day, then this does not excuse you; it is not an excuse, this is not an excuse for you. So you must fear Allah, sleep early, and strive to stand for prayer. You should instruct someone to wake you up, or set an alarm for the time that alerts you to prayer. If this is not the result of illness but rather the result of heavy sleep, this is not an excuse. Heavy sleep is not an excuse because you are sleeping late; perhaps it was that the Prophet ﷺ
(peace and blessings be upon him) disliked the hadith; he disliked sleeping before 'Isha' and disliked the hadith after it.
صلى الله عليه وسلم يكره الحديث، كان يكره النوم قبل العشاء ويكره الحديث بعدها،Because he will get up in the last part of the night to perform tahajjud, so he sleeps in order to get up. Also, the conclusion of deeds is that the conclusion of the day's deeds is prayer, so he sleeps immediately after the prayer, and nothing comes after it that invalidates this good conclusion. So in any case, you must take the measures to wake up and not continue saying, "I am a heavy sleeper." This is not an excuse. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يعتبر من نام عن الفجر لثقل نومه تاركًا للصلاة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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