What is meant by (standing in night prayer), and does it refer only to the prayer?
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The questioner:
What does the term standing in night prayer mean, and what does it include? Is it only the prayer?
The Shaykh:
Standing in night prayer is only in the prayer; it is not called standing unless it is in the prayer only. As for one who sits and remembers Allah, it is not said that he stood the night, or that he sat and read the Qur'an, it is not said that he stood the night. But he is recorded the reward of reading and the reward of recitation. However, his praying and performing the late-night voluntary prayer is better.
The presenter:
Very important.
The Shaykh:
It is better for him than mere remembrance or mere recitation without prayer. The late-night voluntary prayer and the night prayer, this is standing in night prayer. Yes.
What does the term standing in night prayer mean, and what does it include? Is it only the prayer?
The Shaykh:
Standing in night prayer is only in the prayer; it is not called standing unless it is in the prayer only. As for one who sits and remembers Allah, it is not said that he stood the night, or that he sat and read the Qur'an, it is not said that he stood the night. But he is recorded the reward of reading and the reward of recitation. However, his praying and performing the late-night voluntary prayer is better.
The presenter:
Very important.
The Shaykh:
It is better for him than mere remembrance or mere recitation without prayer. The late-night voluntary prayer and the night prayer, this is standing in night prayer. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما المقصود بـ(قيام الليل) وهل تعني الصلاة فقط؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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