Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) pray tarawih and tahajjud?
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Question:
He asks: Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) pray tarawih and tahajjud? When the last ten nights entered, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would tighten his waistcloth, wake his family, and keep the night awake. How did he keep the night awake? With prayer. He would pray most of the night, or the entire night. May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
Answer:
So he would give special attention to the last ten nights. In the first twenty nights, he would pray and then sleep. But when the last ten nights entered, he would not taste sleep. He would pray, tighten his waistcloth, and wake his family. He would pray a long prayer. We are not like him; he would go to sleep, then go to eat, and then laugh. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would devote himself in the last ten nights to studying the Qur’an and performing tahajjud, and he would perform i’tikaf (spiritual retreat) in the mosque. He would not go out so that he could devote himself to worship. But when laziness overcame us, all that remains between us is argument. This is an innovation: tarawih is an innovation, tahajjud at the end of the night is an innovation. This is the talk of the lazy ones who do not pray, who innovate in the religion, and who make people lazy about prayer.
He asks: Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) pray tarawih and tahajjud? When the last ten nights entered, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would tighten his waistcloth, wake his family, and keep the night awake. How did he keep the night awake? With prayer. He would pray most of the night, or the entire night. May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
Answer:
So he would give special attention to the last ten nights. In the first twenty nights, he would pray and then sleep. But when the last ten nights entered, he would not taste sleep. He would pray, tighten his waistcloth, and wake his family. He would pray a long prayer. We are not like him; he would go to sleep, then go to eat, and then laugh. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would devote himself in the last ten nights to studying the Qur’an and performing tahajjud, and he would perform i’tikaf (spiritual retreat) in the mosque. He would not go out so that he could devote himself to worship. But when laziness overcame us, all that remains between us is argument. This is an innovation: tarawih is an innovation, tahajjud at the end of the night is an innovation. This is the talk of the lazy ones who do not pray, who innovate in the religion, and who make people lazy about prayer.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل كان الرسول –صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي التراويح والتهجد؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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