Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

The Virtue of the Fajr and 'Asr Prayers and Seeing Allah in Paradise

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you. The caller, Haa-Daal from Riyadh, says in her first question: Is it true that the one who prays before the sun rises and before it sets will not enter the Fire? Does that mean he is in Paradise? And will those who pray them see Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) in Paradise as they see the moon? Then what is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "You will not be crowded in seeing Him," meaning Allah (Mighty and Majestic)?

Answer:
Yes, the prayer before the rising of the sun and before its setting refers to the Fajr prayer and the 'Asr prayer. In the hadith,
He who observed two prayers at two cool (hours) would enter Paradise.الصحيح من صلى البردين دخل الجنة،
Sahih Muslim 635a
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its settingوَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا
[Taha 20:130]
meaning the Fajr prayer and the 'Asr prayer. This is due to the great virtue in these two prayers, and because the guardian angels, the angels of the night and the angels of the day, gather in them. They witness the Fajr and 'Asr prayers with the Muslims. Thus, these two prayers have these two merits over the other prayers. Whoever guards them will see his Lord on the Day of Resurrection. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "You will see your Lord as you see the full moon on a clear night, and as you see the sun on a clear day with no clouds between you and it,"
So if you can, do not be overcome by missing the prayer before the rising of the dawn and before its settingفإن استطعتم ألا تغلبوا على صلاة قبل طلوع الفجر وقبل غروبها فافعلوا
As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 2:153
. And the meaning of His saying "you will not be in doubt" or "you will not be in doubt" is based on two narrations. Yes.
In seeing Him (Glorified and Exalted is He), each person sees Him without crowding, without the people gathering in one place to see Him (Mighty and Majestic). Rather, each person sees Him while in his place. Praise be to Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave an example of this with seeing the sun and seeing the moon. Each person sees them while in his place, and people do not crowd to see the sun or the moon. So likewise, the Lord (Mighty and Majestic) is seen without crowding and without discomfort among the people. This is likening the act of seeing to the act of seeing, and not likening the One seen to the One seen, as the scholars say. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5035- من حافظ على صلاتي الفجر والعصر هل سيدخل الجنة ويرى الله؟ وما معنى يضامون؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa