The Ruling on Delaying the Fajr Prayer
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Question:
He says: I am a young man who is upright, and I am the questioner. I am seventeen years old, and sometimes I miss the Fajr prayer because I feel tired and exhausted.
Answer:
This is not uprightness. The one who delays the Fajr prayer has a deficiency in his uprightness. The upright one is the one who maintains his prayers in congregation, specifically the Fajr prayer. One should strive to attend it and accustom oneself to waking up before the time of Fajr enters. If you wake up before the time of Fajr enters and pray from the last part of the night, and seek forgiveness from Allah, you will be among those who seek forgiveness in the last hours of the night. Then you will be strengthened thereby for the Fajr prayer. Things become easy through habit; if you accustom yourself, you will become accustomed to it. And you must not stay up late too much.
Do not delay your sleep until you are energetic for the Fajr prayer. If you delay your sleep, waking up for the Fajr prayer may become heavy for you. So avoid the cause that makes you delay.
He says: I am a young man who is upright, and I am the questioner. I am seventeen years old, and sometimes I miss the Fajr prayer because I feel tired and exhausted.
Answer:
This is not uprightness. The one who delays the Fajr prayer has a deficiency in his uprightness. The upright one is the one who maintains his prayers in congregation, specifically the Fajr prayer. One should strive to attend it and accustom oneself to waking up before the time of Fajr enters. If you wake up before the time of Fajr enters and pray from the last part of the night, and seek forgiveness from Allah, you will be among those who seek forgiveness in the last hours of the night. Then you will be strengthened thereby for the Fajr prayer. Things become easy through habit; if you accustom yourself, you will become accustomed to it. And you must not stay up late too much.
Do not delay your sleep until you are energetic for the Fajr prayer. If you delay your sleep, waking up for the Fajr prayer may become heavy for you. So avoid the cause that makes you delay.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-091-منهج الاستقامة والوسطية|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (40:15)
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