Causes of laxity in the Fajr prayer and what helps one to perform it on time

Question:
To begin, we raise a question that some imams have pressed, as they observe the laxity of people in the Fajr prayer. Perhaps one of the most significant factors affecting them is staying up late and gatherings that may be of no benefit. We ask our Shaykh to speak on this matter and to clarify the factors that help one perform the prayer on time, especially the Fajr prayer.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah , Allah the Exalted and Majestic commanded the establishment of the five prayers. In the day and the night. When the sun declines, which is the time of the Zuhr prayer, the time of the sun’s zenith. Until the darkness of the night, which refers to the 'Asr prayer, the Maghrib prayer, and the 'Isha' prayer. And the Qur'an of the Fajr, which refers to the Fajr prayer. It is called Qur'an. Because the recitation in it is lengthened. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite in it from seventy to one hundred verses. meaning that the recording angels, the angels of the night and the angels of the day, are present. They gather in the Fajr prayer and they gather in the 'Asr prayer
So when the Fajr prayer comes, the angels who were with us in the night, and the angels who descend for the day. To accompany us. They gather in the Fajr prayer. Then, after the Fajr prayer, they ascend. Those who spent the night with us ascend. And the angels of the day remain. The same thing happens in the 'Asr prayer. So they pray with the Muslims, and they witness these two prayers with the Muslims.
And this indicates the virtue of these two prayers, especially the Fajr prayer. For it is a great prayer with which the deeds of the day are opened. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) urged its attendance. And he described those who miss it as hypocrites.
He said (peace and blessings be upon him) So many people miss the Fajr prayer in this time. Because they stay up late. They stay up in rest areas or elsewhere for idle talk. And what does not benefit them, but rather what harms them. What harms them. Then when the Fajr approaches, they sleep and leave the Fajr prayer. With the congregation. And perhaps they delay it beyond its time. So they lose the congregation, and they lose the time. And they pray it when they rise in the day. And they want to go to their work. And this is a great loss. This is a great loss. For the Muslim. For how can one waste this great prayer?
The meaning of wasting it is not that he does not pray it. But the meaning of wasting it is that he does not perform it in its time. He takes it out of its time. So whoever takes it out of its time has wasted it. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said , so the meaning of "they wasted the prayer" is that they wasted the time. Otherwise, the one who does not pray at all is a disbeliever. But this one prays, but he wastes his prayer in its time. And staying up late, even if it is for worship. If he stays up praying the night, it is not permissible for him to sleep through the Fajr prayer. Even if he stays up seeking knowledge, it is not permissible for him to sleep through the Fajr prayer. Rather, he must attend the Fajr prayer. With the congregation. And he must take the measures. That wake him for the Fajr prayer. And the precautions. That wake him for the Fajr prayer. And he seeks help from Allah.
And he saw and he said ? So this is a great danger for the Muslim. Who fears Allah the Exalted and Majestic and hopes in Him. How can he waste this great obligatory duty for the sake of sleep? And do what burdens him from it, such as staying up late. Which has no benefit. And even if it has a benefit, it is not permissible to delay the Fajr prayer from its time and from the congregation. So you, O brothers, must advise one another in this matter. To be vigilant over your household and those under your care. And to cooperate with your neighbors and your brothers in forbidding this evil, which is laziness regarding the Fajr prayer. For it is a serious beginning. It is not permissible for the Muslim to persist in this action. Or to follow so-and-so or so-and-so. Rather, he must fear Allah and be afraid of Allah. So he hastens to perform the prayers in their times, especially the Fajr prayer. He does not accustom himself to laziness regarding it and sluggishness toward it. And he does not take the measures that burden it upon him and delay him from it. We ask Allah the Exalted and Majestic to grant us and you success. In cooperating on righteousness and piety. Yes.

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