The Remedy for Not Waking Up for the Fajr Prayer
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Question:
He says: May Allah reward you. A person sets the alarm clock for the Fajr prayer, but he does not wake up for it. It is not out of laziness or negligence, but out of fatigue. He does not hear this alarm or the adhan. What should he do?
Answer:
Setting the clock is not enough if the clock does not wake him up; he should not rely on it alone. He must take other measures to wake him up. He should ask one of his family members or neighbors to wake him up. Nowadays, with the telephone, he should ask his neighbor to call him on the telephone or mobile phone. He should ask someone to call him so that he gets up for prayer. He should leave the clock, or the telephone or mobile phone, by his head. That is one aspect.
The other aspect, my brother, is to sleep early. People are afflicted with staying up late. If a person stays up late, he cannot get up for the Fajr prayer. So sleep early. Get your share of sleep. Allah made the night for sleep. He made it for sleep, not for staying up late. So that you can get up at the end of the night to join those who stand in prayer, those who perform tahajjud, and those who seek forgiveness in the last part of the night, and so that you are energetic for the Fajr prayer, leave staying up late, my brother, whether with people, watching satellite channels, or otherwise.
A person should be concerned about his religion and his prayer, so he should sleep early. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked sleeping before the 'Isha' prayer and disliked talking after it, meaning after 'Isha', because he (peace and blessings be upon him) would lie down early in order to get up for the night prayer. So he is the role model (peace and blessings be upon him). So get your share of sleep and do not stay up late so that you are energetic to get up for the Fajr prayer. Yes.
He says: May Allah reward you. A person sets the alarm clock for the Fajr prayer, but he does not wake up for it. It is not out of laziness or negligence, but out of fatigue. He does not hear this alarm or the adhan. What should he do?
Answer:
Setting the clock is not enough if the clock does not wake him up; he should not rely on it alone. He must take other measures to wake him up. He should ask one of his family members or neighbors to wake him up. Nowadays, with the telephone, he should ask his neighbor to call him on the telephone or mobile phone. He should ask someone to call him so that he gets up for prayer. He should leave the clock, or the telephone or mobile phone, by his head. That is one aspect.
The other aspect, my brother, is to sleep early. People are afflicted with staying up late. If a person stays up late, he cannot get up for the Fajr prayer. So sleep early. Get your share of sleep. Allah made the night for sleep. He made it for sleep, not for staying up late. So that you can get up at the end of the night to join those who stand in prayer, those who perform tahajjud, and those who seek forgiveness in the last part of the night, and so that you are energetic for the Fajr prayer, leave staying up late, my brother, whether with people, watching satellite channels, or otherwise.
A person should be concerned about his religion and his prayer, so he should sleep early. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked sleeping before the 'Isha' prayer and disliked talking after it, meaning after 'Isha', because he (peace and blessings be upon him) would lie down early in order to get up for the night prayer. So he is the role model (peace and blessings be upon him). So get your share of sleep and do not stay up late so that you are energetic to get up for the Fajr prayer. Yes.
Source
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