The ruling on one who does not wake up for the Fajr prayer despite setting an alarm
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: I try to get up for the Fajr prayer, so I set an alarm, I pray, and I supplicate to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), but I do not wake up. The question is: Do I have a sin upon me in this state?
Answer:
Yes, this could be the reason you do not wake up: you stay up for most of the night and are unable to get up, even if you have an hour, even if you have... So sleep from the beginning of the night. Take your share of sleep, my brother. Take your share of sleep so that you wake up. You are the cause of this staying up. This is what caused these matters. It may be staying up for no benefit, or for something harmful. Leave the staying up that results in your not getting up for the Fajr prayer.
Because this leads to a forbidden act, which is sleeping through the Fajr prayer, and you know this. So hasten to sleep from the beginning of the night, or for a duration that is sufficient for you to take your share of sleep. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: I try to get up for the Fajr prayer, so I set an alarm, I pray, and I supplicate to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), but I do not wake up. The question is: Do I have a sin upon me in this state?
Answer:
Yes, this could be the reason you do not wake up: you stay up for most of the night and are unable to get up, even if you have an hour, even if you have... So sleep from the beginning of the night. Take your share of sleep, my brother. Take your share of sleep so that you wake up. You are the cause of this staying up. This is what caused these matters. It may be staying up for no benefit, or for something harmful. Leave the staying up that results in your not getting up for the Fajr prayer.
Because this leads to a forbidden act, which is sleeping through the Fajr prayer, and you know this. So hasten to sleep from the beginning of the night, or for a duration that is sufficient for you to take your share of sleep. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 13 — archive.org (1:11:59)
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