The Ruling on Staying Up Until Dawn and Abandoning the Prayers
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This is Abu 'Abdullah, and he says to me: I have a question about the month of Ramadan. It is observed that during the holidays in Ramadan, some people—may Allah guide them—stay up until dawn, then sleep and do not wake up until the call to Maghrib prayer. What is the ruling on this behavior? I hope for a detailed answer to this question because it is common, especially in Ramadan and during the holidays.
Answer:
Yes, even if there is no holiday, this is forbidden. It is a waste of the daily prayers. It may happen that he sleeps before dawn, and then dawn, Dhuhr, and 'Asr pass by without him praying. He only gets up to break his fast with a full stomach. He gets up to break his fast and prays Maghrib. The cause of this is staying up late. So this is forbidden staying up late. Staying up late that leads to neglecting the obligatory prayers at their times and in congregation is forbidden staying up late. Even if it is in the night prayer, if he is praying the night prayer, performing tahajjud, or reciting the Qur'an, if his staying up late results in abandoning the Fajr prayer at its time in congregation, or even the Dhuhr and 'Asr prayers as mentioned in the question, then this is a forbidden act. And whoever does itAl-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 38:75 and sleeps only as much as he needs to rest in order to get up for the pre-dawn meal and the Fajr prayer in congregation, then he has wasted a noble time in sleep. The cause of this is the staying up late he did at night. This is forbidden staying up late because it causes the abandonment of obligations. Yes. He means, of course, the school students' holiday. It is all the same, whether it is a holiday or not. The Muslim is a Muslim in the days of the holiday and in other days; he maintains the prayer at its times [Al-Mu'minun 23:9] or the scholars in the other verse maintain their prayers, they are maintainers. He the Exalted and Majestic said: [Al-Baqarah 2:238] Maintaining them includes performing them at their times in congregation. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you. This is Abu 'Abdullah, and he says to me: I have a question about the month of Ramadan. It is observed that during the holidays in Ramadan, some people—may Allah guide them—stay up until dawn, then sleep and do not wake up until the call to Maghrib prayer. What is the ruling on this behavior? I hope for a detailed answer to this question because it is common, especially in Ramadan and during the holidays.
Answer:
Yes, even if there is no holiday, this is forbidden. It is a waste of the daily prayers. It may happen that he sleeps before dawn, and then dawn, Dhuhr, and 'Asr pass by without him praying. He only gets up to break his fast with a full stomach. He gets up to break his fast and prays Maghrib. The cause of this is staying up late. So this is forbidden staying up late. Staying up late that leads to neglecting the obligatory prayers at their times and in congregation is forbidden staying up late. Even if it is in the night prayer, if he is praying the night prayer, performing tahajjud, or reciting the Qur'an, if his staying up late results in abandoning the Fajr prayer at its time in congregation, or even the Dhuhr and 'Asr prayers as mentioned in the question, then this is a forbidden act. And whoever does it
that he repents to Allah the Mighty and Majestic
أن يتوب إلى الله عز وجلAnd they who carefully maintain their prayers -
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَاتِهِمْMaintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayer
حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَىٰThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/009 — archive.org (6:56)
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