Are there any dhikr, daily recitations, or actions a Muslim can perform to help him perform the Fajr prayer in congregation?
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The questioner:
Are there any dhikr, daily recitations, or actions you advise the Muslim to practice to help him perform the Fajr prayer in congregation?
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that dhikr at the time of sleep and reading one’s daily recitations drive away the Shaytan. If the Shaytan is driven away, he will rise for the Fajr prayer. This includes reciting Ayat al-Kursi. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that if one recites it when going to sleep, he should recite Ayat al-Kursi at sleep, and recite the two Mu’awwidhat, and recite the supplications reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this. However, the most important thing is to recite Ayat al-Kursi at sleep, because sleep is from the Shaytan. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that the Shaytan comes and strikes one of us when he sleeps, benefiting you, and says to him, “Sleep, you have a long night ahead.” When a person wakes up for prayer and remembers Allah, one knot is untied. When he performs wudu, the second knot is untied. When he prays, the knot of the right hand is untied, and he becomes pure in spirit and energetic. Otherwise, he becomes foul in spirit and lazy. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed about a man who sleeps through the entire night, he said, “That is a man in whose ear the Shaytan has urinated.” So there is no doubt that sleep or the Fajr prayer is from the Shaytan. Therefore, the person should also do this, which is one of the precautions a person takes to wake up for the Fajr prayer, and that is to recite Ayat al-Kursi, the two Mu’awwidhat, and whatever is easy of the Prophetic supplications at the time of sleep.
The questioner:
Where can he find these dhikr and these tastes? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
I mean, they are found in the books written on dhikr, especially the book of Dhikr by Imam al-Nawawi, and also al-Wabil al-Sayyib, and al-Kalim al-Tayyib by Ibn al-Qayyim, and al-Kalim al-Tayyib by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Umayyah, and also the treatise on Dhikr written by our Shaykh, His Eminence Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah preserve him), which is also good in this regard.
Are there any dhikr, daily recitations, or actions you advise the Muslim to practice to help him perform the Fajr prayer in congregation?
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that dhikr at the time of sleep and reading one’s daily recitations drive away the Shaytan. If the Shaytan is driven away, he will rise for the Fajr prayer. This includes reciting Ayat al-Kursi. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that if one recites it when going to sleep, he should recite Ayat al-Kursi at sleep, and recite the two Mu’awwidhat, and recite the supplications reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this. However, the most important thing is to recite Ayat al-Kursi at sleep, because sleep is from the Shaytan. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that the Shaytan comes and strikes one of us when he sleeps, benefiting you, and says to him, “Sleep, you have a long night ahead.” When a person wakes up for prayer and remembers Allah, one knot is untied. When he performs wudu, the second knot is untied. When he prays, the knot of the right hand is untied, and he becomes pure in spirit and energetic. Otherwise, he becomes foul in spirit and lazy. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed about a man who sleeps through the entire night, he said, “That is a man in whose ear the Shaytan has urinated.” So there is no doubt that sleep or the Fajr prayer is from the Shaytan. Therefore, the person should also do this, which is one of the precautions a person takes to wake up for the Fajr prayer, and that is to recite Ayat al-Kursi, the two Mu’awwidhat, and whatever is easy of the Prophetic supplications at the time of sleep.
The questioner:
Where can he find these dhikr and these tastes? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
I mean, they are found in the books written on dhikr, especially the book of Dhikr by Imam al-Nawawi, and also al-Wabil al-Sayyib, and al-Kalim al-Tayyib by Ibn al-Qayyim, and al-Kalim al-Tayyib by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Umayyah, and also the treatise on Dhikr written by our Shaykh, His Eminence Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah preserve him), which is also good in this regard.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل هناك أذكار أو أوردة أو أفعال يقوم بها المسلم لتعينه على أداء صلاة الفجر جماعة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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