Does the laziness a person feels when getting up for the Fajr prayer indicate hypocrisy and weak faith, and what is your advice to me?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you and make your knowledge beneficial. A questioner says: I find heaviness in my soul when getting up for the Fajr prayer, for example, and similar acts of obedience, and I fear that this is due to the weakness of faith in my heart. What is your advice in such a case?
The Shaykh:
If he intentionally does this, intentionally being lazy about the prayer, then this is among the characteristics of the hypocrites. We ask Allah for safety. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Tawbah 9:54]. But if he did not intend this, though it may happen to him sometimes without intention, then this is not among the characteristics of the hypocrites. However, he must stay away from this and be active in the remembrance of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
The questioner:
It may lead him to that, for example, excessive staying up late. The evidence is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: the wakeful ones.
The Shaykh:
If sleep is caused by the sleeper, he sins by it. One of the causes is staying up late. This is what causes his heaviness regarding the Fajr prayer.
The questioner:
So he is the one who caused it, and the excess is wakefulness.
The Shaykh:
So he is the one who caused it. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked sleeping before the 'Isha' prayer and talking after it, because this makes a person lazy about the night prayer, standing in prayer, and getting up for the Fajr prayer. The Muslim should plan for the Fajr prayer, so that he sleeps early in order to wake up early. Yes.
May Allah reward you and make your knowledge beneficial. A questioner says: I find heaviness in my soul when getting up for the Fajr prayer, for example, and similar acts of obedience, and I fear that this is due to the weakness of faith in my heart. What is your advice in such a case?
The Shaykh:
If he intentionally does this, intentionally being lazy about the prayer, then this is among the characteristics of the hypocrites. We ask Allah for safety. Allah the Exalted said:
and that they come not to prayer except while they are lazy
وَلَا يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَىٰThe questioner:
It may lead him to that, for example, excessive staying up late. The evidence is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
It is not that it is negligence; it is negligence in
ليس في أنه تفريط إنه من تفريط فيThe Shaykh:
If sleep is caused by the sleeper, he sins by it. One of the causes is staying up late. This is what causes his heaviness regarding the Fajr prayer.
The questioner:
So he is the one who caused it, and the excess is wakefulness.
The Shaykh:
So he is the one who caused it. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked sleeping before the 'Isha' prayer and talking after it, because this makes a person lazy about the night prayer, standing in prayer, and getting up for the Fajr prayer. The Muslim should plan for the Fajr prayer, so that he sleeps early in order to wake up early. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل الكسل الذي يجده الإنسان عند القيام لصلاة الفجر يدل على النفاق وضعف الإيمان، وما نصيحتكم لي؟ — youtube.com
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