What are the most prominent factors that help in performing the night prayer?
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Question:
What are the most prominent factors that help in performing the night prayer? I have suffered greatly with the night prayer, then I do not persist. What is the guidance of your eminence?
Answer:
The greatest of the factors is what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. He disliked sleeping before the 'Isha' prayer and disliked talking after it. So one of the greatest factors is that when you pray 'Isha', you sleep, so that you sleep after a prayer, sleeping in the wake of a prayer. This is one thing.
The second thing is to take your share of sleep and rest. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Muzzammil 73:6] The rising of the night is the standing after sleep. So the greatest of the factors is that you go to bed early. And likewise, patience. You say that you tried but you did not have patience. You have patience, you struggle. At first, you struggle, but in the end, you find pleasure in it, your soul is at ease, and you become accustomed to this thing. It requires patience. Yes.
What are the most prominent factors that help in performing the night prayer? I have suffered greatly with the night prayer, then I do not persist. What is the guidance of your eminence?
Answer:
The greatest of the factors is what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. He disliked sleeping before the 'Isha' prayer and disliked talking after it. So one of the greatest factors is that when you pray 'Isha', you sleep, so that you sleep after a prayer, sleeping in the wake of a prayer. This is one thing.
The second thing is to take your share of sleep and rest. Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words.
إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئًا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 169 - ما أبرز الأسباب التي تعين على قيام الليل؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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