What is the advice for the one who finds sleep heavy in the Fajr prayer and does not pray it in its time?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I have a friend who is eager for obedience and prayer, but sometimes when he sleeps, he does not perform the prayer in its time because his sleep is very heavy. What is the advice for him and for me?
Answer:
Cooperate with one another. The advice for you both is cooperation in righteousness and piety. You wake him, and he gets up when woken and does not delay. He does not delay; he trains himself to get up, and he will become accustomed to it, if Allah wills.
This is one aspect. The second aspect is that he should sleep early so that he gets his share of sleep. If he delays sleeping until the end of the night, it will become heavy for him. He will not be able to get up.
So my advice is that he sleeps early, and my advice is that you continue to wake him. He also trains himself to be prompt and does not train himself to delay. I also advise you to have patience with this. There is no obedience without good deeds and patience. You will see that the one who does not have patience falls short at the beginning of the path.
Patience is obligatory, and you must enjoin your family to pray, and be patient with them in doing so. There is no doubt that it involves hardship. Now, what about the one who stands in prayer for a third of the night or half the night, praying and performing the late-night voluntary prayer? Is that a hardship for him or not?
There is hardship for him, but he has patience and trains himself. He loves sleep like you do, and perhaps he is tired. He also works all day and is tired, but he has patience and trained himself for this. Religion is through patience. Through patience and certainty, you attain leadership in religion. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I have a friend who is eager for obedience and prayer, but sometimes when he sleeps, he does not perform the prayer in its time because his sleep is very heavy. What is the advice for him and for me?
Answer:
Cooperate with one another. The advice for you both is cooperation in righteousness and piety. You wake him, and he gets up when woken and does not delay. He does not delay; he trains himself to get up, and he will become accustomed to it, if Allah wills.
This is one aspect. The second aspect is that he should sleep early so that he gets his share of sleep. If he delays sleeping until the end of the night, it will become heavy for him. He will not be able to get up.
So my advice is that he sleeps early, and my advice is that you continue to wake him. He also trains himself to be prompt and does not train himself to delay. I also advise you to have patience with this. There is no obedience without good deeds and patience. You will see that the one who does not have patience falls short at the beginning of the path.
Patience is obligatory, and you must enjoin your family to pray, and be patient with them in doing so. There is no doubt that it involves hardship. Now, what about the one who stands in prayer for a third of the night or half the night, praying and performing the late-night voluntary prayer? Is that a hardship for him or not?
There is hardship for him, but he has patience and trains himself. He loves sleep like you do, and perhaps he is tired. He also works all day and is tired, but he has patience and trained himself for this. Religion is through patience. Through patience and certainty, you attain leadership in religion. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [263 -560] ما النصيحة لمن يثقل عليه النوم في صلاة الفجر فلا يصليها في وقتها؟ — youtube.com
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