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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Which is better: staying up until dawn for the sake of calling people to Allah, or going to bed early?

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Question:
May Allah be pleased with you. One of the brothers says that some of the brothers go to call their brothers to Allah on the sidewalks and in some camps, and this requires staying up until dawn. So, is it better to go to bed early, or to stay up with these brothers in calling people to Allah? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Staying up with them, no. But you call them to Allah at the appropriate times, at the beginning of the night, during the day. As for staying up, no. Staying up harms you and harms them, and it causes you to miss the Fajr prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade staying up after the 'Isha' prayer. So it is obligatory for those who call people to Allah to follow the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and not to engage in the kind of staying up that harms everyone. As for light staying up at the beginning of the night for calling and lessons, there is nothing wrong with it. But staying up that causes the night or most of the night to be missed, or that leads to sleeping through the Fajr prayer, this is not
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 203 أيهما أفضل السهر إلى الفجر للدعوة إلى الله، أم النوم مبكرا؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com

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