Returning to the beginning, regarding the reconciliation of 'Umar's statement: "The one in which they sleep is better"
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The Shaykh : So 'Umar is saying now: "The one in which they sleep is better." He is referring to the original text upon which the Lawgiver has based it But we are caught between two things: if we delay the prayer to gain the virtue of the time, we will lose the virtue of the congregation. So which is better? The text we mentioned earlier came as a clarification that the night prayer in congregation is a recommended practice, by his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) with the reasoning mentioned earlier: Sahih al-Bukhari 729 And by his urging of the congregation prayer in 'Isha', then the night prayer in tarawih. Then here also the well-known topic returns from his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the two Sahihs: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 23Hasan (Darussalam) And Two narrations. Why did he not order them? Because it is difficult to make all the people attend the congregation prayer in the middle of the night. So what was he doing (peace and blessings be upon him), knowing that the middle of the night is better? He was prioritizing. And this is from the category of preferring one reward over another reward, and one benefit over another benefit. And this is the Shari'ah of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Oh Allah, what did he say? No, sitting after the return.
Make your prayer at the end of the night, and it is witr.
اجعلوا صلاتكم بآخر الليل وتراhe way afraid that the night prayer might become compulsory
إني خشيت أن تكتب عليكمto delay the Isha prayer until the third of the night
لولا أن أشق على أمتي لأمرتهم بتأخير صلاة العشاء إلى ثلث الليلTo the middle of the night.
إلى نصف الليل
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