Guidelines on Night Prayer and Preserving the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)

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Honorable Shaykh! Night prayer and preserving the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) are among the greatest matters. Some young people, especially the committed ones, have found it difficult to apply the Sunnah regarding preserving the Book of Allah and night prayer. Is there any advice or guidance for such people that would be of help to them?The Shaykh: I say: How did they find it difficult?The questioner: It is difficult for them to stand in prayer and difficult for them to memorize. So, is there any advice or guidance you can offer them? May Allah reward you with good.The Shaykh: By Allah, my brother, you know that night prayer is among the best deeds, and that the best prayer after the obligatory prayer is the night prayer,And the end of the night: (in which the Lord (Mighty and Majestic) descends to the lowest heaven and says: Who is asking Me, so I will give to him? Who is calling upon Me, so I will respond to him? Who is seeking My forgiveness, so I will forgive him). I advise them to taste the flavor of this prayer. They should stand in prayer at night until they taste its flavor, and through that they will taste the flavor of faith. As for the Qur'an, there is no doubt that it is the best of what is spoken, and it is the best of dhikr (remembrance of Allah), and it is the speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic),And Allah has praised those who stand in prayer, where He said:

⁽²⁹⁾ Indeed, those who recite the Book of Allah and establish prayer and spend [in His cause] out of what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, [can] expect a profit that will never perish - ⁽³⁰⁾ That He may give them in full their rewards and increase for them of His bounty

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلاةَ وَأَنْفَقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ سِرّاً وَعَلانِيَةً يَرْجُونَ تِجَارَةً لَنْ تَبُورَ * لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَيَزِيدَهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ

[Fatiha:29-30],And Allah the Exalted said:

Those to whom We have given the Book recite it with its true recital. They [are the ones who] believe in it

الَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَتْلُونَهُ حَقَّ تِلاوَتِهِ أُولَئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ

[Al-Baqarah:121]. So my advice to them is: to take care of the Qur'an, and to take care of tahajjud and night prayer to the best of their ability,Meaning: If a person stands up half an hour before Fajr, performs wudu' (ablution), or performs ghusl (full ritual bath) if he is in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity), and prays even three rak'ahs of witr, and persists in doing so, that is better. (And the most beloved deed to Allah is the most consistent one, even if it is little).

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