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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Returning to the beginning, regarding the reconciliation between 'Umar ibn al-Khattab's statement: "The one in which they sleep is better," and our understanding of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)

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The Shaykh : So 'Umar is now saying "The one in which they sleep is better", reminding of the original text prescribed by the Lawgiver
Make your prayer at the end of the night, and it is witr. اجعلوا صلاتكم بآخر الليل وترا
But we... two matters: 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 proof to clarify that standing in prayer in congregation is a recommended practice (sunnah), by his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) with the reasoning mentioned earlier
he way afraid that the night prayer might become compulsory إني خشيت أن تكتب عليكم
Sahih al-Bukhari 729
and by his urging of the congregation prayer in 'Isha', then the standing prayer in tarawih, and then here also the known topic returns from his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the two Sahihs
to delay the Isha prayer until the third of the night لولا أن أشق على أمتي لأمرتهم بتأخير صلاة العشاء إلى ثلث الليل
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 23Hasan (Darussalam)
and
To the middle of the night. إلى نصف الليل
, two narrations. Why did he not command them? Because it is difficult to make all the people attend the congregation prayer in the middle of the night. So what did he do, may Allah's prayers and blessings be upon him, knowing that the middle of the night is better? He would prioritize. 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). What did he say? No sitting after the return.
Source alathar.net

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