What is your advice to encourage standing in night prayer and memorizing the Book of Allah the Exalted?

The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable one.The Shaykh : Standing in night prayer and memorizing the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) are among the great matters. It has become difficult for some of the youth, especially those committed to applying the Sunnah, to memorize the Book of Allah and stand in night prayer. Is there any advice or guidance for such people?

The Shaykh : I say, how did they find it difficult, and what do you mean?

The questioner : I mean that standing in prayer is difficult for them, and memorization is difficult for them. Is there any advice or guidance you would offer them? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : By Allah, my brother, you know that standing in night prayer is among the best of deeds, and that the best prayer after the obligatory prayer is the night prayer. And in the last part of the night, the Lord (Mighty and Majestic) descends to the lowest heaven and says: I advise them to taste the flavor of this prayer; let them stand in prayer for nights 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 the Qur'an is the best of what is spoken, it is the best of dhikr (remembrance of Allah), and it is the speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Allah has praised those who act upon it, where He said: And He the Exalted said: So my advice to them is to take care of the Qur'an and to take care of tahajjud (the late-night voluntary prayer) by standing in night prayer as much as possible. I mean, if a person stands up half an hour before Fajr, performs wudu' (the ablution for prayer), or performs ghusl (the full ritual bath) if he is in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity), and prays even three rak'ahs (units of prayer) of witr (the odd-numbered night prayer) and persists in it, that is better and the most beloved deed to Allah is the most consistent one, even if it is little. Yes.