What is meant by the saying of the Exalted: “Qānitan ānā’ al-layl” (standing in worship during the hours of the night)?
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The student: ...
The Shaykh : ...negation and denial, meaning the hours of the night, because sometimes a person is required to stand in prayer for the entire night, as in the last ten nights of Ramadan, for it is a recommended practice (sunnah) to keep the entire night alive in worship. If he had said: it would have been necessary for there to be a specific time, but when he said “the hours of the night,” it encompasses both this and that.
The student: What do we say: that it is a matter of preparation for worship, if he sleeps with the intention of standing in night prayer, and he is performing the ablution for prayer (wudu') and praying...?
The Shaykh : It may be included, but at times his action may not be preparation for worship... For this reason, it is not prescribed (mashru') for a person to stand in prayer for the entire night in all his times, but only sometimes.
The student: O Shaykh, he mentioned that the two are not equal, the scholar...
The Shaykh : ...negation and denial,
The hours of the night
آناء الليلin
فيThe student: What do we say: that it is a matter of preparation for worship, if he sleeps with the intention of standing in night prayer, and he is performing the ablution for prayer (wudu') and praying...?
The Shaykh : It may be included, but at times his action may not be preparation for worship... For this reason, it is not prescribed (mashru') for a person to stand in prayer for the entire night in all his times, but only sometimes.
The student: O Shaykh, he mentioned that the two are not equal, the scholar...