When does the time for the Tahajjud prayer begin and when does it end?
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Question:
The questioner asks, Your Eminence the Shaykh: What is the time for the Tahajjud prayer, when does it begin and when does it end? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
It begins after the 'Isha' prayer and ends with the dawn, this is the Tahajjud. If the people pray 'Isha', the time for Tahajjud enters until the dawn. If one prays Witr at the beginning of the night, in the middle of the night, or at the end of the night, it is all good, as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [Al-Isra: 79], and He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [Al-Muzzammil: 1-2]. So the Sunnah is standing in night prayer from the completion of the 'Isha' prayer until the dawn, even if it is with just one rak'ah and more. But if one prays three or five or more, he says the closing salam after every two, this is the Sunnah, and this is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. Yes.
The questioner asks, Your Eminence the Shaykh: What is the time for the Tahajjud prayer, when does it begin and when does it end? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
It begins after the 'Isha' prayer and ends with the dawn, this is the Tahajjud. If the people pray 'Isha', the time for Tahajjud enters until the dawn. If one prays Witr at the beginning of the night, in the middle of the night, or at the end of the night, it is all good, as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
And from [part of] the night, pray with it as additional [worship] for you
وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نَافِلَةً لَكَO you who wraps himself in his garment
يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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