What is the advice for one who is lazy about the Fajr prayer?
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Question:
From Matrouh Governorate, in the Arab Republic of Egypt, the listener: (J. M. A.) sends a message saying: I sometimes miss the Fajr prayer due to extreme laziness that prevents me from opening my eyes, so I do not get up from sleep until after the sun has risen, and then I pray. What is your guidance for me? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This action is reprehensible. It is not permissible for you to be lax with the Fajr prayer, nor with any other prayer. Rather, it is obligatory for the Muslim man and woman to pray within its time. Neither the Muslim man nor the woman may delay the prayer beyond its time, whether it is Fajr or any other. Rather, this is among the characteristics of the people of hypocrisy. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said regarding the people of hypocrisy: [Al-Nisa: 142].
So by this action of yours, your deed is lower than the deed of the hypocrites. They get up, but you did not get up; you delayed it until after the sun. So it is obligatory for you to pray within its time, to be active and strong, and to pray it in congregation. Do not imitate the people of hypocrisy. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 797Sahih (Darussalam) meaning: in terms of reward And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Bulugh al-Maram 2:308 It was asked of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) : What is the excuse? He said: Illness or fear.
A blind man came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have no guide to lead me to the mosque—and in another wording: to guide me to the mosque—so do I have a dispensation to pray in my house? He said to him (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 653 meaning: the adhan. He said: Yes. He said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to respond, and he was blind, having no guide to lead him to the mosque. So how much more so for the healthy, sighted person? The matter is even greater for him.
So it is obligatory for you to fear Allah, to pray in congregation, and to hasten to pray within its time.
And the one who intentionally delays it beyond its time; he commits disbelief according to a group of the scholars of knowledge; because he intentionally left it. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam) The apparent meaning of this hadith is that the one who intentionally leaves it until the sun rises without an excuse; becomes a disbeliever. We ask Allah for safety.
So it is obligatory to be cautious, and to pray within its time, and to pray in congregation in the mosque. And you must do the causes that help you to do so. You must pay attention to the causes that help you to get up for prayer, and that is by sleeping early. You must sleep early so that you do not become lazy about Fajr. And you must keep the clock whose sound you hear, the ticking clock that helps you with that. Set it for near Fajr so that when it ticks; you get up. You hear the sound of the alarm, or you have a woman who helps you with that, or your father, or your brother.
The point is: it is necessary to get up for prayer, whether by waking up some of your family, or by having the clock that you set ... for near the time. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
From Matrouh Governorate, in the Arab Republic of Egypt, the listener: (J. M. A.) sends a message saying: I sometimes miss the Fajr prayer due to extreme laziness that prevents me from opening my eyes, so I do not get up from sleep until after the sun has risen, and then I pray. What is your guidance for me? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This action is reprehensible. It is not permissible for you to be lax with the Fajr prayer, nor with any other prayer. Rather, it is obligatory for the Muslim man and woman to pray within its time. Neither the Muslim man nor the woman may delay the prayer beyond its time, whether it is Fajr or any other. Rather, this is among the characteristics of the people of hypocrisy. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said regarding the people of hypocrisy:
Indeed, the hypocrites [think to] deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily
إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَادِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوا إِلَى الصَّلاةِ قَامُوا كُسَالَىSo by this action of yours, your deed is lower than the deed of the hypocrites. They get up, but you did not get up; you delayed it until after the sun. So it is obligatory for you to pray within its time, to be active and strong, and to pray it in congregation. Do not imitate the people of hypocrisy. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The most burdensome prayers for the hypocrites are the 'Isha' prayer and the Fajr prayer. If only they knew what (reward) there is in them
أثقل الصلاة على المنافقين: صلاة العشاء، وصلاة الفجر، ولو يعلمون ما فيهماThey would go to them even if they had to crawl
لأتوهما ولو حبواWhoever hears the call for prayer and and does not come (to the mosque for prayer), his prayer will not be accepted from him, unless he has a (legitimate) excuse.
من سمع النداء فلم يأت؛ فلا صلاة له إلا من عذرA blind man came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have no guide to lead me to the mosque—and in another wording: to guide me to the mosque—so do I have a dispensation to pray in my house? He said to him (peace and blessings be upon him):
Do you hear the call to prayer?
هل تسمع النداء بالصلاة؟Then respond.
فأجبSo it is obligatory for you to fear Allah, to pray in congregation, and to hasten to pray within its time.
And the one who intentionally delays it beyond its time; he commits disbelief according to a group of the scholars of knowledge; because he intentionally left it. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Between a man and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer.
بين الرجل وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةThe covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.
العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة، فمن تركها؛ فقد كفرSo it is obligatory to be cautious, and to pray within its time, and to pray in congregation in the mosque. And you must do the causes that help you to do so. You must pay attention to the causes that help you to get up for prayer, and that is by sleeping early. You must sleep early so that you do not become lazy about Fajr. And you must keep the clock whose sound you hear, the ticking clock that helps you with that. Set it for near Fajr so that when it ticks; you get up. You hear the sound of the alarm, or you have a woman who helps you with that, or your father, or your brother.
The point is: it is necessary to get up for prayer, whether by waking up some of your family, or by having the clock that you set ... for near the time. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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