Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Tahajjud The Prayer of the Elite
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piano, I want to just discuss for a few minutes since we've started
Ramadan. I want to discuss one of the most
powerful and significant actions done during the month of Ramadan.
You may think we're talking about fasting, fasting Alhamdulillah you
know, many people do fasting
there's not much you know, you need to know about fasting it's an
abstinence of course to make fasting better. There are many
many ways to do that which is fasting is not just an abstinence
from food drink and sexual * but also from Riba and
so on. And they were actually some scholars used to consider that to
be
nullifying the fast if somebody did back bites are told a lie and
so on. What I want to speak about today is actually assaulted the
Hedgehog
in Ramadan aside from reciting the Quran, in fact, it's part it's
related to reciting the Quran is Salah tahajjud
now mashallah, there's many people who get an opportunity in Ramadan
to do Tahajjud prayer
they may not get a chance outside the year but in Ramadan they do
because it's the whole time so that the Hajj time is the same
time as the whole time so if you're awake anyway, to have your
video nice or whatever that time, then you do two rockets at least,
and Masha Allah.
There's people who managed to do tahajjud throughout the month of
Ramadan.
So what is the virtue of the hijab? What is the virtue of this
special prayer we have the five daily prayers which are which are
forbidden, obligatory. So why tahajjud which is an optional
prayer, what's so significant about the halogen. Now if I was to
mention all the Hadith to you, regarding where there's a virtue
of the Hajj had mentioned, it would take probably an hour or so.
So I'm not going to mention all the Hadith to you. I'll mention
some of them. But what I do want to do is I want to list all the
virtues or as many, quite as few of them of the Hijri without
necessarily mentioning the Hadith entirely.
Because that would take a very, very long time.
So
firstly, there are a few words that we need to understand. Some
people talk about the AMO lane.
Then we have the concept of tarawih. And then we have the head
you. The 100 is called tahajjud because it comes from the concept
of her Jean doll which means to stay awake or to wake up for
something. So that's why I had to make an effort to wake up to make
an effort to stay awake or to be awake in the middle of the night
to pray. That's why it's called the hygiene. The hygiene is done
throughout the year. Beyond will lay just means clear means to
stand and laying means the night to standing at night
is any prayer you do standing at night is clear milady.
So, there are we is also TIAMO Lane tahajjud is also pm only.
And there are there are Hadith regarding Tiama ln virtues of pm
Alain, for example, that is relevant to us in the month of
Ramadan. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam said men karma Rama,
Donna
Iman and whack this urban warfare Allah Houma taka at the moment,
whoever stands during
whoever stands the nights of Ramadan, just as whoever stands
Ramadan, but essentially whoever stands the nights of Ramadan
especially.
But with two conditions, two states two thoughts, two
sentiments in the hearts one out of Eman so it's not to show off is
not to show others that look, I'm standing as well. very religious
person. Right? Or for any other reason but Iman out of belief in
Allah. Why else would you stand that night? Go to sleep, enjoy
your sleep, go and watch a movie. Why else would a person keep away
from all of these things that normally what people do,
people didn't used to watch movies before. There were no such thing
as movies, there was no way to entertain yourself. If there was a
literally a physical puppet show or some kind of other set theater
or something physical, that's what you could do otherwise now, you
don't need a theater. You can it's all on the phone. It's all on the
iPad, the laptop and so on. So, nowadays, what is going to take
you away from all of these other distractions and make you say
Allahu Akbar and stand in front of Allah subhanho wa Taala it has to
be Iman
out of belief in Allah subhanho wa Taala and His Messenger Salallahu
Salam. And the second thing is this
Urban
is urban
which means with the anticipation for something, what do you want
from Allah?
Why are you doing this? What's the sentiment in your heart? What's
the emotion in your heart? What makes you drives you to stand up
and
from all of these other distractions and makes you do that
a minority of people do tahajud a minority of people do that, but
not a majority. So what sets you apart from everyone else? So
having the sub have many many active subs, yeah Allah I want you
to forgive all my sins. Yeah Allah I want you to elevate my status.
Allah I want you to draw me close your Allah when you answer my
doors. All of this is the Serb all things that you're making a Serb
and reckoning for that you're counting and you're hoping for. So
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, Whoever stands in
Ramadan, with iman with faith. And with Artesia with this
anticipation,
all of their previous sins will be forgiven.
That is one of the blessings of it.
Now, the simple, simple tahajjud or the simple keyamo Lane, right?
The simple way of getting a reward is Pratyusha and February Jamar
and the person will be given the basic reward of somebody who
stayed awake the night and prayed. But that's the basic reward
they'll get. Of course the person who prayed Aisha and Fajr in JAMA
and then Masha Allah did spend the night
they're going to get additional bonuses for actually doing it not
just the reward equivalent to it, but the reward of it plus many,
many, many more.
So Ramadan is the time when it becomes easy to do this. So this
is what is all of the halogen about what do you get out of doing
it?
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam this was the one prayer
that aside from the five daily prayers and so on, this was the
one prayer that he was regular on, in fact that I mentioned that it
was actually wired up or necessary on him for dude to do tahajjud now
imagine the person closest to Allah subhanaw taala it's
necessary for him to do tahajjud What secret is in there? What's
going on in there? It's so important that you must do
tahajjud Yeah, you are a soul. You know, a messenger, you must do
tahajjud so we're getting a bit of that. This is what the Kings eat.
This is a food. Only the sole tansy eat, the wealthy get access
to this is that tangent, something the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam the most beloved of creation used to do himself.
He used to make a big effort to do it. And you should take great
pains in doing so. And you know, the Hadith that his feet would
swell because of how long he would stand in this tahajjud for it
wasn't a quick tour that we're hoping to at least get done during
our our month. But no, he would do eight records and then he would do
the Witr Prayer and he would do them long. And he would recite the
Quran and the Quran the way he would recite the Quran in there
Subhan Allah would stop at places and deliberate over you know, the
message of the Quran he would really interact with the Quran and
that's why Quran and tahajjud Subhanallah learn more Quran and
you'll enjoy your tahajjud more.
Number two,
the 100 and again, I'm not going to mention to you all that hadith
because that will take too long but Salah tahajjud is one of the
greatest means for entry into paradise. Why not? Who else is
going to do the Hajj Okay, lot everybody else is doing it. I'll
do it thoroughly. Everybody else is doing it. I'll do it. But
tahajjud that's a private prayer. That's why for many Allama they
say it's mcru to do it. tahajjud Gemma our congregation, it is
allowed in the Shafi is humbling and Maliki's they allow it. But
the other philosophy there is that the 100 is a private prayer
between you and Allah you take how long you want to take in there.
Don't This is not a congregation prayer. And it's not established
from the resolution that he did Tahajjud prayer in congregation
either.
Shallow others there's some Imams who agree with that, that's fine,
but really tarawih was the congregational prayer. The 100 was
the personal prayer, you take your time in it.
Number three.
It is not just entry into paradise. It's also one of the
strong means of elevation in paradise getting a higher status
in paradise, the people who do tahajjud number four
those people who are considered who do Tahajjud prayer, they are
considered to be entitled to the Rama of ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada.
There's a special mercy that descends upon them. You know the
hedgerow time have you noticed what the secret of that time is?
Generally the best time to hedge it is after half the night is
past. The last third portion of the night is generally the best
time.
Although any prayer done after Isha Prayer is considered the
hedge. So the poor man's day
hygiene would be the after you finish your Isha prayer, do two or
four extra cards and go to sleep before you go to sleep. That's the
poor man's hygiene.
Right? You know what I mean by poor man's the headship, you will
still get the reward of the hygiene. But the rich man's the
hygiene is where you go to sleep. And then you wake up. Of course,
if you have time to go to sleep. If your score is ending at 150,
and you have no time to sleep, then your whole night is spent in
danger, then your your whole night is spent in worship, that's
different, right? We have these abnormal times in these places,
you don't have those kinds of times in the near the equator.
So what happened, what's happening at this time, if we say that, that
your time is three, four or five o'clock, you know, in places where
Fajr is around 536 o'clock, you know, it's going to be between
three, four or five at that time is by that time, the mischief
people that evil doers of the night have gone to sleep.
One or two o'clock finally, they've all gone the clubs have
closed, the pubs have finished, the buzzer ended, and they've gone
home. And those who do mischief in the daytime, they're not woken up
yet they're still sleeping. So it's a time when only the
righteous around.
That's one of the benefits of this time. It's a very special time.
That's where Allah subhanho wa Taala this special Hadith in which
supposedly Salam said that Allah descends
to show how close Allah is in that portion of the night and he says
whoever wants to ask they can ask
that's why a lot of people they say to shake the collars I've got
this issue. I'm having a problem with my daughter I'm handling and
my son Do you have a door I give them a door but I said the best
door is the 100th time heartfelt to Allah subhanaw taala shake Have
you got a Tarot ease?
I said Believe me this is better. No, no have you got to do is I
want to wear it around my neck. So this is the best that always it's
a difficult one though. It's not just something you put around your
neck. It's a difficult one but it's very, very powerful. That
kind of do us and the kind of you know acceptances that you have at
that time. Thereafter.
Allah subhanho wa Taala has praised those who do tahajjud to
be among the Abrar
Allah subhanho wa Taala says well livina Joby tuna Lee Rob be him
suit Jaden work the UB tune, those who spent the night
in frustration and standing for the Lord. Allah subhanho wa Taala
lists them among the Abrar who which means the righteous ones.
Number six Tahajjud prayer is the most superior prayer after the
form. After all, obligatory prayers, nothing can compare with
that Tahajjud prayer is the most virtuous. So if there's going to
be one additional prayer that you're going to do, and you can
only do one like tahajjud or Iraq, or Doha, or wellbeing, it's going
to be tahajjud. Of course, you try to do the others as well. But if
there's one tahajjud is the most powerful, and it's the one with
the greatest effort. In Iraq, you expect that people are going to be
awake well, not in England. But generally after sunrise people are
supposed to be awake but to wake up before Fajr already waking up
visually is difficult for people to wake up before that.
Solid that the night in the night in general, any solid in the night
is also an explanation for sins, and it's also a preventer of sins.
How is it a preventer of sin?
This is a really interesting logic here how it does. Okay, we can
understand it forgives XPS for past sins. How does it
prevent since it would I am anybody who's going to wake up at
that night? Would you be then foolish enough to then involve
himself in too many things. And if he does, then with the evil effect
of that he probably won't be able to wake up.
You know,
this is a preventer
sha Allah.
It's number eight, it is shutter full movement. If a believer can
do this, this is his honor. If you want to achieve honor in the sight
of Allah start doing Tahajjud prayer along with all the others.
Everybody is honored. All the all the prayers provide honor, but
Salah tahajjud especially because you're going over and above
number nine, the person who did the hygiene is going to be envied
because they're going to have a very special status.
They're gonna have a vet so they're going like man you did 100
That's what you're here. Oh, I wish I'd done that as well. May
Allah give us a trophy. Number 10 It is a means of closeness to
Allah subhanaw taala number 11. It is a means for the love of Allah
subhanaw taala. Now, you know if you've got employees, and you know
that you have to get you you pay them or you're an employee
yourself. You start your time and you end your time and you do your
job properly. You don't I mean, of course if you're skimping in your
job, then
Clearly you're attracting the ire. But even if you're doing your job
properly, but when it comes time bus, that's it, you go. But
there's another employee. It's five o'clock, they still stays up,
cleans everything up, looks out that you can tell him his heart is
in there, he's doing something extra. Now obviously, even as
human beings we will feel inclined to this person that this person is
really sincere. He's not there just for the money. Is there out
of some other love, he's got some special concern and compassion.
The 100 is like that.
Number 12. Allah subhanaw taala
gets happy at this person.
And Allah subhanho wa Taala is happy at this person. Allah
subhanaw taala number 13.
boasts about this person.
Allah boasts about this person.
Number 14,
if you want to door to Allah subhanaw taala then this is one of
the biggest doors that you can find.
If you want to get to Allah subhanho wa Taala there's
something you want. This is one of the best tools that you can use at
this time. Number 15 Allah subhanaw taala has hugely praised
the people who do tahajjud in Surah to search the Allah subhanaw
taala says verse 16, that Jaffa Juno boom I need methodology any
other una Rob boom Kofu uttama these are people in praise and
they're the ones who sides remain away from their beds. While we all
cozy in our beds. These people they keep their bodies away from
their beds, their sides do not touch their bedding, and they're
calling Unto Allah with health with fear, reverent fear, but also
Tama with eagerness, with eagerness, they know Allah can
give them they're fearful of him but they know Allah can give, give
them and that's where they're going to have their doors
answered. Number 16. The people who perform the hajj at night,
they have been promised or often waterphone Hassan Rafi earlier
Jana beautiful residences in the highest stages of paradise. Number
17. The people who do tahajud at night they are a liqueur, not an
overflow, they are the people of remembrance, you will write
yourself as being those people who remember Allah Who else is going
to stand
in the middle of the night, your your our names will be removed
from the list of negligent ones of the heedless ones. Because Allah
subhanaw taala says in the Quran Surah Al Aqsa whether Gideon Allah
Kathina along with the key rod, de la Hula, hula no ferriter agilon
Alima. Those who abundantly remember Allah subhanho wa taala,
the men and the women, Allah subhanho wa Taala has prepared for
them forgiveness and a huge rewards.
These are the people who remember Allah, this is physically
remembering Allah subhanaw taala number 18.
Anybody who stands to pray at night, Allah the Prophet
sallallahu Sallam has made dua for mercy for them.
And that's why what he used to do is that he used to wake up his
wives for this time.
La ilaha illallah number 19. We alluded to this, but there's an
addition here is that it becomes the means of abandoning sins, and
becoming paying attention to Allah because somebody who's going to
wake up, there's going to have a certain mindset that I'm doing
this for Allah subhanaw taala.
So the whole mindset will change. You wake up for tahajud for a
week, and you will feel like you're doing something, what you
have to then be careful of is that you don't think you're better than
anybody else. So everybody else I'm on top of the world. Now,
nobody's a bigger, you know, pious person than me, you just have to
be careful that shaytaan doesn't overcome.
Number 22, those who stand in the Knights praying, they will be
protected from the terrors of the Day of Judgment.
They will qualify for a number of places to get into first class
into the lounge in the shade.
Because they are going to be doing I mean, it is a time when you're
remembering Allah and nobody else especially if you
do a few tears if you weep a few tears, you will qualify for that
in sha Allah
and of course they'll have a high status in the hereafter. So
Ramadan is a time when it becomes easier because most people wake up
what's your whole and right now the Sahara is ending around four
o'clock or something like that by the end of Ramadan, maybe two
o'clock which will become an easier more difficult for some
people depending on how you prefer it. Personally, I prefer the 115.
So who are endings you get a nice sleep afterwards, but now it's
becoming a bit more difficult because do you sleep don't you
sleep? What's going on in between it gets a bit complicated.
hamdulillah Allah makes the blessing
In everything. Now, just a few other points about tahajjud before
we move on
Salah tahajjud is not affordable. It's not wajib. And I've told you
the best times to do it, and especially during Ramadan is a
time when most people because it's a time of Quran, right? So Quran
in tahajjud. Right? The Quran in tahajjud is the perfect
combination. So how should we do this? What I suggest to people is
that you either wake up a bit early and you do your tahajjud
first, then you have your soul, right?
Keeping the Women in Focus they get up they have to prepare the
food generally is the women who are doing that may Allah bless
them, then what they can do is they can either wake up extra
early and pray to help them prepare the food or they prepare
the food. And what I would suggest to people is that have your soul
first, then about 10 minutes, minimum 10 minutes or so before
the fragile time comes in. So who ending time, stop eating?
Right, stop eating, time it like that, and then spend this time in
doing your tahajjud at least 10 minutes. Of course, the more you
can do the better. Right? If your half is of the Quran, I would
suggest for the whole fall of the Quran, that you actually recite
your Quran into hygiene. So while you're doing tarawih, you also
recite the same Jews into hygiene if you can. Or if you're only
doing four or eight records of tarawih. Then recite the rest of
it in tahajjud. Now me and my son do is that if we're reading if
they were reciting one just a day in data we have he does have I do,
we will do the other intervention. The other half I will do and he
will do the half that I did in the hedges so that way, by the end of
the end of the month, we've done two Korans one in tarawih, one in
tahajjud.
Right now it's allowed for just one or two people to do Gemma it's
not even considered disliked in for the hygiene in the Hanafi
school, for example.
So just stop eating 10 minutes before and mashallah encourage
everybody to do two, four cuts and then do a DUA, because that dye is
going to be accepted.
Right? So it becomes easy. So in sha Allah the rest of the days, we
will not miss the hedge to try to make it that you've not missed a
single day in sha Allah of the hedge for the rest of the month.
May Allah subhanaw taala give us Tofik because this is a simple
thing that can be done at that time, especially in the month of
Ramadan, which will increase our position all of those virtues that
we will have insha Allah
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