“My flight is at exactly 12 noon!” [So] how long will you continue to sleep? How will you get to the airport [in time] so you don't miss the flight? Or how will you get to the train station?
Category: Sleep and Awakening
"Allaah will soon honour me with something great"
From that which we anticipate good for our brother, [Shaykh] Dr.
The story of the disbeliever who wanted to kill the Prophet ﷺ
Once, the Prophet ﷺ was returning home from a battle, and when they reached a [suitable] place, they stopped to rest.
Prohibition of cursing the scholars
So if the Prophet ﷺ forbade cursing the rooster because it awakens [us] for the [morning] prayer, then [upon reflection] how [does this compare to] cursing the scholars who awaken the hearts and...
Illumination for the heart
Some of the Salaf would say: 'The darkness of the night is illumination for the heart.' That is, the hidden acts of worship [done] at night, [such as] the night prayer, [engaging in] supplication...
Seek repentance, regularly
It is not befitting for the believer to begin the day or the evening except in a state of repentance, for indeed he does not know when death may strike - [whether] in the morning or the evening.
Fajr in congregation
I did not see Sulaymaan in the morning [Fajr prayer].
From the characteristics of those who are truthful
The truthful person [is one who] restricts his speech, food, sleep, and mixing with others [to only that which is necessary].
So you know that Fajr has a smell, right?
A man narrated [a story] to me, that in their town there was a blind man who knew the time of Fajr had arrived [just] by the smell [in the air]; yes, [just] by its smell - without actually [being...
Prolonging the night prayer
Whoever prolongs the night prayer, Allaah will make easy for him his standing on the Day of Resurrection.