Staying up at night leads to laziness during the day, preventing the fulfilment of obligatory duties concerning acts of worship, and worldly and religious affairs.
Tag: night
The Winter night has become long
The Winter night has become long, so blessed is he who does good deeds during it, and misery for the one who does wrong.
Fajr in congregation
I did not see Sulaymaan in the morning [Fajr prayer].
Words of advice for when travelling
Dr. ‘Abdur-Rahmaan al-‘Omaisaan said: Whilst travelling with him in the car, our Shaykh Yoosuf ad-Dakheel رحمه الله, would say to us
O Allaah forgive whomsoever oppressed me
Oh Abaa Sa’eed, indeed I heard you supplicating this night for the ones who oppressed you, until I wished to be amongst them. What led you to do this?
Only two hours of sleep
During [every] day and night, Ibn ‘Ataa would [only] sleep for two hours.
In prayer and supplication until the morning
Every day, my father would read a seventh [of the Qur.aan], and he would take a very light sleep after ‘Ishaa. He would then [awake and] stand [the night] in prayer and supplicate until the morning.
Divide the night into thirds
Abu Bakr al-Anbaaree said that al-Imaam, al-Haafith Abu ‘Ubayd would divide the night into thirds; so he would pray a third of it, and sleep a third of it, and author books [during] a third of it.
Disciplined and consistent
Abu Bakr al-Khateeb رحمه الله said [about Ibn al-Baaqillaanee رحمه الله]
He would still pray every day and night
My father would pray 300 rak’ahs every day and night, and when he became ill from having been whipped, it weakened him. [Thereafter], he would [only be able to] pray 150 rak’ahs every day and night.