The Shaykh himself used to pass by the houses of his students in his car waking them up for Salaatul-Fajr.
Tag: prayer
Desperately in need of sleep
I noticed the sound of the Shaykh reciting in prayer; and this at a time when he was desperately in need of sleep and rest, [yet] he was standing before his Lord praying.
Reciting the Qur.aan in prayer
Indeed, Tameem ad-Daaree used to recite the [entire] Qur.aan in a [single] rak’ah.
Divide the night into three parts
And a third [in which] he would do salaah [pray].
Those who forsake their beds
Subhaa-nAllaah! I am a young man and have succumbed to sleep, and here is an old man who has succumbed to prayer and worship!
Combining the prayers whilst travelling
What is best to do whilst travelling: combining the prayers at their earliest [permissible] time (jam’u taqdeem) or combining the prayers at their latest [permissible] time (jam’u ta.kheer)?
Praying between the pillars of the masjid
Is it permissible to break the row in the congregational prayer with the masjid’s pillars, if it is full of worshippers?
Joining the row behind the imaam
From where should the row begin in prayer, does it begin from behind the imaam, or from the far right?
Whoever stands the night in prayer
Whoever stands the night in prayer, Allaah will make easy for him his standing on the Day of Judgment.
Praying behind an imaam I dislike
I entered the masjid to pray, but I found an imaam whom I do not like to pray behind; what should I do so that I gain the reward for the congregational prayer?