He would stand the night [in prayer] beseeching His Lord for their victory [against their enemies].
Tag: sleep
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.
Divide the night into three parts
And a third [in which] he would do salaah [pray].
Real scholars
These are the attributes of the real scholars and the importance they attach to the affairs of the ummah, both with their knowledge and actions.
Waking his children up for Salaatul-Fajr
The Shaykh used to call his children via the internal phone to wake them up for Salaat al-Fajr.