08-18-2005, 04:43 AM
<b>Uthmaan ibn 'Affaan related:</b>
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I heard Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu-alaihi-wasallam) say: "He
who prays Ishaa in Jamaa'ah [congregation] is as if he has
prayed for half the night . As to him who (also) prays Fajr in
congregation, it is as if he has prayed all night." [narrated by
Maalik and the wording is that of Muslim who also reported it]
On the authority of Ibn Mas'ud (radiallaahu-anhu) that he said: The case of a man who slept all the night up to sunrise (without waking up for Fajr) was related to the Prophet (SWS) whereupon he said: "That was a man in whose ear Shaytaan has urinated", or he said "in both his ears".
The Prophet (SWS) said:
"Shaytaan ties three knots on the crown of any one of you in your sleep. He says upon each knot that he ties: "You have a long night before you, therefore sleep". But if you wake up and mention Allah, Most Exalted in remembrance one knot will be untied. If you then make ablution another knot will be undone. If you then proceed to pray the last knot will be disentangled. Thus, you will feel in the morning energetic and in good spirits. Otherwise you will feel in a despicable state, lazy".
[narrated by Maalik, Bukhaaree, Muslim and Abu Dawood]
Know that one's failure to pray Fajr results to depressive state of mind and the loss of many religious and worldly benefits. And this is an act of hypocrisy.
In a hadeeth narrated by Bukhaaree and Muslim, the Prophet (SWS) said:
"Indeed, the most difficult of prayers to bear, for the
hypocrites, are Ishaa [night] and Fajr prayers. If only they
knew what they are missing , they would sooner come, even if
crawling on their knees".
The time following Fajr prayer is full of goodness and blessings. At-Tirmidhee narrated upon the authority of Al Ghamdi that the Prophet (SWS) said: "O Allah bless my Ummah in its early rising!"
What method's do you use for waking up for the Fajr Prayer??
