The Book Of Prayer (Kitaab-ul-Salaat)

nights of Eid ul Fitr and Eid ul Adha, the last 10 nights of Ramadhan, and the first 10 nights of
ZilHajj.
The Night Vigil does not mean merely spending the night staying awake, but to spend it in
worship. If one has some lapsed Prayers pending, one should offer them or else offer Voluntary
(Nawafil) Prayers alone, or read or listen to the Holy Qur’ an or Ahadith, or send Salutations
upon the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) – all these are acts of worship and one
should engross oneself in them. In these special sacred nights, if one gets the chance to attend a
gathering where one can obtain religious knowledge, this is still better as obtaining such
knowledge is an obligation upon all Muslims.
Among these, the Night Vigil for the nights of the two Eids means offering the Night (Isha)
Prayer as well as the Dawn (Fajr) Prayer along with the first congregations. It is mentioned in the
Hadith: “ The one who offers the Night Prayer with the congregation has spent half the night in
worship, and the one who also offers the Dawn Prayer with the congregation has spent the full
night in worship.” (Muslim)
If one wishes to spend one third of the night in worship, it is better to sleep for the first one third
and do worship in the middle one third of the night. If one wishes to spend half the night in
worship, it is better to do worship in the second half of the night.
The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has stated: “ Every night when a third of it
remains, Allah the Supreme directs His special attention to the sky of the world and says: “ Is
there anyone who invokes Me, so that I may accept his invocation? Is there anyone who seeks
something from Me so that I may bestow to him? Is there anyone who seeks forgiveness so that I
may forgive him?” (Bukhari & Muslim)
CHAPTER 9
THE PURE WORDS (KALEMAATE TAYYEBAAT)
The Concise Faith (Imaaan Mujmal)
Aamantu Billahe kama huwa be-Asmaaehi wa sifaatehi wa qabiltu jameeya ahkaamehi iqraarun
billisaani wa tasdeequn bil-qalb
“ I accept faith in Allah - the way He is as per His names and His attributes – and I accept all
His commands with verbal acknowledgement and heart’ s testimony.”