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Chapter 4
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The time to be awake at night
It was narrated from a few amongst the forebearer [salaf salleh]
mentioned that: “Anyone who chooses the earlier part of the night to do
his remembrance should pray the witr before he goes to sleep.”
There are also some of them [salaf salleh] who said: “The end of the
night which is an excellence time (for worship) is just before daybreak.
In relation to this, there are many hadiths. And one from narrated by
Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah honour him, that he Prophet s.a.w said:
ˆ“‰ßB‰m B‰»Ï√¯HÚØ ¯jÍa‡A ¯ΩÊŒ˙ºªA ÍSÛºÂQ Ê≈Íø ‰¬ÊÃÛ¥‰M Ê∆ÚC ‰OÊ®ÚÒ‰NÊmA ¯∆¯HÚØ
.ËLB‰V‰NÊnÂø B‰»ÊŒÍØ Â’B‰ßÌfªA‰À ,ˆ—‰eÊûÊr‰ø
“If it is possible you get up the later part of the night (to pray), for
indeed it in is the period that is well witnessed (by the angels)
[masyhud] and during which the invocations are answered [mustajab].”
However, if one prays alone he should try to pray it in the later part of
the night, because that is better than the earlier part, as the Prophet s.a.w
said: “Whoever fears that he will not wake up in the later part of the
night, then let him perform Witr in the first part of it and whoever
expects to wake up in the later part of the night, let him pray it then.
Indeed, the prayer of the night is witnessed (by the angels), and that is
better.”
[(Sahih) Abd ur-Razzaq]
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