people who are asking for things from him, listening
to duas (supplication) and Insha’Allah accepting
them. In a hadith narrated by Abu Huraira ,
Allah’s Apostle said, “Our Lord, the Blessed, the
Superior, comes down every night on the nearest
Heaven to us, when the last third of the night
remains, saying: “Is there anyone to invoke Me,
so that I may respond to his invocation? Is there
anyone to ask Me, so that I may grant him his
request? Is there anyone seeking My forgiveness, so
that I may forgive him?” This is the main reason to
wake up for tahajjud , to make long duas.
Waking up for tahajjud also makes it easier for men
not to miss fajr in congregation at the masjid (the
mosque). The reward for praying the Fajr and Isha
prayers in congregation is as if one has prayed for
the whole night. Uthman bin `Affan reported: I
heard the Messenger of Allah saying: “One who
performs Isha prayer in congregation, is as if he has
performed prayer for half of the night. And one who
performs the Fajr prayer in congregation, is as if he
has performed prayer the whole night.’’ (Muslim)
Another thing we should keep in mind is that
tahajjud should be prayed all year round. Many of
us will pray tahajjud in Ramadan (the holy month),
and that is good, but we should not restrict
ourselves to only praying tahajjud in this
month.
Allah’s Apostle said, “Satan puts three
knots at the back of the head of any of you, who
is asleep. On every knot he reads and exhales the
following words, ‘The night is long, so stay asleep.’
When one wakes up and remembers Allah , one
knot is undone; and when one performs ablution,
the second knot is undone, and when one prays, the
third knot is undone and one gets up energetic with
a good heart in the morning; otherwise one gets up
lazy and with a mischievous heart.”
As well as benefitting our soul, tahajjud has many
positive benefits on the body. You may think that
waking early will make you tired for the rest of the