Are You A Morning Person?

MuslimSister —

Salaam

I’m not a morning person….I never have been. I sort of “wake up” at night…..if I ever need to work on something I start in the evening cos that’s when I’m most focused and full of energy.

I’ve always struggled to get out of bed before 9.00….and if I am out of bed before nine I’m half asleep….(unlike mum I’m not a chirpy early bird)

Fajr prayer is the most important prayer of the day.

The Holy Prophet ﷺ tells us that fajr Salaah along with Isha Salaah is particularly rich in blessings….

"If people only knew what blessings are in the fajr and Isha prayer, they would come to them, even if they had to crawl." (Bukhari and Muslim)

I find it SO hard to get up for Fajr, I’m up on most days but I’m always sleepy…and as soon as I’ve read Fajr I get back into bed without even bothering to pack the prayer mat away…. :oops: (I’ve heard that one really shouldn’t go back to sleep after Fajr)

If Fajr is say at 5.00 then I set my alarm clock for 4.30…cos I always spend 30 mins snoozing and thinking about getting out of bed.

Apparently back in the day people didn’t even need alarm clocks cos they would automatically wake up at Fajr/Tahajid time…those people had spiritual alarm clocks built in them...

Allah (swt) loves people those who deprive their sides from their beds, resist sleep (which the body loves) and rise for prayer, for the sincere sake of earning the pleasure of Allah (swt).

Someone once asked Hadrat Aisha (raa) about the most amazing thing she observed about the Holy Prophet (saw). She said “Everything about him was incredible. But I will say this, when the veiling of the night came, and when every lover went to his lover, he ﷺ went to be with his Lord”.

Too much sleep hardens our hearts…we’re programmed to believe that we need our “beauty sleep” and must get at least 6/8 hors of sleep every night…yet the likes of the Great Imam Abu Hanifah was known to read his Fajr prayer with his Isha wudhu for 40 years continuously…How come many of us are weak when it comes to missing our precious sleep?

Any tips on how to be more fresh and alert at Fajr time?

I heard that the way one behaves during the day plays a strong part in this…. A man once told a righteous man “I am unable to maintain night worship, prescribe a remedy for me”. The righteous man said “Do not disobey Him during the day and He will keep you up between His hands at night”....Is our lack of Iman the reason why we struggle with Fajr?

What’s your Fajr situation like?

Wasalaam

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star — Thu, 6 Oct 2005 - 13:19

yea TOBAH....i've a mosque at my doorstep well 2 be exact 1 min walk,

whenever i wanna try getting out the house theres like friggin groups of

men outside, and they really do get up ya nerves coz they dont budge and

go on and on about they life storyz

MuslimSister — Thu, 6 Oct 2005 - 16:23

[quote="Mujahidah"]

Now im just realising hw valuable my sleep is specially wen pple used 2 say 2 me sleep on time :oops: ....wakin up at 4am n stayin awake all day goin bk to bed at 12.30am is hard but Alhamdullilah its worth it 😃

I just hpe i stay like dis after Ramadhan too.[/quote]

Me too...its not advisable to sleep after Fajr anyway. Apparently there are many blessings during that time...but that is also the time when one is deepest in sleep.

I've started to stay awake after Sehri (but that's only cos of work etc). I find it SO hard, especially since I fall asleep late...over sleeping hardens the spiritual heart.

I'll prob sleep in on Saturdays tho... :oops:

MuslimSisLilSis — Thu, 6 Oct 2005 - 20:11

[quote="Med"]

loooooooool. Yeh, u shud be sitting at home!! How dare you even think about morning walks? tobah kar! lol[/quote]

Yes. You right.

Fresh air is haraam for women. And Naj u should know better

I'm trying to tell this to mum-the early bird

but she has this annoying attachment with the ducks in the park

Medarris — Thu, 6 Oct 2005 - 22:57

[quote="NaJ/19"]yea TOBAH....i've a mosque at my doorstep well 2 be exact 1 min walk,

whenever i wanna try getting out the house theres like friggin groups of

men outside, and they really do get up ya nerves coz they dont budge and

go on and on about they life storyz[/quote]

Yes they do but subhanALLAH what they do is wrong. Mawlana Shuayb Desai of Sheffield once mentioned in a bayaan about rights that islam even gives the road rights, and among the rights of the road is that people do not stand in the way, blocking the pathway and that it is the roads right that people who walk on it should have their gaze lowered.

Ask your father/brother to have word with Mawlana of the masjid that the men are disturbing the women folk. InshaALLAH Mawlana should sort them out?

Medarris — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 00:31

no point sending a burnleyian to do an alum rockies job. I sort em out, causing trouble to purdahnasheen women is wrong, especially outside the masjid. I'll ask 'em nicely to not obstruct the pathway and if they got a problem then bring a stick out and start beating em away so the Respected Ladies can go in peace.!

star — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 00:37

yea go 4 it, but do take my advice PATHANS are pretty TOUGH, they like

lions ,where as u alum rockies are like RUBBER,

yea for the ladyz who do pardah its pretty bad, but for ppl like me......

Medarris — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 00:43

[quote="NaJ/19"]yea go 4 it, but do take my advice PATHANS are pretty TOUGH, they like

lions ,where as u alum rockies are like RUBBER,

yea for the ladyz who do pardah its pretty bad, but for ppl like me......[/quote]

u didnt mention they were pathan . . . em . . . actually im busy for the next week . . . maybe after ramadaan i can come . . . . oh no i just remember I got a thing to do after the eid thing . . . er I think I wont be able to come for a while.

lol.

But seriously pathan are tough mashaALLAH, I like pathans, they have ghairat and make good friends, and do tableegh and a lot of other good things aswell.

The advantages of rubber.

1. It does not break easily so is quite strong.
2. It can be bent around depending on situation so is very flexible.
3. It is fun to play with.
4. It holds things close together.
5. It comes in pretty colours.

This is just a short list, rubber has much more benefits and advantages. So Alum Rockies are also strong, flexible, fun to be with, hold together, are colourful.

I thought Muhtarama did full purdah?

star — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 01:06

lolllllll, come off it ...i know u really a WIMP,

theres ALOT of pathans in my area, most of my students are PATHAN, but they good ppl and tend to be more strict about issues,there aint even a womens section in mosque,and girls over 10 cnt read there either,

my mistake instead of rubber i shud hav just put NOTHING lol...

did i mention anything 2 do with pardah previously?

Medarris — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 12:06

[quote="NaJ/19"]

yea for the ladyz who do pardah its pretty bad, but for ppl like me......[/quote]

Yes Muhtarama did. I thought Muhtarama did full pardah but the above suggests otherwise.

*DUST* — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 12:32

[quote="Med"][quote="NaJ/19"]

yea for the ladyz who do pardah its pretty bad, but for ppl like me......[/quote]

Yes Muhtarama did. I thought Muhtarama did full pardah but the above suggests otherwise.[/quote]
stop prying Med. whether the sister does full pardah or not is her own business.

star — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 12:44

well u know the thing is i DO, but i DONT,
its not PAKKA PARDAH, but inshallah im sorting myself out

MuslimSisLilSis — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 13:54

[quote="NaJ/19"]well u know the thing is i DO, but i DONT,
its not PAKKA PARDAH, but inshallah im sorting myself out[/quote]

do u attend the same school/teachings as Med?

Beast — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 16:24

[quote="Darth V-Hayder"]the answer to the above, i believe, is Yes[/quote]

It's actually No. 😂

One's a Deobandi the other is a Salafi.

Beast — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 16:25

[quote="Aasiyah"]wot difference does it make? :?[/quote]

No difference.

Or at least it shouldn't do.

MuslimSisLilSis — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 20:07

[quote="Aasiyah"]wot difference does it make? :?[/quote]

A lot

certain schools consider the Niaqab Fard and think that them women who dont wear one and "strut in the streets" are sinning

i wanted to kno if she was part of such a school

Medarris — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 20:11

[quote="irfghan"][quote="Darth V-Hayder"]the answer to the above, i believe, is Yes[/quote]

It's actually No. 😂

One's a Deobandi the other is a Salafi.[/quote]

really? I didnt know that. I thought we were both deobandi but thanks for telling me im a salafi. nice one mate.

Medarris — Fri, 7 Oct 2005 - 20:16

[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"][quote="irfghan"]
One's a Deobandi the other is a Salafi.[/quote]

Potatoe /Pota-to[/quote]

Lol. Yes . Apparently deobandi, tableeghi, wahhabi are all the same, lol.

Salaam.

*DUST* — Sat, 8 Oct 2005 - 03:47

[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"][quote="Aasiyah"]wot difference does it make? :?[/quote]

A lot

certain schools consider the Niaqab Fard and think that them women who dont wear one and "strut in the streets" are sinning

i wanted to kno if she was part of such a school[/quote]
this view is held by the Shaf'i school of thought. whilst some hanafi scholars have said that in places of fitnah it becomes wajib, the main Hanafi view is that its optional.

Beast — Sat, 8 Oct 2005 - 11:23

[quote="Med"][quote="irfghan"][quote="Darth V-Hayder"]the answer to the above, i believe, is Yes[/quote]

It's actually No. 😂

One's a Deobandi the other is a Salafi.[/quote]

really? I didnt know that. I thought we were both deobandi but thanks for telling me im a salafi. nice one mate.[/quote]

I thought it was the other way around.

I was close nevertheless. 😉

Medarris — Sat, 8 Oct 2005 - 12:07

[quote="Aasiyah"]

this view is held by the Shaf'i school of thought. whilst some hanafi scholars have said that in places of fitnah it becomes wajib, the main Hanafi view is that its optional.[/quote]

ACTUALLY the other three madhahib view the niqab as obligaotry, in our hanafi madhab there was the most leeway in that the face was allowed to be OPEN if there is no fear of fitnah. Now the ulama of ahnaaf (im talking about leading ulama of standing) have explained that the only reason the face could have been left open was because tehre was no fear of mischief, obviously today this is not the case and hence the hanafi ruling is also that she must necessarily have her face closed.

The main hanafi view is that its optional. That is a bit rong. Actually, the face WAS allowed to be open on CONDITION no FEAR OF MISCHIEF. That condition is no longer found anywhere in teh world so the face must be closed.

Truth has come and falsehood has perished for falsehood by its very nature is doomed to perish.

*DUST* — Sat, 8 Oct 2005 - 14:17

[quote="Med"][quote="Aasiyah"]

this view is held by the Shaf'i school of thought. whilst some hanafi scholars have said that in places of fitnah it becomes wajib, the main Hanafi view is that its optional.[/quote]

ACTUALLY the other three madhahib view the niqab as obligaotry, in our hanafi madhab there was the most leeway in that the face was allowed to be OPEN if there is no fear of fitnah. Now the ulama of ahnaaf (im talking about leading ulama of standing) have explained that the only reason the face could have been left open was because tehre was no fear of mischief, obviously today this is not the case and hence the hanafi ruling is also that she must necessarily have her face closed.[/quote]
i am not completely sure about the Hanbali stance (looking into it) but as far as i'm aware, the popular opinion in the Maliki school states that it isnt wajib for a woman to wear niqab. Rather, her hands and face may remain uncovered.

[quote]The main hanafi view is that its optional. That is a bit rong. Actually, the face WAS allowed to be open on CONDITION no FEAR OF MISCHIEF.[/quote]
no need for caps Med, i assure u i'm not blind. 😉 u dont seem to have read my post properly though - i did say: [b]"some hanafi scholars have said that in places of fitnah it becomes wajib"[/b] replace 'fitnah' with 'mischief' and u pretty much just made the same point as me.

[quote]That condition is no longer found anywhere in teh world so the face must be closed.[/quote]
i have not been to Timbuktu and every other part of the world to see where fitnah is or isnt. for u its obviously otherwise, to be able to state so firmly that 'anywhere in the world' the face must be covered. personally i feel this is up to the Muslimah - she has been given the [b]option[/b] to cover her face if she fears fitnah, it is not there to be forced upon her by anyone: it is her choice.