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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Sirus — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 - 23:09

[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]

unless a phone call or the door bell wakes me up :evil:[/quote]

ohhh i hate them :evil:

especially coz theyre always for mum!!

MuslimSister — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 - 11:53

Salaam

Yesterday I was so tired, I had full intention to sleep in until 9/10. My mobile rang at 7 in the morning and I switched it off…I knew it was work asking me to come in.

They rang at home and I heard mum say “she’s sleeping, I’ll get her out of bed for you”, I took the call and had to go into work.

I’m ok at getting up if I know I have to go somewhere…but for some reason Ramadan makes it next to impossible for me to wake up early….

I heard a scholar once say in his lecture that we shouldn’t fast as if we are “zombies”.

Fasting does not mean that we should leave our worldly activities and become lazy.

Recently, I’ve began to appreciate men in a different light…its not easy going to work all day long and spending all evening in the Mosque reading Tarawih.

A sign of those who love Allah (swt) is seen in those people who leave their beds and deprive their sleep in order to win Allah (swt) pleasure.

Wasalaam

Angel — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 - 12:54

Muslimsis, do u just get asked to come into work, does that mean you have to be flexible? I would hate that!

MuslimSister — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 - 14:50

Salaam

I'm registered with an agency which means that they are flexible....if I don't want to work, I don't have to.

But it also means that I have to be flexible too, so they can call me last minute at 7.00am and tell me to be somewhere for 8.30...

I do agency work cos its flexible... and because I'm still at Uni and also involved in lots of other stuff (radio etc). I can't sign on to anyone's contract or take on permenante work ..

So this suits me and my timetable...and I do love my work.

Wasalaam

Angel — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 - 16:41

Yeh i supose that good for you esp. when you have so much to do. if u dont me askin what is it that your doin?

MuslimSisLilSis — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 - 16:57

[quote="angel"]Yeh i supose that good for you esp. when you have so much to do. if u dont me askin what is it that your doin?[/quote]

she work with special need kids-in diff schools

MuslimSisLilSis — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 11:54

i woke up literally only 20min ago

pretty embarrassing :oops:

does anyone else wake up and but then lie in bed for HOURS cos its too cold to get out?

Sirus — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 11:58

no

t'is not the way of the sufi's 8) 😛

i went sleep at half 2.....was up at 10, but thats too late....i oversleep when the mini heater is ryt next to me

yuit — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 12:00

I got up just now as well, been getting up at 12 for about a week now, which is really unlike me as i am normally really a morning person. It funny how one action affect ur sleeping habit alot, but as i will be working more nightshift i guess it best to get used to it now. It is despressing waking up late IMO.

Guest — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 12:46

[quote]Let none dare to enter the valley of love, without the lire of yearning lighted in him. Love does not welcome him who burns not like a flame[/quote]

What is that going on about???????????????????????????????

Mez — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 14:04

Every night I set my alarm for 6.30 in the morning to read Fajar namaz, when it goes off in the morning I say to my self I will get up 5 min later Afterreading Fajar namaz, I go and read the Quran for Half any hour. Then I have my breakfast befotre going to college!!

On the Weekend I get up my Fajar namaz and then go back to bed till 10.30 even after that I still do not feel like getting up, so I have to force myself to getup.

Exquisite — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 14:23

im definately a mornin person, i hav to be i don't even get any sleep at nite, somethngs rong wiv me n sum my m8s we call eachother at 3 in the morning to see if the others awake. gud thng is im neva late for fajr,

Mez — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 14:50

Maybe you have important things on your mind that can not get you
to sleep cause you constantly thinking about it!!

Exquisite — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 14:52

dont hav much on my mind jus very excitd n hyper person so probz affects my sleep and cnt stop chattin n cant get enuf of my friends need to be in constnat contact wiv dem

Mez — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 15:06

I hardly talk to my friends after college but I always see them in College, but when important I call/ text them after college. :roll:

Exquisite — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 15:09

yeah i c my friends in 6th form but i still need to chat to dem cant stand textin but still do, missing my friends loads man, some off college, training etc so dont see some as much, some i can chat the same thng wiv over n over again but wouldn't get bord n sumtyms when i rememba sumthng funny no matter wot time of day/nite it is w'll tx or call

Dawud — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 15:25

[quote="Guest"][quote]Let none dare to enter the valley of love, without the lire of yearning lighted in him. Love does not welcome him who burns not like a flame[/quote]

What is that going on about???????????????????????????????[/quote]

perhaps this can help:

"The cry of the reed is fire, not wind
Whosoever does not posess this fire may he be naught,

Tis the fire of love that befelled the reed,
Tis the fervent desire of love that entered the wine."

As for clarity my friend:

"Whatever description or explanation I give of love,
When I reach love I am ashamed of my exposition."

😃

MuslimSister — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 21:07

If I have no pressure on me…nothing to do/no where to go etc. Then I just lie in bed for hours even if I’m awake.

I do this most Sundays…even though this gives me a killer headache and I usally end up having a rubbish day.

Sirus — Sun, 5 Feb 2006 - 21:29

Props to Dood walla Bhai for the poems

nuff respect 8)

2mrw I is gotta be up early to give out revival mags at 2 uni's..... :shock: [size=7]whilst skippin a few lectures[/size]

MuslimSister — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 - 12:09

Salaam

Early mornings is the worst time in the day for me, I can not function at all….the other day I left my house before 8.00am and cos I was so sleepy I started my car in first gear…the car jerked forward and rolled down the road. Thank God! There wasn’t a car parked in front of my car, if there was it would have been seriously damaged.

I then made a U turn for some stupid reason…even though I was parked in the direction that I wanted to go…then after I was half way down the road I realised that I was driving the wrong way so I had to make another U turn.

This morning work called me at 07.00am…I assumed that it was Thursday and that I had a lot on so I told them that I couldn’t come in to work, when I woke up two hours later I realised that it was Friday and I have nothing on so I could have easily went in to work…

For me, the day starts at 9/10 in the morning, I can not function before that…I’m dreading going back to Uni/work early in the morning from next week. I don't know why its so difficult to function esp since I spent 15 years of my life out of bed at 07.00am for school/college etc

Wasalaam