Salaam
How do you get up for Fajr?
Do you jump up as soon as you hear your alarm ring? Do you need TWO alarms to get you up? Does your mum drag you out of bed? Do you keep your alarm away from you so to turn it off you’ll have to walk across the room...Or do you stay awake at night waiting for Fajr?
And how fresh are you when you read your Fajr? Like me, does anyone ever do a sleepy wudu and jump back in bed without even putting the prayer met away? :?
Does anyone here not sleep after Fajr…apparently there’s a lot of barkat in the time after Fajr, my mum never sleeps after Fajr….even if Fajr is at 3.00am…
Does anyone here read Fajr in Jamaat? Does anyone ever read Qur’an at that time? I know of mosques who lead classes at this time…
What's your Fajr habits?
Wasalaam
I have to litarally put the alarm on the other side of the room so i would have to get up and walk across the room to switch it off. Do wudu whilst half asleep read and by the time im finished reading in really fresh for some strange reason... but the temptation to go back to bed is too strong so i just go back in bed (strong with the force am i... but not that strong).
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I have recently been staying awake til Fajr. Much easier than getting up.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
nah need 7 hours sleep or i get cranky.
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It all depends on when i sleep, if i sleep early it will be easier getting up for fajr and if late then its much harder getting up, however whenever my phone goes off i lye there for about 2 minutes motivating myself to get up... then by the time i've finished wudhu or half way there im fresh...
Occasionally i stay awake after fajr to read quran and do dhikr for nor more than 1 hour, but always end up going back to sleep.
I dunno if it works for anyone else but before going to sleep if i listen to nasheeds do dhikr or read a hadith book etc.... i find waking up for fajr easier.
If I do not get enough sleep I just feel dazed. If I get too much sleep I still feel dazed.
If I get just the right amount of sleep, I just act dazed.
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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
i wake up at about 4, do wudhu, read fajr really quick, jump back in bed, but then stay awake for hours. finally go to sleep and have horrible dreams. then my brother has to wake me up at about 10.
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Sometimes i'll stay awake till Fajr time and pray then go to sleep.
Usually i have to be nagged at to get outtoff bed. I have my alarm going of next to my ear but i cant hear anything, sometimes i get up turn my alarm off and jump back into bed and i dont even realise i have done that, but now my sis stands next to me shouting so then i get up.
My sister is hitting me but i dont still realise or feel anything, im a heavy sleeper!
Once im up i pray then jump back to bed in a flash, however sometimes i stay awake till 10 in the morning and then go to sleep.
I have have a weird sleeping pattern which needs sorting out ASAP!
Drink about 5 glasses of water before sleeping, so one automatically wakes up soon enough to go to the toilet, consequently doing wudu and praying.
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takes more that that to get me out of bed
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My fajr habits are very very bad. If i manage to drag myself out of bed after snoozin both my fones then I do wudu read namaz and rush back into bed. Few weeks back it was easy for me to stay awake til fajr but now I sleep earlier which means I gota get up for it which is a mission.
I think its much harder in winter though coz it's so cold you don't want to leave your cosy warm bed...I am lucky if I can read namaz at fajr let alone Quran which is really bad I know.
All in all I am a lazy person at mornin times.
In the summer holidays I stay up until fajr time then go to bed as it's much easier than waking up and praying fajr. But the problem with staying up is that I wake up around zuhr time.
Cricketgal how can you drink 5 glasses of water before going to bed?....I only drink 3 glasses of water in the whole day.
Yes Angel, waking up in winter is hard but if you happen to own an electric heater and keep it on whilst it is blowing hot air towards you then it shouldn't be that hard to pray fajr in winter.
mum comes in my room switches on my light
i get up and switch the light back off
Lol.
When my alarm goes off i have to get up straight away, otherwise I'll just fall asleep again.
I used to be the only one in my house who used to read Fajr but mum wakes up now too. She gets up earlier than me and is often still sitting on the prayer mat when I've got back into bed.
I havent ever read Quran, but I do sometimes read Surath Yaseen after my namaaz. My mum's friend told me it was a good time to read it so I do. Plus, it's only short!
I remember Sheikh Abu Hanifa saying on Islamiqa on the Islam Channel that if a person read Fajr salah, then did dhikr upto the time of sunrise and then read 2 rakaath of Salatul Ishraaq, it was equivalent to one Umrah and one Hajj. (Wow!)
i didnt say i did it ....lol... just something that was reccomended and i wish i had the guts to do.
I too used to stay awake until fajr during study leave and in the summer hols as it was much easier, but then i found myself wasting too much time. i would sometimes read qur'an and other beneficial books, but staying awake, its very easy to stay up on the comp all night wasting my time. Plus as my mum kept on reminding me [i]" night was created for sleeping and day for doing" [/i]... so soon enough i stopped that.
I now have an alarm clock that can wake everyone in my whole house up ... except me. Aoothobillah. Deep sleepers nightmare. So my mum has to try every strategy in the book...on the light ... take my bed cover off...scream in my ear .... bug me all day .... but i thank her greatly for it... shes caring for her childs hereafter despite it being hard on her as a mother, she wants to see me happy and i am not happy when im draged out of bed with sirens in my ears!! Khayr...if we love our lord then we should obey Him and seek to please him.
Next time yall wake for fajr inshallah....remember me in ur duas please!
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Your damn right!
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i used to do that, but with my alarm instead, turn it off and jump back into bed but Allhamdullilah i've stopped that now.
Is it not easier just sleeping through the alarms?
I used to do that. Did not bother me. When at Uni it bothered the flatmates more than me.
I can sleep through a blaring alarm, but I cannot sleep in the same room as an analogue wall clock.
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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Sometimez i dont even hear my alarm! it will be buzzin in my ear for ages but i'll be dead to the world, it'll wake the family up but not me!
i can sleep through the alarm to, but my sis cant! so she shouts at me to get up n turn it off as its mine!
Arghhhhhh the clock sound! tick tock!! sooOo bloody annoying! cnt stand ittt!
I too used to sleep even though my alarm was going off, so I put the volume on high and this way I wake up every single time to turn it off.
Haven't you guys seen these 'silent tick sweep movement' clocks which don't make this tick tock noise.
How many clocks have you got in your room?....I got two, one with and one without alarm.
Go for a digital clock.
Even those 'silent' clocks make a noise. Not generally as annoying as the ticking though.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
My mums got them 'silent' clocks which you can see in complete darkness, looks preety cool.
Fajr time is going backwards, or forwards, whichever way you see it. So guess I have to start waking up for fajr instead of staying awake and reading it
me and sis are both light sleepers-we cant even sleep if a fan is on in our room
we dont have a watch in our room cos the TICK TOCK does our head in
my mum is one of them who can sleep thru alarms-she has the mega loud alarm clock
whenever i've slept in her room it has given me a heartattack :shock:
in the past i have smashed alarm clocks-my baby sis brought this annoying micky mouse one
she set it on for her school time yet wouldnt get up when it rung so i chucked it across the room and it smashed
I set my alarm 30/45min before I’m supposed to get up…I “snooze” until its time for me to get up…I even get out of bed in stages, first I take the covers off, 5min later I sit upright, then 5min later I finally get out of bed. In winter it takes me even longer to get out of bed.
But if I’ve slept late, there’s no way I can get up for Fajr….In the past I’ve attempted to read my Tahajud and read Qur’an in the morning but its never lasted more than a few days.
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my fajr habits,well i dont jump up automatically when the alarm goes off,my alarm is my older brother he wakes up comes storming down the stairs goes to the bathroom n we can hear the water running, so then h comes into my room wakes us up, n then we get up after that.
but its really nice goes he goes to every1s room wakes every1 up even the parents n he makes sure all of us are awake n he then leaves for the masjid.
i hve to say though reading fajr prayer is the most peaceful n i get the best amount of sleep after finishing fajr prayer so yes i do got to sleep after fajr.
lolz one of our fajr stories:i woke my lil sista cuz i thot it was fajr she did her wudu,n she went to wake my older bro up n mums like where u goin?n she said she's going to wake my bro up for namaz n mum cuz which namaz? she goes fajr but fajr was meant to strt in like 3 hrz time[/color]
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Same here im a light sleeper to, i hate being a light sleeper it irritates so much,when someones walking in the corridor i'll get up easily then over the slightest noise, cant sleep in long journeys or on the plane, i'd rather be a deep sleeper like my bro no matter how much noise one makes he'll be able to sleep thru it, thats why its a mission getting him up for fajr.
i find fajrs hard enough-yet u shud see me at sehri time
i am the most grumpiest, moodiest girl EVER
I feel sorry for your sister who has to share a bedroom with you :twisted:
Fajr is one of the shortest prayers so I dont understand y people dont get up for it. A loud alarm clock works for me. When I have classes its the best way to start off the day. I pray fajr, read the Quran and eat breakfast and get ready and my days off to the perfcet start.
For fajr I use three alarm clocks and that has worked for me so far.
The funniest thing is what I do sometimes after getting up and switching off the alarm. Like in the winters one day I got up and went to do wudu, in Pakistan the hot water takes some time to arrive, therefore I let the tap running and thought I would get up in a minute and make wudu when the water is hot. But next thing I know I wake up four hours later and there no hot water left!
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[b]GUIDELINES TO HELP IN THE OBSERVANCE OF FAJR SALAH[/b]
Most surely all praise belongs to Allah, we praise Him and we seek His Aid and Forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allaah from the evils of our souls and from the evils of our actions. Whomsoever Allaah guides there is none to misguides and whomsever He misguides their is none to guide. I send prayers and blessing upon our leader Muhammed with the best of prayers and the most complete submission.
To proceed:
One of the ill-seeming phenomena and most serious precedents boding impending danger and punishment, giving reason to fear and calling for most urgent consideration on our part requiring immediate investigation into its causes and treatment of its symptoms is the fact that a growing number of observers of prayer deliberately shun Fajr prayer in congregation and only perform it at times other than its lawful time.
It may be the case that this is due to their wasting away long hours at night engaged in idle and leisure pursuits. Our ancestors not very long ago used to make a point of going to bed early, to lock their doors after Ishaa prayer and to make their dinner light so as to be able to wake up for Fajr prayer in an energetic state. That is why they led a happy, peaceful and healthy life experiencing the real taste of life.
The advent of modern civilisation spoiled both our religious observances and our worldly arrangements. As a result, we have fallen into laziness and inertia; our bodies grew fat and flabby; we move about less frequently whilst showing a greater readiness to sleep and a marked inability to perform the most trivial of manual actions.
The present paper attempts therefore to suggest ways which may be of help in inducing us to wake up for Fajr Prayer; for instance:
ONE: To make sure to go to bed early as the Prophet used to discourage sleep before performing Ishaa prayer and especially engaging in conversation after it. Certain cases were excepted, some of which are enumerated by Imam Nawawi in his explanation of Muslim's account. Nawawi, may Allaah have mercy upon him says:
The reason why converation after it is discouraged is the fear lest it leads to staying awake for long , which might induce drowsiness and difficulty with observing night prayers or Subh [dawn] prayer in their permitted, preferred or best times. The topics covered by this restriction are all fulfilling no good useful purpose. However, as to useful verbal activities, such as the pursuit of knowledge, listening to the wise tales of righteous people, talking to one's guest or bride, or members of one's family for the sake of company, interacting with travellers with a view to protect themselves and their goods, embarking on talks designed to conciliate between people or intercede before them in a good cause or to enjoin good and forbid evil and admonish people by pointing to a beneficial course of action to follow etc... there are no such restrictions.
TWO: To be assiduous in observing the Aadaab [good manners prescribed in Islam] as to what to do before sleep such as making Du'aa [supplication], bringing one's palms together, very mildly spitting into them and reciting the last three soorah's of the Qur'aan into them and them wiping them over one's face, head and body, being physically and religiously pure and performing a two rakah voluntary prayer after wudhoo [ablution]. A muslim has to ask his wife, parents, relatives or neighbours to help waking him up. Once waken up, he should not linger lazily for long in bed, lest he acquires the vices of the hypocrites who come to prayer showing ample signs of laziness and lack of enthusiasm.
THREE: To fill one's heart with faith and good deeds. Once faith is alive in the heart, it induces the person to do good deeds and strive unremittingly hard. Faith is like a tree which only yields good fruit when irrigated from the streamlets of good deeds, thus bringing about an improvement both in personal conduct and at the interactional level with society at large. The lack of such streamlets or water supplies proportionately causes faith to wither and wilt. The heart is highly sensitive to external hardening stimuli, such as excess food or drink or aberrations in watching or listening (letting your eyes and ears loose to what is unlawful for them). You should therefore protect your heart from such external allurements.
FOUR: To keep away from Ma'aasi [acts of disobedience to Allah] by protecting the eyes, the tongue, the hearing and all the senses from indulging in the perception of objects that Allah has made unlawful for us. As an alternative, one should concern himself with matters pertaining to the worship of Allaah, such as devoting one's sight to the reading of Allaah's Book, meditating over the creatures that Allaah has created in this universe, reading books of knowledge etc. One member of the rightly guided early generations was asked about the reason why people found it difficult to uphold voluntary prayers at night. He answered: "Your sins have shackled you". No doubt sins can be a major cause for a persons inability to enjoy the blessings of piety. As Imaam Ibn ul-Qayyim said, sins are wounds and some wounds can be fatal.
FIVE: To bear in mind the great reward for attending Fajr prayer in congregation on time, and the strong rebuke for him to fails to observe it and to satisfy its conditions. Uthmaan ibn 'Affaan related:
I heard Allah's Messenger say: "He who prays Ishaa in Jamaa'ah [congregation] is as if he has prayed for half the night . As to him who (also) prays Fajr in congregation, it is as if he has prayed all night." [narrated by Maalik and the wording is that of Muslim who also reported it]
Similarly, Bukhaaaree and Muslim and An-Nasaaee related on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud (radiallaahu-anhu) that he said:
The case of a man who slept all the night up to sunrise (without waking up for Fajr) was related to the Prophet whereupon he said: "That was a man in whose ear Shaytaan has urinated", or he said "in both his ears".
The urinating is literally true, as Imaam Qurtubi says, since Shaytaan urinates and has sexual intercourse and procreates in a manner that Allah alone knows (1). To ascertain for yourself the truth of this assertion, look at the faces of those who come to deal in their daily business without having prayed Fajr in congregation at due time; look at their faces at working hours. You will surely ask Allaah for refuge from a lot as miserable as theirs. But, after all what do you expect from a person in whose heart Shaytaan has urinated!!!
SIX: To realise the bad effects resulting from one's failure to pray Fajr, such as the melancholic and depressive state of mind and the loss of many religious and worldly benefits, and the good effects resulting from managing to perform it. In this respect the Prophet said:
"Shaytaan ties three knots on the crown of any one of you in your sleep. He says upon each knot that he ties: "You have a long night before you, therefore sleep". But if you wake up and mention Allah, Most Exalted in remembrance one knot will be untied. If you then make ablution another knot will be undone. If you then proceed to pray the last knot will be disentangled. Thus, you will feel in the morning energetic and in good spirits. Otherwise you will feel in a despicable state, lazy". [narrated by Maalik, Bukhaaree, Muslim and Abu Dawood]
There is full goodness and blessing in the time following Fajr prayer. The Prophet made good use of it occupy himself with the remembrance of Allah until sunrise, whereupon he would pray two rakahs. The rightly guided generations were very committed to the observance of this good sunnah [tradition]. For instance, Shaikh-ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah is reported by his student, Ibnul Qayyim to be in the habit of engaging in Allah's remembrance of Allah after Fajr prayer and to say: "Verily there is in the Dunya [this world] a garden the shunner of which will not enter Paradise in the Hereafter". By this he means that the pleasure of the communion with Allaah through remembrance cannot be compared with all the pleasures of this world put together. He, may Allaah bless his soul, is also reported as saying: "This is my main sustenance; if I fail to have enough of it I will lose my vital energy" (2).
The time following Fajr prayer is full of goodness and blessings. At-Tirmidhee narrated upon the authority of Al Ghamdi that the Prophet said: "O Allah bless my Ummah in its early rising!" and whenever he dispatched an expedition or army he sent them early at the beginning of the day. Sakhr was a merchant who always sent his merchandise early in morning thus, becoming wealthy (3). That is why we find the craftsmen and traders are particular about making good use of this time. Those who sleep up to the late morning have denied themselves the blessings of this early hour.
There are many benefits to the health derived from waking up for Fajr prayer. For instance, the highest proportion of ozone gas (O3) in the atmosphere is registered at dawn. It then gradually fades away until comlplete disappearance by sunrise. This gas has a very beneficial effect on the nervous system as it vivifies the brain and energises the muscles such that when a person inhales the beautiful breeze of the dawn, known as the SABAA wind, he will experience a pleasure that is unparalleled at any other time of the day or night (4).
SEVEN: To lose no time to categorically clear yourself from the stigma of hypocrisy. Because of the difficulty of waking for this time, praying Fajr in congregation provides evidence that a person has firm faith and is free from hypocrisy. That is why in a hadeeth narrated by Bukhaaree and Muslim, the Prophet said:
"Indeed, the most difficult of prayers to bear, for the hypocrites, are Ishaa [night] and Fajr prayers. If only they knew what they are missing , they would sooner come, even if crawling on their knees".
The most worthy companion, Abdullaah and Ibn Mas'ood (radiallaahu-anhu) asserts "The only one indeed who misses them [i.e. Ishaa and Fajr prayers] is a confirmed hypocrite" (5). Ibn Umar (radiallaahu-anhu) said "When we find a man missing from the Ishaa and Fajr prayers we nurture suspicions about him" (6).
If you want a criterion for evaluating a person's degree of faith and truthfulness monitor his observance of Fajr prayer. If he passes the test, that should be taken as a sign indicating the strength of his Eeman [belief, faith]. Let us then testify to his truthfulness since he managed to achieve the greatest victory over himself and to be superior to the pleasure of sleeping in bed. If he fails the test, this is an index to his weakness in faith, a hardness in his heart, an indulgence in self-gratification and a defeat against his own whims.
How is it then that he who indulges in sleep and misses prayer should conceivably feel comfortable while people are delighting in the mosques in the company of the Qur'aan, listening raptuously to Allaah's message, and basking happily in His gardens. He who prefers the pleasures of the bed to the pleasure of the communion with Allaah is the real loser.
These are a few suggestions to help you wake up for Fajr prayer. May Allah make them useful. Glory be to Allah, Most Exalted over any false attributions and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of all Beings.
Written by an anonymous student of Islamic knowlege.
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