WEBVTT 00:00:00.850 --> 00:00:04.799 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:11.720 The life of the righteous between speech and action. 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:15.720 The virtue of the night prayer and the stories of those who kept vigil. 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:24.350 Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) would pray at night as much as Allah willed for him to pray. 00:00:24.350 --> 00:00:27.350 Then, when the last part of the night arrived, 00:00:27.350 --> 00:00:29.350 He would wake his family. 00:00:29.350 --> 00:00:30.850 He would say to them, 00:00:30.850 --> 00:00:32.850 "Prayer, prayer!" 00:00:32.850 --> 00:00:34.850 And he would recite this verse: 00:00:34.850 --> 00:00:36.939 "And enjoin prayer upon your family 00:00:36.939 --> 00:00:38.939 and be steadfast therein. 00:00:38.939 --> 00:00:40.939 We ask you not for provision; 00:00:40.939 --> 00:00:42.939 We provide for you, 00:00:42.939 --> 00:00:44.939 and the [best] outcome is for righteousness." 00:00:44.939 --> 00:00:47.070 He (may Allah be pleased with him) also said, 00:00:47.070 --> 00:00:51.070 "Winter is the spoils of the worshipper." 00:00:51.070 --> 00:00:54.329 And regarding Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), 00:00:54.329 --> 00:00:57.329 It is narrated that when winter arrived, 00:00:57.329 --> 00:00:59.329 He would say, 00:00:59.329 --> 00:01:01.329 "O people of the Qur'an, 00:01:01.329 --> 00:01:03.329 The night has grown long for your prayer, 00:01:03.329 --> 00:01:06.329 And the day has grown short for your fasting, 00:01:06.329 --> 00:01:08.329 So seize the opportunity." 00:01:08.329 --> 00:01:10.420 He (may Allah be pleased with him) also said, 00:01:10.420 --> 00:01:15.420 "A man during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:01:15.420 --> 00:01:20.420 would see a dream and relate it to the Prophet (peace be upon him)." 00:01:20.420 --> 00:01:22.420 He said, 00:01:22.420 --> 00:01:24.420 "I was a young, unmarried man, 00:01:24.420 --> 00:01:30.420 and I used to sleep in the mosque during the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him). 00:01:30.420 --> 00:01:34.420 I saw in a dream as if two angels took me 00:01:34.420 --> 00:01:36.420 and brought me to the Fire. 00:01:36.420 --> 00:01:39.420 It was built like a well, 00:01:39.420 --> 00:01:42.420 and it had two horns. 00:01:42.420 --> 00:01:45.420 I saw in it people I recognized. 00:01:45.420 --> 00:01:47.420 I began to say, 00:01:47.420 --> 00:01:49.420 'I seek refuge in Allah from the Fire, 00:01:49.420 --> 00:01:52.420 I seek refuge in Allah from the Fire.' 00:01:52.420 --> 00:01:54.420 Then another angel met them, 00:01:54.420 --> 00:01:56.420 and he said to me, 00:01:56.420 --> 00:01:57.420 'Do not be afraid.' 00:01:57.420 --> 00:01:59.420 I related this to Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her), 00:02:00.420 --> 00:02:05.420 and Hafsah related it to the Prophet (peace be upon him). 00:02:05.420 --> 00:02:07.420 He said, 00:02:07.420 --> 00:02:09.419 'Abdullah is an excellent man, 00:02:09.419 --> 00:02:11.419 if only he would pray at night.'" 00:02:11.419 --> 00:02:13.419 Salim said, 00:02:13.419 --> 00:02:15.419 "After that, Abdullah 00:02:15.419 --> 00:02:19.419 would not sleep at night except for a little." 00:02:19.419 --> 00:02:23.550 He (may Allah be pleased with him) would spend the night in prayer, 00:02:23.550 --> 00:02:24.550 then he would say, 00:02:24.550 --> 00:02:26.550 "O Nafi', 00:02:26.550 --> 00:02:27.550 has the time of suhur arrived?" 00:02:27.550 --> 00:02:29.550 I would say, "No." 00:02:29.550 --> 00:02:31.550 So he would return to prayer. 00:02:31.550 --> 00:02:32.550 Then he would say, 00:02:32.550 --> 00:02:34.550 "O Nafi', 00:02:34.550 --> 00:02:35.550 has the time of suhur arrived?" 00:02:35.550 --> 00:02:37.550 I would say, "Yes." 00:02:37.550 --> 00:02:41.550 So he would sit, seek forgiveness, and supplicate until morning. 00:02:41.550 --> 00:02:45.060 And regarding Usayd ibn Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him), 00:02:45.060 --> 00:02:48.060 It is narrated that while he was reciting one night, 00:02:48.060 --> 00:02:50.060 his horse suddenly shied. 00:02:50.060 --> 00:02:52.060 He stopped reciting, 00:02:52.060 --> 00:02:54.060 then it shied again. 00:02:54.060 --> 00:02:55.060 He stopped, 00:02:55.060 --> 00:02:57.060 then it shied again. 00:02:57.060 --> 00:02:59.060 Usayd said, 00:02:59.060 --> 00:03:01.060 "I feared it would trample Yahya, 00:03:01.060 --> 00:03:03.060 so I stood up toward it, 00:03:03.060 --> 00:03:06.060 and there was something like a canopy above my head 00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:08.060 containing things like lamps. 00:03:08.060 --> 00:03:10.060 It ascended into the air 00:03:10.060 --> 00:03:12.060 until I could no longer see it." 00:03:12.060 --> 00:03:17.099 I went to the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the morning 00:03:17.099 --> 00:03:19.099 and said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:03:19.099 --> 00:03:24.099 while I was reciting in my enclosure in the middle of the night, 00:03:24.099 --> 00:03:26.099 my horse shied." 00:03:26.099 --> 00:03:30.129 The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, 00:03:30.129 --> 00:03:32.129 "Recite, O Ibn Hudayr, 00:03:32.129 --> 00:03:34.129 recite, O Ibn Hudayr." 00:03:34.129 --> 00:03:36.129 "Do you know what that was?" 00:03:36.129 --> 00:03:38.129 I said, "No." 00:03:38.129 --> 00:03:40.129 He said, 00:03:40.129 --> 00:03:42.129 "Those were the angels listening to you. 00:03:42.129 --> 00:03:44.129 Had you continued to recite, 00:03:44.129 --> 00:03:46.129 the people would have seen them in the morning; 00:03:46.129 --> 00:03:48.129 they would not have been hidden from them." 00:03:48.129 --> 00:03:52.419 And regarding Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), he said, 00:03:52.419 --> 00:03:55.419 "The virtue of the night prayer over the prayer 00:03:55.419 --> 00:03:57.419 of the day 00:03:57.419 --> 00:04:01.419 is like the virtue of secret charity over public charity." 00:04:01.419 --> 00:04:04.699 And regarding Abu Uthman al-Nahdi, he said, 00:04:04.699 --> 00:04:08.699 "I was a guest of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) for seven days. 00:04:08.699 --> 00:04:14.699 He, his wife, and his servant would divide the night into thirds: 00:04:14.699 --> 00:04:16.699 one would pray, 00:04:16.699 --> 00:04:18.699 then wake the next, 00:04:18.699 --> 00:04:20.699 who would pray, 00:04:20.699 --> 00:04:22.699 then wake the next." 00:04:22.699 --> 00:04:26.019 And regarding Abdullah ibn Abi Mulaykah, he said, 00:04:26.019 --> 00:04:32.019 "I traveled with Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) from Medina to Mecca, 00:04:32.019 --> 00:04:34.019 and from Mecca to Medina. 00:04:34.019 --> 00:04:37.019 He would stand in prayer for half the night." 00:04:37.019 --> 00:04:41.220 And regarding 'Ata' al-Khurasani (may Allah have mercy on him), he said, 00:04:41.220 --> 00:04:43.220 "It used to be said: 00:04:43.220 --> 00:04:46.220 'The night prayer is a life-giver for the body, 00:04:46.220 --> 00:04:48.220 a light in the heart, 00:04:48.220 --> 00:04:50.220 a radiance for the eyes, 00:04:50.220 --> 00:04:52.220 and strength for the limbs.' 00:04:52.220 --> 00:04:56.310 When a man stands at night in vigil, 00:04:56.310 --> 00:04:58.310 he wakes up joyful, 00:04:58.310 --> 00:05:01.310 finding joy in his heart. 00:05:01.310 --> 00:05:05.310 But if his eyes overcome him and he sleeps through his portion, 00:05:05.310 --> 00:05:08.310 he wakes up sad and broken-hearted, 00:05:08.310 --> 00:05:10.310 as if he has lost something, 00:05:10.310 --> 00:05:14.310 and indeed, he has lost the most beneficial of things for him." 00:05:14.310 --> 00:05:17.600 And regarding Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him), he said, 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:19.600 "It used to be said: 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:23.600 'Few who stay awake at night are hypocrites.'" 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:27.730 And regarding Sufyan al-Thawri (may Allah have mercy on him), he said, 00:05:27.730 --> 00:05:31.819 "I caught up with the early generations, and they were those who stood in prayer at night." 00:05:31.819 --> 00:05:35.819 'Ata' (may Allah have mercy on him), after he grew old and weak, 00:05:35.819 --> 00:05:37.819 would stand for prayer 00:05:37.819 --> 00:05:41.819 and recite two hundred verses of Surah al-Baqarah while standing, 00:05:41.819 --> 00:05:46.110 not swaying or moving at all. 00:05:46.110 --> 00:05:49.110 And al-Rabi' ibn Khuthaym (may Allah have mercy on him), 00:05:49.110 --> 00:05:51.110 after his side became paralyzed, 00:05:51.110 --> 00:05:55.110 would be supported by two men to the mosque of his people. 00:05:55.110 --> 00:05:58.110 The companions of Abdullah would say to him, 00:05:58.110 --> 00:06:00.110 "O Abu Yazid, 00:06:00.110 --> 00:06:02.110 Allah has granted you a concession; 00:06:02.110 --> 00:06:04.110 if only you would pray in your house." 00:06:04.110 --> 00:06:08.110 He would say, "It is as you say, 00:06:08.110 --> 00:06:11.110 but I heard the caller saying, 00:06:11.110 --> 00:06:13.110 'Come to success.' 00:06:13.110 --> 00:06:15.209 So whoever among you hears it, 00:06:15.209 --> 00:06:17.209 let him answer it, even if by crawling, 00:06:17.209 --> 00:06:19.209 even if by creeping." 00:06:19.209 --> 00:06:23.689 Thabit al-Bunani (may Allah have mercy on him) said, 00:06:23.689 --> 00:06:26.689 "I struggled with prayer for twenty years, 00:06:26.689 --> 00:06:29.689 then I enjoyed it for twenty years." 00:06:29.689 --> 00:06:33.100 Al-Awza'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said, 00:06:33.100 --> 00:06:35.100 "Whoever lengthens his night prayer, 00:06:35.100 --> 00:06:39.100 Allah will make the standing on the Day of Resurrection easy for him." 00:06:39.100 --> 00:06:42.329 Al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) 00:06:42.329 --> 00:06:44.329 would divide the night: 00:06:44.329 --> 00:06:46.329 the first third he would write, 00:06:46.329 --> 00:06:48.329 the second he would pray, 00:06:48.329 --> 00:06:50.329 and the third he would sleep. 00:06:50.329 --> 00:06:52.329 Al-Dhahabi (may Allah have mercy on him) said, 00:06:52.329 --> 00:06:56.329 "All three of his actions were worship through intention." 00:06:56.329 --> 00:06:59.519 And regarding Ibrahim ibn Shammas, 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:00.519 he said, 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:04.519 "I knew Ahmad ibn Hanbal (may Allah have mercy on him) when he was a boy, 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:06.519 and he would spend the night in worship." 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:09.709 Abu Sulayman al-Darani (may Allah have mercy on him) said, 00:07:09.709 --> 00:07:12.709 "The people of obedience in their night 00:07:12.709 --> 00:07:15.709 find more pleasure than the people of amusement in their amusement. 00:07:15.709 --> 00:07:17.709 Were it not for the night, 00:07:17.709 --> 00:07:20.709 I would not have loved to remain in this world." 00:07:20.709 --> 00:07:23.870 Muhammad ibn Abi Hatim said, 00:07:23.870 --> 00:07:26.870 Muhammad ibn Isma'il (al-Bukhari) (may Allah have mercy on him) was invited 00:07:26.870 --> 00:07:28.870 to the orchard of one of his companions. 00:07:28.870 --> 00:07:31.870 When he led the people in the Dhuhr prayer, 00:07:31.870 --> 00:07:33.870 he stood to perform voluntary prayers. 00:07:33.870 --> 00:07:35.870 When he finished his prayer, 00:07:35.870 --> 00:07:37.870 he lifted the hem of his garment, 00:07:37.870 --> 00:07:40.870 and said to some of those with him, 00:07:40.870 --> 00:07:41.870 "Look, 00:07:41.870 --> 00:07:43.870 do you see anything under my garment?" 00:07:43.870 --> 00:07:49.870 There was a wasp that had stung him in sixteen or seventeen places, 00:07:49.870 --> 00:07:52.870 and his body had swollen from it. 00:07:52.870 --> 00:07:55.870 Some of the people said to him, 00:07:55.870 --> 00:07:58.870 "Why did you not stop the prayer the first time it stung you?" 00:07:58.870 --> 00:08:00.870 He said, 00:08:00.870 --> 00:08:04.870 "I was in the middle of a surah and I wanted to complete it." 00:08:04.870 --> 00:08:08.920 The virtue of the Duha prayer. 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:13.240 Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said, 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:16.240 "Whoever misses his portion of the night prayer, 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.240 let him pray it during the prayer before Dhuhr, 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:22.240 for it is equivalent to the night prayer." 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:26.459 Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) 00:08:26.459 --> 00:08:29.459 would pray a long prayer before Dhuhr, 00:08:29.459 --> 00:08:31.459 and when he heard the adhan, 00:08:31.459 --> 00:08:34.460 he would tighten his clothes and leave. 00:08:34.460 --> 00:08:39.450 The month of Ramadan and fasting. 00:08:39.450 --> 00:08:43.179 Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) 00:08:43.179 --> 00:08:46.179 and his companions, when they fasted, 00:08:46.179 --> 00:08:48.179 would sit in the mosque. 00:08:48.179 --> 00:08:51.340 They would say, "We are purifying our fast." 00:08:51.340 --> 00:08:54.340 And Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said, 00:08:54.340 --> 00:08:57.340 Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) 00:08:57.340 --> 00:09:01.340 would not fast during the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:09:01.340 --> 00:09:03.379 because of military expeditions. 00:09:03.379 --> 00:09:07.379 But when the Prophet (peace be upon him) passed away, 00:09:07.379 --> 00:09:09.379 I never saw him break his fast 00:09:09.379 --> 00:09:12.379 except on the days of Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha. 00:09:12.379 --> 00:09:16.659 Al-Ahnaf ibn Qays (may Allah have mercy on him) wanted to fast, 00:09:16.659 --> 00:09:18.659 and he was asked about that. 00:09:18.659 --> 00:09:20.659 He said, 00:09:20.659 --> 00:09:24.659 "I am preparing it for a day whose evil is long-lasting." 00:09:24.659 --> 00:09:26.659 Then he recited, 00:09:26.659 --> 00:09:29.659 “Therefor Allah hath warded off from them the evil of that day, and hath made them find brightness and joy;” (76:11) 00:09:29.659 --> 00:09:33.080 Some of the salaf, may Allah have mercy on them, 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:37.080 would complete the entire Qur'an every night during Ramadan, 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:40.080 sleeping only between the Maghrib and Isha prayers. 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:44.080 Others would complete it every two nights during Ramadan, 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:48.080 also sleeping between the Maghrib and Isha prayers. 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:51.340 Abu al-'Aliyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:09:51.340 --> 00:09:55.340 "The fasting person is in a state of worship as long as he does not backbite," 00:09:55.340 --> 00:09:58.340 "even if he is asleep in his bed." 00:09:58.340 --> 00:10:01.620 Musabbih ibn Sa'id said: 00:10:01.620 --> 00:10:05.620 "Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari, may Allah have mercy on him," 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:09.620 "would complete a full reading of the Qur'an every day during the daylight hours of Ramadan," 00:10:09.620 --> 00:10:14.620 "and he would complete another reading every three nights during the night prayers after Tarawih." 00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:20.700 Preparing for worship and getting ready for it: 00:10:20.700 --> 00:10:26.440 Tamim al-Dari, may Allah be pleased with him, bought a cloak for a thousand dirhams, 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.659 and he would pray in it. 00:10:29.659 --> 00:10:32.659 Whenever he, may Allah be pleased with him, would rise at night, 00:10:32.659 --> 00:10:34.659 he would call for his siwak, 00:10:34.659 --> 00:10:37.659 and then he would call for his finest garment, 00:10:37.659 --> 00:10:42.659 which he would only wear when he rose at night to perform the tahajjud prayer. 00:10:42.659 --> 00:10:45.860 Waki' ibn al-Jarrah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:49.860 "Whoever does not prepare for the prayer before its time arrives," 00:10:49.860 --> 00:10:51.860 "has not truly honored it." 00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:58.240 Al-Mughirah ibn Hakim, may Allah have mercy on him, whenever he intended to rise for tahajjud, 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:01.240 would put on his finest clothes, 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:03.240 and apply the perfume of his family. 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:06.240 He was among those who performed the night vigil. 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:10.379 Other benefits: 00:11:10.379 --> 00:11:15.440 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:17.440 "Be more concerned with the acceptance of your deeds," 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:20.440 "than you are with the performance of the deeds themselves." 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:23.440 Have you not heard Allah say: 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:27.440 “But recite unto them with truth the tale of the two sons of Adam, how they offered each a sacrifice, and it was accepted from the one of them and it was not accepted from the other. (The one) said: I will surely kill thee. (The other) answered: Allah accepteth only from those who ward off (evil).” (5:27) 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:30.919 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi said: 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:34.919 "If it were said to Hammad ibn Salamah, may Allah have mercy on him," 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:36.919 "'You will die tomorrow,'" 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:39.919 "'he would not be able to add anything more to his deeds.'" 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:45.370 Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about a man praying: 00:11:45.370 --> 00:11:48.370 "What should he intend with his prayer?" 00:11:48.370 --> 00:11:52.370 He replied, "He should intend to commune with his Lord." 00:11:52.370 --> 00:11:58.779 The life of harmony between speech and action.