Today\u2019s\nreminder is continuing on from the night prayer last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The imam\nbegan the reminder today with a reference from the 79th<\/sup> ayat of Sura\nAl Isra. It is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n And rise at \u02f9the last\u02fa part of the night, offering additional\nprayers, so your Lord may raise you to a station of praise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear brothers\nand sisters, we spoke last week on the benefit of the night prayers and how we\nshould implement in into our lives. The reminder continues this week with\noutlining the blessings of this act of worship so that we can implement it into\nour lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the blessings\nthat comes from this prayer is the eradication of hypocrisy. We all need to\ntake extra care to be mindful of this point as we live in a time and a place\nwhere hypocrisy is displayed by people in all walks of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Muslims,\nwe need to make sure that our acts of worship are not hypocritical. That they\nare being performed for the sake of Allah SWT and not for the sake of status or\nothers to witness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One way that\nthis can be achieved is to perform acts of worship that are hidden from the\nworld. They are those acts of worship that have no chance of the world witnessing\nit and therefore it is being done solely for the One who is always watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The night\nprayer is an act of worship that falls under this category. It is something\nthat is done when those around us are asleep. Nobody is there to witness it and\nit is something that offers a deep personal connection with Allah SWT alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The imam\nspoke of how Allah SWT addresses people that pray in the night. Sura Al-Furqan,\nayat 63 and 64 are translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The \u02f9true\u02fa servants of the Most Compassionate are those who\nwalk on the earth humbly, and when the foolish address them \u02f9improperly\u02fa, they\nonly respond with peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u02f9They are\u02fa those who spend \u02f9a good portion of\u02fa the night,\nprostrating themselves and standing before their Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that\nleads us onto the next point regarding the night prayer. We all live busy\nlives, in a world where distractions are so intense that even prayers in congregation\nare sometimes disturbed with ringtones or alarms on phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is part\nof life and we can all make attempts to minimize these disruptions but the\npoint here is that the prayers in the day time have dunya prodding us to draw\nattention away from the prayers. Whether it is family at home whilst you are trying\nto make prayers or whether it is school or work which has tight schedules that\nyou must follow, the prayers during the day have their own challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why\nthe night prayer is such a blessing. It offers that solitude and that peace\nthat no prayer during the day can offer. Often it is prayed in low light, alone\nand with next to no other noise or distraction being heard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The imam\nmentioned a hadith which is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most excellent prayer after that which is obligatory is\nthe (voluntary) late night prayer.” [Reported by Muslim]. it is better as\nit is done in secret, and its very difficult, and as its quieter there is\nbetter contemplation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And it is worth\nmentioning again in today\u2019s reminder that the night prayer is one of the ways of\nattaining Allah SWT\u2019s mercy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The imam relayed\ntwo hadith in relation to this point. The first is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is an hour during the night in which no Muslim bondman\nwill ask Allah for good in this world and the next but He will grant it to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And this one\nwhich is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMake a practice of getting up at night, for it was the\ncustom of the pious before you, is a means of bringing you near to your Lord,\nan atonement for evil deeds and a preventative of sin.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear brothers\nand sisters, the night prayers offers so much for so little on our part. From the\nanswering of our prayers to the eradication of our sins, this is the act of worship\nwe should all be attempting to build into our lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n By doing so,\nwe will not only benefit greatly in the hereafter but we will have discovered a\ntreasure that offers us peace and tranquillity in this life like nothing else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And whilst\nwe are still in a time of year when the nights are still long and the days are\nshort, lets make the most of the opportunity and implement this blessed act of\nworship into our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today\u2019s reminder is continuing on from the night prayer last week. The imam began the reminder today with a reference from the 79th ayat of Sura Al Isra. 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