Catching Them Young!

 *Catching Them Young!*

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Abu Yazid al Busṭami was a young child when he woke and saw his father praying. He asked him to teach him how to wash and pray with him, and his father said, *“But you are still young,”* to which he (the young boy) responded, *“When the day of judgment comes, I will say I asked you to teach me but you refused.”* So, his father immediately taught him, and he began a lifelong habit of tahajjud.

Also,

Sahl ibn ʿAbd Allah al Tustari began praying tahajjud when he was three years old at the encouragement of his uncle.

Parents & Guardians!

How many of us cares to initiate our children or even our wives/husband & people under our custody into midnight investment (Tahajjud)?

Servants Of Allah!

A sister once told me of an Iman in one of the masaajid in Abuja (Nigeria), who have ALL his children initiated into Tahajjud, including the under-aged (Below 3years).. Yes.. The children once visited their maternal grandmother in the village for long vacation.. Guess what? Immediately it is 2:00AM every night, *even without phone alarm*,  all the children including the under-aged, will wake up.. Bcos they are used to Tahajjud.

*"What Mr A can do, Mr B can do it even better"*

If there is someone i know who have not missed a single night for the past *7years* without waking up for midnight nawafil *(even in sickness, this person will wake up, perform dry ablution, pray 2rakaats sitting down, then go back to bed)* , then, what could be ur reason for missing 2nights in 30days without waking up for midnight nawafil? This is because - *"What Mr A can do, Mr B can do it even better"*

But Today,

How many of us have given up Tahajjud after only a few days or months? Or weeks? 

Or...

Dont you want ur name to be written everyday by *Angels* who document the names of the servants of Allah *(every night)* who abandoned their beds seeking the pleasure of Allah through midnight nawafil?

Or u don't put it in ur mind by planning to wake up for midnight nawafil everyday the ways u planned ur other worldly programs? Ohhhhh! Is it because it is not *Naira & Dollars* Angels are sharing for people who wake up to establish midnight nawafil?

Brothers & Sisters!

We do encourage us all to try and become of those who pray tahajjud, even if some of us are missing establishing farḍ prayers ontime.

Actually,

Tahajjud is the habit that influences the rest of our day and how we focus our lives. If you are waking up for tahajjud, your chances of missing fajr are reduced, and if you have prayed tahajjud and fajr, you will push yourself to pray the other daily prayers in order to preserve the beauty of that day. As you get used to praying tahajjud, the strength of spirit, courage, faith, goodness and light will begin to well up within you and then tahajjud will become your dear friend.

*Women In Menses:* 

It is permissible for a woman in menstruation and post-natal bleeding to perform all acts of ibadah during tahajjud time *(with or without ablution)* and even during the day EXCEPT *swalat and touching Quran directly (ie - without barrier)* .. Yes.. She can wake up during tahajjud time *(say 12AM, 1AM, 2AM, 3AM, 4AM)* to make, Dhikr & Dua (ask Allah anything she want), and go back to catch up with her sleep.

Finally,

Moments before he passed away, Sufyan AthThawri was heard saying:

 *“If you depart to the hereafter without preparing the luggage of piety..And on that Day you meet those who have..You will regret not having been like them..And that you had not prepared as they had”*

Allah alone knows best