Abu Yazid's Story*

 *Abu Yazid's Story*

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بسم الله الرحمان 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.. Because they are used to Tahajjud.

My people!

The need to be loved is exceptionally strong in all human beings. From childhood to old age, humans want to be loved by those around them. Love connects people in the strongest of ways. It produces care and concern, without which no one would take the responsibility of looking after others. But any parent who give to his or her children greater love on the aspects which dwell much on issues of this dunya (ie - worldly life), while the religious aspects take the left-over, then, such parents have missed the boat. Yes. Considering the saying of Allah (swt) in Surah Az-Zukhruf, chapter 43 verse 67:

ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

"Close relatives or friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for those who built their relationships on righteousness 📚Az-Zukhruf 43:67

Muslim Faithful!

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”*

Therefore,

Initiate your children into Tahajjud and if u have not yet set ur phone alarm in a repeating mode, to wake u up for midnight nawafil (at least 2 rakaats) everyday till the end of ur life, pls do so immediately. Yes. Allah (swt) loves consistency in any act of worship. And waking up everyday for Tahajjud is not something difficult.. Let assume you wake up by 2AM, use 3minutes to perform ablution, 2minutes to get dressed, 5minutes to establish ONLY 2rakaat nawafil, 5minutes to make Du'a to Allah.. Total time spent = 15minutes. *Everything In 15minutes,* then, go back to catch up with sleep.


سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك نشهد ان لا اله الا انت نستغفرك ونتوابوااليك