My Yearly Visitor* [[--Episode 5-of-5--]]

 *My Yearly Visitor*

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Abdallah - My Yearly Visitor mentioned that "Any Muslim who did not wake up for midnight prayer have made that night a wasteful one"

But what's a wasteful night?

"A Wasteful Night" could describe a night where someone fails to take advantage of opportunities, misses important events or experiences, or lets time slip away without accomplishing anything meaningful.

My people!

It's agreed that "Sleep" is an important part of living and is a way of recharging our batteries to prepare ourself to continue our daily activities. But squandering the entire hours of the night sleeping without "Tahajjud", suggests that the night have not been better spent or utilized in a more productive way.

Yes!

You might be good in series of acts of worship BUT if you are not amongst Muslims who CONSISTENTLY pray Tahajjud, then, sorry! Yes. Sorry because you are lacking something huge.

Evidence:

Salim bin

Abdullah bin 

Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with them) reported, on the authority of his father, that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, “What an excellent man

Abdullah is! If only he could be performing optional prayers at night.” Salim said that after this, (his father) 

Abdullah slept very little at night. 📚 Al-Bukhari and Muslim

*Lessons from the above Hadith:*

This Hadith points out the excellence of

Abdullah bin 

Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) as well as the merits of establishing Tahajjud. It also tells us that it is permissible to praise someone in his presence if one is sure that he will not become proud due to that praise. Another aspect of this Hadith is that it's permissible to use someone else's positive lifestyles to motivate others.

This reminds me,

I have seen a servant of Allah who was stung by a big scorpion 🦂 in the night around 9:30PM when he travel out of the town city, and very unfortunate for him, it happened in the village where there's no modern health facilities to get himself treated.. He was left with no option than to travel to nearby village for treatment using herbs 🌿. Wallahi Tallahi this man could not sleep throughout the night because of pains BUT that did not prevent this man from waking up for Tahajjud. Yes. He squeeze inside pains to establish dry ablution (Tayamum), pray 2rakaats sitting down, make dua and go back to bed.

The same person,

Travelled weeks after to his hometown to see his parents. While sleeping in middle of the night, few minutes before the due alarm time for Tahajjud, 2 small scorpions 🦂🦂 lunch on him another attack. He wake up, kill them, eat small quantity of onion 🧅and establish ablution for Tahajjud. Guess what he did that night❗Wallahi he recited suratul baqarah complete (286 verses) in the first Rakaat and one short surah in the second Rakaat. But before he finished the first Rakaat, the pains of scorpion 🦂 Bite have vanished. Allahu Akabar!

My people!

If you are the one who experience these two trial of scorpion 🦂 bites, would you wake up for midnight prayer❓Be honest with yourself❗

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