Grandpa's Story

 *Grandpa's Story*

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

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,

This happened 8years ago.. One of my childhood friends whose father is also a friend to my father, who was critically sick and was taking to hospital for medication. The old man entered into COMA (a prolonged state of deep unconsciousness) which lasted for three (3) days.. Four (4) different qualified professional medical doctors ganged up on him, but they could not be able to get him out of coma until after the third day.

But,

Something amazing happened when he was on coma.. And this have really shocken all the doctors. Yes. This old man was unconscious and can not speak or move any part of his body. But the first day on hospital bed,, at exactly 2AM, the doctors noticed him moving his fingers & lips just like someone who is using fingers to count azkar after swalat.. He kept moving his fingers while unconscious and stopped at 3AM on the dot.. The same thing happened the second day and the third day.. So, the doctors asked his children whether they could give reasons to the cause of their father (an old man) who is unconscious, moving his tongue & fingers 2AM to 3AM the first, second and third day while unconscious.. And the reason the children gave was that - "for many years now, *2AM to 3AM* - is the time their father used to be awake for Tahajjud.. Allahu Akbar!!!

My People,

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: *"If a person falls ill or travels, he shall be credited with whatever good deeds he used to perform while at home and in good health."* 📚Sahih/Authentic. - [Al-Bukhari]

Muslim Faithful,

If a person becomes unable to do certain good deeds he or she habitually performs due to a lawful excuse, like travel or illness, while having a firm intention to resume it once he or she is able, he or she will have the full reward exactly as if he or is healthy and in residence.

*The Truth of the Matter is:*

“The best of all nawafil prayer is prayer in the depths of the night. ”📚[Sahih Muslim] and it is established that the success of every believer lies in his or her obligatory prayers. If it is complete, he or she is successfully saved. And where there's shortfalls, our nawafil prayers are used to fill in the missing gaps created in our obligatory prayers. 📚 al-Tirmidhi‌ 413

Therefore,

If u have not yet set ur phone alarm in a repeating mode, to wake u up for midnight nawafil *(at least 2 rakaats every night, then, go back to catch up with your sleep)* till the end of ur life, pls do so immediately.