Exposed Tricks

 *Exposed Tricks*

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بسم الله الرحمان الرجيم

Think of this life as a factory. Every day, we work. We pray, we fast, we try to be good. This is the day shift. It is good work.

But there is a night shift. Yes. This shift is special.. It is just you and Allah (swt). No one is watching. No one knows but HIM. This shift is called Tahajjud.

To work the night shift, you must wake up when everyone is asleep. Your bed is warm. Your sleep is sweet. This is your first test.

Now,

The battle with your biggest enemy. Yes. You have an enemy. His name is Shaytan. His only job is to make you miss every highly rewarding work especially the night shift. He never sleeps. He never takes a break.

If he sees you set your phone alarm for Tahajjud, he gets angry. Yes. He will try everything to stop you.

His Tricks:

(1) The Silent Alarm: You set the alarm. But in the morning, it did not ring. You check it. It was on. But you did not hear it. How? Shaytan touched it. He made it silent.

(2) The Heavy Hand: The alarm rings. But your hand feels so heavy. Without thinking, you tap "stop." You turn over. You fall back into a deep, deep sleep. That heavy feeling? That was Shaytan holding your hand.

(3) The Fake Dream: This is his best trick. You fall back asleep. Then you dream. You dream you are praying! You dream you are reading Quran! You feel happy in the dream. But it is a fake dream😃. A trick. He makes you think you prayed, so you sleep peacefully. But you missed the real prayer - the night shift.

Why does he do all this?

In that quiet night, when you pray Tahajjud, Angels are writing. They have a special book. They write the names of everyone who is awake, standing before Allah (swt). It is the attendance register of the night shift.

Shaytan’s main goal is to keep your name out of that book. If you are not there, he wins. Your fake dream establishing Tahajjud does not count😃. Yes. Only your real, awake Tahajjud prayer counts.

Remember,

The Prophet (pbuh) said: *“O `Abdullah, do not be like so and so! He used to pray at night and then he stopped doing that”*(📚Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

*You can try this:*

Set your phone alarm three times (3X). For instance: if you want to establish Tahajjud by 3:00AM, set three alarms,

▪️Set the alarm 2:00AM

▪️Set another alarm 2:30AM

▪️Then set another alarm 3:00AM

Now,

The first alarm will ring by 2:00AM. If you like, you can wake up, do your transactions with Allah (swt) - i mean Tahajjud, then, go back to catch up with your sleep.

If you don't want to wake up when the first and second alarm ring (2:00AM & 2:30AM), you can reject it, continue with your sleep. But at least, it's a notice to you that "very soon, you will need to wake up for Tahajjud"

Sometimes you will reject the alarm without knowing if it's only one alarm you set. But if you set 3 different times, the frequent waking to cancel the alarm will help prepare your mind that you have a task to carryout - the night shift.

My People,

Remember to set your phone alarm to "repeat" every day, forever (if you have not done that). Take it the way you can maintain for a long time without missing. At least, 2 raka'ats every blessed night and go back to catch up with your sleep. Just make it consistent. In less than 20 minutes, you are done.