How do you pray salat al layl

I began performing this salah during an incredibly traumatic time in my life, and I can honestly say that it saved my sanity and helped me cope. At a time when I felt at a loss to handle deep pain and extreme despair, praying tahajjud was my anchor. The Prophet saw has said:. Allah, the Almighty, will grant and fulfill the request. This is the case every night. When any of my family and friends go through extenuating circumstances, I urge them to pray tahajjud as I know how much it helps me in my life.

Until now, I try to perform tahajjud daily because I have seen how it brings peace, fulfillment, contentment, and barakah to my day. Of course, when I don't pray tahajjud, I feel sad, but I don't beat myself up and lose hope.

I just make the intention to keep trying the next day. When he was sick or weak, he prayed sitting. Presently, I find it manageable to get up earlier for fajr salah, perform tahajjud, say my duas, and then pray fajr. You can also perform tahajjud earlier and go back to sleep until fajr, or if nothing else, pray it before going to sleep as it is better than not doing it at all. Also, I began performing two rakats only for fear that I will find it burdensome and not keep to it, but as soon as I feel my habit is strong, I will add more rakats in following the tradition of the Prophet saw.

I find tahajjud salah is an ideal time as a busy Muslim for contemplation because things that busy your heart are absent, so your concentration and understanding is better. This is one reason I love this time of the morning because I will not be interrupted by my children and duties, and I find solitude, which helps start my day with calm.

I'm also able to focus on my dua and ask for the things I need the most from Allah SWT because at this time of the night, Allah is the closest, and He wants to answer your dua. It's a time when the sky is open, supplications are responded to, the needs of those who ask are fulfilled, and it is a shield from sin. Who will ask of Me, that I may give him?

Who will seek My forgiveness, that I may forgive him? Find the optimal time to pray tahajjud - you can divide the night into thirds, then the final middle third is most virtuous.

Haskafi, Durr al-Mukhtar. If one divides the night in half, then the second half is more virtuous. It is preferable to divide the night into six portions; one should sleep in the first three portions, worship and perform the tahajjud prayer in the fourth and fifth, then go to sleep in the sixth, as this is the salah of Dawud A. Make your intention for your voluntary prayer to pray tahajjud. Keeps one physically fit. Drives Shaytan away. Protects one from enemies. Serves as a means of acceptance of one's Duas and good deeds.

Increases one's livelihood. Intercedes with the Angel of Death. Lights up the grave. Provides comfortable bedding in the grave. Helps answering with ease the questioning of Munkar and Nakir in the grave. Gives companionship in the grave. Provides shelter on the Day of Judgment. Crowns one on the Day of Reckoning. Clothes one on the Day of Resurrection. Provides one with light on the Day of Judgment.

Clothes one on the Day of Resurrection. Provides one with light on the Day of Judgment. Forms a barrier against the fire of Hell. Increases the weight of good deeds on the scale. Forms the key to the Paradise. Glory be to Allah, Who is the Sustainer of the seven heavens and of the seven earth. Lord, forgive me and have mercy on me, and turn to me, Surely You are the Oft-returning, the Merciful. Optional before Starting.

My God, the stars of Your sky have sunk and the eyes of Your people are sleeping and the voices of Your servants and Your animals have become silent. You are my God, the Generous who does not turn away a beseecher who asks from You. No, by Your Honor and Your Majesty. O Allah You see me, and my standing before You and my humble position in front of You.

O Allah, the remembrance of death and the frightening conditions of the observer and standing before You. How can one sleep who fears the angel of death? I beseech You to give me ease and comfort at the time of death and forgiveness when I meet You.

Optional after 8 Rakat. O Allah! I ask You by the honour of that person who has sought refuge in You and the refuge of Your Honour rested in the shade of Your Majesty and was familiar with Your ways and had no hopes from anyone else. O the giver of great rewards. O the one to free the indigents,. O the one who has praised Himself with generosity and has named himself "Wahab" the bestower and that I call on You, in fear and anxiety in greed and success, in helplessness and freedom, in gains and loses, standing and sitting, in bowing and prostrating, in walking and mounting, coming and going, so much so that in all conditions I ask You to send Your mercy and blessings on Mohammed and his progeny ask for Your needs over here.

Optional after Shifa. O Allah I have supplicated to You'as You have commanded.