Allah Says
(S 17 - A79) O Mohammed Sal'am) stand before Allah in the small hours of the Mid Night
(recite) more Quran soon Thy lord will raise Thee to a station of praise and glory
(Maqam-e-Mahmood.)
Niyyat of Mid Night (Tahajjud) Prayer
I intened to offer two rak'ats as Tahajjud Salat (MID NIGHT) in the obedience of
Mahdi-e-Mauood for the sake of Allah turning my face towards the direction of Kabah.
This prayer is offered after midnight, its time lasts till a little before the Fajr prayer. It is offered in ten Duganas, (i.e. 10 pairs of two Rakats) after offering Dugana Tahiyyatal Wudhu, and then after Tahajjud prayer the Vitr prayer is offered and the invocations recited in Taraveeh prayer are recited. Permission for offering this prayer should be obtained from Murshid (spiritual guide) or a pious person, other wise it may be harmful instead of giving any benefit.
1. Taking permission from priest (Murshid).
2. After Isha sleep and then wake up for Tahajjud.
3. Offer Salat in normal position, standing.
4. Offer prayer after mid night.
5. Offer prayer with ablution.
6. Not to sleep till the sunrise after the Tahajjud prayer (Namaz).
This prayer is the source for lots of Allah’s blessings and a combination of virtues; acceptable prayers, good actions a means of progress and promotion to higher positions and a treasure of rewards on the day of Judgement. The time for offering this prayer is so auspicious and holy that even a worried and disturbed person finds peace of mind and tranquility at this time. It is because that his heart will be free from all care and worries of the world. There would be no sound which diverts the attention and disturbs the concentration of mind in Allah. The people who offer Tahajjud prayer feel such joy; spiritually, mentally and physically, which cannot be expressed but only felt. The persons who are habituated to get up for the Fajr prayer (Namaz) if wake up one and half hours earlier, then they can get accustomed to offer this special and accepted prayer.
We should not waste our short and temporary life care-lessly in sleep. But on the other hand, we should take this short precious time as a blessing and take advantage and not to allow evil desires and luxuries of life dominate us.
In a few days our friends and relatives will leave us in the grave amidst the earth and insects. Those people are really wise who devote their lives and die in love and worship of Allah.
For every Momin (perfect in faith in Allah) Allah sends trays full of rewards and
blessings and mercy. Fifty for late midnight prayer (Tahajjud) and one for every prayer.
Those people who do not offer prayers and specially Tahajjud prayer and sleep away their precious time are deprived of Allah’s blessings.
The great persian poet Sa'adi Rah. has
nicely depicted it. He says that “One who lost his fifty
trays of blessing in sleep, shall atleast catch hold of the five by offering five prayer
daily.”
Apart from this (spiritual) loss the persons who are not habituated to get up early and sleep till late in the morning will also become lazy, dull and lose their health and vigour, since they deprive their bodies of early morning breeze.
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