I want to do Tahajjud prayer, but I can't sleep!

[tkl123]

I really want to do Tahajjud, but I can't sleep! I'm trying my bloody best but for some reason I just can't, not even for one minuite!

Does this mean I can't do Tahajjud prayer

[Taliban1]

Sleeping is not necessary before Tahajjud. You can still do it if you can't sleep even for one minute. Don't miss it.

[Student_Of_Knowledge]

Brother Tahajjud Salaat Can Be Performed Any Time After The Fardh Of Esha Until Subh Sadiq. No Need To Sleep

[saihah]

Brother, may Allah make it easy for you. I can't sleep at all either, especially now since it's ramadan. But I would suggest, turn this insomnia to your advantage and since you can't sleep utilize that time for ibadah. That way you won't be wasting all that time trying to sleep. This is just my opinion.

Wasalaam.

[Zahed]

I really want to do Tahajjud, but I can't sleep! I'm trying my bloody best but for some reason I just can't, not even for one minuite!

Does this mean I can't do Tahajjud prayer

- Brother Taliban and Adam have already answered. Sleeping isn't obligatory for Tahajjud.

- You MUST take proper treatment from doctor for curing insomnia. Because although you are performing Nafl ibadah, but it will hamper your important (including Fard salah) Amals of daytime. It's harmful for health also.

[Student_Of_Knowledge]

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful


Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

VIRTUES OF TAHAJJUD HERE

Tahajjud Salaah begins after half the night has passed; whether one sleeps or not, Tahajjud Salaah can be performed. Sleeping is not a condition for the validity of Tahajjud. This is the accepted opinion. However, it is better to sleep and thereafter to rise and perform the Tahajjud Salaah.



(Fatawa Rahimiyah vol4 p81)(Mahmoodiya vol7 p234)

(Radul Muhtaar vol2 p23)



There is great reward for performing Tahajjud Salāh.

Rasūlulah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

قال عليكم بقيام الليل فإنه دأب الصالحين قبلكم وهو قربة إلى ربكم ومكفرة للسيئات ومنهاة للإثم

“Perform Tahajjud Salāh; for indeed it was the practice of those before you, and it is a means of gaining nearness to your Lord, and it is atonement for bad deeds and it prevents sins.” (Tirmidhi)



أشراف أمتي حملة القرآن و أصحاب الليل

“The most noble of my Ummah are the Huffādh and those who perform Tahajjud.” (Bayĥaqi)



قال يا أيها الناس أفشوا السلام وأطعموا الطعام وصلوا بالليل والناس نيام تدخلوا الجنة بسلام

“Oh people! Spread Salām, feed the people, perform Tahajjud whilst people are asleep, you will enter Jannah with peace.” (Ibni Mājah)



أفضل الصلاة بعد الفريضة قيام الليل وأفضل الصيام بعد رمضان المحرم



“The most virtuous Salāh after the Fardh Salāh is Tahajjud and the most virtuous Fast after Ramadhān is Muĥarram.” (Nasāi)



قالت عائشة رضي الله عنها

لا تدع قيام الليل فإن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان لا يدعه وكان إذا مرض أو كسل صلى قاعدا

Hazrat Aysha رضي الله عنها said: “Do not leave Tahajjud; verily Rasūlulah صلى الله عليه وسلم would not omit it; when he was sick or tired, he would perform it sitting down.” (Abu dawud)



And Allah knows best

Wassalaamu `alaykum

Ml. Zakariyya bin Ahmed,
Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In'aamiyyah
http://www.askimam.org/fatwa/fatwa.p...9b6a2aa58557e5