Assalamu Alaikum,
I am quite sure that many people face difficulties waking up for salat Al-fajr.So why don't we share together some nice "techniques" as to how someone can wake up for fajr on time easily.
Bissmillah.....
1-Before you go to bed, don't forget to read the night supplications ( eg, Amsaina wa Amsa Al-Mulku Lillah wal Hamdullilah, etc...) Also, make a pure Niyya that you want to observe fajr on time.
2- Set your alarm, not too early and not too late. For example if salat is at 5:00 dont set your alarm at 4:30, bacause in most cases you'll tell you self" Oh, i still have plenty of time to sleep" and there you go, you sleep and never wake up!
3- If you think one alarm won't wake you up, use two alarms but place them in different places of the room so that when one of them rings you have to walk a distance to get to it and put it off. Also, set one 5 minutes later than the other. For example if you set one at 5:00, set the other at 5:05.
4- In most cases, shaytan will till you "you still have time to sleep" so make sure that you say " A3oothu Billahi Mina Ashaytani r'rajeem".
5- Sometimes the weather is cold and you feel like staying tucked in bed for the whole time. Once you get this feeling, tell your self: "If being in bed has pleasure, then surely, pleasing Allah is more pleasurable.

To be continued.
(Note, I am not a Muslim scholar, these points are based on my personal experiences. I'd be more than happy to recieve your comments and please don't hesitate to share with the rest of us your personal thoughts on the issue)

Thank you so much,,

Actually I never had difficulties walking for fajar back home (Oman) but here I am a bit lazy...maybe due to cold weather, late sleeping, and the gap between Al-Fajar and lectures doesn't help to sleep again.

you are using good techniques.

yaaa salaaam!!!


bimzuri?


even yr topic is quite near to yr nickname.

however...what i would have imagine ,,if u have received a cheque of say rial omani of 2 thousand riyals to collect them by the same time of fajr prayer ,...am sure someone would be there if not 30 minutes before.

but coming to fajr...prayer...thats the question to be answered.

...i think it is ...Ay amal ala Niya.

tks.

once it is time to get up for the morning prayer the devil (shaytan) ties you in 3 knots. the first one gets unties once you wake up, then second one is untied once you get up from your bed and the third one is untied once you go to wash yourself after that there is no stopping you :)

isn't the fajir time the best time for sleeping? don't you feel so drowsy at that time? all this is from the devil... but if you are used to get up every morning for fajir prayer you will notice that you get up by urself after a while!

as salim mentioned, if there was a football game at 4:00am the viewer will force himself to get up, sometimes with no problem, but for prayer, it could wait, there is still a long time to sleep!!!

P.S i am not sure if i am right with what i said, plz correct me if i am wrong...

Assalamu alaikum..
Alhamdullilah...I wasn't expecting to recieve any replys..Thank you guys for the encouragement! Okey, now back to our topic:
6- We should alwyas keep in mind that waking up for fajr while every one else is asleep is a good time for being alone with Allah. Fajr is a good way of showing how muslims are disiplined. Can you imagine: You are waking up to meet the King of the kings and the Lord of the earth and the heavens ! what else could be greater than this?
If you were to meet Queen Elizabeth or president Bush at 3 o'clock in the morning, would you refuse just because you want to have enough sleep?? NO would be the answer of most of you! so why do you refuse to meet Allah?
7- Prophet Mohammed, may peace be upon him, has a hadeeth which roughly states that the two raka3a's you pray in Fajr are better than the whole earth including what's in it.
So, what are you waiting for?
8- If you have an Exam and dont finish studying before 2 oclock in the morning, then my suggestion is that you wake up for Fajr maybe half an hour before shurooq. This will leave you with enough time to sleep.
9- If you have a muslim room mate, you should both encorauge each other for waking up for Fajr. If one of you wakes up before the other then you should wake the other person. If you are having a hard time waking the other person up, don't hesitate to splash a bit of water on his face. This method was used by the prophet, may peace be upon him, with the members of his household.

mashaallah aleyki

feelings have no boundries,
i feel like i know yo, for ages though only few hours since.

please keep up the good work.

Allah ifta7 3aliki insha allah wa yebarak fiki...

Thank you for posting this topic with tips that we need and that will help us win the Shaytan into getting up for salat al Fajir..

Thank u soo much :)

Assalamu Alaikum Brothers and sisters,
La shukra 3ala wajib and once again thanks for your replies.

10- Once the alarm ring goes on force yourself to wake up and switch on the light. Having the light switched on will change the atmosphere of the room and I'm pretty sure you won't be able to continue sleeping with the bright light turned on!
11- I would like all of you to have a deeper look at the following aya:
" Inna Qur'analFajri Kana mash-hooda"
That is, hundreds upon hundreds of angles will witness Qur'an Al-fajr (This also includes the Quran you read while you pray)...If you are clever enough, you won't miss this chance!
12-You should always ask guidance from Allah. Always pray to Allah that He Helps you keep up with salat Al-Fajr.
13- If you finish your work early and have nothing to do, I suggest that you sleep early instead of waisting your time watching TV,Etc...By sleeping early, you are more likely to wake up fresh and ready for Salat.

Assalamu Alaikum,
I hope you're finding this useful...
I would like to add some reminders:
1-Once you wake up for salat, inshalla, wash your face with cold water in order to refreshen your mood.
2-Don't forget to brush your teeth. I know some of you might find it difficult, but before you tell me what you think I want you to imagine yourself talking to people with a bad breath! What would they think of you? Would you ever do it? So why can't you spend a few minutes cleaning yourself and getting ready to pray to Allah? Isn't it worth it???
3-If the weather is cold, make sure you wear warm clothing so that you don't get distracted by the cold weather as you pray.

of course we find this informantions useful and it would be nice if u kept posting more tips to help us...

Thank u very much for this topic!

Salami to you all..
Bimzoori thanks for this topic.. as for me i dont have any dificulties in waking up for salat il fagir.. noomi '7afeef and as my mother just enters my room i wake up without her even telling me so.. and sometimes she comes to turn off the AC's at 2:30 or 3:00 and i stright away go to the barthroom to make wotho2 and she goes like its only 2:30 am go back to sleep..loOlz.. now im trying out for qiyam il liail.. anyone done it.. i bet its kewl.. and at fajir i feel really close to Allah.. its so quiet pesful i feel like hes hearing everything i say..
allah ya7'zeeki il'7eer inshallah.. and im sure that you are Imzoori.. and Imzoori sana ba3ad! lOolz..

what time is "qiyam il liail"? how do you pray for it? is it true that if you pray ever qiyam you would go stright to Janna???

I have paryed it and i am parying it....alhamdulilah...
it is Sunnah and u can pray as many rakas as u wish...and usuallu pray it at around 3am...when everyone is asleep basically....!!

at this time i feel even closer to ALLAH and i luv this sala...i know that the thawab is a lot but i dont know if u go straight to Jenna liek u said KAmakazy! i will have to check on that or Bimzorri could tell us more on it!! :)

if your planning on doing Qiyam il lail then your not supposet o pray witter.. you pray the witter after qiyam il leel.. and if you wanna pray it you have to sleep first and then wake up it wont help you if you do it when you were awak all the time.. got it.. for this pray you have to sleep and wake up to do it.. its some time like between 1:00am and b4 salat il fagir.

if your planning on doing Qiyam il lail then your not supposet o pray witter.. you pray the witter after qiyam il leel.. and if you wanna pray it you have to sleep first and then wake up it wont help you if you do it when you were awak all the time.. got it.. for this pray you have to sleep and wake up to do it.. its some time like between 1:00am and b4 salat il fagir.

if your planning on doing Qiyam il lail then your not supposet o pray witter.. you pray the witter after qiyam il leel.. and if you wanna pray it you have to sleep first and then wake up it wont help you if you do it when you were awak all the time.. got it.. for this pray you have to sleep and wake up to do it.. its some time like between 1:00am and b4 salat il fagir.

Assalamu Alaikum,
I was really happy to read your replies. I'm soo glad to know that some of you are even waking up for qiyam ellayl.
May Allah grant all of us Janna and reward us for the best of our deeds. Ameen.
As you said, waking up in the middle of the night is a very good way of building a strong relation with Allah. Its a great feeling, just as some of you have mentioned. INshalla Allah will accept your prayers. Indeed, there are great rewards for those who observe the Qiyam. I'm in a rush right now, but next time inshalla i'll collect some of the benefits of praying Qiyam and share them with you.
WAssalamu Alaikum.

looking forward to reading ur post on this subject hehe

till then take care

Hmm i posted 3 times.. LOolz but im not going to delete coz im trying to get to 400 posts.. loOlz.. and plus the server was Slow!!

Bismilaah, walhamdulilah...


For the last eleven years my biggest problem is Fajer preyer, i did look for any means to weak up for the fajar preyer until this moment i still suffer with it how ever i did search and read in many books to tackle this problem, and this is my findings on top of my sister Bimzori and others:--

Get more knoweledge on Importance of this Salat Fajer you will find in the books load of hadith or which make you not to resist, one of them that in the day of gudgment the way to will be so shining to those who lift they houses at dark early morning and going to mosque for alfager

***Second, read last seven iyaa of surat alkahaf, the results in increadable ten times****

Make sure before you go to bed to read as sister she mention in her artice on top of it be with wudhow.

Make sure that after Alisha preyer perform Alwiter preyer even one rakka.

Still we need more care than now about alfajer just extra willing .

I do strongly belive that we have the power on the devil...

Only we lit him to the ground to play on our mood and wasting our time on rubish things, we got the power if we want to use by getting more knoweldge about shitan we surlly be in control.

walahu alam

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[Edited by Some1 on 04-29-2001 at 07:47 PM]

Assalamu Alaikum,
I promised to talk about Qiyam Al-Lail. I'm still gathering information about the topic. Dont go away! I'll be back soon Inshalla with lots of info to share with you!
Wait and you'll see!

For those of you who already pray Qiyam Al-layl, I say, Barak Allah Feekum, May Allah reward you for the best of your deeds in Dunya and Akhera.
For those of you who want to wake up but face difficulties, I say, follow the same steps mentioned for salat elfajr and take into consideration the following points:
1- Qiaym Al-lail is Noor from Allah, and Allah doesn't give his Noor to those who have many sins.
Before you go to bed, reflect on what you have done throughout the day: How many good deeds have you done?
How many sins have you commited? How many minutes out of 24 hours have you spent for Allah?
Then, try to improve your self, make out of your self a better person and soon Inshalla, you'll start getting Allah's Light and Guidance.
2- If you have never prayed Qiyam before, then I suggest that you start step by step. Dont try to wake up every single day simply because u'll soon get tired and fed up. Instead, try to pray once a week or twice a week ( During the week ends for example). Once you get used to it, you'll love it and will INshalla be able to pray more often.
3- The best time to pray Qiyam is a couple of hours before Fajr. So as a beginner, wake up 15 minutes before Fajr and pray at least two raka3as. Once you get used to it, u'll be able to wake up earlier INshalla.
Thats it for now!

Sister Bimozori,

Salam
I hope you and all are ok, i just thought of this good post to be published in the Oman observer as i do have some infulence to do so, please if you agree and you permision can you arrenge it as one article and send it to me.

This is applied to others who have good article if they wish to contribute to spread word of Islam and islamic teachings

Assalamu Alaikum Brother,
Publishing these kinds of articles in newspapers is a great idea. BUT, as I said before, I am not an Islamic Scholar. These are just personal inspirations that I found usefull.
Nevertheless, if you think it's good, maybe I can write it out in a better way.
Jazak Allah Khair.

Assalamu Alaikum All,
Now that I have talked about how to wake up for salat, I'd like to remind you of an important thing all of you should keep in mind.
REMEMBER brothers and sisterz that when you are praying, you are infact contacting Allah The light of the Heavens and the Earth. So try your best to concentrate on what you are saying.Praying is not just moving your body up and down. It's more than that. Praying should involve your body movements AND your sole. As you pray, think carefully of what you're saying, what you're doing and who you are talking to. Think of the Ayat that you are reading, what do they mean? Forget about your friends, forget about the money you have in your wallet, forget about the movie you watched last night,forget about this worldly life and think of the Akhera, or, the Hereafter. By doing so, you will feel the joy of praying and will it no longer be a burden on you, Inshalla.
sometimes, Shaytan will be strong enough to remind you of the song you were listening to a few minutes ago. Sometimes shaytan will be strong enough to remind you of many things. But you should resist and try your best to concentrate on nothing but you paryers. You'll get rewarded inshalla for your trials.

sister Bimzori,

That excatly what i mean we all have same common target is to spread word of Al-Haq, please do rearrenge for two topics first topic with salat Al- fajer, and second topic about quam allil.

take you time but please make it with in this week, if it is possible...

Salams

Finally ! a subject worth reading !

I have stopped corresponding on omania.net for a while especially on the "general discussion" bcz i couldn't find anything useful to me - in my opinion - as an individual who wishes to change his/her lifestyle to the better.

Bimzuri, thank you for bringing up such an issue. I must admit that i have been having trouble with fajr prayers that i'd rather stay up late and pray fajr then sleep. Fajr in the summer is usually about 1:30a.m. Thats how i go about it in the summer, but the winter is just another story.

I think that in addition to all the mental & physical things one can do, one can also do more thikir & ask Allah to help you in doing so. But i myself can't say much on that so i'd rather just listen and learn.

b4 leaving, i have a Q to ask. I have been debating with a friend on the issue of "Wuthuu". It was about whether or not its ok to keep your socks on and just pat on the feet rather than rubbing with water. I know that it sounds obvious, that u must remove the socks and do the proper wuthuu, and thats what i have been telling my friend. But she says that the shuyoo'7 said its O.K to do so especially if u are put in difficult situations such as:

- very cold weather
- no proper wuthuu facilities available
- inconvenience

on condition that you were on wuthuu b4 that. Its complicated. so any ideas ppl?

ok, Thanks again everybody for the gr8 discussion.

Actually I have been readong this topic and trying very very hard to wackup every day .. but as u said the shaytan soetimes tries to get us at his side .. A3ooth billah minu ..
Dear R-Online ..
I have been waiting for you to reply to teh topic about spancing ..we had a deal and you have to finish it ok :) .. go check the topic again ..
about the wudu thing .. I think your friend is right .. but I am not sure since I am not a mufti .. but I did hear before that if there were ( HARD) circumstances where your friend really find it hard to remove the socks when making wuthou2 then she can do imsa7 3aleeh .. as when you are bandaged .. u can just imsa7 on the bandage to make wudu .. after all .. The Prophet Mohammed say ( Yasiru wala ti3asiru) any way I think u better ask a sheikh or somebody with better knowledge ..
I take the opportunity to prpose an Idea .. why dont we call someone who have high knowledge in Islam and can contribute in english to come and clarfiy our quetions .. I heared that there was a shekh called : khalfan al alaesri .. who even have an e-mail where u can send him your question .. if anyone knows anything about him or anyone else .. please invite them here .. we need such people !

Inshallah arbprncess. Wallah i have been busy with exams too, so thats another reason.

About memailing the sheikh, i think its a good idea but i don't know any contacts i'm afraid. I'll ask about.

ok then..take care...and here's another question on salat since were at it:

There's an Ayaa in Quran asking to "7afith 3ala el salawat" especially "E'Salaat el Wus6a"

which salat do u think is that?

The Q has different answers according to the muslim scholars....so its not that staright forward i'm afraid. What do u think ppl?

Asalaam Aleikum!.

how does one pray salaat Fajr in for example North or South Pole when it is 24 hours perpetual light or darkness?? Does anyone know if there are any Muslims there??

Intereting topic. This is one salaat I always miss for Jaamat prayers, sdaly even weekends!!

May Allah forgive and be with us - Amin.

Regards,

MagicMan.

Saalam to all,
About the wuthu thing Ronline, I think your friend is right. What I heard is that if you are a musafir, you can just rub on your socks or shoes. There is a 7adeeth on this issue. I'll get it if I find it Inshalla.
About Assalatu Alwusta, what I heard is that it's salat el3asr, wallahu al3lam.
May Allah be with us and help us worship Him to the best of our ability. Ameen.

R.Online :
well regarding the Wuthuu subject..i think ur friend is right but according the reasons stated for example the water too cold etc..but on the other hand i think hmm to be sure i would reomve my socks and perform the proper wuthuu...

About the sala question...well i think as Bimzuri said it is salat al Asr..thinking about it is in the middle...having fajir and dhur before it and maghrib and Isha after it makes sense saa7?