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Very useful post. In sha Allah i ll try to continue these tip and avoid morning sleep.
Ofcourse this will IA provide me extra 5 hours to work.
Plz pray for me i m going to start it from tomorrow IA.
Jazakh Allah Khayr for this. I pray Allah benefit me with it more than I hope for.
ReplyMashaAllah ya sheikh! I hope to follow this advice in shaa Allah. By Allah, it’s a very nic piece information.
ReplyTo be recited when having difficulty obtaining sleep
اللَّهُمَّ غَارَتِ النُّجُومُ وَهَدَأَتِ الْعُيُونُ وَأَنْتَ حَيٌّ قَيُّومٌ * لَا تَأْخُذُكَ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ أَهْدِئْ لَيْلِي وَأَنِمْ عَيْنِي
“O Allah the stars have gone far away and the eyes are rested. You are Alive and Infinite, You do not slumber nor does sleep overtake You. Oh Alive and the Everlasting One, grant me rest tonight and let my eyes sleep (close).
(Hisnul Hasin)
ReplyThe problem isn’t to wake up for fajr, rather to stay up after it – if i could i would – despite sleeping early; sadly coffee and tea don’t even work on me! Furthermore with work/uni it’s near to impossible to take a power nap of any sort resulting in migraines and fatigue in the afrnoon or evening. If anyone has any suggestions feel free to help a brother out! JazakAllah khayrun.
ReplyAll good and well, but what of those who simply cannot catch a nap in the daytime? – e.g. due to young children
Sunnah scheduling just isn’t feasible for some – mothers especially.
ReplyAdvice I hear from mothers, “get the young children to nap — and when they nap, make sure you nap to.”
Any other mothers want to chime in?
Sheikh Muhammad, what about this scenario: if you’re running on a power morning schedule for a good 20 days, praying qiyam, fasting, praying fajr, finishing morning adhkaar, praying duha (true story), then the time of month hits (for sisters) and ALL of that just goes down the drain for the coming 10 days 🙁
The body requires rest so you sleep in, barely get morning adhkaar in after waking up to a busy day, forget what place in the Quran you were at in your Qiyam ul layl… and when the time finishes…you are BACK to square 1 and it takes another week or so to even start getting up for qiyam let alone developing another power routine.
How can I develop a constant routine when I get knocked down every month this way?
Heh. Would be easy if kids complied, but then you get the reaaallly stubborn ones 😉
ReplySleep early 1hr after isya’..tahajjud 1hr before fajr (subuh)…read Quran..Dhuha..In shaa Allah..your morning will be wonderful..Aameen..
ReplySadly I am unable to nap in the day due to being a mum and the time my baby naps I get the dinner done/go to work etc. Then it’s the school run and no chance after that. Living in UK when Isha is early I am to get children and myself to bed straight after to be up for Fajr. In the summer this can’t happen and it’s a time of extreme physical exhaustion. Only Allah swt knows how I can keep going.
ReplyWe get that advice about napping with our children too but you cant mostly nap when they nap cos you have so many chores to do. Also youre not always sleepy when they are. Also how you children make you stay up at night and them breast feeding etc disturbs your sleep more and also makes you feel low on energy most of the time.
ReplyI agree because I an early riser, I usually wake up at 2 am and its my best time to do my chores and other things to include the office worklload i brought with me. i am more productive when there is peace and quite sorrounding. i tried overleeping and found out that the more i sleep the more i feel tired and lazy the whole day. i am not even much affected by the number of waking timee between my sleep hours and I am thankful to Allah s.w.t for this.
ReplyAllahu Akbar, this is what I have been looking for, a self-development article that has Islamic source
ReplyDear BintA
I had the same mindset for 20+ years and then it dawned on me that i was making excuses
Who says you cannot wake up for Tahajjud, and fo dhikr or listen to tafseer at those times when you cannot pray salah? I found having children made it easier for me i wake them for fajr and force myself to wake up and do my morning adhkar sometimes (admittedly i fall asleep in my chair doing this) but alhamdulillah it had helped me maintain my Qiyam al Al Layl routine for close to 3 months now and I consider this success a huge blessing – knock out the excuse of the monthly’s it makes a huge difference
Aslm my beloved brother.may allah reward u abundantly for work you do for our deen.and also being a flagbearer.keep it up.waslm
ReplyJazak Allah Sheikh, May Allah reward you for your efforts in this world and hereafter.
ReplyAssalamualaikum Ya shaikh.. It’s true.. If n only if u can put “all” of dem to nap.. I have alhamdulillah 3kids n it’s near to impossible for me to put dem all together as atlst 1wud always play spoil sport..i did try imposing it n got so stressed in d process.. Lol..i figured dey napped in d bus on d way home from school…so it all goes back to need basis..
But I sure wud love a siesta wide d kiddos 🙂
Assalamulaikum Brother,
i have decided to take this chalange of 30 days, but how can i make my husband do the same, in a polite manner sot hat he does not feel like i am insisting him or he feels like i m not letting him take rest.
jazak Allahu khair
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