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Split Sleeping and Tahajjud Prayer

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Written by Ayesha Dar

Sleep experts Dr. Melinda Jackson and Dr. Siobhan Banks say that split sleeping used to be the norm just recently, and going to bed for a continuous eight hours is a modern invention. People would go to sleep a couple of hours after dark, then wake up a few hours later.

Sleeping in two periods may increase alertness in the day and provide people with more flexibility to carry out work and spend time with their family, they said.

In the early 1990s, psychiatrist Thomas Wehr conducted a laboratory experiment in a group of people were left in darkness for 14 hours every day instead of the typical eight hours โ€“ for a month. It took some time for their sleep to regulate but by the fourth week a distinct two-phase sleep pattern emerged.

They slept first for four hours, then woke for one to three hours before falling into a second four-hour sleep. This finding suggests bi-phasic sleep is a natural process with a biological basis. So sleeping twice a day may be what your body really wants.

๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ:

Tahajjud prayer is one of the non-obligatory prayers which one should pray in the later part of the night after getting some sleep. Because the meaning of tอŸaอŸhอŸaอŸjอŸjอŸuอŸdอŸ is to give up hอŸuอŸjอŸuอŸdอŸ which means sleep, that is, to give up or leave off sleep.

โ€œ๐‘จ๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž [๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’‡] ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•, ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’š ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’• ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’…๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ [๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘] ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’š๐’๐’–; ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ณ๐’๐’“๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’.โ€ (๐‘ธ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’, 17: 79)

Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (๏ทบ) said, โ€œThe very best prayer after the compulsory prayers is the night time prayer.โ€(Muslim)

Actually, the time to perform Tahajjud prayer is since the specified Isha until dawn (all night) after getting up from sleep. But the best time to perform is 1/3 of the night after waking up from sleep.

๐‘จ๐’ƒ๐’– ๐‘ด๐’–๐’”๐’๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’”๐’Œ๐’†๐’… ๐‘จ๐’ƒ๐’– ๐’๐’‰๐’‚๐’“: โ€œ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’Š๐’„๐’‰ ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’†-๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’š๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’”๐’•?โ€ ๐‘ฏ๐’† ๐’”๐’‚๐’Š๐’…: โ€œ๐‘ฐ ๐’‚๐’”๐’Œ๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ด๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’‚๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’‚๐’Ž๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‚๐’”๐’Œ๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’‚๐’Š๐’…, โ€˜๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† (๐’๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ) ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’…๐’…๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’†๐’˜ ๐’…๐’ ๐’Š๐’•.โ€™โ€ (๐‘บ๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’ƒ๐’ ๐‘จ๐’‰๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…)

Tahajjud prayer is one of the best among non-obligatory prayers, it is the cause of getting Allah`s great Blessings and Mercy. As stated in the hadith:

โ€œ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ด๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’‚๐’‰ ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’–๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’š ๐’…๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•, ๐’‚ ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’๐’† ๐’๐’“ ๐’‚ ๐’๐’๐’•, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ท๐’“๐’‚๐’š๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’‚๐’š๐’†๐’“.โ€ [๐‘จ๐’•-๐‘ป๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’Š]

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜‚๐—ฑ (๐—”๐—ฆ):

It was narrated from โ€˜Abdullah bin โ€˜Amr that the Messenger of Allah (๏ทบ) said:

โ€œ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’‡๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’‚๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’˜๐’–๐’…, ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‰๐’† ๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’™๐’•. ๐‘จ๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’š๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’‚๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’š๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’˜๐’–๐’…; ๐’‰๐’† ๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•, ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’š ๐’๐’๐’†-๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’“๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’๐’๐’†-๐’”๐’Š๐’™๐’•๐’‰ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•.โ€ (๐‘บ๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’ƒ๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’‹๐’‚๐’‰)

This way is dearest to Allah because it is easier for the individual and helps him to avoid getting tired. That is kinder to oneself because sleeping after praying qiyaam allows the body to rest, takes away any harm that results from staying up at night and protects one from feeling weak, unlike staying up all night until dawn. It also serves another interest, which is that one will be able to pray Fajr and recite the adhkaar with energy and focus.

Allah Amighty, in all His profound wisdom, has ordained the human kind with the very things we require, both spiritually and physically. ๐—”๐—น๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ!

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