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.
๐ง๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ท๐๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐บ:
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 tอaอhอaอjอjอuอdอ is to give up hอuอjอuอdอ which means sleep, that is, to give up or leave off sleep.
โ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ [๐๐๐๐ ๐๐] ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ [๐๐๐๐๐๐๐] ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐; ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.โ (๐ธ๐๐๐๐, 17: 79)
Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (๏ทบ) said, โThe 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.
๐จ๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐: โ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐?โ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ : โ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ , โ๐ป๐๐ (๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐) ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐.โโ (๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ )
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:
โ๐ป๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐.โ [๐จ๐-๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐]
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฑ (๐๐ฆ):
It was narrated from โAbdullah bin โAmr that the Messenger of Allah (๏ทบ) said:
โ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ; ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.โ (๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐)
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. ๐๐น๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐บ!
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