WEBVTT 00:00.553 --> 00:08.855 [SPEAKER_00]: It can feel a bit disconnected from people because let's be very honest when we look at the state of ourselves collectively. 00:09.636 --> 00:12.036 [SPEAKER_00]: It's hard for us to pray the five prayers. 00:12.236 --> 00:16.858 [SPEAKER_00]: We have a struggle with the Farad with the mandatory prayers. 00:17.725 --> 00:20.647 [SPEAKER_00]: And so some might say, why talk about to HUDJUD? 00:21.067 --> 00:25.150 [SPEAKER_00]: Why talk about the night prayer when people are struggling with the five obligatory prayers? 00:25.170 --> 00:26.911 [SPEAKER_00]: And I ask myself that question as well. 00:27.532 --> 00:33.676 [SPEAKER_00]: If someone's struggling with the fraud, how can they even begin to entertain the omelet, to entertain the idea of praying at night? 00:34.336 --> 00:36.078 [SPEAKER_00]: And the Ramadan is of course an exception. 00:36.118 --> 00:44.007 [SPEAKER_00]: You find people that just like people fast Ramadan that struggle with other obligations in the Dean and we ask a lot to make Ramadan. 00:44.568 --> 00:48.352 [SPEAKER_00]: The fasting of Ramadan means for them to fulfill the other obligations. 00:48.972 --> 00:54.418 [SPEAKER_00]: But just as people can fast Ramadan but they can't do a lot of those other things throughout the year. 00:55.159 --> 01:01.782 [SPEAKER_00]: in many ways people sort of relegate this practice to this special ten nights and that's it. 01:02.103 --> 01:03.203 [SPEAKER_00]: And we don't really touch it. 01:03.283 --> 01:11.227 [SPEAKER_00]: And maybe one day my faith will get to the point that I feel connected enough to a loss of kind of it's out of that I can start to entertain that conversation. 01:11.247 --> 01:14.989 [SPEAKER_00]: And then once I start to dive into the books and I start to read about 01:15.389 --> 01:24.334 [SPEAKER_00]: the way that the SELF, the way that the Pious predecessors viewed the AMOLED, seemingly as an obligation, not an obligation and a technical sense which we'll get to. 01:24.675 --> 01:30.998 [SPEAKER_00]: But as an obligation on themselves for spiritual health, it can be demoralizing and depressing because you read that and you say, where am I? 01:31.419 --> 01:41.865 [SPEAKER_00]: And these people who would blame themselves so much for missing one night of the AMOLED, and I don't remember the last time that I prayed a meaningful night of almost when you talk about coming close to a loss of Hanoha to Hada. 01:42.545 --> 01:45.447 [SPEAKER_00]: It is true that Mata-Karbaba-Ilea, I'm D.V. 01:45.468 --> 01:50.051 [SPEAKER_00]: Shaitin, that no-to-who-add-ay, then what I have already made obligatory upon them. 01:50.572 --> 01:54.115 [SPEAKER_00]: You can't prioritize the no-affin over the Farad. 01:54.355 --> 01:58.418 [SPEAKER_00]: You can't prioritize the voluntary deeds over the obligatory deeds. 01:58.899 --> 02:02.261 [SPEAKER_00]: However, if a person tastes the sweetness, 02:03.162 --> 02:12.055 [SPEAKER_00]: of certain voluntary deeds, not only can it help them be more consistent with the obligatory deeds, it can help revive the spirit of those obligatory deeds. 02:12.135 --> 02:17.362 [SPEAKER_00]: In fact, which is what I showed the Allahul Tana and has said about Suritan was Zemmin. 02:18.303 --> 02:24.546 [SPEAKER_00]: If you read Suritan Muslim, the third revelation to the Prophet ﷺ, it is a page and a half. 02:25.226 --> 02:29.328 [SPEAKER_00]: The second half is one ayah, is one ayah. 02:30.229 --> 02:37.913 [SPEAKER_00]: And I shall tell the Allah that Allah withheld the second part of an Muslimman for an entire year from us, meaning what? 02:38.593 --> 02:54.730 [SPEAKER_00]: When Allah first revealed to us, yes, you had Muzzammin, umilayla illa palilah, nusfahhu, o'in pusminhu palilah, o'zid alayhi wa rattil al-Quranat al-Tilah, Allah s-s'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n'n' 03:02.832 --> 03:08.476 [SPEAKER_00]: I shall do the Allahu an-Hassad for a year, the obligation upon a s-wa-sqiyama-lid. 03:08.676 --> 03:18.103 [SPEAKER_00]: Meaning, the night prayer was an obligation on the Ummah for an entire year before the obligation of the five prayers came later on. 03:18.543 --> 03:26.249 [SPEAKER_00]: Similar to how we have a yam and not do that, some days that were obligatory for fasting. 03:26.809 --> 03:27.850 [SPEAKER_00]: But when Ramadan came, 03:28.590 --> 03:33.512 [SPEAKER_00]: They became voluntary, like the fasting of Arafah and Ashura and other days like them. 03:33.852 --> 03:48.736 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, so with the prayer of Kiyama Leid, she says that for a whole year and this was the most difficult time in the life of the Prophet ﷺ and by the Umma who was facing persecution and had no community, which is one of the wisdoms that they're in and out mentioned. 03:48.756 --> 03:50.897 [SPEAKER_00]: They didn't have a community together. 03:51.257 --> 03:52.278 [SPEAKER_00]: They had no message. 03:52.958 --> 03:56.299 [SPEAKER_00]: They had done an outcome to sneak into and to study and to do what they could. 03:56.999 --> 03:59.081 [SPEAKER_00]: But everyone really had to pray by themselves. 03:59.681 --> 04:03.285 [SPEAKER_00]: For a whole year, she said, we all prayed until our feet would swell. 04:04.245 --> 04:17.097 [SPEAKER_00]: And then a loss of panotodic revealed, the second part of it, which rendered the night prayer voluntary, but the prophet's life still maintained the habits, meaning the prophet's life still would pray until his feet would swell. 04:17.557 --> 04:20.279 [SPEAKER_00]: And of course, many of the companions would maintain that habit. 04:20.640 --> 04:21.781 [SPEAKER_00]: And there was a wisdom to that. 04:22.818 --> 04:31.932 [SPEAKER_00]: That when you are struggling, this practice is not just the means of giving you great perspective and great connections to your Lord. 04:32.699 --> 04:39.500 [SPEAKER_00]: But it also provides a unique level of relief, of him, of stress, and anxiety. 04:39.981 --> 04:43.741 [SPEAKER_00]: And that's something that's very unique about this particular habit. 04:43.841 --> 04:54.084 [SPEAKER_00]: This particular good deed when you read about it, the way that the companions and the self and the pious predecessors speak about this act in particular as being one that removes stress. 04:55.104 --> 04:56.004 [SPEAKER_00]: Stand up at night. 04:56.784 --> 04:58.524 [SPEAKER_00]: You have a direct connection to your Lord. 04:58.965 --> 04:59.645 [SPEAKER_00]: It's quiet. 04:59.785 --> 05:01.005 [SPEAKER_00]: You don't have a meeting coming up. 05:01.845 --> 05:02.025 [SPEAKER_00]: Right? 05:03.186 --> 05:05.088 [SPEAKER_00]: You can create the scenes set the scenes. 05:05.248 --> 05:06.729 [SPEAKER_00]: The kids are most likely sleeping. 05:06.769 --> 05:08.210 [SPEAKER_00]: They should be sleeping at that time. 05:08.750 --> 05:10.772 [SPEAKER_00]: It's just you and a loss of Hanoi Teara. 05:11.593 --> 05:14.655 [SPEAKER_00]: The rules of Piamulet are not as rigid. 05:15.035 --> 05:25.383 [SPEAKER_00]: And I don't say that in a negative way, but with the MacTuba, with the mandatory prayers, there are certain things you can't do, but with the Piam, you can spend the whole night with one or two ayat. 05:25.904 --> 05:29.787 [SPEAKER_00]: You can allocate certain time to your such a certain time, to your standing up. 05:30.793 --> 05:32.516 [SPEAKER_00]: It's a moment of joy. 05:33.437 --> 05:35.800 [SPEAKER_00]: And when the scholars spoke about it, that's what they say. 05:36.421 --> 05:45.193 [SPEAKER_00]: It's very interesting because just like with fasting, you know, you always start reading about these studies to try to make you feel better about your faith. 05:45.253 --> 05:46.255 [SPEAKER_00]: And you don't need to, right? 05:46.315 --> 05:47.476 [SPEAKER_00]: The benefits of fasting. 05:48.287 --> 05:50.590 [SPEAKER_00]: It just, it, it feels good, right? 05:50.670 --> 05:53.394 [SPEAKER_00]: When you hear about the physical benefits and things of that sort as well. 05:53.434 --> 05:59.042 [SPEAKER_00]: Basically, these studies confirming what you already have been acting upon because it was prescribed by your Lord. 05:59.563 --> 06:02.667 [SPEAKER_00]: And so you read these studies about mindfulness meditation. 06:03.648 --> 06:04.470 [SPEAKER_00]: Twenty minutes a day. 06:05.742 --> 06:31.782 [SPEAKER_00]: twenty twenty five minutes a day but don't do it all at one time because you need to break up your mindfulness meditation throughout the day because it will reset the cycle for you and get you back to where you need to be and put put but you know between those breaks those meditation breaks everything in perspective and it will improve the quality of your sleep and if you improve the quality of your sleep then you're energized during the day and like these people just needs a lot 06:32.829 --> 06:33.729 [SPEAKER_00]: They just need prayer. 06:34.230 --> 06:37.331 [SPEAKER_00]: We already, we have something prescribed to us that is so beautiful. 06:37.391 --> 06:46.874 [SPEAKER_00]: That doesn't mean that times of du'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a' 06:59.418 --> 07:03.882 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, people spend the entire night binge watching movies or, you know, hanging out. 07:04.622 --> 07:07.365 [SPEAKER_00]: And there are a lot of ways to spend time as well, right? 07:07.525 --> 07:09.847 [SPEAKER_00]: But, you know, there is a certain relaxation. 07:09.887 --> 07:10.968 [SPEAKER_00]: I need some relief tonight. 07:10.988 --> 07:15.071 [SPEAKER_00]: So I'm going to spend some time and I'm going to just, you know, close some time and feel good. 07:15.211 --> 07:17.233 [SPEAKER_00]: And sometimes, if it's a lot, it's good for you. 07:18.314 --> 07:25.160 [SPEAKER_00]: But what he was saying is, a lot of people who have established this night prayer, even if it's a small portion, 07:26.100 --> 07:30.302 [SPEAKER_00]: that they are in more joy than the people of Lahou with their Lahou. 07:30.642 --> 07:34.003 [SPEAKER_00]: Now when I even tell my people of sin, right, that's a whole other level. 07:34.724 --> 07:39.806 [SPEAKER_00]: And he said, you know, describing it, he says, Arabic, Arabic, Arabic. 07:39.826 --> 07:42.007 [SPEAKER_00]: He said, it says, if I could see my heart laughing, 07:43.115 --> 07:45.335 [SPEAKER_00]: when a person enjoys that night of prayer. 07:45.795 --> 07:48.816 [SPEAKER_00]: He said, Laul al-Qiyamul l'ed Mah, Baptul Bakaaf Adjunya. 07:48.836 --> 07:50.456 [SPEAKER_00]: He said, had it not been for Piyamul l'ed. 07:50.476 --> 07:53.357 [SPEAKER_00]: I really wouldn't see any use in living in this life. 07:53.957 --> 07:57.777 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think about anything in life as giving me as much joy as I do. 07:58.218 --> 07:58.858 [SPEAKER_00]: Piyamul l'ed. 07:59.298 --> 08:01.278 [SPEAKER_00]: Thabat al-Bunani al-Wati al-Lahut al-A'an-Hoon. 08:01.398 --> 08:03.758 [SPEAKER_00]: He used to say, ah, shayt in adi-duhufi. 08:03.818 --> 08:05.899 [SPEAKER_00]: Qalbi al-A'l-duhu and dimen Qiyamul l'ed. 08:06.099 --> 08:08.919 [SPEAKER_00]: I have not found anything in my life that is a sweeter. 08:08.939 --> 08:10.700 [SPEAKER_00]: It gives more pleasure. 08:10.720 --> 08:12.300 [SPEAKER_00]: That's how they're speaking about it. 08:13.140 --> 08:14.261 [SPEAKER_00]: Then, he am in law. 08:14.721 --> 08:16.782 [SPEAKER_00]: Al-Fulay, Wahim Allah, T'A'ala. 08:17.203 --> 08:19.864 [SPEAKER_00]: He said, A'Frahhabi, Laili, Mu'najati, Rabbi. 08:19.904 --> 08:22.626 [SPEAKER_00]: Wa'akrahun, N'ahara, Liliqat, Iqalqi, La. 08:23.907 --> 08:25.588 [SPEAKER_00]: He said that I love the night prayer. 08:26.509 --> 08:28.850 [SPEAKER_00]: Or I love the night because that's when I get to meet my Lord. 08:29.010 --> 08:30.591 [SPEAKER_00]: That's when I get to spend time with Allah. 08:31.072 --> 08:32.813 [SPEAKER_00]: And we were talking about the last few weeks. 08:33.333 --> 08:34.714 [SPEAKER_00]: How people can be exhausting. 08:35.174 --> 08:38.997 [SPEAKER_00]: He said, in the daytime, I'm not so crazy about because I have to meet the creation of Allah. 08:40.022 --> 08:42.764 [SPEAKER_00]: dealing with the Lord at night, dealing with people during the day. 08:43.404 --> 08:50.589 [SPEAKER_00]: There is a peace and a tranquility that comes from that that makes what comes throughout the day more bearable. 08:51.510 --> 08:53.311 [SPEAKER_00]: And that joy is freshening. 08:53.972 --> 08:55.633 [SPEAKER_00]: That joy is replenishing. 08:56.333 --> 08:58.335 [SPEAKER_00]: That joy is meaningful. 08:58.375 --> 09:00.276 [SPEAKER_00]: People are searching for it here and there. 09:01.237 --> 09:02.918 [SPEAKER_00]: And it's in those few moments at night. 09:04.000 --> 09:06.803 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm going to get to this at the end, but that doesn't mean praying all night. 09:07.363 --> 09:13.690 [SPEAKER_00]: That means those few moments, that ten, fifteen minutes, that twenty minutes of recalibrating every single night. 09:13.830 --> 09:17.153 [SPEAKER_00]: At some point in the night, between you and Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ada. 09:17.934 --> 09:19.896 [SPEAKER_00]: Al Imam Hassan Abbasir Rahimullah Ta'ada. 09:20.377 --> 09:24.581 [SPEAKER_00]: He was asked, Mahabharun wa Ta'adjidina belayl, min asana nasi wa juhah. 09:24.641 --> 09:27.063 [SPEAKER_00]: He said, how come the people that sleep the least at night? 09:27.944 --> 09:31.549 [SPEAKER_00]: have the freshest faces during the day, so as if they're energized. 09:44.265 --> 09:48.046 [SPEAKER_00]: Sayyidi bin Musaib Rahim Allah t'a'ala, he said, in the Rajul al-Yuswadli bin Leyid. 09:48.466 --> 09:55.668 [SPEAKER_00]: Sayyidi al-Lawaf, he wajh, he knower, on your hip-buhu ar-ayh, he kull the Muslim, that a person spends the night praying to Allah Subhanahu wa t'a'ala. 09:56.289 --> 09:57.569 [SPEAKER_00]: In seclusion with their Lord. 09:58.009 --> 10:06.212 [SPEAKER_00]: And so Allah Subhanahu wa t'a'ala gives them, knower, gives them light, gives them something that would connect them with every single Muslim. 10:06.992 --> 10:13.534 [SPEAKER_00]: To the point, when you talk about Al-Hukbu fi'la, when we love each other for Allah Subhanahu wa t'a'ala, you see a brother, you see someone in the message, 10:14.266 --> 10:19.192 [SPEAKER_00]: Brother seeing brother sister seeing sister and right away you love that person for Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ada. 10:19.752 --> 10:24.057 [SPEAKER_00]: So you know there's a Sakinah there's a tranquility that is coming from that person. 10:29.984 --> 10:35.708 [SPEAKER_00]: Fai'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a 10:58.223 --> 11:03.928 [SPEAKER_00]: The greatest distraction, and that's how you treat the nephases that you learn, what it is that else it. 11:04.629 --> 11:10.654 [SPEAKER_00]: Most people get distracted in their prayer, as if they'll tell you more Himalas said, by the appointments of what comes next. 11:11.595 --> 11:14.658 [SPEAKER_00]: So you're in Salah, but you're planning your next step. 11:14.718 --> 11:17.700 [SPEAKER_00]: You're next, you know, I gotta go do this at Floor Club, five o'clock. 11:17.741 --> 11:18.942 [SPEAKER_00]: You're going here, you're going there. 11:19.362 --> 11:21.604 [SPEAKER_00]: Your mind is racing ahead of the Salah. 11:22.345 --> 11:24.667 [SPEAKER_00]: Most people, that's what catches them and distracts them. 11:25.796 --> 11:27.417 [SPEAKER_00]: And you indeed have appointments. 11:27.457 --> 11:29.218 [SPEAKER_00]: You might have to squeeze in your prayer time. 11:29.618 --> 11:31.019 [SPEAKER_00]: Some of you right now are still at work. 11:31.580 --> 11:32.720 [SPEAKER_00]: Thinking about your next thing. 11:33.941 --> 11:35.162 [SPEAKER_00]: It's natural, right? 11:35.342 --> 11:36.222 [SPEAKER_00]: That's your struggle. 11:36.883 --> 11:43.507 [SPEAKER_00]: But some kind of love that they say about Piamma Leid is that it's a gift from a loss of how much I had it because you're not missing appointments. 11:44.866 --> 11:48.609 [SPEAKER_00]: You're not distracted by this immediate need that you have next. 11:49.330 --> 11:51.932 [SPEAKER_00]: It's at the quietest time of your existence. 11:52.272 --> 11:55.155 [SPEAKER_00]: And the only thing that you're giving up is sleep. 11:55.995 --> 12:04.823 [SPEAKER_00]: There's a very beautiful example that was given by Tabiri by the name of Shura'i bin Hani, Rahim Allah, he likened it to physical exercise. 12:06.081 --> 12:10.344 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, when you physically exercise, initially there is an exhaustion of the body. 12:10.965 --> 12:14.527 [SPEAKER_00]: But then you realize that you're exhausting the body for the sake of what? 12:15.108 --> 12:15.508 [SPEAKER_00]: The body. 12:16.289 --> 12:18.270 [SPEAKER_00]: You're exhausting the body for the sake of the body. 12:18.791 --> 12:26.857 [SPEAKER_00]: And so he said, when you give up sleep, you realize at some point that your sleep is actually filled with more blessing. 12:27.417 --> 12:28.378 [SPEAKER_00]: Has more battle cannon. 12:29.399 --> 12:34.483 [SPEAKER_00]: That fifteen minutes or twenty minutes that you compromise is not going to make you a groggy person throughout the day. 12:35.713 --> 12:37.154 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not going to mess things up for you. 12:37.934 --> 12:39.656 [SPEAKER_00]: The sleep has more blessing in it. 12:40.236 --> 12:46.560 [SPEAKER_00]: And what you gain from that time in Kiyama Leil makes the sleep the easiest thing to give up in the studio. 12:47.381 --> 12:48.562 [SPEAKER_00]: You're not giving up appointments. 12:49.222 --> 12:51.083 [SPEAKER_00]: You're not thinking about, I got this in ten minutes. 12:51.483 --> 12:54.746 [SPEAKER_00]: Hopefully you're not checking what's up at three or whatever it is at four a.m. 12:56.287 --> 12:57.447 [SPEAKER_00]: You have time. 12:58.408 --> 12:59.108 [SPEAKER_00]: You can pause. 13:00.017 --> 13:00.737 [SPEAKER_00]: You can focus. 13:01.418 --> 13:02.118 [SPEAKER_00]: It's quiet. 13:02.999 --> 13:06.961 [SPEAKER_00]: And the day has not yet started, and that's wisdom from a loss of Hannah Hottahata. 13:07.401 --> 13:16.046 [SPEAKER_00]: So whether it's in the beginning of the night, when other people are going asleep or at the end of the night, when most people are still asleep, you can dedicate and allocate that time. 13:16.746 --> 13:21.969 [SPEAKER_00]: And this is where we find this idea of what it means to have closer to a loss of Hannah Hottahata. 13:22.789 --> 13:24.290 [SPEAKER_00]: The brothers and sisters aim high. 13:25.491 --> 13:27.332 [SPEAKER_00]: If you seek to be an average Muslim, 13:28.701 --> 13:32.345 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, and that's why I despise it when people self-ladeless. 13:32.365 --> 13:33.686 [SPEAKER_00]: I am a non-practicing Muslim. 13:33.706 --> 13:35.288 [SPEAKER_00]: You've basically sealed your Salah. 13:36.649 --> 13:37.950 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm a non-practicing Muslim. 13:37.970 --> 13:38.531 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't pray. 13:38.571 --> 13:39.131 [SPEAKER_00]: That's what it means. 13:39.171 --> 13:40.212 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't pray five times a day. 13:42.134 --> 13:42.535 [SPEAKER_00]: Aim high. 13:42.755 --> 13:45.478 [SPEAKER_00]: If you seek to be an average Muslim, you're going to be a very deficient Muslim. 13:46.578 --> 13:51.625 [SPEAKER_00]: If you seek to be a person of Takwa, then maybe you'll fall short and you'll sin sometimes. 13:52.246 --> 13:58.834 [SPEAKER_00]: But if you seek to be a person of Islam, seek to be a person of excellence, there's one way there, and that's a personal connection with Allah. 13:59.902 --> 14:05.383 [SPEAKER_00]: A son does not come except through personalizing that connection with Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'ada. 14:05.923 --> 14:09.704 [SPEAKER_00]: And that's where you find the self-says, the pious protestors say. 14:10.364 --> 14:13.085 [SPEAKER_00]: Nothing establishes that connection like Piyam. 14:13.545 --> 14:16.265 [SPEAKER_00]: It's too busy throughout the day, too much going on. 14:16.685 --> 14:20.586 [SPEAKER_00]: There is nothing that connects a person to Allah, like that time. 14:20.926 --> 14:27.868 [SPEAKER_00]: Because Allah Subhanahu Wa'Ta'ada mentions that he descends at that time in a way that befits him Subhanahu Wa'Ta'ada. 14:28.268 --> 14:29.428 [SPEAKER_00]: He's calling out to you. 14:30.608 --> 14:32.349 [SPEAKER_00]: And he's saying, who wants to come close to me? 14:33.009 --> 14:33.969 [SPEAKER_00]: Who has an appointment? 14:34.149 --> 14:35.309 [SPEAKER_00]: Allah has all the time for you. 14:35.630 --> 14:36.870 [SPEAKER_00]: Allah does not take slots. 14:37.310 --> 14:40.111 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not restricted for some religious people somewhere in the world. 14:40.271 --> 14:47.133 [SPEAKER_00]: No, the broken, the sinner, the righteous, the person who's trying to be righteous, everyone calling upon Allah. 14:47.173 --> 14:50.733 [SPEAKER_00]: That time of the night, that's your time to get close to Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ada. 14:51.474 --> 14:56.175 [SPEAKER_00]: And He's saying, or He may Allah Ta'ada, He said, there is nothing. 14:57.348 --> 14:58.109 [SPEAKER_00]: There is nothing. 14:58.289 --> 15:02.653 [SPEAKER_00]: He said to a person who asked him, what is it that brings a person closest to Allah? 15:02.673 --> 15:07.819 [SPEAKER_00]: He said, ma'am wa shayt and yataqarrab al-Bihil wa t-taqarrabun, ill Allah, he offled him in piyam al-Lad. 15:08.019 --> 15:11.002 [SPEAKER_00]: Nothing brings you closer to Allah than piyam al-Lad. 15:11.623 --> 15:13.364 [SPEAKER_00]: Al-Fulayl Rahimullah, ta'ala. 15:14.288 --> 15:19.890 [SPEAKER_00]: He also, one time, he grabbed the shoulder of a man, and he said to him, 15:38.473 --> 15:39.993 [SPEAKER_00]: person has not told the truth. 15:40.333 --> 15:46.275 [SPEAKER_00]: They have lied when they claim to love me, but when the night comes, he sleeps on my appointment. 15:46.915 --> 15:47.475 [SPEAKER_00]: Now I'm not at me. 15:48.475 --> 15:53.156 [SPEAKER_00]: He sleeps when I come down to meet him when I speak, when I'm ready to listen to that person. 15:53.237 --> 15:56.357 [SPEAKER_00]: Ready to listen to him or her and you say, you love Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. 15:57.277 --> 15:59.578 [SPEAKER_00]: Alayh Saku'lu, Habibin, Yakhlu, Habibi, Habibi, Habibi, Habibi. 15:59.898 --> 16:03.139 [SPEAKER_00]: Allah says, isn't it that every lover spends some time with their lover? 16:04.089 --> 16:04.550 [SPEAKER_00]: And he says, 16:20.903 --> 16:26.645 [SPEAKER_00]: And He says, and tomorrow, when they come to me, then I will satisfy their eyes. 16:26.965 --> 16:27.885 [SPEAKER_00]: I will cool their eyes. 16:27.945 --> 16:32.007 [SPEAKER_00]: I will fill their hearts with my gen, those same people that I love. 16:32.647 --> 16:37.809 [SPEAKER_00]: You want to be from those who are more hip of Allah, those who really love Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. 16:38.209 --> 16:40.369 [SPEAKER_00]: That's that only time, no distractions. 16:41.150 --> 16:43.671 [SPEAKER_00]: Fifteen minutes, ten minutes, something small. 16:44.371 --> 16:47.552 [SPEAKER_00]: And the greatest thing you can ask at that time is forgiveness. 16:48.413 --> 16:49.314 [SPEAKER_00]: That's the greatest thing. 16:49.374 --> 16:50.455 [SPEAKER_00]: What am I going to ask Allah? 16:50.715 --> 16:51.216 [SPEAKER_00]: Forgiveness. 16:52.417 --> 16:56.961 [SPEAKER_00]: The greatest cause of stress is your sins because that's what puts the barrier between you and Allah. 16:57.662 --> 17:05.890 [SPEAKER_00]: And that's why that idea is always at the forefront of any discussion on tahajjud, any discussion on the night prayer from the Qur'an and from the Sunnah. 17:06.010 --> 17:07.671 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, be as happy when you're stuck with your own. 17:08.432 --> 17:11.254 [SPEAKER_00]: In those last moments of the night, they're seeking forgiveness from Allah. 17:11.675 --> 17:36.815 [SPEAKER_00]: The last ten nights of Ramadan, Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah, may Allah 17:37.621 --> 17:41.790 [SPEAKER_00]: If you want to know more about Europe, we will be happy and happy. 17:42.933 --> 17:43.434 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh my Lord. 17:44.445 --> 17:47.007 [SPEAKER_00]: They're asking for your pleasure and for your forgiveness. 17:47.728 --> 17:50.830 [SPEAKER_00]: That's your time to get close to Allah and ask Allah for sins. 17:50.850 --> 17:54.133 [SPEAKER_00]: That sin that's wearing you down, that sin that's bearing on your conscience. 17:54.153 --> 17:56.255 [SPEAKER_00]: It sins that prevent Piyam and it's Piyam that prevents sin. 18:12.148 --> 18:18.310 [SPEAKER_00]: So you got to take that first step of walking away from that sin, and that step forward is going to be at the night prayer. 18:19.251 --> 18:21.952 [SPEAKER_00]: And that's where you say to a loss of hospitality, y'all, I'm sorry. 18:22.772 --> 18:27.634 [SPEAKER_00]: When everything's quiet, when it's just me and you, I'm sorry, y'all, I'm seeking your forgiveness. 18:27.734 --> 18:34.376 [SPEAKER_00]: The last thing I will say to your brothers and sisters in this regard is don't be little, the small amounts of tian. 18:35.957 --> 18:36.697 [SPEAKER_00]: Beginning of the night, 18:37.715 --> 18:40.497 [SPEAKER_00]: end of the night, middle of the night, two raikras. 18:59.792 --> 19:02.314 [SPEAKER_00]: Do not be from the Rafaidine, those people who are hevelists. 19:02.694 --> 19:04.355 [SPEAKER_00]: Hevelistness means you have a barrier. 19:04.375 --> 19:05.937 [SPEAKER_00]: You don't perceive God properly. 19:06.457 --> 19:08.278 [SPEAKER_00]: You don't understand your purpose properly. 19:09.059 --> 19:16.164 [SPEAKER_00]: If you're standing up and praying just with ten verses, reading two, two, short suras, you won't be written from the Rafaidine. 19:16.825 --> 19:25.892 [SPEAKER_00]: One man comma be Miyati ayah, kutti by min al-Qanah teen, and whoever stands up and recites a hundred ayats, then they are written from the exceedingly devout, the pious. 19:26.592 --> 19:29.834 [SPEAKER_00]: Wamemcoma Belfi Aya, Kutti Bermin and Mopanturin. 19:30.275 --> 19:38.721 [SPEAKER_00]: And whoever stands up and recites a thousand verses, which by the way, if you want to do it once in your lifetime, the last two Jews of the poor am is a thousand verses. 19:39.501 --> 19:42.483 [SPEAKER_00]: Then they will be written amongst those who are piling up good deeds. 19:42.503 --> 19:44.365 [SPEAKER_00]: We have gone far ahead of everybody else. 19:45.005 --> 19:45.805 [SPEAKER_00]: with their good deeds. 19:46.266 --> 19:47.646 [SPEAKER_00]: Sometimes it takes that example. 19:48.306 --> 19:54.788 [SPEAKER_00]: Sometimes it takes reminding yourself that the small thing counts while you're aiming to get better, while you're aiming for the bigger thing. 19:55.389 --> 20:00.070 [SPEAKER_00]: So that you don't think of Piamaleta some sort of habit that's just reserved for this exclusive group of people. 20:00.370 --> 20:00.550 [SPEAKER_00]: No. 20:01.551 --> 20:01.951 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not. 20:02.011 --> 20:02.811 [SPEAKER_00]: It's for the Muslims. 20:03.672 --> 20:05.312 [SPEAKER_00]: It's for those who want to stand up and pray. 20:05.492 --> 20:10.914 [SPEAKER_00]: Those who want to enjoy that connection with Allah seeking first and foremost his pleasure and his forgiveness. 20:11.414 --> 20:12.895 [SPEAKER_00]: And that's why it's been Umar. 20:13.735 --> 20:14.916 [SPEAKER_00]: What do you want to tell him? 20:14.936 --> 20:18.757 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm the Lord, and I'm a narration from Abu Raleb. 20:19.778 --> 20:23.739 [SPEAKER_00]: He says that, I'm the Lord, and I'm used to come upon us in Mecca. 20:24.079 --> 20:25.540 [SPEAKER_00]: Can I answer you or I'll be Mecca? 20:25.660 --> 20:27.181 [SPEAKER_00]: What can I have to judge you in a lane? 20:27.881 --> 20:30.262 [SPEAKER_00]: He used to pray at night, long prayers in the night. 20:31.002 --> 20:33.463 [SPEAKER_00]: Fakala l-e-data l-e-la, kablas sub-he. 20:33.503 --> 20:36.445 [SPEAKER_00]: So one night, he said to me, right when Fajir was about to come in. 20:36.765 --> 20:37.505 [SPEAKER_00]: Ya, Abu Raleb. 20:42.263 --> 20:47.665 [SPEAKER_00]: Said, once you stand up and pray, even if you're going to read just the third of the Quran, it's a thing in a third of the Quran. 20:49.265 --> 20:51.286 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, Fajj is almost around the corner. 20:51.946 --> 20:53.487 [SPEAKER_00]: So I said to him, yeah, Abrahman. 20:54.107 --> 20:55.327 [SPEAKER_00]: Fajj is right around the corner. 20:55.367 --> 20:55.827 [SPEAKER_00]: What do you mean? 20:55.867 --> 20:57.628 [SPEAKER_00]: How am I going to read a third of the Quran? 20:57.688 --> 21:00.049 [SPEAKER_00]: That's maybe something that, you know, you guys do. 21:01.029 --> 21:02.690 [SPEAKER_00]: We don't do the third of the Quran. 21:03.470 --> 21:05.891 [SPEAKER_00]: So he responded in the Surat al-Ihlas. 21:11.158 --> 21:19.225 [SPEAKER_00]: Who would not want to meet a loss of Hannah to add a saying every night I used to read a third of the Quran? 21:20.446 --> 21:21.227 [SPEAKER_00]: Right before Fajr. 21:21.967 --> 21:26.931 [SPEAKER_00]: So dear brothers and sisters, I know it seems like a distant habit one for the exceedingly pious. 21:27.951 --> 21:31.453 [SPEAKER_00]: But it's a way to a loss of heroin to out of that cannot be replaced by any other way. 21:32.094 --> 21:38.218 [SPEAKER_00]: And in short, lots and out of those who are struggling with their five prayers to pray them on time, this will only help it bid in the United States. 21:38.238 --> 21:39.339 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not in place of it. 21:40.039 --> 21:43.282 [SPEAKER_00]: It's a means of connecting yourself to the Lord that you call upon day and night. 21:43.722 --> 21:46.464 [SPEAKER_00]: We call upon him for forgiveness and for salvation.