 praying at night washes away the sins that you commit that you committed during the day one of the signs of true love is to sacrifice some sleep and speak to Allah have you ever seen people who are engaged have you seen people who are you know they're they're engaged they're getting to know each other when did they spend the bulk of their time talking you know especially if you have a sibling may Allah give you patience you know you have a sibling who's engaged they're on the phone at night they cannot go to sleep unless they make that call and they chat why do they do that because they're in love because the night is when the lovers chat this is why Allah says to mousa ya mousa kathaba man za'ama anna hu yuhibbuni oh mousa the one who claims to love me is a liar why fa'idah jannahu lail nama anni because when night comes he goes to sleep he forgets about me in the month of ramadan let's try to develop this habit i'm not saying go from today salatul layla love and raka'a just do do two raka'a and then go to sleep train yourself you know there was there's a beautiful story about sheikh ja'far kashif al ghita he's one of the great scholars of nejaf sheikh ja'far kashif al ghita he was living in nejaf he was a scholar and he had a teenage son you know this is advice for parents you know you're not the only ones that have teenagers even our malaji our ulama they also have teenage children how do they deal with them sheikh ja'far kashif al ghita it's winter time and for those of you who've been to nejaf in the winter you know how cold those nights are it's about three a.m and it's the time the time of fajr is approaching it's about an hour before salat al fajr sheikh ja'far goes and he wakes up and he goes to his son's room about 15 years old he wakes up his son he says oh my son come let us go to the harem of amir al mu'mineen let's do salat al lay let's recite some monajat and pray fajr there and then come back when you're 15 years old how do you sleep you sleep like ashab al kahaf when you're 15 years old deep sleeper sheikh ja'far tries to wake up his son his son is reluctant he tells his father that oh my father you you get i'll meet you there i'll meet you there sheikh ja'far of course you know you can't fool the nejafi he says i'll wait for you i'm not going anywhere he says it's gonna take me some time to get ready he says okay i'll wait i'll wait for you to get ready he waits for his son to get dressed to do wudu together they leave their house in the middle of the night about an hour before fajr and they're walking through the alleyways of nejaf sheikh ja'far is walking he's looking at his son freezing his son dragging his feet reluctantly going to the haram probably mumbling under his breath probably wishing his dad wasn't a scholar he goes sheikh ja'far notices that his son is bothered he didn't want to wake up they reach the gate may Allah give us all the tofi to go to the haram of amir al-muminin they reach the gate and they see a beggar someone sitting at the gate begging sheikh ja'far kashif al-ghita he takes advantage of a teachable moment he looks at his son he says oh my son what is this man doing what is this he tells his father that oh my father this is a man he's begging he's poor the sheikh asks his son how much do you think he's gonna make this morning how much you think he's gonna get the son says i don't know he's not gonna get a significant amount of money something very trivial a very minute amount of wealth few durhams maybe sheikh ja'far kashif al-ghita he says oh my son do not be less ambitious than this beggar this beggar he woke up in the middle of the night he left his bed he left his family he walked through the alleyways of nejaf in this bitter cold he's sitting on the cold ground for hours extending his hand because maybe it's not guaranteed maybe someone will give him something oh my son Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has guaranteed that those who rise up to speak to him in the middle of the night it's not a maybe it's a guarantee that he will give them something beyond their imagination what does Allah say this beggar the possibility of getting a small amount of dunya was enough to motivate him why don't you rise up and go towards that which Allah has guaranteed you the hadith from the holy prophet says praying at night washes away the sins that you commit that you committed during the day