 فشرف بل اشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يا بدا بدا وياله من شراف عظيمي ابن أمو دا وون ريتر دا عمر ابنه مورا عمر ابنه مورا هو تابعي كالو يحبونه they used to like a يختم القرآن من أول الليلي they used to like to finish the Qur'an again the first of the night which is again مغرب you finish the Qur'an then أو من أول النهاري or from the beginning of the day which is again فجر فجر you read the whole Qur'an and مغرب you read the whole Qur'an that's what they used to like to do أبي حماد غزالي ستيماً، ازوى أبي عمر مررى ديني. طلحة ابن مصرف التابعي الجليل من ختم القرآن أيها الساعة صلت عليه الملائكة حتى يمسيها حتى يمسيها و أيها الساعة كانت من الليلي صلت عليه الملائكة حتى يصبح until the morning نعم حتى يمسيها نعم لن يؤثر رحم العالم بالنوع والرحم الله سيس في المحافظة على قراته في الليل ينبغي أن يكون عتناء بقراء القرآن في الليل أكثر وفي صلاة الليل أكثر قال الله تعالى من أهل الكتاب أمة قائمة يتلون آيات الله يا ناء الليل وهم يزجدون يؤمنون بالله واليوم الآخر ويأمرون بالمعروف وينهون عن المونكر ويسارعون في الخيرات وولائك من الصالحين وثبت في الصحيحين عن رسول الله إمتلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال نعم الرجل عبد الله لو كان يصلي من الليل وفي الحديث الآخر في الصحيح أنه صلى الله عليه وسلم قال يا عبد الله لا تكن مثل فلان كان يقوم الليل ثم تركه وروا الطبراني وغيروا عن سهل ابن سعد رضي الله عن الرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال شرف المؤمن قيام الليل والأحاديث والآثار في هذا كثيرا وقد جاء عن أب الأحواص الجشمي قال إن كان الرجل لا يطرق الفستاطة فستاطة طرق طروقة أيتيه ليلا فيسمع لأهله دوي كدوي نحل قال فما بالوا هؤلاء يأمنون ما كانوا أولئك يخافون وعن ابراهما النخعي قال كان يقال القرأ من الليل ولو حل بشات وعن يزيد الرقاشي قال إذا أنا نمت ثم استيقذت ثم نمت فلا نامت عينية قلت وإنما رجحت صلاة الليل وقراءته لكونها أجمع للقلب وأبعد من الشاغلات والملهيات والتصرف في الحاجات وأصونا من الرياء وأصوان من الرياء وغيره من المحبطات مع ما جاء الشرع به من إيجاد الخيرات في الليل فإن الإسراء برسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان ليلا وحديث ينزل ربكم كل ليلة إلى سماء الدنيا حين يمطي شطر الليل فيقولها المداع فاستجيب له الحديث وفي الصحيح أدنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال في الليل ساعة ليستجاب فيها الدعاء كل ليلة وروا صاحب بهجة الأسرار بإسنادي عن سلمان الأمطاء عن سلمان الأماطي قال رأيت عليبنا بطالب رضي الله عنوف المنام يقول ودخدك أرضكم تحتكم سحراء لأنكم قوم سوء لا تطيعون وعلم أن فضيلة القيام بالليل والقراءة فيه تحسل بالقليل والكثير وكل ما كثر كان أفضل إلا أن يستوعب الليل فإنه مكروه للدوام عليه وإلا أن يضرب نفسه ومن ما يجل على حصوله بالقليل حديث عبد الله بن عمر بن العاصر رضي الله تعالى عن ما قال قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم منقام بعشر آيات لم يختم من الغافلين ومنقام بمئة آية كتبة من القانتين ومنقام بألف آية كتبة من المقنطين ومنقام بألف آية كتبة من المقنطين كتبة من المقنطين هل يمكنكم أن تنظر هذه الحديث؟ في العنبك قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم منقام بعشر آيات لم يختم من الغافلين ومنقام بمئة آية كتبة من القانتين ومنقام بألف آية كتبة من المقنطين رواوبودا وودا وغيره وحكث سعلبي عن ابن عباس رضي الله تعالى عن ما قال من صلى بالليل ركعتين فقد باء فقد باءة لله ساجدا وقائمة أقل عن قصصة في رسائل القرآن باستخدام القرآن الآية الآن يتصل إلى الأمر رسائل القرآن ونائتا وحاولة قرآن وحاولة قرآن ونائتا وهذا is a very powerful point which is a student of knowledge who is seeking knowledge who wants to become a scholar who wants to elevate to that status and he doesn't pray he does not stand up at night time this person needs to evaluate himself and he needs to question himself am I serious about being a student of knowledge am I even serious of embarking on the path of seeking knowledge am I because I've never read the biography of any scholar if a person tries to read the biography of the علماء any book of the biography of the scholars I mentioned you will never come across a scholar's biography that was mentioned except what? except that praying at night was mentioned in his life this was the nooms for them which is the concept of قيام الليل and then praying at night then praying at night time because praying at night time brothers even if it's little it's an indication of something very powerful and that is the true essence of what sincerity is if a person is actually going to stand up at night time and pray it's a living example that you're a sincere person because no one else will stand up at night or there's no one to show us to you're all alone the students should strive to recite more of what were earned by night and especially during the night prayers Allah says not all of them are alike a party of the people of the scripture stands for that which is right they recite the verses of Allah during the hours of the night prostrating themselves in prayer they believe in Allah in the last day they enjoy Islamic montheism and adherence to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and forbid a monka polytheism, disbelief and disobedience to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم they hasten to do good deeds and they are among the righteous so this ayah is that that the author brought is basically talking about from the people of the scripture Allah says there are a group who are standing they recite in the Quran they're reading and they're praying there are many verses in the Quran that support this Allah says about the righteous people whenever they go into their beds and they tuck themselves in and they sleep because there is consistent fear in their hearts and there is that hope for Jannah they can't really go to full sleep so they get up and they jump out of their beds and they pray so this is a Sima Sima means a characteristic known by among known for the people of علم a student of knowledge he is not going to make it through being a student of knowledge if he doesn't pray at night أليما محمد رحمه الله أليما محمد رحمه الله a student of knowledge came to him and when the student of knowledge came to أليما محمد رحمه الله أليما محمد put water outside for him he slept at Imam Ahmad's house and Ahmad got him water so he told the student go to sleep wake up when you wake up use this water so the student went and he he slept أليما محمد رحمه الله slept he woke up Imam Ahmad he prayed his Qiyam and so he when you pray your Qiyam is recommended to then lie down before Fajr comes in because of the fact that you're going to have to fight with yourself again to wake up and the Ajar is connected to this hardship so when Imam Ahmad woke up he's now expecting that that water was used so he can bring fresh water but he had seen that the previous water wasn't used so Imam Ahmad said to the boy طالب علم ليس له وردو من الليل you're a student of knowledge and you haven't got a portion of the night it's missing from you this is not something that should be missing from you الله says in the Quran و بالأسحاري هم يستغفرون and they are at night time asking their Lord for forgiveness the reason why the student of knowledge is because this is the time Allah comes down ينزل ربك your Lord comes down this time and he's saying something that you as a student of knowledge need which is هل من دعين is there a caller is there someone who's begging me and I will give him what he wants you're now a student of knowledge and what you yes what you wanted is definitely to become a person of knowledge right to become an Alim a person who understands the Deen of Allah here you have your Lord coming down he hasn't sent angels down he hasn't delegated this job to anyone else he took on himself الله سبحانه وتعالى came down صح and when Allah سبحانه وتعالى came down you are here snoring and you're a student of knowledge you're not asking Allah سبحانه وتعالى for what to increase your knowledge and to allow you to understand the secrets of knowledge you're not so it's worrying the path that you're on is a worrying path now it is narrated in the two most authentic books of Bukhari and Muslim that the Messenger of Allah said what an excellent person would be he would pray during the night this is after this حديث is basically حفصة who is Dotaishi or what's her brother's name Abdullah Ibn Omar right Abdullah Ibn Omar told his sister a dream that he had last night Abdullah Ibn Omar he told his sister حفصة that he had a dream when he told her the dream she went and told the dream to the Prophet and from that the Prophet realized he sleeps at night the Abdullah Ibn Omar he sleeps at night and probably doesn't pray so the Prophet said a statement he said Abdullah Ibn Omar is a noble man but his nobility would have increased لو كان يصلي من الليل if he only prayed at night he would have been more of a noble person if he had a portion of that if he had portion of the night and when Abdullah Ibn Omar was informed of this and he was told this he never ever ever left قيام الليل never Abdullah Ibn Omar from that day onwards was an individual who came at night and never missed نعم here the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said to Abdullah Ibn Omar Abdullah Ibn Omar بعص the Prophet said to him لا تكن مثل فلانين don't be like so and so كان يقوم الليل he used to stand at night ثم تركه when he stopped doing it الله و سبحانه وتعالى he truly loves a consistent action of the slave حب الأعمال إلا الله أدوامها وإنقلها the best of actions to Allah is that which is consistent even if it's little you don't have to pray with the Quran قيام الليل you don't as long as you're praying and you don't stop والله as little as two raka'a and a witness enough and you do that for the rest of your life as a student of knowledge والله that's normal then I have to be 20 raka'a 21 and all of the Quran and one raka'a and nothing every single day read two raka'a and what and one witness and even if you want in that time that two raka'a read if you don't know much Quran read قصار الصور these small stories that you know no problem no issue فتق الله wherever you can read but don't leave it some people that believe that they have is that I'm either going to be 100% or zero is that correct or concept in the eyes of Allah that doesn't exist because he who created you Allah didn't make you 100% the concept of believing that I have to do 100% do you know what it comes from it believes that you can fulfill Allah's rights which you can't you can never do that whatever you do is always deficient you can't fully fulfill Allah SWT what He has given you just your eyes the blessings that are connected are greater than anything you could possibly do but for you to think that I'm going to pray this much you're in your heart somehow and you believe or I can't pray is that you believe that this is the amount that I will fulfill Allah's rights and I suffer to worry about نعم الله أكبر the Prophet SAW the order of believing and his pride what are the youngsters in the street trying to look for they're looking for honor and respect I'm going to get respect on the turf I'm going to get respect on the turf on my road and my neighborhood they're going to know who I am brother I'm leaving behind my name my name is going to be raised here these people are going to know and no he doesn't do anything he gets remembered but not in a good way صح but this hadith tells us the honor of the believer is connected to قيام الله are you looking for honor شرف الله told us where it lies يرفع الله الذين آمنوا منكم والذين أوتوا العلمة درجة those who have knowledge Allah raises them صح وصل الله سبحانه وتعالى شرف المؤمنين قيام الله انا قيام الله that's a person who is noble I saw some mashaikh due to the excessive qiyam that they prayed so some of the mashaikh due to how much they prayed their legs from the side of their foot the bone here on the right can you see where I'm touching the bone there now الله because of the qiyam and the weight and the age that they've reached too much الله praying I remember listening to Sheikh Mohammed Nasser one time he said to his students who's fasting today and they were like no we're not fasting I said I'm old I'm old and I'm at this age I haven't left fasting you guys are shabs youngsters and you're not fasting and this is the thing once you become addicted to something even when you're young الله he brothers it becomes a reflex action for you when you grow old that's what when you're young teaches yourself every good it will become the norms it won't stop anymore it will become habitual it will be something you can never leave of anymore that's your habit those people even if they wanted to they won't leave the qiyam it might be you started something at the age of 20 25 and you reached 80 you can't stop that anymore become part of your life it's become part of your life and as I said before brothers consistency doesn't mean that you don't leave it sometimes أبنو قايي mentions that the consistency means that the majority of the times you're doing it and the times that you do leave it does not negate the consistency of it as long as the overwhelming majority of the times you're doing this qiyam you're standing up and you're praying now there are many other hadiths and narrations regarding the virtues of the night prayer I would obviously additionally once said there was a time when a man would come home at night listen to this here brothers and sisters and tell them to sit down tell them to sit down and seek knowledge about what she's doing listen to this story this concerns brothers and sisters wives and it concerns husbands pay attention well look what he says أبنو أحواصل الجشمي will I see a jushami once said there was a time when a man would come home at night and hear from within his house a man would come to his house he would open his door look at the kind of households that they had and look at the households that today we have you come into the house music is playing television is on to bam the daughters over there she got headphones on listening to music and whatnot look at the household that they used to come out from and now you realize wellahi brothers and sisters the body what's the strongest organ in the body the heart what is the strongest thing in the community people's households it's the heart of the body the household is the heart of the community فإن استقام البيت if the house is intact and it's good the community are intact وإن خبوث البيت if the house is corrupt then the whole society are bad pay attention to this ابن عز الحالف he wrote a book called قواعد الأحكام في مصالحي الأن pay attention to this he talks about the benefits and the harms and he brings sleep you know what he mentions he mentions that the rights that the Muslims have on one another the rights you have on me and my son I cultivate him and I give him good تربية because later I'm gonna let him loose in society when he grows old right he's gonna rob you he's going to cause you havoc he's gonna take from your children's money yeah it's rights that you have on me are you with me brothers this person comes back to the community he's part of the community if he's a cancel and he's an illness in the community then he's gonna cause the whole community corruption true or false have you not seen one kid in primary school messes up the whole classroom finishes the whole classroom true or false he causes the biggest he dismiss guides so much youngsters and kids and he takes with him صح everybody remembers that one kid that one جهل kid in the class wouldn't listen do that this the teacher and somehow a week or two later he's got a crowd of kids following him doing the same thing that he does there was a kid called Darren in my class he was like that مشكلة and he misguided وفود اقوام and he's by himself look how many people meet with him and that's the society and that's how a community are so pay attention to the household and how serious you make sure that your household is look at the house that they come to and how much they worked on the household ايه فضلك what he says ان الرجل لا يتركوا ألف سطات طروقان يلقم in the house one is praying there, one is this, this is the household that he has, look at it from the recitation of the Qur'an what then is the matter with people today that they feel secure against that which those who came before them feared this is what they were, their wife was so scared she wouldn't, our wives telephone, speaking to another, gossiping, backbiting, chatting spending her time talking, unnecessary thing, what's up قدر الله ماش, same with the brothers everyone, no exception, no excludes from this they were like Allah they were coming to the house, the Qur'an is being played here ders is going over there, somebody is studying the Deen of Allah here come into your house, oh you see it's going on that's something to be, so look what he says after that he says how is it that these people who are on the streets who are gallisters, wannabes thugs 50 inch plasma television, you bring it to your house, really and then you wonder why my kids so misguided you bought your kid at the age of 10 you gave him a mobile phone you don't, there's no parental control on it you see you've not once asked him to give you a check up what's he doing on the phone والله I was 18 or 19 when I first got a phone والله that's how old I was and even when I got it at 18, 19, I think I got it I was like mama are you sure I thought it was, you know my mom sometimes do something she's like take it, take it, huh, قادر there will be severe consequences because of it so I thought it was one of them ones where I'll beat it up for it later are you with me right now there is just this freedom kids will tell you even one of my family members she sent her daughter at the age of 8 or 9 she sent her to a trip in France brothers I never ever went on a trip my mom the trip was somewhere close these little places and these little places it will go, no problem and that she was like it depends if that you know that series was called cry much UK if that came on and something like that was my mom heard about it and some you know some of the aunties told them somebody got killed the child was especially that yeah I don't remember if you guys remember Damilona Taylor do you guys remember him yeah who remembers Damilona Taylor that little black kid that got killed in school that was happening in school my mom was never letting us go know it the point is that if you see parents today they that was a daughter she sent her daughter to France and that daughter went her parents she signed it I'm like is this right what you're doing I honestly was extreme you don't understand anything how much how much did you sit with them and converse with them a chat with them what they're picking up in school boys are there she's mixing with boys she's seeing them she's going up seeing this is a norm her personality and then once she reaches 18-19-20 you're like why are you doing this for she's your daughter only from the top now inside somebody else has programmed her والله بالله it's very dangerous so why is it that those people who are doing that find safety they're not worried and the ones whose wives and kids are reading Quran and they're benefiting and they're learning the Deen they ask it how is that the case he asks himself this question he's asking himself how is this possible brothers am I just speaking or does this make sense is this a reality that you guys see it's a reality I don't believe anyone can get out of this all of us me included we go home we've got family members who are yeah who feels like their house is like this والله increase you if your house is like this and give us as well but this is worrying that when you go into your house some people will say to you والله بالله be in all these streets and be in my own household the facade that's going on the facade that my household it contains that it consists of that the times of the trials and tribulations what will we command to do run to our households is like running away from my house is the way the والله بالله بالله بالله بالله نعم if you ever know we if you ever know we comments we say to the Quran it's a sign and so I would like to see questions try to mean what it is what it is that has made those of us who are safe against that which their predecessors fear والله it's a good question and if you have a household rather than a sister والله you need to work on your household you need to work on your household that the dean of والله has been towards get rid of you know the brothers you know how to work on your house just repel evil from the house wait for being about good just get rid of evil just do that with a facet wait for جلب المصالح the first step that you need to do is get rid of every evil that's in the house with wisdom with discussion explanation dialogue lesson bring about better alternatives another thing brothers that you need to realize is that a lot of people say to you I've spoken to my family members I do this I do that but the reason why people don't take care take what you say serious is you come and you talk and you leave and that really doesn't have much weight where were you before does that make sense to change things and bring about differences you have to have financial contribution towards the house والله money talks you pay things in the house you help financially towards your sorry your family members the people you're helping once you do that when you talk come on come on follow and here that in line with what you have to say you bring about better alternatives comes you say Look I've got a car ready for you guys and let's go I'm taking the guys out let's enjoy ourselves as a family and you take your family out and you do things with them they see your hands on you buy clothes for your nephews هل أنت معي؟ when you do that you have now got the rights to say why is this happening how is this happening what can you can talk now you have a majority of the rights to speak or else you are just a bully in their rights an authoritative individual who just wants to exercise I'm a control freak that's what they look to see us you come now let me guess that's what they'll say to you as soon as they see you or let me guess everything's haram and they'll mock you and they'll make you look bad and everything صح and the reason is because if you look at Sierra and you read biography and I always mention this you look at عبد المطالب about طالب they run the people because they used to look after the hijachi they were the custodians of the Ka'bah صح كفار but why would people listen to Abu Talib the prophet's grandson a grandfather yeah why why did they respect him because when the hujaj came the people of Hajj the food that he would make the three that the Prophet ﷺ said it was the best food of the Arabs you know what three means that the Prophet ﷺ said عائشة رضي الله عنها she is like the three over the other food how she is towards women you know what three means three means three things that are component of each other it's bread and it's meat and it's soup when they get put together and it gets crushed together and it gets mixed together the Arabs they loved this they loved it eating was the best food that anyone can serve you with and he used to do this for them the hujaj people of Hajj Abu Talib used to do this for them and he used to feed them this what would the people do when he spoke عبد المطالب people would listen to him and they would take his command serious Abu Talib the Prophet ﷺ caused everything he caused but what was he able to do he was still able to stop them to an extent true or false how he had influence in the community he had something in the community so when you do something for the community and you actually are genuinely doing something then when you talk people will take what you say serious but if you're only taking from the community you're only taking from your family you're more of a burden on your family you're living in the house not paying no rent and you're telling your sister and your cousins and your nephews and you're saying to them watch my clothes and do this for me and they'll eat you like it's حمام fear Allah I'll stop doing this you're a burden yeah get out of our face get somewhere go move out don't take your serious does that make sense so that's why it's important