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Should I stay awake till fajr, pray

and then go to bed or should I
sleep and wake up at the time of
fajr?

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Sheraz Khakwani
Author has 3.4K answers and 782.6K answer
views · 9mo

That’s up to you. Whatever makes it easier to say

the prayer on time. But, in general, it’s not healthy
to stay awake till morning every night. Better way
is to sleep early and wake up early.
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Tahir Javed
A Muslim by birth. · Author has 2.2K answers and
1.7M answer views · 9mo

Sleeping at night is good for health. It is better for

you to wake up at the time of Fajr. If you want to
pray Tahajjud then wake up 1/2 an hour before the
time of Fajr starts.
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Gia Daniel
Practicing Muslima in America · Author has 17.7K
answers and 19.6M answer views · 3y

RelatedHow do you get enough sleep,

despite the Fajr prayer?
Go back to bed.

Take a nap.

I arise at 0430. Shower, feed the cats, empty the

litter box. At that time, salat ul fajr is in. Pray. The
sunnah and fard salawat. Food is optional, coffee
is not.

I'm out the door by 0715. My shifts are 12 hours

and I'm an RN so napping is not an option; I drink
water and tea. I have friends who are single
mothers and get the kids to school, work, cook,
pray, and read the Qur'aan; their schedules make
me faint.

You ask Allaah for help and make your priorities.

The adhan for fajr says it all, “the prayer is better
than sleep.”
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Abdul Fattah
Author has 2.7K answers and 2.8M answer views
· 9mo

you should follow islam, tell me what islam says

our Beloved Prophet said in hadees that there is

no business after isha…

means pray isha eat your dinner and sleep

another hadees says, Allah has kept barakah for

this ummah in daytime,

means person should seek his sustainance in

daytime which he will find with lots of barakah in
it.

finally Quran says it is Allah that has created night

to sleep and we do work in daytime………
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Arwa
learn islam · Author has 1.2K answers and 386K
answer views · 9mo

That depends on your schedule.

If you HAVE to stay awake like you have a work

shift at 12am in the morning or so, then it’s best to
stay awake till fajr then sleep after.

If you have nothing to do in the night but have

things to do in the morning, it’s best to sleep and
wake up to pray fajr then go back to sleep for a
while (unless you have to stay up after).

It’s good to rest your body as in the Qur’an it

says:

“[He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the

night for rest and the sun and moon for
calculation. That is the determination of the
Exalted in Might, the Knowing.” [Qur’an 6:96]

Allah made the night for you to rest and heal. But
of course, that depends on your lifestyle.
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Abdelhak Benachour
Muslim · Author has 1.6K answers and 749.4K
answer views · Updated Oct 21

Related Is it a sin if you skip Fajr because you

didn’t wake up from your alarm?
You don’t skip Fajr (or any other prayer) because
you didn’t wake up.

When you miss prayer’s time, you pray it later

after you wake up and before you pray the next
prayer (Duhr in your example).

And please do not forget Allah says in the Quran:

“Woe to those who pray, who are

heedless of their prayers” (delaying them
from their prescribed times) (Surah
107:5).

Other than that, Quora is filled with Islamophobic

people and so-called Muslims with weird beliefs
(Some of them are famous here). It would be
better to ask this kind of questions in a mosque or
an Islamic center.
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M. A. Malik
Studied Nutrition & Health at School of
Knowledge · Author has 5.5K answers and 3.4M
answer views · 2y

Related I try my best to wake up for Fajr

prayer, but end up sleeping. What should I
do to reduce laziness?
sleep early, at least 7 hour before Fajr.
eat night meal 4 hour before sleep, at least.

No Tea, Coffee after 6PM.

No spicy foods.

Do some exercise in day.

Wake 15 minute before fajr and offer tahajjud as

well.

Avoid haters.
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Anis Khan
MBA, interested in Islam, art, business and
psychology · Author has 2.5K answers and 4.6M
answer views · 9mo

O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and

upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent
blessings upon Ibraaheem and upon the family of
Ibraaheem; You are indeed Worthy of Praise, Full
of Glory.

AsslamuAlaikum

Its best to sleep during the night and wake up for

Fajr because Allah created nights for rest. This is
how nature is and scientifically we get more rest
when sleep as per the natural cycles of the day
and night.

and made the night as a cover, (Quran 78:10)

Even staying up for the entire night for the sake of

worship is not a desirable act in Islam. We learn it
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from the following hadith:

Aninda Nahiyan
Academic Coach · Author has 353 answers and
462.4K answer views · 1y

RelatedAfter Fajr prayer, you can’t go to bed

and sleep, but I just hop on bed and sit up
straight. I don't lay down or anything and
I’m wide awake. Is this okay?
I was a little confused about your question at first
because I couldn't understand why you wouldn't
be able to sleep.

In any case, there is no ruling on going to sleep

after Fajr. But it is very beneficial to stay at your
place of worship and make Dhikr and Du'a. So if
you're gonna stay awake after Fajr and not do
anything, you might as well make Dhikr to make
better use of your time. But if you need more
sleep, there is no harm in going back to sleep
after you have prayed.
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Shakir Mumtaz
Knows Multiple Languages · Author has 6.2K
answers and 2.3M answer views · 9mo

Allah does not want His servents to be suffering,

therefore, one should do what is appropriate in
one’s particular situation. For example Thajjud is
the name of late night prayer performed arter Isha
prayer sleep. It is more meritorious than just
staying aawake (Qayam ul lail) to perform late
night prayer.

Abdelhak Benachour
Muslim · Author has 1.6K answers and 749.4K
answer views · 1y

RelatedIf I pray Tahajjud and accidentally

run over Fajr, is it still accepted?
Usually, Tahajjud is offered as two rak'at followed
by two rak'at and (so on).. When you hear Azan of
Fajr, you finish the two rak’at that you’re praying
then pray Fajr normally.

One piece of advice though: Quora is filled with

Islamophobes and Muslims with wierd beliefs
(some of them are popular here) so it would
always be better to ask an Imam or somone who
has knowlege in the nearest mosque or Islamic
center.
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Dieter Neth
Warehouse Employee at Coop Schweiz
(2011–present) · Author has 5.7K answers and
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Related Why does nobody talk about the

problem that the Islamic prayer times
require you to get up each night and
interrupt your sleep?
Easy!

Because it is NOT A PROBLEM!

I am not a Muslim, just a Catholic. If I were to take

my religion more seriously, I would do something
similar as the observant Muslim do.

Pray at the crack of day, mid-morning, noon,

afternoon, evening and at bedtime. Nowadays,
only monks and nuns do that, and maybe priests,
and also a few very observant laypersons.

Monk is the “profession” that allows males to live

the longest, on average around 85 years, so this
interrupted sleep pattern is actually doing them a
great favor.

Uninterrupted night sleep

Continue is another one of these
Reading
“Modern Time” fallacies invented by s
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Tareq Belal
Former Maintenance Manager for Laser Cutting
Factory (2014–2018) · Author has 4.9K answers
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RelatedWhat does Islam have to say about

someone who delays the Fajr prayer every
day because it falls into the time where he
sleeps?
Assalamu alykum wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh

That Muslim is in a very dangerous unknown

situation.

He is wasting a precious blessings of Allah and hi

is breaking his relationship with the most and
utmost lover in his all life

Allah is our biggest and the most important lover

in all time he is the giver and forgiver

If he got, felt and understood how Allah loves him

he will never sleep at the time where Allah comes
every night and keep calling his slaves to give
them forgiveness and blessings and things they
want to ask him for

Do you know that real slaves,

Continue believers and lovers
Reading
of Allah don't need
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