One-third of the night prayer

The tahajjud prayer or what we usually call the night prayer is a prayer that is done in a third of the night, starting at 01.00 WIB until before the dawn call to prayer. With the number of rakaat starting from two rakaat to twelve rakaat then followed by witr prayer. The tahajjud prayer is a sunnah prayer that can only be done after waking up even though we only sleep for a while. After understanding the meaning of tahajjud prayer, are our hearts moved to do it? the answer can be yes or no, because this prayer time coincides with our rest time, when we are sleeping comfortably we are forced to wake up to do the tahajjud prayer. Surely many of us prefer to sleep than do the tahajjud prayer but, there is one thing that might make our hearts move to do the tahhajud prayer, namely the reward or virtue of the person who performs the tahajjud prayer.

Among them are being given a commendable and noble place in the sight of Allah, being humbled, deeds that help in the afterlife, eliminating laziness and lust, being able to expel demons, being recognized as a special person, being able to maintain physical health, being a bridge to heaven, being used as a dhikr experts, and many others. The command for the tahajjud prayer is explained in the hadith narrated by Abu Hurairah which means "The best fasting is fasting after Ramadan is fasting in Muharram and the best prayer after the obligatory prayer is night prayer". After knowing the virtues of the tahajjud prayer, are our hearts not moved to do it? If you still haven't, here I will share tips for getting up and doing the tahajjud prayer. Here are my personal tips:

1. Intention to wake up to pray tahajjud

2. Pray before going to bed reading al mulk, ayat Kursi and three qul { an-nass, al-falaq, al-ikhlas}

3. Don't forget to perform ablution before going to bed

4. Set an alarm o’clock

5. Sleep facing to the right.

Hopefully these tips can help us to wake up and perform the tahajjud prayer. Come on, our friends are competing in goodness to seek His pleasure.

Fastabiqul khoirot 😊