If you remember in the part 1 in these series of posts that was about ‘waking up, and staying awake’ for taHajjud, I mentioned a science backed habit loop that has been biologically proven to show how we are wired, remember? There, I mentioned that the brain weighs less than two percent of the body,Continue reading “how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: diet and fasting. Pt. 6”
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how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: contacts and movements. Pt. 4
So, ablution is done, and one is now on one’s mat, and right before one heads to the lectern, to start reciting from the Quran, one puts on one’s glasses, or not? One thing I tried to sort out was the issue of glasses, and not having to remove it and place it on theContinue reading “how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: contacts and movements. Pt. 4”
how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: mat and lectern. Pt. 3
Now that you’ve read what I had to write on ablution and adab, it’s now time to head to your mat for the taHajjud of our lives. 👍🏿 If you are like me, you have one of those rug mats, that have the Kaaba etched somewhere in the middle, some geometric shapes here and there,Continue reading “how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: mat and lectern. Pt. 3”
how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: ablution and adab. Pt. 2
Now that we know what to do to wake, and stay awake, the next thing is to proceed towards doing the ablution, right? Ablution in the West is one that over the decade has got Muslims trying all sorts of body contortions to achieve, and I can sadly add myself to that mix, until recently.Continue reading “how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: ablution and adab. Pt. 2”
how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: waking up and staying awake. Pt. 1
So, I have been doing a two-hour tahajjud for 5 months now, and I thought sharing what has made it easy for me is an opportunity to do more ibadah, and of course, when you share this piece with your family and friends, you too would be getting as much reward as I would. InshaAllah! 👊🏿 Continue reading “how i made my two-hour tahajjud easy: waking up and staying awake. Pt. 1”
CLASSICAL ARABIC MEANING OF NAFILAH, TAHAJJUD, QIYAMU LAYL, SHAFI’ AND WITRI.
Q17 V79 states that “And from [part of] the night, (taHajjad) ‘pray’ with it as (nafilatan) ‘additional [worship]’ (llaka) ‘for you’, it is expected that your Lord will (yab a’thak) ‘resurrect’ you to a (maqama mmahmudan) ‘praised station’.” In deciphering what this verse is really about, one has to deeply understand a handful of keyContinue reading “CLASSICAL ARABIC MEANING OF NAFILAH, TAHAJJUD, QIYAMU LAYL, SHAFI’ AND WITRI.”
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