Sleeping and Missing salaat al-fajr
Problems and Solutions
Book by Sheikh Muhammed Salih
Al-Munajjid
The solution to this problem, like
others, has two aspects: theoretical and practical.The theoretical aspect may
be further broken down into two points:
(1) The Muslim should know the great
status of salaat al-fajr in the sight of Allah, may He be glorified. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever
prays the dawn prayer in congregation, it is as if he had prayed the whole night long.”
(Muslim, p. 454, no. 656; al-Tirmidhi,221).
The Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) also said: “The most burdensome prayers for the hypocrites are salaat al-isha and salaat al-fajr, but if
they only knew what they contain, they would come even if they had to crawl.” (Reported by Imaam Ahmad,
al-Musnad, 2/424; Saheeh al- Jaami, 133).
