Awakening Family Members For Qiamullial

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي وَأَنَا رَاقِدَةٌ مُعْتَرِضَةً عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوتِرَ أَيْقَظَنِي فَأَوْتَرْتُ

Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray while I was sleeping across in his bed in front of him. Whenever he wanted to pray witr, he would wake me up and I would pray witr.

Narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 1, Book 8, Hadith S512

Grade: Sahih (authentic)

Translation adapted from sunnah.com

Lessons:

1. Waking up at night to perform prayer (qiamullail) emulates the practice of Rasulullah (ﷺ).

2. Rasulullah (ﷺ) woke his family members up as well to perform qiamullail.

Let’s wake our family members for qiamullail, even if for just one raka’at. May our nighttime prayers become an essential part of our lives.