Encouragement To Pray Qiyâm Al-Lail
Darussalam · Volume 2
20. Book Of Qiyâm Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) And Voluntary Prayers During The DaySunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1611 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 205
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1612. It was narrated from 'Alî bin Abî Tâlib that the Prophet ﷺ came to him and Fâtimah at night and said: "Won't you pray?" I said: "O Messenger of Allâh, our souls are in the hand of Allâh and if He wants to make us get up, He will make us get up." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ went away when I said that to him. Then, as he was leaving I heard him striking his thigh and saying: But, man is ever more quarrelsome than anything.[1] (Sahîh)
1611 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، أَنَّ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَهُ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ طَرَقَهُ وَفَاطِمَةَ، فَقَالَ: «أَلَا تُصَلُّونَ؟» قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّمَا أَنْفُسُنَا بِيَدِ اللَّهِ، فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَهَا بَعَثَهَا، فَانْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ قُلْتُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُهُ وَهُوَ مُدْبِرٌ يَضْرِبُ فَخِذَهُ، وَيَقُولُ: {وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلًا} [الكهف: 54]
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"Our souls": this expression is based on the fact that in sleep the soul completely departs from man and it goes forth according to the command of Allâh, Most High, as is mentioned in the Qur'an, "Allâh takes the souls at the time of their death and which has not yet died in its sleep." (Az-Zumar 39: 42). Hence, one awakens only when his soul is returned.