Home would remain illuminated without oil lamp!

The sister of Imam Muhammad Bin Seereen رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه Sayyidatuna Hafsah Bin Seereen رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهَا was a woman in Basra who would perform worship too much. She would spend the whole night offering Salah and recite half of the Quran during the Salah. Sometimes she would stand for such a long time at the place where she would offer Salah that her oil lamp would get extinguished, but the home would remain illuminated for her until the morning (without the oil lamp). (Siraat-ul-Jinaan, vol. 7, pp. 53)

O Nafs, how long will you sleep?

Sayyidatuna Raabi’ah Basariyyah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهَا had a habit till her death that she would offer Salah the whole night. When the time of Fajr would get near, she would sleep for a while. She then would wake up and say: O Nafs! How long will you sleep and how long will you be awake? Very soon you will experience such a sleep after which you will wake up only in the morning of the Judgement Day. (Ruh-ul-Bayan, vol. 6, pp. 242)

جاگنا ہے جاگ لے اَفلاک کے سائے تلے

حشر تک سوتا رہے گا خَاک کے سائے تلے

Advantages of performing worship during night

Dear Islamic brothers! After hearing the parables of the pious saints we must also have created a strong desire to worship Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. We, therefore, should try to perform some worship and recitation of the Holy Quran regularly after offering Isha Salah with Jama’at and resting for some time after getting rid of laziness because performing worship during the night has many advantages. Let’s listen to some of its advantages in the light of Tafseer Siraat-ul-Jinaan.

Remember! The worship that is Fard (obligatory) to perform at a fixed time should be performed at the same time. However, to perform Nafl worship during the night is more beneficial as compared to the day.