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How to Wake up for Fajr?

by Abu Productive on February 21, 2011 by Abu Productive152 Comments and 306 Reactions Posted on Monday, February 21, 2011 in Feel Better, Tips

How do you wake up for fajr? And I dont mean wake up for a day or two, but how do you keep waking up for fajr, constantly, everyday, without fail. Theres loads & loads of websites online giving you tips and advice on how to wake up early. But our focus is not on worldly tips (which should be taken by all means, part of tying the camel ;)), our focus is on the spiritual means. My dear brothers/sisters, every day when you read Surat Al-Fatiha, at least 17 times a day, you recite the verse You Alone we Worship, and You Alone we Seek Help from: You want to worship Allah? Yes! You need His help then. You want to wake up for Fajr? Yes please! Guess what, you need Allah. You cannot, I repeat, cannot, wake up for fajr without A llahs help. Now ask yourself the question, what can I do to show Allah that I truly and utterly want to wake up for fajr?! Have you ever had days when youre about to go to sleep, and you have this deep feeling that youll definitely wake up for fajr? And have you ever had days when you know for certain that youll oversleep? Imagine the two scenarios, which Im sure some of us have gone through:

Scenario 1:
You feel high with Eman, youve prayed your witr, read some Quran, and even though youve got 2 hours to sleep till fajr, youre certain youll wake up because youve set your mind, heart and body to make sure you wake up. In fact, sometimes you keep on waking in the middle of the night thinking its fajr time out of fear that youre going to miss it. If you havent experienced this, think of a time when you had to catch an early flight or a bus/train, and think of how your mind, heart and body were switched on, and it doesnt matter what time you slept, youll wake up.

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Scenario 2:
There are days when deep down you really dont want to wake up, you hope that you oversleep so you feel less guilty about it, and Allah may have mercy upon you and still wake you up, and thats when the battle with the snooze alarm starts and the classic shaytaan trick just 5 more minutes begins. How do we maintain scenario 1 everyday? With these 2 scenarios, one details a feeling deep down inside that youre definitely waking up, and another where you know you wont wake up because deep down inside you dont want to and youre not ready to take the fight against shaytaan of waking up in the morning. Below I detail some practical and spiritual tools, that will help you in achieving scenario 1 all the time inshaAllah:

Spiritual Tools
Know who Allah is: This is the key and number one tool to waking up for Fajr. If you know Who youre worshipping, and you know that He requests that you get up in the morning and pray to Him, youll wake up. Its our lack of understanding of who Allah is that makes us slump into scenario 2 all the time. Know your Lord, thats key. Sincerity: Be sincere about waking up for fajr, dont just say to yourself: InshaAllah, itll be nice if I wake up for fajr be sincere about it, and say: I will wake up for fajr I find it useful sometimes to talk to myself about it before going to sleep and say: I will wake up for fajr, i dont care how, but Ill definitely will! Wudu before sleep: Ibn Abbas reported that Allahs Messenger said: Purify these bodies and Allah will purify you, for there is no slave who goes to sleep in a state of purity but an Angel spends the night with him, and every time he turns over, [the Angel] says, O Allah! Forgive Your slave, for he went to bed in a state of purity. Do you think that such a person would be left to oversleep and miss fajr? Witr Prayer + Dua: Make sure you dont sleep before performing your witr prayer, and supplicate to Allah during your Witr prayer to help you wake up for Fajr, remember, You Alone we Worship, and You Alone we Seek help from Read some Quran: Ending the day with verses of the Noble Quran will sure put your focus straight on waking up for salaat. Prophet Muhammad used to recommend that we recite Surat Al-Sajdah, and Surat Al-Mulk (Chapters 32 and 67) before going to sleep. Remember Allah before you go to Sleep: This is part of the first point I made, and you can find all the supplications you need to recite before going to sleep here. You might need to print them off and read them off paper at first, but within a week or two you should be able to memorize them fully and just recite them before dozing off. Remember the rewards attached to Fajr Salaat: from being safe from being a hypocrite, to having light on the day of judgement, to being under Allahs protection the whole day, to having laziness removed from us that day and being productive. Remember these rewards and youll sure wake up.

Other tools I use that help me a lot:

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Ask a friend/family member to wake you up: This is the number one rule for me to wake up. Get a family, friend, spouse to wake up, and help each other, if you get up before them, dont be selfish and make sure they are awake too. 1.5 hours sleep rule: Aaaah.. heres a secret trick, theres a theory in the Sleep science that says that every human being completes an entire sleep cycle in 1.5 hours, therefore, if you can wake up at the end of a multiple of 1.5 hours (e.g. 1.5 hours, or 3 hours, or 4.5 hours..etc) youll wake up fresh and rejuvenated. Otherwise, youll wake up lazy. So if fajr is at 5am, and you sleep at 12am, make sure you set your alarm at 4.30am, because that gives you 4.5 hours to sleep. (Of course, if you take 1/2 an hour to fall to sleep, you might need to add that into your calculation). Nap in the afternoon: Another lifehack, taken from the Sunnah and recommended by many, make sure you nap in the afternoon, for just 20 minutes! yup, just 20 minutes. Trust me, for the past 3 years, Ive mastered the 20 min nap, and everytime it never fails to rejuvenate me. If you need to train yourself to nap for that long, I highly recommend www.pzizz.com, a wonderful software that trains you for these short naps, its what I used to train myself. Promise yourself a grand breakfast if you wake up for Fajr: Im a breakfast guy, so if I wake up early, I sure like to have a big breakfast. Sometimes i look forward to my breakfast from the afternoon before, and just like a small reward, treat yourself to a massive breakfast in the morning. Itll definitely set your day straight as well inshaAllah. Well, thats all I can think of. If you think of new ideas, or you have other ways to wake up for fajr and hence keep up your productivity boost, give me a shout in the comments section below!

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Assalamualikum warahmatullah, may Allah bless you and us with keeping on elfajr pray

As Salaamu Alaikum, Jazaak Allahu Khairan for sharing these tips. I would like to add these... THE MOST RICHEST PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD ARE The ONES who pray the two Rak'ahs before Fajr: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 'A'isha (R.A) reported Allah's Messenger as saying: The two rak'ahs at dawn (Before Fajr) are better than this world and what it contains. Sahih Muslim Book # 004, Hadith # 1573 Still wanna keep sleeping ? Ibn al-Qayyim (May Allah have mercy on him) said: There was consensus among the Sahaabah and we will quote what they said: We have mentioned the words of Ibn Masood above: I saw us (at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)) and no one stayed behind from these prayers except a hypocrite who was known for his hypocrisy. The importance of it is such that... 'A'isha (R.A) reported: I have never seen the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) hastening as much in observing supererogatory as two rak'ahs before the (Fard) of the dawn prayer (Fajr). Sahih Muslim Book # 004, Hadith #1572:

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So once we know of this hadith, Insha Allah we will never miss the Fajr Salaah and the 2 Sunnah Rakahs before Fajr :) May Allah make us steadfast in offering all the Salaah on its fixed times !

I just discovered this website 20 minutes ago and have learned 10 new things! Jazakallah Khair. May ALLAH SWT forgive all your sins and grant you the highest level in Jannah for your efforts. Ameen. Keep up the good work.

Ameen. BarakaAllah feekum

assalamualaikum warahmatull, I just wanted to share a useful website that really helps me get enough sleep (so I can wake up for fajr on time insha Allah and feel rested!). It is the same idea as the 1.5 hour sleep cycle but it maps it out for you, i.e if I have to wake up at 4 am for tahajjud salah then it tells me: You should try to fall asleep at one of the following times:7:00 PM or 8:30 PM or 10:00 PM or 11:30 PMSo this is a great program and I highly recommend it! http://sleepyti.me/ May Allah bless us and help us wake up on time (: Ameen

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