Salah Al taraweeh
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Peace I was discussing Ramadan today with a devout Sunni colleague and she mentioned staying up all night praying and doing lots of Raka'as. I did not grow up as a Sunni or any other sect and became a Muslim through reading and studying Quran so I had no idea what she was talking about. I asked her if it was in Quran. She said she thought it wAs. I asked her to let me know the chapter and verse. I told her I thought it was from Hadith or imams as I had never read about this aspect if Ramadan in Quran. She said she would ask her husband about it!!! ( It seems this is who she seeks religious guidance from instead of studying Quran). When I got home I checked all verses relating to Ramadan. There was a verse about retiring to the masjids during the last 10 nights. I wondered if this is what she was referring to. I checked on internet and discovered there is a Salah at Taraweeh that is considered a necessary part of Ramadan. Originates from hadeeth book as I suspected. Is staying up all night praying a good thing for Muslims to do? Sleep deprivation has a detrimental effect on health, especially for those who work during the day. I am not about to do this " rest and relax" praying but wondered if other Muslims on here do it and why?
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In my country people(sunni muslims) go to mosque and pray whole night but only one night of ramadan, and thats the night when first chapter of Quran was revealed to Muhammad. Quran says that this night is more important than 1000 of other nights, thats why they pray so much, but Quran does not say that you have to pray whole night.
If they pray every night all nights of ramadan they must be crazy or have a lot of free time Dhttp//www.submission.info/practices/ramadan/nightofdestiny.html
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peace,
When I got home I checked all verses relating to Ramadan. There was a verse about retiring to the masjids during the last 10 nights. I wondered if this is what she was referring to.
Quran does not say that, but perhaps some may interpret such a thing. See 2187
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What I saw in Pakistan was that they did the taravi-prayer every day of the month of ramadhan, I think after isha prayer, having the imam reciting one portion of the quran each day so that the entire quran was completed during the month... so there was no "staying up all night" as such in the daily protocol.
And the shias said taravi was forbidden.
peace
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There is no such thing as staying up whole night in sunni-shia-sufi Islam.
"And it is Allah Who has ordained the night as a garment for you, and the sleep as a repose of death, and the day as the time of return to life." (Quran, 2547)
Night is a garment on human beigs for sleep and no Muslim denies this. But staying up at certain parts of the night for dhikr (remembrance of the Lord) and prayers is a suggested thing. There are suggested prayers at nights
"And from the night, pray with it as additional for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station." (Quran, 1779)
And such recommended-additional prayers form an important role in a Muslims' life especially in Ramadan and Qadr night.
And the shias said taravi was forbidden.
peace
As far as I know shia Muslims don't say it is forbidden. They have alike voluntary prayers with sunnis. But the difference is that sunnis usually pray it in congregation whereas shiites pray it individually. And in total most sunnis pray 600 rakah (cycles) at nights in Ramadan whereas shiites pray 1000 cycles.
So, shia Muslims don't say it is forbidden. What they say is praying it in congregation is an innovation. Because only the compulsory prayers can be prayed in congregation. Here's an article on the shia Islamic stance towards tarawih http//www.al-islam.org/nutshell/files/tarawih-tr.pdf
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Then inventor of taraveeh prayer was Umar the second khalifa (according to hadith)
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i believe staying up all night is not beneficial for the health, although i think sleeping only a little of the night is good for you, God recommends it. taraweeh is another one of the hadith innovations. but i am in favour of prayer and worship, study and contemplation of the Quran at night, as God says it is better at night. which i end up doing most nights.
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Peace Timotheus How many hours sleep is a little? I need minimum of 7 but preferably 8 hours sleep a night to function properly in my daily life. Lack of sleep was one of the reasons I decided to take a rest from my daily 5 prayers ritual as I started was saying them in a zombie like manner and I did not feel a sense of spiritual connection to God.
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Peace Lena
From my experience and from my knowledge of sleep cycles 4 hours is the deepest rem sleep period after I believe roughly 30 min of falling asleep after that you don't have any more of the deepest stage4(?) Rem sleep and your body returns to progressive cycles of light sleep followed by gradually decreasing levels of rem sleep until eventually waking up in 8 hours or less usually. so I think four hours minimum is a good benchmark. Personally I find 6 hours to be a good restful sleep and 8 is additional. It depends allot on the individual and what they do. Sleep is important though although I've always said there's plenty of time to sleep when I'm dead. -
Peace All.
I have not found an answer to this question yet
Why do we need sleep?
Thanks in advance.
GOD bless.
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This is a poor translation
There are suggested prayers at nights
"And from the night, pray with it as additional for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station." (Quran, 1779)
From
http//mypercept.co.uk/articles/problems-5-salat-Quran.htmlA more accurate translation of 1779 is shown below
Establish the salat at the setting of the sun to the darkness of the night; and the reading (of) dawn; indeed, the reading (of) dawn is witnessed.
And from the night so remain awake with it additionally for yourself, perhaps your Lord will raise you (to) a status praiseworthy.The "with it" (Arabic bi hi) refers to a preceding masculine noun, and thus can ONLY refer to "reading" (Arabic quran). Note that "salat" is a feminine noun. Thus, the idea of "the tahajjud prayer" is not possible unless one considers it as a reading (also see 7320).
