When is the time for Salatu-l-Layl (optional prayer at night)?
Question:
"Virtuous Shaykh, this questioner says: "With regards to the Salatu-l-Layl (optional prayer at night), is it estimated according to the hours, or does one count it from after the 'Isha-prayer onwards, pray the Salatu-l-Layl and it will be sufficient for him?"
Answer:
"Yes, the Salatu-l-Layl is between 'Isha and dawn (Fajr); all of it is the time for the Salatu-l-Layl. If he wishes he may bring forward the Qiyam (another name for the optional prayer at night) before going to sleep, if he fears that he will not get up, and if he wishes he may delay it, which is better, until the last part of the night and seal it with the witr-prayer (Prayer with an odd number of units). Yes."
Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan, may Allah preserve him
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
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"Virtuous Shaykh, this questioner says: "With regards to the Salatu-l-Layl (optional prayer at night), is it estimated according to the hours, or does one count it from after the 'Isha-prayer onwards, pray the Salatu-l-Layl and it will be sufficient for him?"
Answer:
"Yes, the Salatu-l-Layl is between 'Isha and dawn (Fajr); all of it is the time for the Salatu-l-Layl. If he wishes he may bring forward the Qiyam (another name for the optional prayer at night) before going to sleep, if he fears that he will not get up, and if he wishes he may delay it, which is better, until the last part of the night and seal it with the witr-prayer (Prayer with an odd number of units). Yes."
Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan, may Allah preserve him
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
Source: www.alfawzan.af.org.sa [Click here for screenshot in PDF format]
Use the player below or download the MP3 here.
السؤال: فضيلة الشيخ هذا السائل يقول بالنسبةِ لصلاة الليل هل هي تُقدر بالساعات، أو يحتسب الإنسان بعد صلاة العشاء يُصلي صلاة الليل وتكفيه؟
الجواب: نعم، صلاة الليل ما بين صلاة العشاء إلى طلوع الفجر كلُهُ وقتٌ لصلاةِ الليل، إن شاءَ القيام قبل النوم، إذا خشيَ ألا يقوم، وإن شاءَ أخرَهُ وهو أفضل إلى آخر الليل ويختمهُ بالوتر
الجواب: نعم، صلاة الليل ما بين صلاة العشاء إلى طلوع الفجر كلُهُ وقتٌ لصلاةِ الليل، إن شاءَ القيام قبل النوم، إذا خشيَ ألا يقوم، وإن شاءَ أخرَهُ وهو أفضل إلى آخر الليل ويختمهُ بالوتر