My vein is crippling,
With jars of soreness,
For sins I have committed.
My tears is dripping,
With buckets of guiltiness,
For faults I have admitted.
My lord, whom I am worshiping,
Please grant me your forgiveness,
For the dark past and present I have had.
1.Of course, intention is important. Make it clear to Allah s.w.t that you really want to wake up in order to worship him, not for the sake of studying or…watching soccer games.
2. Then, we make dua’. There are three dua’s that were usually recited by the prophet.
If one of you rises from his bed and then returns to it he should dust it with the edge of his garment three times for he does not know what has occurred in his absence and when he lies down he should supplicate:
‘In Your name my Lord, I lie down and I in Your name I rise, so if You should take my soul then have mercy upon it, and if You should return my soul then protect it in the manner You do so with Your righteous servants.’
Followed by this
‘O Allah, verily You have created my soul and You shall take it’s life, to You belongs it’s life and death. If You should keep my soul alive then protect it, and if You should take its life then forgive it. O Allaah, I ask You to grant me good health.’
And this
The Prophet (S) would place his right hand under his cheek when about to sleep and supplicate:
‘O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the day Your servants are resurrected.’ (Three times)
These Dua's are merely a copy paste, please note.
3.Will power is equally important. How much dua’ you make, if you don’t force yourself to wake up, you won’t. After all, our very own effort counts.
4. One of my naqibah sisters always performs whudu’ before she hits the sack, so I ask her, why did she do so?
“ It simply because I feel easier to wake up if sleep in state of having my whudu’ on” she answered and the next day, even she slept only for two hours, she managed to wake up during fajr. Amazing isn’t it?
It will be a good sleep even if it short if you are in clean and pure state. As Allah s.w.t commands in his magnificent book, the Quran
"For Allah s.w.t loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who keep themselves pure and clean."
5. Last but not least, I discover that listening to the Quran verses during our forty winks could trigger my body to get up for fajr…haha… there’s no scientific explanation, but literally, I find it effective! InsyaAllah, it works for those who stay in places where the prayer times constantly change
Why don’t you try them first and tell me how it works. Remember…
Abu Musa (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "He who The observes Al-Bardan (i.e., Fajr and `Asr prayers) will enter Jannah.''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
بسم الله الرحمن الرحي
When we talk about politics, everyone have the same in their mind, they want to vote the party that bring benefits to people and oppose party that will put the people in chaos. This is what we call Paradigm. But why some of them vote for Republican Party and some vote for Democratic Party? Some think republican is good, some think democratic is good. This difference is what we called as Fikrah (Mindset).
Let’s look deeper into the use of paradigm and fikrah. We all have the same paradigm, to worship god that brings good to the people, that protect the people, that we can generally call the Greatest, the Almighty. But why there are some people devote to Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam? That is because of Fikrah. Each one of them have their own mindset, either it is because of the influences of the media, environment, people and so on.
One who devoted to Islam, of course they should have their Islamic Mindset. What is Islamic Mindset? When we look at things, we automatically will relate to Islam. For example, A doctor who is dissecting a man’s heart immediately will say “ subhanallah, such a small organ plays a big role in human body. Once it stops, there will be no soul in the body”
Using 3 input devices in our body; eyes, ears and heart, these devices will create a paradigm which then will set our mind of remembering the greater one. The doctor uses his eyes and hands when handling the heart. These senses will create paradigm; “owh, this is the shape of a heart”; “the heart plays this kind of role….bla bla bla”. Then he starts to relate this paradigm with Islam. This action is due to his Islamic Mindset. You get me?
As a Muslim, it is vital for us to always remember god every time we do things. But rarely do we see people nowadays practice an Islamic lifestyle. These kinds of people call themselves a Muslim but they don’t really have an Islamic Mindset. They are not a few nowadays, but a lot.
To have Islamic mindset requires an Islamic lifestyle. It has always never been too late to “switch” ourselves so that we all can become a true Muslim.
Assalamualaikum
[Nabila Makhtar]
