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[10/07/2026] The Harms of Staying Up Late and Missing Fajr Prayer – Shaykh Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul Wāḥid حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.
Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:
– Staying up late and wasting time in the evening.
– Delaying the ‘Ishā’ prayer.
– Talking and socialising late at night.
– Praying ‘Ishā’ after midnight.
– The advice of ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb raḍiyallāhu ‘anhu.
– The common neglect of the Fajr prayer amongst the people.
– The protection granted by the Fajr prayer to the one who performs it.
– The one who “prays before sunrise” and “after sunset.”
– Prayer during the last third of the night.
– That which would cause the righteous to stay awake at night.
– The dignity and honour of the believer.
– “Live as you wish to live…”
– Wasting precious time.
– The questioning on the Day of Judgement.
– al-‘Allāmah Ibn Bāz regarding the one who stays awake at night and neglects Ṣalāt al-Fajr.
– Those who make excuses for their adult children missing the Fajr prayer.
– Exceptions to staying awake at night.
– The characteristics of the believer in this affair.
– The plots of Shayṭān against the believer.
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