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Tahajjud (Arabic التهجد) is an optional prayer one performs at nights.

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Timings for Tahajjud Prayer

Salaam, Actually I am a little confused I hope someone can assist me. I want to pray Tahajjud but I am confused about the timings. I usually pray Isha after I come home at around 12 Am and I usually ...
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Can Taraweeh b skipped few nights?

I offer taraweeh at home and read it from the Quran some surahs. Is it necessary that I offer taraweeh daily or can few nights be skipped during the month(due to tiredness or any reason other than ...
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I missed Tahajud time by 10 minutes but still performed the prayer before offering Fajr prayer. Will my Tahajud prayer be accepted?

Will my Tahajud prayer be accepted as I was late? I still performed the prayer in the hopes Allah will forgive me and accept my prayer.
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Prophet Dawood would sleep for half the night, then stand for a third, then sleep for another sixth

But, if the night is at maghrib how do I sleep half of the night when there is Isha? Please only answer if you are smart in Islamic knowledge.
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How is 8 rakat Tahajjud prayed in Hanafi fiqh?

There are many videos in youtube and articles in the Net about Tahajjud salah in Hanafi fiqh and they make different confusing statements. Here are some of them: In Hanafi fiqh Tajahhud is 8 rakats ...
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What is the difference between Qiyaam al-Layl and Tahajjud?

Assalamu alaikum. I have 3 questions relating prayer of Qiyaam al-Layl & Tahajjud. Difference between Qiyaam al Layl & Tahajjud? Do I have to niyyah? Our Prophet (PBUH) prayed Qiyaam al ...
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How is Tahajjud prayed? [duplicate]

I never prayed Tahajjud before. Now I have found out about its importance and reward. But I am having some misunderstanding regarding how to pray it. Let me explain with real example. I was praying ...
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How should we divide our worship at night?

If someone was going to spend all night in worship, hoping to obtain Laylatul Qadr, what should he do? Like should he spend all of it praying, or some of it praying, some istighfar, some duas, etc. ...
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What are the benefits of Tahujat Namaz? [closed]

What a person can be rewarded of tahujat Namaz ? And i heared that Tahujat namaz can only be prayed if you slept for an hour or two what if i can't sleep during Ramzan then i can pray Tahujat Namaz? ...
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Last time of Isha and Tahajjud prayer

I recently saw an answer for the last time of isha prayer and it says it's until fazr begins. It also says it is makruh(disliked act) to pray after midnight. Then i saw last time for tahajjud prayer ...
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Tahajjud prayer

I had promised my self that i would offer tahajjud prayer every night. I was continuing this for 6 days but today when alarm rang i thought to take a nap for just 5 minutes. Normally i pray tahajjud ...
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Can I pray missed Tahajjud prayers?

Can I make up missed Tahajjud prayers of past days? It can be of few years? Can I pray these during day time? JazakAllah Khair
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Sleeping between Isha and Tahajjud [duplicate]

If I sleep after praying maghrib (because of my busy schedule) and wake up at night, can I pray Isha and Tahajjud together? I usually try to sleep between Isha and Tahajjud but for the last few days ...
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What is the correct way of performing Wit'r prayer of 3 Raka'ats?

The way I pray wit'r prayer has come to my knowledge to be wrong as I pray it exactly like the fard prayer of Maghrib (which the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) has told us not to do). So I have looked up the ...
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Can I pray Salat ul-Layl once Faj'r time starts?

The timing of Faj'r here starts from 4:25.The Athan in my area for Faj'r is at 4:45 The Jama'ah is currently at 5:10. I wake up at 4:00 and generally take about 15 minutes more or less (actually not ...
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Can Witr and Taraweeh be performed at different times?

Is it permissible to pray 20 rakaàth of tharaweeh after ishah salah and 5 or 7 rakàth of witr in the last part of night?
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Can I pray tahajjud with only sura Fatiha, and sura Ikhlas?

I'm confused about the exact procedure of this prayer. I read in some places that there is no mandatory rules for tahajjud, and found somewhere that in every rakat we can recite sura Fatiha then 3 ...
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Is Allah in the lowest heaven all the time?

One question always bothers me about tahajjud. I hope some one can help me with it. A hadith says: “Our Lord Descends to the lowest heaven during the last third of the night,” And I am in this ...
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Should I pray the witr after Tahajjud prayer? [duplicate]

Assalamu alaikum, I'm confused about the fact of witr and tahajjud prayer, as said witr is to lock up a day's prayers, should I perform it affter tahajjud prayer? (If I perform the tahajjud prayer at ...
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Do I have to pray tahajjud prayer after waking up from deep sleep? [duplicate]

Assalamu Alaikum, I heard from some people that tahajjud prayer should be performed after waking up from deep sleep. But also read in some other places that it is not mandatory to wake up from deep ...
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Is sleeping a necessary condition for Tahajjud (night prayer)?

I want to know whether or not sleeping is a necessary condition for Tahajjud? For example this fatwa says that Tahajjud means praying after sleeping: Tahajjud means specifically praying at night, ...
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How exactly does one perform tahajjud prayer? [duplicate]

Some deaf people do tahajjud prayer. We sometimes do it, but we heard that tahajjud prayer is not as easy as we think, so we would learn about tahajjud prayer. Can you tell us what to do exactly by ...
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Laylat al-Qadr : working the next day

I'm living in France and I really want to pray all the night, especially since today is the Laylat al-Qadr. However, I must be at work at 8:00 am, and the last pray (Icha) starts at midnight. How can ...
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Is it okay to perform Tahajjud after Witir?

Salat Witr is prayed after Salat Taraweeh and Salat Isha in mosque. This the routine followed in the month of Ramadan in my country. If I wake up early and then pray for Tahajjud, Is it okay? I hear ...
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Praying Tahajjud in the summers. Can anyone give me some advice please

Assalamalaikum, My understanding of tahajjud is that it is the (nafal) prayer that is prayed after one sleeps and awakes for the purpose of prayer: They arise from [their] beds; they supplicate ...
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I'd like to know about Tahajjud Prayer in detail [duplicate]

I'd like to know about Tahajjud Prayer in detail. If there is any specific rules, what Allah's sayings about Tahajjud Prayer in Quran and benefits of it.
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Witr salat with isha and tahajud

If I performed witr salah during isha prayer, can or do I need to perform witr salah with tahajut prayer as I read tahajut prayer should be odd 9 or 11 rakha.
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Can one pray Tahajjud later in the night after they have prayed 20 rakah Taraweeh

In almost all of the mosques here, Witr is prayed in congregation after the 20 rakah Taraweeh prayer. But as far as I know, Witr is to be prayed after Tahajjud if someone wishes to pray Tahajjud. So I ...
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Why do we perform sujood and rakooh longer in tahajjud?

Why are they performed longer and to say during them?
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Step by step on how to perform tahajjud prayer

Is it as simple as 2 raka'at x 4 which is a total of 8 raka'at or is it different Also what are the surahs that are recited
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Does Taraweeh replace Tahajjud prayer in the Month of Ramadan?

As per my reading I do not find any occurance of the word "Tarawih" in hadith literature , was such a word known at the time of Prophet pbuh or is it that Taraweeh is just a special name given to the ...
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