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One of the quiet calamities of our time is that the Ummah has normalized sleeping through the very hours that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) asked Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) to bless.
Suggest meeting someone after Fajr and the response is almost predictable.
"Brother... it's 5 a.m."
"Let's do it later."
Yet the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) made this du'a:
"O Allah, bless my Ummah in its early mornings."
Whenever he sent an army or an expedition, he would send them at the beginning of the day.
Sakhr al-Ghamidi (رضي الله عنه), who narrated this hadith, was a merchant. He deliberately began sending out his merchandise early every morning. The result? He became wealthy, and his wealth continued to increase.
This was not an accident.
It was acting upon the guidance of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم).
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The Early Morning Is a Time of Barakah
The righteous generations understood this well.
Ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) said that he disliked sleeping after Fajr because it was the time people sought their provision. (Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah).
Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) wrote:
"Sleeping after Fajr prevents rizq because it is the time when people seek their provision."
Miftah Dar as-Sa'adah
Then Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) Himself swears by the morning brightness:
"By the morning brightness."
(Surah Ad-Duha 93:1)
"By the morning brightness."
(Surah Ad-Duha 93:1)
Do Not Sleep Through the Hours Allah Blessed
Imagine losing the most blessed hours of every single day, not because you had no opportunity, but because your pillow became more beloved than the barakah Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) placed in the morning.
Perhaps the decline of a civilization is not always marked by what it builds or destroys, but by the hours it chooses to sleep through.
What would change in your life if the first hours after Fajr became the foundation upon which every day was built?
Muslim Founder Brief
A daily briefing on Muslim ownership, responsibility, and disciplined building.
Muslim Founder Brief
A daily briefing on Muslim ownership, responsibility, and disciplined building.
Muslim Founder Brief
A daily briefing on Muslim ownership, responsibility, and disciplined building.
