Name: Ep. 6: How to Wake Up for Tahajjud | Tahajjud: Waking Soul & Society
Uploaded: 2021-11-11T22:30:00.000Z
Channel: Dr. Tamara Gray
Description: How can we pray Tahajjud despite our exhaustion? In this episode, Dr. Tamara gives us a new perspective on sleep, as well as some practical tips on developing the keystone habit that can change our lives.

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Rituals and deeds performed to demonstrate submission and devotion to God, such as prayer and fasting. These acts purify the soul and strengthen the believer's connection with their Creator.

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Ep. 1:  Why Tahajjud? | Tahajjud: Waking Soul & Society

Ep. 2: The Sincere Prayer | Tahajjud: Waking Soul & Society

EP. 3: Turning to Tahajjud in Hard Times | Tahajjud: Waking Soul & Society

Ep. 4: How to Pray Tahajjud | Tahajjud: Waking Soul & Society

Ep. 5: Benefits of a Tahajjud Habit | Tahajjud: Waking Soul & Society

Ep. 6: How to Wake Up for Tahajjud | Tahajjud: Waking Soul & Society

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How did our pious predecessors accomplish so much in their lifetimes and change the world while maintaining a deep connection with the Lord of the Universe?

When we look at what fuels their unwavering inner strength and resolve, we see that they were habitual risers for nightly worship. Whether we strive to be like them or are simply looking for strength to make it through another day, tahajjud is prescribed as the best sunnah prayer to perform.

Journey with Dr. Tamara Gray to awaken your soul with this beautiful prayer, and learn how you can not only build your inner strength but also benefit society.

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 Let's pretend or let's say for the moment that, yeah, I want to get up and pray to Hajjud.  I want to do this. You know what? I really want to implement this in my life.  So how do you do it? How do I? What are some practical tips to make it happen and make it happen easily?  Let's look at the day first. We want to use the day to help the night.  And then we use the night to help the day.  So how do we use our day to help our night?  First of all, we want to not overeat, especially at night.  So we don't want to have, you know, SubhanAllah, the heavy, heavy dinners of nighttime  that are actually quite common in many different countries that I've been in,  are not helpful for praying to Hajjud.  The habit of eating lightly at night or not overeating at night is much better.  Going to sleep with an empty stomach is much, it makes it much easier to wake up at night.  And we all know, those of you, and I'm sure it's most of you, because this is the way of the world today,  most of us have been on a diet.  And one of the first things they tell you when you're going on your diet,  don't eat at night, don't eat at night, don't eat at night.  It's not only something that isn't good for us physically, also spiritually,  it can take away from our ability to wake up at night.  So that's one thing.  Secondly, if you can take a nap in the day, especially if the nights are short,  try to take a nap in the day, a power nap, like a 10-minute nap, a 20-minute nap.  This will also really help you to wake up at night.  In fact, that in itself was a piece of advice from Rasulullah ﷺ himself,  where he advises us to seek help in eating at night, suhoor, for fasting,  and to seek help with a little nap in the day for Tahajjud.  So now we have two things.  We have eat less in the day, or at least eat less at night,  and we have to take a nap in the day.  Now, the prayer at night is something, just like anything,  when you want to get it done, when you want to start a new habit,  you need to be thinking a lot at first and less later.  So in the beginning, start out by choosing where you're going to pray,  set it up before you go to sleep, set out your prayer clothes.  So if you don't know where your prayer clothes are, set them out,  have them folded, maybe iron them, lay them out nicely,  have that prayer carpet laid out already, maybe have the mushaf open  to the place you want to recite, have some lighting out,  put a candle there with the thing.  Don't run around the house at 3 in the morning looking for something  to light the candle with.  You're not going to light it.  Have it there and ready.  Have everything set up.  So when you get up in the morning, all you're doing is making wudu and praying.  And it's a comfortable, beautiful feeling and setting.  Now, there are a couple of things I want to, I guess, warn you about,  to pay attention to because these are things that will get in the way  of developing this new habit.  One of them is bitterness.  A heart that is full of bitterness, a heart that is full of grudges,  is a heavy heart.  And that heavy heart is very difficult to pull out of the bed at night.  So try during the day to be aware of what your heart is saying,  what your heart is feeling, and avoid the bitter, angry, ugly heart  that is doing ghibah.  Ghibah of the heart is when you're talking about people in your heart.  Namimah of the heart is when you're slandering people in your heart.  Bitterness of the heart is when you can't stop.  You keep on repeating it, repeating it, repeating it.  Why do they do this? Why do they do this?  Why do they do this?  All of this stuff.  Try your best to become a person who is calm on the inside,  who doesn't have all of this ugly talk about individuals  or groups of people on the inside.  Basically, become the person we're supposed to be.  Become a person who follows in the footsteps of Rasulullah ﷺ.  Become one of our early community,  one of those who stood out in front of the rest of the world  as people who were of the best,  who called for what is good and pushed back against what is ugly.  We are the ummah to be this.  We are called to be the ummah that brings forth beauty,  that brings forth positivity,  pushes back on all that is ugly and harmful.  A heart full of bitterness is harmful.  And let me tell you something.  It doesn't harm the person you're bitter towards.  Sometimes we think if I'm, you know, my inner anger,  oh, they'll see. They don't care.  It doesn't hurt them. It only hurts you.  And it does hurt in helping to wake up for tahajjud.  So that's one thing to work on in the day  to make sure that the heart is a heart that is clear of ugliness.  A second important tip for the,  of how to sort of, a spiritual tip I'll say,  is to note the actions of the day.  Note the actions of the day.  Do your best to have a day of goodness.  The more your day is full of goodness and kindness,  the easier it becomes to wake up at night.  The more good deeds you hav…

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