Qiyam Al Layl Prayers (aka Tarawee7 / Tahajjud)

Question 1

What is the Qiyam prayer?

Answer 1

A beloved Sunnah and one of the special practices of the pious

Question 2

What does Allah say about the Qiyam prayers in the Quran? (Arabic)

Answer 2

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ
ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ
كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ
وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ
(51 (Thariyat): 15-18)

Question 3

What does Allah say about the Qiyam prayers in the Quran? (English)

Answer 3

• Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,
• Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
• They used to sleep but little of the night,
• And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness
  (51 (Thariyat): 15-18)

Question 4

Who reported the Hadith about the room in Paradise?

Answer 4

Abu Malik Al-Ash3ari

Question 5

What did the Prophet say about the room in Paradise?

Answer 5

“In Paradise there is a room, from the inside you can see the outside and from the outside you can see the inside.”

Question 6

What did the Bedouin ask about the room in Paradise?

Answer 6

Who is it for?

Question 7

Who is the room in Paradise for? (4 things)

Answer 7

It is for the one who
1. Has good speech
2. Gives food to others
3. Fasts often
4. Prays during the night when the people are sleeping

Question 8

What did the Prophet do to encourage people to pray at night during Ramadan?

Answer 8

He would say, “Whoever prays the (nights of) Ramadan with faith and hoping for reward will have his previous sins forgiven.”

Question 9

Who narrated the Hadith about the reward of praying night prayer in Ramadan?

Answer 9

Abu Hurayrah

Question 10

Is it necessary to pray at night during Ramadan?

Answer 10

No, it is not necessary.

Question 11

What is the minimum number of rak3as for the late-night prayer?

Answer 11

1

Question 12

What is the maximum number of rak3as for the late-night prayer?

Answer 12

11

Question 13

Who reported the Hadith about the Prophet not praying more than 11 rak3as?

Answer 13

Aishah

Question 14

What did Aishah say about the Prophet’s prayers?

Answer 14

“The Prophet (PBUH) did not used to pray more than 11 rak3as, not during Ramadan or at other times.”

Question 15

Who reported the hadith about the Prophet’s fear of making congregational Taraweeh prayer obligatory?

Answer 15

Aisha (RA)

Question 16

What happened on the first night the Prophet prayed Taraweeh in the mosque?

Answer 16

Some people prayed with him

Question 17

How did the number of people praying Taraweeh change after the first night?

Answer 17

The number increased

Question 18

How many nights did the Prophet pray in the mosque during Ramadan night prayers?

Answer 18

On at least 3 or 4 nights

Question 19

What did the Prophet say to the people after not joining them for Taraweeh on the third or fourth night?

Answer 19

“I did see what you did and nothing prevented me from coming out (to pray with you) except that I feared that it would be made obligatory upon you.”

Question 20

Who narrated that Umar ibn al-Khattab suggested combining all Taraweeh behind one reciter?

Answer 20

Abdelrahman ibn al-Qari

Question 21

What did Abdelrahman ibn al-Qari see when he went to the mosque on one night of Ramadan with Umar ibn al-Khattab?

Answer 21

People praying in separate groups
1. A person praying by himself
2. A person leading a small group

Question 22

What did Umar ibn al-Khattab suggest when he saw people praying Taraweeh in separate groups?

Answer 22

Combining all the people behind one reciter would be more appropriate

Question 23

Who led the congregation when Umar ibn al-Khattab combined all the people behind one reciter?

Answer 23

Ubayy ibn Ka3b

Question 24

What did Umar ibn al-Khattab say on another night when he saw people praying together behind one reciter?

Answer 24

“What an excellent new practice this is. Those who sleep through it are better than those who are performing it” - meaning it is better to perform it at the end of the night.

Question 25

Who narrated the hadith that states it is preferred for a man to pray with his wife during times other than Ramadan?

Answer 25

Abu Sa3eed and Abu Hurayrah

Question 26

What is the Hadith about a man waking his wife to pray Qiyam prayer? (Arabic)

Answer 26

عن أبي سعيد، وأبي هريرة، قالا: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم «إذا أيقظ الرجل أهله من الليل فصليا، أو صلى ركعتين جميعا، كتبا في الذاكرين والذاكرات»
رواه أبو داود وصححه الألباني

Question 27

What is the Hadith about a man waking his wife to pray Qiyam prayer? (English)

Answer 27

Abu Sa3eed and Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) said: “ lf a man wakes his wife during the night and they pray (or they pray 2 rak3as together) then they will be recorded among the men and women who remember Allah often.”
Recorded by Abu Dawud and Authenticated by Al Albani

Question 28

According to the hadith narrated by Abu Sa3eed, what will be recorded for the man and woman who pray together during the night?

Answer 28

They will be recorded among the men and women who remember Allah often

Question 29

How many rak3as would the Prophet pray during the day if he misses the Qiyam prayer?

Answer 29

12 rak3as

Question 30

Who narrated the Hadith about the Prophet praying 12 rak3as if he missed the Qiyam prayer?

Answer 30

Aisha

Question 31

Who narrated the hadith that states when you should pray your missed Qiyam prayer?

Answer 31

Umar ibn al-Khattab

Question 32

whoever sleeps through his portion of late-night prayer and reads it between Fajr and Duhr will have recorded for him as though he had read it during the night?

Answer 32

Umar ibn al-Khattab

Question 33

When should you pray your missed Qiyam prayer?

Answer 33

Between Fajr and Duhr

Question 34

What will be recorded for a person who prays their missed Qiyam between Fajr and Duhr?

Answer 34

It will be recorded for them as though they had prayed it during the night

Question 35

Who narrated the hadith that states not to abandon performing the Qiyam prayer?

Answer 35

Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As

Question 36

What is the Prophets view of abandoning the Qiyam prayer for the person who customarily performs it?

Answer 36

He disapproved of it

Question 37

What is the Hadith that that states not to abandon performing the Qiyam prayer? (Arabic)

Answer 37

عن عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص رضي الله عنهما، قال: قال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «يا عبد الله، لا تكن مثل فلان كان يقوم الليل، فترك قيام الليل
متفق عليه

Question 38

What is the Hadith that that states not to abandon performing the Qiyam prayer? (English)

Answer 38

Abdullah ibn 3Amr ibn al-3as narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) had said to him, “Oh Abdullah, do not be like so-and-so he used to pray the Qiyam prayer, and then he abandoned praying the Qiyam prayer.”
Recorded by Bukhari and Muslim