Tahajjud
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Tahajjud, () also known as the "night prayer" or "Qiyam-u-lail", as well as "Namaaz-e-Shab" (نماز شب) in Persian (later borrowed into Urdu and Hindi) is a voluntary prayer performed by followers of Islam. It is not one of the five obligatory prayers required of all Muslims, although the Islamic prophet Muhammad was recorded as performing the tahajjud prayer regularly himself and encouraging his companions. The Tahajjud prayer is usually performed in the last third of the night.
Key facts
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Tahajjud
- Holiday.type
- Islam
- Holiday.official_name
- صَلَاةُ الْتَهَجُّد
- Holiday.nickname
- Night supererogatory prayer
- Holiday.observedby
- Muslims
- Holiday.longtype
- Islamic
- Holiday.significance
- A Muslim prayer offered to God after Isha prayer.
- Holiday.begins
- After a night's sleep
- Holiday.ends
- Fajr prayer
- Holiday.frequency
- 2 to 12 rakah with witr or as much as you can but minimum is 2 rakah.
- Holiday.observances
- Sunnah prayers
- Holiday.relatedto
- Salah, Nafl prayer, Five Pillars of Islam
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- Recommended time
- Number of rakats
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Tahajjud, () also known as the "night prayer" or "Qiyam-u-lail", as well as "Namaaz-e-Shab" (نماز شب) in Persian (later borrowed into Urdu and Hindi) is a voluntary prayer performed by followers of Islam. It is not one of the five obligatory prayers required of all Muslims, although the Islamic prophet Muhammad was recorded as performing the tahajjud prayer regularly himself and encouraging his companions. The Tahajjud prayer is usually performed in the last third of the night.
== Evidence in == Next to these Qur'anic verses, there also exist a number of hadiths (narrated and confirmed traditions from Muhammad) that reinforce the importance of Tahajjud Prayer. In various hadiths, it has been mentioned as Qiyamul Sabah (standing of morning), Salatul Sabah (prayer of morning) and Tahajjud.
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