How to Wake up for Fajr
In the fast paced world that we live in one of the challenges facing many Muslims is waking up for Fajr. Let's get to the root of the problem. Brother Nouman Ali Khan says"We live in a world where we wake our kids up for school but not for Fajr." This is essentially a big problem in many of our Muslim homes today. Our children grow up thinking Dunia is more Important than Akhira. When we wake them up for school but not for Fajr that is the impression we give them. To deal with this problem we must always put Islam in our homes before anything else. So many people grow up not praying Fajr and later on when they grow up they find it difficult to wake up. If this habit was instilled in us when we were young it may have been much easier. Habits are hard to let go off.
Another Fitna that has come in to the lives of many Muslims is the Internet. You see the internet is not bad, its the way you use it that is bad. Take for example a knife, if you use it in the kitchen well and good, but that same knife if you harm some one with it not so good. So the knife is not the problem its the way we use it. Same goes for the internet. If you are up all night on Facebook and other social media and then you sleep at 2am, you are a normal human being, how do you expect to wake up?
The third problem when waking up for Fajr is Shaitaan. You see each night you sleep the shaitan ties three knots over your head.We will look at how to u untie these knots.
Now here are some practical tips to help you wake up for Fajr. I personally use most of them and I hope and pray to Allah (swt) he makes it easy for you to wake up.
