Remembrance of Allah — Page 69
Thirteen Methods of Waking up for Tahajjud 69 not rest until it has been observed. Its result will be that the self will not show indolence. However, if the Vitr have already been offered, and even if one awakens for Tahajjud, one’s self says that well, I have offered the Vitr already and if the Naw a fil remain unfulfilled, let them remain so. Nevertheless, when the mindset will be that the Vitr must also be offered, he will defi- nitely get up, and when he wakes up, then he will offer the Nafl as well, but as I have said before, the condition for this is that the person’s faith be very strong. When faith is strong, he will certainly get up to offer the Vitr; otherwise, the person will deprive himself from the offering of Vitr as well. 7. THE SEVENTH METHOD is also only for those who are far advanced in spirituality, and that is, they should start offer- ing Naw a fil after ‘Ish a’ Prayer and continue doing so for so long that they begin to fall asleep in the Prayer itself and sleep overpowers them so much that it becomes unbearable. That is when they should go to sleep. Even though this will take a lot more time, they will get up in the morning. This is a spiritual exercise. 8. THE EIGHTH METHOD is the one that has been practiced by many of our sufis. I have not felt the need for it, but it is bene- ficial. This method is that in the days when one is overpowered by sleep and one does not awaken on time, then soft bedding should be removed. 9. THE NINTH METHOD involves taking dinner several hours before going to bed. In other words, eat before Maghrib Prayer