Remembrance of Allah — Page 63
Thirteen Methods of Waking up for Tahajjud Now, the question is that Tahajjud should indeed be offered but how should one get up at night? Let me mention one of the less important ways first. Although there is a detriment in it, it could be beneficial as well. And that is that these days one can get alarm clocks and one can wake up using these. However, my experience is that this is not a very beneficial method. The reason is that because a person begins to rely upon it, that it will wake me up at the right time, so he does not pay attention and thought to the need to get up at night for the doing of a virtuous deed that should have been there. If he had had the idea in mind of getting up at night and had he fallen asleep with that thought in mind, then it would have been as if he had spent the entire night in worship. Apart from this, it also happens sometimes that if one does not feel like getting up, then he switches the alarm off even while it is ringing. But if the person goes to sleep with the intention and resolve, then he will certainly get up at the right time. Then