Nawafil prayers (supererogatory prayers) Allah says in Hadith Qudsi: ….and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (voluntary deeds) until I love him, so I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My Protection, I will protect him... [Bukhari] A Source of Elevation for you The Prophet (sallAllahu alayhi wasallam) said: Ask (anything). Rabiah said: I ask of you to be your companion in paradise. The Prophet said: “Anything else? Rabiah said: That is it. The Prophet (sallAllahu alayhi wasallam) said to him: Then help me by making many prostrations (i.e., supererogatory prayers). [Muslim] Tahajjud Allah Most High said, “Establish worship at the going down of the sun until the dark of the night, and (the recital of) the Qur’an at dawn. Lo! (the recital of) the Qur’an at dawn is ever witnessed. And some part of the night awake for its recital, as voluntary worship for you. It may be that your Lord will raise you to a praised estate.” [Qur’an, 17: 78-79] Abu Hurayra (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him, his family, and companions) said, “The best prayer after the obligatory prayers is the night prayer.” [Muslim] Abu Umama al-Bahili (Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him, his family, and companions) said, “Hold fast to night prayer, for it was the way of the righteous before you, a way of drawing closer to your Lord, an expiation for wrong deeds, and a shield from sin.” [Tirmidhi, and others] In some narrations, there is an addition, “And it repels sickness from the body.” And because night vigil time is the best of times for voluntary worship and prayer, and the closest a servant is to his Lord. So let us make the habit of reading as many Nawafil prayers as we can for more prayers means more prostrations and one is truly the closest to Allah in prostration. ….bow down in prostration and bring yourself the closer (to Allah). (96:19)
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