Sheikh Uthman Hadi - Tahhajud is a Key | Friday Khutbah

Episode Date: May 8, 2026

Today we speak about one of the greatest secrets of the righteous.One of the greatest acts of worship.One of the doors to peace, success, strength, and closeness to Allah.And that is Tahhajud — the night prayer.Many people today are searching for success.Success in money.Success in marriage.Success in studies.Success in business.Success in mental peace.Success in the Hereafter.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sheikh-uthman-hadi--6689369/support.https://sheikhuthmanhadi.beam.lyhttps://open.spotify.com/user/315hadqmwxllibu6ubi5us2cbn2y?si=572b4d8898284e9ehttps://open.spotify.com/show/3MQHfrpjj3XXcqoPbN5Dl8?si=v6YQ42kpSx-VONBFhT3CzA

In the name of the Allah, Alhemdh, and alhawalh and allah and alhah alhah, and alhah

and wehannu'h and wean tovue and we allhue of our of our and from shirouhawr of our and who'shaw and who'shulh

and hei'lhah and allah alah, Allah, and I shhidu'an Muhammad, Abdu and Rasuehah and hisu'i'a'amal

and I'maul-a-a-a-rahmat-a-a-brac to my brothers and sisters. I pray that everyone is doing well, and I ask Allah, Sufranahua-Talah, to forgive us far as things our shortcomings and grace to special mercy, and only in this life remaining in the next. So, al-a-a-rah, Raban-A-Me. We've spoken before about Tahjid and how beautiful Tehajid is, and how Tehajad is a means of gaining more closeness to Allah-Supon-Haw-T-A-A-A-A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a- but I want to elaborate.

first off I want to speak about how one of the greatest secrets of the righteous one of the greatest acts of ibada and one of the greatest doors to peace success strength and closeness to allah suhpanihu ta'u'a'a is to hajid that is the night prayer and many people today are searching for success right whether that success in money or that success in marriage whether that success in studies where that success in business is success in mental health or success in end the hereafter. But very, very few people search for success were the righteous search for, and that is in the last third of the night. And Allah, Supperahua Tala mentions to Hajjah and the benefits of to hajit in the Quran in which he says, and during the night, pray to Hajid as an extra act of ibada for you. Perhaps your Lord will raise you to a pray station. Now notice carefully here, the wording in which Allah, Sufanohuita mentions, he mentions how he will raise you

to a better status and to a higher status. status, whichever one, if you pray to Hajid. And the one who stands before Allah, Sufanohu T'u T'a'u Tala at night, Allah suhpanihu Tala raises them, not only in the hereafter, but also in this Dunya. And the people who wake up for Tehjid are not ordinary people, but while the

world is sleeping, they stand before the king of kings. While people are lost in distractions of this Dunya, they are crying to Allah suhaphanahu Tala. While others chase the Dunya, they are chasing Jinnah. And Allah, sopanihu, T'u'u'u-Tal describes these people who prayed t'hjid beautifully in the Quran as well.

He mentions in those who used to sleep, but a little at night. And before dawn, they would seek forgiveness. So we know that the t'haja prayer is just before dawn and is in the last third of the night. And these are special servants. These are known as the Ibad of Rahman. These are known as the servants

are the most merciful. And as well here, as I want to mention, that these servants are not perfect. It's not because they're perfect that they're able to pray these prayers, but it's because they chose Allah when nobody's watching and they chose Allah suhpanihu'sa

over everything in this dunya and they chose their achara and that is true sincerity now to Hajid is not just another prayer but rather it transforms the heart so a person who may feel broken during the day but one sincere to Hajjit can actually heal them

a person who may feel lost but one sincere conversation with Allah suhpanihu at night can guide them back a person who may feel overwhelmed with sins but one single amount of forgiveness into Hajit can erase mountains of sins. The promise

of Allah a. He was a.m. used to say that Allah, subhpanihu is out of the sins in a manner that is befitting to His Majesty in which he asks the questions, who is calling upon me so that I may answer him, who is asking of me so that I may give him,

who is seeking my forgiveness so I may forgive him. So imagine the moment. The doors of the heaven are open, and Allah, is asking who is asking of me what are they asking of me are they seeking my forgiveness are they seeking close to a closeness to me are they calling upon me in dua or whatever it may be and one of the other things that I want to mention here is that many of us like I have mentioned before are sleep right during these times

we are asleep we're not focusing on that connection with Allah suhpana and many people think that the Hajid is just for the hereafter but the The Hajjid also brings blessings in this dunya as well. And the scholar said that one who fixes their relationship with Allah, Sufana hua'u at night, Allah fixes their affairs during the day. So to Hajid brings peace in the heart, barraka in the time, strength in the imman, protection from your sins, clarity, indecisions, relief from anxiety, and risk from places you never even expected it.

And some of the righteous predecessors even said that we found the sweetness of life in the night prayer. So the Dunya can never give us the peace that we come, the peace that we truly want, except for when we are standing before Allah, Supanahua-ta-a-a-a-a-a-a-in the night prayer just with him. No one else, just us in Allah-Supon-hoa-a-a-a-a-a-and the Prophet of Allaha-a-a-a-a-a-a-sle, whose sins were already forgiven, still stood in prayer at night until his feet became swollen. And the question for all of us is why? Why did he do that? Because the Hajjid was known as a soul.

source of strength for him. When he, when the world rejected him, he stood into Hajid. When he faced hardship, he stood into Hajid. When he carried the burden of this Ummah, he studied to Hajid. And if the Prophet of Allah Allah al-Heu'll Salim needed to Hajid, then what about us? We are drowning in our distractions, we are drowning in our sins, we are drowning in this dunya, we are drowning in stress and anxiety. And we need to Hajjid more than ever. And one of the other things about the Hajjid, you'll realize is that the shaitan hates the Hajjid and he hates the servants of Allah sufana hua Tallah to pray to Hajid.

The shaitan wants you to be asleep. He wants you to be lazy. He wants you to attach to the dunya. But when you force yourself out of bed for Allah, you're defeating your nefs and you're ultimately defeating the Shaitan. This is why the beginning, when you start to pray to Hajid is difficult. But after consistency, it becomes easier, which is why the righteous people used to cry if they missed a Hajid.

But today we missed a Hajid every night and we feel nothing. This shows the condition of our heart. And this is why some people say, I feel I want to pray to Hajid, but I cannot wake up. And the main piece of this is starting small. Because what is Allah supanahua? It's all I love. He loves consistency.

So even if it's small, be consistent. Do it every single day, even if it's only five minutes. Because you don't need to wait to become perfect because you're never going to be perfect. You're always going to make mistakes. You're going to sin. You're not going to have that perfect moment when you're going to to pray to Hajjid, it may feel like it, but it's not always going to be there. And there are some steps that I would encourage us all to follow.

And the first of them is to sleep early. You know, with the times getting later for prayer, try to sleep directly after prayer. Don't extend that period two, three hours after prayer. And then now you're going to sleep at one o'clock in the morning. And, you know, you're not getting as much sleep. This is one of the things. The second thing is making sincere intention before you go to sleep. Because Allah's uponahua, His Allah,

accepts those intentions who are only for him. If they're for anyone else, if there's a please anyone else, if your intention is so you can pray to Hajjid so that you can go tell someone, hey, I pray to Hajid, then Allah, Allah, Suu, Allah, will not accept it from you. The point of praying to Hajid is a conversation between you and Allah.

It's a connection between you and Allah. Not you, Allah, a whole bunch of other people you're inviting in to know, hey, I pray to Hajid. And also trying not to boast about it, right? Try not to go around telling everyone, hey, I pray to Hajjah, I pray to Hajjah, I pray to Hajid. Every single time you pray to Hajid. Trying to keep that between you and Allah,

Sufana'u'u'u'u'u'adad. Also, setting alarms. Some people need a lot of alarms. Some people don't. But for those who need a lot of alarms, it's best if you do set those alarms, but also make do a'u'a'a that Allah sa'u'u'a'a against you the ability to wake up. And this merges over to my next point,

which was asking Allah, Sufana Hu'u'etara to wake you up for it to Hajid for his sake. Try your absolute hardest to pray even just two rakas. You don't have to pray 14, you don't have to pray 20. You don't have to pray a whole abundance. Praying those two rakas is very important as well. And we spoke about this before as well in which we mentioned that a person who prays with consistency, a person who prays with the love of Allah, Sufano, His Allah, and a person who prays with more quality than quantity is one that Allah, Sufano Huatara will expect. Which is why we mentioned a lot during Ramadan as well.

Does anyone remember what I mention a lot of? Quality over quantity. making sure that your quality of your Ivada is better than the quantity. This is one of the other things and the last thing is being consistent. So even if it's only five minutes worth, two minutes worth of you praying, worshiping Allah, Sufana-ho-ta-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-mac-a-a-a-a-a. Make it consistent every single day, every opportunity that you have because Allah-Saphano-haw-a-ta-a-loves consistent deeds.

And speak to Allah-Sap-u-a-haz-sincerely. Cry to him, tell him your fears, tell him your struggles, tell him your dreams, tell him your sins, because Allah'supanahu Allah loves to hear your voice including also tell Allah subpanohu His wants and your needs

And whatever it might be So my brothers and sisters On the day of judgment People will regret many things But among one of the greatest regrets That people will have Is that they wasted the nights They wasted the nights

They spent their nights scrolling They spent their nights in entertainment They spent their nights in sin They spent their nights in neglecting Allah saupenahuahua And imagine if even a small portion of those nights were spent just with Allah supranahua. How great the reward would be and how great your life would ultimately be. Tohajid is an investment for eternity.

It's one that is unrewardable in this dunya. The reward is going to keep multiplying the more you continuously pray it. Because every sada raises your rank. Every tear is recorded and every dua is heard by Allah supranahua. and the people of the people of the people of the Hajjid will share the most of light on the day of resurrection so yeah ibaed rrahman my brothers and sisters the difference between ordinary believers and extraordinary

believers is often what they do when everyone else asleep the Hajid is the secret weapon of the righteous if you want closeness to allah suhāsupana hua ta'u pray to hajid if you want your duaas to be answered pray to hajid if you want peace in your heart pray to hajid if you want success in this life and in the hereafter pray the Hajjid do not leave tonight without making sincere intention to pray to the Hajjid to Allah supanahua ta a la inshallah tomorrow or you know tonight as well as my brothers and sisters try your absolute hardest to pray even if it is only two rakaz

because perhaps one sincere to hajid can change your life forever my brothers and sisters we ask Allah supranahua ta a la to make us among the people of the night prayer we ask Allah to forgive us for our sins and grant us his mercy we ask Allah subpoena huaata to grant a success in this life and in the hereafter and we ask Allah subpoena

to allow for our hearts to become attached to to Hajjid and we ask Allah to grant us the sincerity to always pray our tajjid for his sake Amen, and I'll D'Aulah, alhandsh Allah, the name of the Godalai,

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