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Tahajjud: The Quiet Hour of the Night — What the Qur'an and Sahih Hadith Say

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What is tahajjud, and how do you begin? This calm, sourced explainer shows where the word comes from (Surah al-Isra), how Surah al-Muzzammil first made the night prayer a duty and then lightened it in mercy, how the Prophet (peace be upon him) kept it as a grateful servant, and what Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim say about the last third of the night. It also checks a popular line that is not a hadith, and ends with a gentle way to start: even ten verses, two light rak'ahs. Framing is drawn, with attribution, from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Hajar, Maulana Maududi's Tafhim al-Qur'an, Dr Israr Ahmed's Bayan-ul-Qur'an and lectures by Maulana Ishaq.

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  1. 0:00The quiet hour
  2. 0:15Surah al-Isra · 17:79
  3. 0:38Surah al-Muzzammil · 73:1–6
  4. 1:06Surah al-Muzzammil · 73:20
  5. 1:32The grateful servant
  6. 1:57The last third of the night
  7. 2:23Surah adh-Dhariyat · 51:15–18
  8. 2:45Honesty note · a popular line
  9. 3:16Where to begin
  10. 3:48Begin lightly
  11. 4:08Recap
  12. 4:23Tonight

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Sources in this video

  • Qur'an 17:79, 73:1–6, 73:20, 51:15–18
  • Sahih al-Bukhari 1145, 4837
  • Sahih Muslim 758, 746, 1163, 768, 767
  • Sunan Abi Dawud 1398 (Sahih, al-Albani)
  • Sunan Ibn Majah 1333 (Maudu’, Darussalam — discussed as not a hadith)
  • Tafsir Ibn Kathir on 17:79 and 3:17
  • Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib at-Tahdhib 1/268
  • Tafhim al-Qur'an, Introduction to Surah 73 and Surah 73 n.7 (Maududi)
  • Bayan-ul-Qur'an (Roman ed.) Bani Isra'il p.72 (Dr Israr Ahmed)
  • Maulana Ishaq, lectures on tahajjud

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On-screen translations — Qur'an: Pickthall (1930, public domain) · hadith: Learning Heaven's own rendering of the verified Arabic.

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