Ramadhan nights golden chance to be with Allah

Nights of Ramadhan are special with many benefits because for these are great moments of reflections and prayers.

Hatim bin Harith al Abdissalaam, life coach and member from the Islamic Information Centre, Oman, says the nights of Ramadhan are special because people have recharged their batteries with nutrition and they are ready to be devoted to the Almighty.

After Isha prayers, the first prayer for the night is Taraweeh.

“It is almost an hour long and majority of the people pray at the mosque. Then there is another special prayer which is called Tahajud, it starts almost at 2 am,” said Hatim.

In some mosques, the prayer starts at 3 am while at others it will go up till four to 4:30 am.

According to Hatim, the uniqueness of this prayer is that it is for the elite of the society in terms of spirituality, “Because let us admit the fact that it takes a lot of courage and sacrifice to leave your sleep while everybody else is fast asleep and be alone with Allah.” This is the practice in some of the mosques but very few people go to perform this prayer.

“They turn off the lights because sometimes you break into tears remembering all the sins and shortfalls he did against Allah.

You are asking for forgiveness. In Islam, there are no mediators and so we directly ask for forgiveness from Allah.” He noted that when you hear the Holy Quran being recited, you feel that Allah is talking to you directly through those words. Therefore you become very emotional and spiritual.

“It is a golden opportunity where Allah has promised to answer the prayers of those who are calling in these specific times,” noted Hatim.

He added, “So we urge everyone including myself to plan and incorporate this prayer at least once in Ramadhan, because it will surely add a lot to your spiritual journey in the holy month.” People are up usually late night but Hatim points out they are up for the wrong reasons because they are in restaurants, playing football etc.

“We need to have priorities. Ramadhan only comes once in a year and if you see the people who are not here with us anymore, they might be wishing to come back here to fast for another Ramadhan,” he said while urging, “So instead of wasting time in unproductive way let us not spend these nights in an unproductive way. Ramadhan is a month to develop your time for prayers and supplication for Allah."