In the light of the Holy Hadith

How To Never Miss Fajr Prayer Again

The Prophet (PBUH) said, “The two Rak’ah before the dawn (Fajr) prayer are better than this world and all it contains.”
(Sahih Muslim, Book 9, Hadith 1102)

Dear brothers and sisters,
The Fajr Prayer is one of the toughest obligatory prayers to fulfil according to the following hadith which states, that it’s difficulty is due to the three knots Satan puts in the back of the head: Narrated Abu Huraira (R), “Satan puts three knots at the back of the head of any of you if he is asleep. On every knot he reads and exhales the following words, ‘The night is long, so stay asleep.’When one wakes up and remembers Allah, one knot is undone; and when one performs ablution, the second knot is undone,and when one prays the third knot is undone and one gets up energetic with a good heart in the morning; otherwise one gets up lazy and with a mischievous heart.” [Sahih Bukhari – Book 21, Hadith 243]
Now let’s come to the part, how you can wake up for fajr every morning. Make sure to make up your mind every night before you go to sleep that you’re going to wake up for fajr prayer. Every action begins with the intention, and know that for this intention Allah already assigned one good deed for you.Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) also said:“He who seriously considered doing a good deed but did not do it, will have one good deed recorded for him.” [Muslim]
You probably heard about the sleep cycles. So every human completes an entire sleep cycle in 1.5h. That means at the end of the multiple of a sleep cycle (i.e. 1.5h, 3h, 4.5h etc.) you can wake up fresh and rejuvenated and not lazy. Calculate your sleep cycles and set your alarm according to it. In other words, if you sleep at about 11pm and Fajr is at 5.30am make sure to set your alarm at 5am, then you have a nice 6h of sleep. That’s mean, you have to sleep at least 6 hours before the Fajr prayer.

Jobayer Al Mahmud