Will you give information about not sleeping after the morning prayer (fajr) and opening the shop?
Dear Brother / Sister,
It is sunnah to be awake from the time for the morning prayer (fajr) to the end of karahah time, that is, about forty five minutes after the sun rises. To sleep at that time causes decrease in sustenance and lack of abundance; therefore, it is contrary to Sunnah. (Lawaqihul-Anwar, Sharani, p.270)
For, the most appropriate time for starting work and making preparations for work is when it is cool. After this time passes, slackness occurs. It causes lack of abundance since it harms the work and sustenance of that day. Therefore, to open the shop after the morning prayer causes the sustenance to increase and it causes abundance.
It causes the abundance of sustenance to start work early in the morning in many sectors. The most active time period man can be motivated to work is the time period after dawn. This period must not be spent by sleeping. For, to sleep at that time means to start work late, which will cause loss of work, loss of labor, loss of time, loss of profit and loss of performance, deactivating many elements that increase profit. This is the reason for lack of abundance.
Questions on Islam
- Why does our earning and sustenance not have barakah (abundance)?
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- Will you explain the benefits and virtues of getting up early? What are the hadiths regarding the issue?
- Is it sin to sleep by lying face down? What are the manners of sleeping?
- Why are we advised not to sleep at the time of karaha? What is the wisdom behind it?
- When is it necessary to make ghusl after being junub? How is ghusl made?
- What is the importance of time for prayer (salah)?
- Is dawn the best time of the night? When exactly is that time?
- I spend a lot of time on the computer and watching television and go to bed very late. What is the decree of our religion on going to bed late?
- Does having a wet dream (being junub in sleep) invalidate fasting?

