The night worship of Hadhrat ‘Umar Al Farooq (May
Allah be well pleased with him)
It was the custom of Hadhrat ‘Umar (May Allah be well pleased with him) that he
himself would enliven his nights with worship and would awaken his family
members and order them to do the same. As reported in this Hadith of
Muwatta
Imam Malik (May Allah be well pleased with him):
Translation: Hadhrat Zaid bin Aslam narrates on the authority of his father that
Hadhrat ‘Umar (May Allah be well pleased with him) would offer Salaat as much
as Allah wished him to and in the last part of the night, he would awaken his
family members with the words, “As Salaah, As Salaah..” and would recite this
verse of the Holy Quran:……….(Muwatta Imam Malik, Hadith No. 259)
Hadhrat Abu Bakr and Hadhrat ‘Umar (May Allah be well pleased with him) would
spend all the nights of the year in prayer and worship and would encourage their
family members also to do the same. Obviously, believing that they abandoned
their year-round habit especially on the night of Meraj and would spend the
whole night in bed is totally illogical and there is no Tradition that the
Companions didn’t spend the night of Meraj in prayer and rested. Then how can
any one claim that the Companions didn’t spend the night of Meraj in prayer and
worship?