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?
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