The best time to worship Almighty Allah

Allah Most High has decreed 2 kinds of obligations on believers.  One is the obligations they owe to Allah Most High Himself and the second are the rights they owe to fellow humans.

 

Only that person will be considered successful in this world and the hereafter who fulfills the obligations due to Allah Most High and fellow human beings as well.  That person is worthy of being granted the approval of Allah Most High and the approval of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).

 

In a typical day, a human being has various engagements.  Meeting people, working, business, etc. is done almost all during the day only.  On the other hand, the night is free of all this.  The last part of the night is particularly is the time of utmost concentration of the mind and the heart.  Things/engagements which make the heart and the mind anxious are absent in those hours.  The atmosphere itself is very calm.  The best time for worship and remembrance of Allah is the time when one is free and consequently the worship is wholehearted.  Thus, the last part of the night is the best for worship and remembrance of Allah Most High.

 

Apart from this, the thoughts of ostentation and fame also don’t cross one’s mind when one stands up in worship in the last part of the night as the world itself is asleep.  There is no one to watch the worshipper.  Thus, this is the best time to worship and remember Allah with utmost sincerity.  For this reason, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: 

 

Translation: The mercy of Allah Most High is closest to a slave in the last part of the night.  If you can, include yourselves among those who perform remembrance of Allah at that time.  (Jame’ Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 3928)

 

Yet one more benefit of worship in the night is that our base self (Nafs) is rendered subservient to us.  This is because getting up in the middle of the night and standing up in worship is a panacea to end base desires.  For this reason, Almighty Allah says:

 

No doubt rising at night strictly subdues (the base self), and makes the tongue deliver straight and clear speech (with the concentration of head and heart).  Surah Muzammil (73:6)