The wife of Habib- Abu Muhammad al Farisi- would wake him at night time and say,
‘Awake O Habib for the path is long and our provision is paltry.
The caravan of the righteous has passed ahead of us and we have been left behind!’
O sleeper by night for how long will you lie?
Awake my beloved for the promised time draws nigh.
For a portion of the night your Lord deify-
For sleep begets neither rest nor equanimity.
Whoever in slumber deep spends the night,
will not have striven or arrived at the destination right”
Transcribed from ‘The journey to Allaah (pg59)
By Imaam ibn Rajab al Hanbali Rahimahullaah
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