Tahajjud is to wake up after having slept in your warm bed, only to get up and wet yourself in wudu, then stand before you Creator while all else is soundly asleep. From its benefits...
It is the strongest salat in its effect outside the farida.
- The du'a in it is answered.
- Allah Himself asks: is there anyone at this time with a need?
- He asks: is there anyone up at this time needing forgiveness?
- Special angels descend just to enshroud one in tranquility.
- It is a cause for the faces to be filled with nur.
- It alleviates anxiety.
Over time, it becomes the greatest source of happiness.
Assalamu alaykum! Do you have to sleep before tahajjud? If you make Isha, Shafi, Witr, and then do not go to bed, and do 2 rak'ahs of prayer, is that also a tahajjut?