What does Qiyam al-layl mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Qiyam al-layl (قيام الليل) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Qiyam al-layl

Qiyam al-layl according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

Qiyam al-layl’s principle: applying to night-occupation by prayer without other; likewise applied to occupation by obedience: recitation, glorification and like. Qiyam al-layl may be preceded by sleep after the ’isha prayer, or not; as for tahajjud, it is only after sleep. Note: from the faqihs’ speech is drawn that qiyam al-layl need not absorb most of the night: realized by rising an hour; the night’s act is prayer without other; they also apply qiyam al-layl to keeping the night alive. In Maraqi al-Falah: qiyam’s meaning: occupying most of the night in obedience; said: an hour, reading the Quran, hearing hadith, glorifying or praying upon the Prophet.

Qiyam al-layl according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

It is the night prayer.

Qiyam al-layl according to Mu'jam Lughat al-Fuqaha

Prayer in supererogation and the night remembrance.

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