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The brothers and sisters, Al Imam al-Shairazi, Rahimullah, has this profound story with his father.

And you can see the way that the scholars were raised with both al-Ilm and adab.

They were raised with both knowledge and manners.

And they took so much more than the textual inheritance that came to them.

He says that one night my father and I were awake and we were praying Piyam al-Layb.

How beautiful when a father and son stand up and pray Piyam together.

Everything you'd want in terms of a righteous household, a parent and a child standing up and praying at night.

And he said that I was a young man and I looked around and I recognized that we were amongst the few that were up and praying.

Meaning what, the people in the neighborhood, the people around were all sleeping.

So I said to my father,

none of these people wanted to even wake up and pray to Rakaas.

Right?

As if to say, you know, look at us and look at them.

Alhamdulillah, we're awake and we're praying and look at all of these people.

None of them are up to pray to Rakaas at night.

And he said, my father said to me,

Oh my son, if you would have slept, it would have been better than you waking up.

I would have preferred that you stayed sleeping and not fall into,

we'll wake up in this disrespect and this disregard of the creation of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

than for you to wake up and to develop this pride.

It's a powerful narration, a powerful story.

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