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Is a person considered a hypocrite if they continue to sleep through Fajr prayer despite repeated attempts to wake up?

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One must preserve the prayers at their appointed times, and delaying them without an excuse is a sin. Allah Almighty says: (Establish prayer at the declining of the sun until the darkness of the night and [recite] the Qur’an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.) [Al-Isra: 78]. Special care has been given to the middle prayer, as Allah Almighty says: (Guard yourselves with care to [observe] the prayers and the middle prayer.) [Al-Baqarah: 238].

To help with the Fajr prayer on time, it is recommended to supplicate, sleep early, use an alarm clock, and ask family members to wake one up. If this is not possible after exerting efforts, there is no sin, for Allah Almighty says: (Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity.) [Al-Baqarah: 286], and for the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "The pen has been lifted from three," and he mentioned among them: "the sleeper until he awakes." One should repeat the attempt every night.

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