Always remember to have a balance and do not be so hard on yourselves. Do things consistently even if only a little. In regards to the Qur’an there so much ease. ‘Umar ibn al Khattab {May Allah be pleased with him} said: “Whoever misses reading his Hizb {of Qur’an} at night, but he then reads …
‘Abdullahi ibn Masud said concerning Caliph ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab: “Whatever path ‘Umar chose, we found it easy to follow.” Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha said: “In regard to the Sunnah of the Prophet, Umar was the most knowledgeable.” The same was said concerning Ibn ‘Umar. If one would like to read some of the stories of the …
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab used to pray as much as Allah willed in the night until at the end of the night he would wake his family for the prayer. He used to say to them, “The prayer, the prayer.” Then he …