The Night is Still Young

A view of Dallas from afar 

In the morning he was a Muslim, and by night he became a Kaafir

In the night he was a Mu'min, and by morning he became a Kaafir

The above is an excerpt from a hadith which the Prophet (s) is subtly telling us something about the night time. The first line describes somebody who had faith when he woke up in the morning, but lost his faith sometime during the day and by night time he became a disbeliever. The second line describes a person who had faith at night, but lost his faith sometime during the night and by the morning he became a disbeliever. The two lines are almost identical, except the person in the first line was described to be a Muslim, and the person in the second line was described to be a Mu'min. The degree of faith and worship of a Mu'min is higher than that of a Muslim, and Allah often uses this distinction in the Qur'an when addressing the Ummah.

The fitnah of the night is more than that of the morning. The fitnah of the day is enough to make a Muslim into a Kaafir, but the fitnah of the night is enough to make even a Mu'min into a Kaafir.

There is a prevalence of certain sins at night, and the darkness of the night conceals those sins and makes it easier to commit those sins. The believer needs to be on guard and cautious at night, even if you don't leave the house there is fitnah inside of the house on the computer or TV. Surround yourselves by your loved ones at night. 

Those who go out at night and sin lose something, and those who do ibaadah all night gain something. One may think that those who stay at home and sleep all night or just relax and chill neither gain, nor lose, but in reality they gain, because they kept their imaan.