Anas bin Malik said (explaining the meaning of the Quranic verse Who forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear and hope, and spend of what We have bestowed on them (32: 16). The people used to remain awake between the sunset and the night prayers and would pray. Al-Hasan used to say: (This verse means) the prayer and vigil at night.
Read More..Anas said (explaining the meaning) of the following Quranic verse They used to sleep but little of the night (51: 17): They (the people) used to pray between the Maghrib and 'Isha. The version of Yahya adds: The verse tatajafa junubuhum also means so.
Read More..Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rak'ahs.
Read More..This tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: He should then prolong it afterwards as much as he likes. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Hammad bin Salamah, Zuhair bin Muawiyah and a group of narrators from Hisham. They transmitted it as a statement of Abu Hurairah himself (mauquf). This tradition has also been transmitted by Ibn 'Awn from Muhammad (b. Sirin). This version has the wordings: These two rak'ahs were short.
Read More..Narrated Abdullah ibn Habashi al-Khath'ami: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was asked: which is the best action? He replied: To stand in prayer for a long time.
Read More..Narrated Abdullah bin Umar: A man asked the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم about the prayer at night. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Prayer during the night should consist of pairs of rak'ahs, but if one of you fears the morning is near he should pray one rak'ah which will make his prayer an odd number for him.
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