Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 14, Hadith 284
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ النُّمَيْرِيُّ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ خَوَّاتِ بْنِ صَالِحِ بْنِ خَوَّاتِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حِبَّانَ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُدْرِكُ بِحُسْنِ خُلُقِهِ دَرَجَةَ الْقَائِمِ بِاللَّيْلِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Ali ibn ‘Abd Allah narrated to us: al-Fudayl ibn Sulayman al-Numayri narrated to us, from Salih ibn Khawwat ibn Salih ibn Khawwat ibn Jubayr, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Hibban, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayra, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Through good character, a man attains the rank of one who stands in prayer at night.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source says he attains the rank through good character; the witness paraphrases this as being known for good character.