“Prayersat night and during the day are to be offered two by two.”

It wasnarrated from Umm Hani’ bint Abu Talib that on the day of theConquest (of Makkah) the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed voluntaryDuha with eight Rak’ah, saying the Salam after each two Rak’ah.

“Aftereachtwo Rak’ah there should be the Taslim.”

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The night prayers are (to beoffered)two by two. Say the Tashah-hud after each two Rak`ah, andraise yourhands in all humility like one who is poor and needy andsay:‘Allāhummaghfir lī (O Allah, forgive me).’ And whoever doesnot dothat, it is imperfect.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘Whoever fasts Ramadan and spends its nights in prayer, outoffaith and in hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.’”

“We fasted Ramadan with theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) and he did not lead us in praying Qiyam(prayers atnight) during any part of it, until there were sevennights left. Heled us in praying Qiyam on the seventh night untilapproximately onethird of the night had passed. Then on the sixthnight which followedit he did not lead us in prayer. Then he led usin praying Qiyam onthe fifth night which followed it until almosthalf the night hadpassed. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, would thatwe had offeredvoluntary prayers throughout the whole night.’ He said:‘Whoeverstands with the Imam until he finishes, it is equivalent tospendingthe whole night in prayer.’ Then on the fourth night whichfollowedit, he did not lead us in prayer, until the third night thatfollowedit, when he gathered his wives and family, and the peoplegathered,and he led us in prayer until we feared that we would misstheFalah.” It was asked: “What is the Falah?” He said: “Suhur.”Hesaid: “Then he did not lead us in prayer at night for the restof themonth.”

“I met Abu Salamah bin‘Abdur-Rahman and said: ‘Tell me a Hadith that you heard fromyourfather, in which mention is made of the month of Ramadan.’ Hesaid:‘Yes, my father narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)mentioned the month of Ramadan and said: “A month which Allahhasenjoined upon you to fast, and in which I have established Qiyam(prayers at night) as Sunnah for you. So whoever fasts it and spendsits nights in prayer out of faith and in hope of reward; he willemerge from his sins as on the day his mother bore him.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘At night Satan ties a rope in which there are three knots tothe nape of the neck of anyone of you. If he wakes up and remembersAllah, one knot is untied. If he performs ablution, another knot isuntied, and if he gets up to pray, all the knots are untied, so hewakes up energetic and cheerful, he has already earned somethinggood.But if he does not do that, he wakes up bad-tempered, havingearnednothing good.”

“Mention was made to theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) of a man who slept until morning came. Hesaid: ‘Thatis because Satan urinated in his ears.’”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘Do not be like so-and-so, who used to pray voluntarynight prayers then stopped praying voluntary night prayers.”

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) said: ‘The mother of Sulaiman bin Dawud said to Sulaiman:“Omy son, do not sleep too much at night, for sleeping too much atnight will leave a man poor on the Day of Resurrection.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:‘Whoever prays a great deal at night, his face will be handsomeduringthe day.’”

“When the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) came to Al-Madinah, the people rushed towards him and itwas said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has come!’ I came alongwith the people to see him, and when I looked at the face of theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ), I realized that his face was not the faceof a liar. The first thing he said was: “O people, spread (thegreeting of) Salam, offer food to people and pray at night whenpeople are sleeping, you will enter Paradise in peace.”

‘When a man wakes up at night and wakes his wife,andthey pray two Rak’ah, they will be recorded among the men andwomenwho remember Allah much.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘May Allah have mercy on a man who gets up at night andprays,and wakes his wife, and she prays; and if she refuses hesprinkleswater in her face. And May Allah have mercy on a woman whogets up atnight and prays, and wakes her husband and he prays; andif herefuses, she sprinkles water in his face.’”

“Sa’d bin AbuWaqqas came to us when he had become blind. I greeted him with Salamand he said: ‘Who are you?’ So I told him, and he said: ‘Welcome,Oson of my brother. I have heard that you recite Qur’an in abeautifulvoice. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “ThisQur’an wasrevealed with sorrow, so when you recite it, then weep.If you cannotweep then pretend to weep, and make your voicemelodious in recitingit. Whoever does not make his voice melodious,he is not one of us.”

“Onenight at the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) I was latereturningfrom the ‘Isha’, then I came and he said: ‘Where wereyou?’ I said: ‘Iwas listening to the recitation of a man amongyour Companions, for Ihave never heard a recitation or a voice likehis from anyone.’ He gotup and I got up with him, to go and listento him. Then he turned tome and said: ‘This is Salim, the freedslave of Abu Hudhaifah. Praiseis to Allah Who has created such menamong my Ummah.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:‘Among the people who recite the Qur’an with the most beautifulvoicesis the man who, when you hear him, you think that he fearsAllah.’”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘Allah listens more attentively to a man with abeautifulvoice who recites Qur’an out loud than the master of asinging slavelistens to his slave.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)entered the mosque and heard a man reciting Qur’an. He asked: ‘Whoisthis?’ It was said: ‘(He is) ‘Abdullah bin Qais.’ He said:‘He hasbeen given (sweet melodious voice) from the Mazamir of thefamily ofDawud.’”