“I said, I mustobserve how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prays tonight. So I lay downat his door. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up and prayed two briefRak’ah, then two long ones, which were very, very long, then twoRak’ah which were shorter than the ones preceding them, then twoRak’ah which were shorter than the ones preceding them, then twoRak’ah which were shorter than the ones preceding them, then twoRak’ah, then Witr. That was thirteen Rak’ah.”

“I lay downacross the pillow and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his wife werelaying along it. The Prophet (ﷺ) slept until midnight, or a littlebefore, or a little after. The Prophet (ﷺ) woke up and began to rubthe sleep from his face with his hand. Then he recited the last tenVerses of Surah Al ‘Imran. Then he got up and went to a water skinthat was hanging up and performed ablution from it, and he performedablution well, then he stood up and prayed.” ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbassaid: “I stood up and did what he had done, then I went and stoodbeside him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) put his right hand on myhead, took hold of my right ear and tweaked it. Then he prayed twoRak’ah, then two Rak’ah, then two Rak’ah, then two Rak’ah,then twoRak’ah, then two Rak’ah, then he prayed Witr. Then helay down untilthe Mu’adh-dhin came to him and he prayed two briefRak’ah, then hewent out to pray.”

“I came to the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, who became a Muslimwith you?’ He said: ‘A free man and a slave.’ I said: ‘Isthere anyhour of the night that is closer to Allah than another?’He said:‘Yes, the last half of the night.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) usedtosleep during the first part of the night and stay awake during thelatter part.”

“Our Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, descends when one third ofthenight remains, every night and He says: ‘Who will ask of Me, thatImay give him? Who will call upon Me, that I may answer him? Who willask My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?’ until dawn comes.”Hencethey used to prefer voluntary prayers at the end of the nightratherthan at the beginning.

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘Allah provides respite until, when half or two thirdsofthe night had passed, He says: “My slave does not ask of anyoneotherthan Me. Whoever calls upon Me, I will answer him; whoever asksof Me,I will give him; whoever asks My forgiveness, I will forgivehim,”until dawn comes.’”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:“Whoever recites the last two Verses of Surat Al-Baqarah atnight,that will be sufficient for him.”In his narration (one of the narrators) Hafs said: “`Abdur-Rahman said: ‘I met Abu Mas`ud when he was performing Tawaf, and he narrated this to me.’”

“Whoever recites the last two Verses of Surat Al-Baqarah atnight,that will be sufficient for him.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Ifanyoneof you becomes drowsy, let him sleep until he feels refreshed,for hedoes not know, if he prays when he feels drowsy, he may want tosaywords seeking forgiveness but (instead) he ends up cursinghimself.’”

“It belongs to Zainab. Sheprays hereand when she gets tired she holds on to it.” He said:“Untie it, untieit; let any one of you pray when he has energy, ifhe gets tired lethim sit down.”

“Whenanyone of you gets up to pray at night, and his tongue stumbles overthe words of the Qur’an, and he does not know what he is saying,lethim lie down.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:‘Whoever prays twenty Rak’ah between Maghrib and ‘Isha’,Allahwill build for him a house in Paradise.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘Whoever prays six Rak’ah after the Maghrib and does notspeakevil between them, they will be made equivalent to twelveyears’worship.’”

“A group from the people of‘Iraq came to ‘Umar and when they came to him, he said to them:‘Whereare you from?’ They said: ‘From the inhabitants of‘Iraq.’ He said:‘Have you come with permission?’ They said:‘Yes.’ Then they asked himabout a man’s prayer in his house.‘Umar said: ‘I asked the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) and he said:“As for a man’s prayer in his house, it islight, so illuminateyour houses.’””Another chain with similar wording.

“When anyone of you has finished his prayer, let him give hishousea share of that, for Allah will put something good in his housebecause of that prayer.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:‘Do not make your houses into graves.’”

“I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ):‘Which is better prayer in my house or prayer in the mosque?’ Hesaid:‘Do you not see how close my house is to the mosque?’ Butpraying inmy house is dearer to me than praying in the mosque, apartfrom theprescribed prayers.’”

“During the caliphateof‘Uthman, when the people were present in large numbers, I askedabout Duha prayer, and I could not find anyone who could tell me thathe, meaning the Prophet (ﷺ), had prayed it, apart from Umm Hani’.She told me that he had prayed it with eight Rak’ah.”

“I heard the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever prays Duha with twelve Rak’ah, Allah willbuild for him a palace of gold in Paradise.’”

“I asked ‘Aishah: ‘Did the Prophet (ﷺ)pray Duha?’ She said: ‘Yes; four (Rak’ah) and he would addwhateverAllah willed.’”