“Rain fell on the day of ‘Eidatthe time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), so he led them in prayerinthe mosque.

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbadewearingweapons in the Muslim lands on the two ‘Eid, except if theenemywas present.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto offer the night prayers 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.

“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 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.”

“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.”

“Whoever goes to bed intending to wake up and pray during thenight,but is overwhelmed by sleep until morning comes, what heintended willbe recorded for him, and his sleep is a charity givento him by hisLord.”

“I prayed beside the Prophet(ﷺ)when he was praying voluntary prayers at night. He recited aVersewhich mentioned punishment and said: ‘I seek refuge with Allahfromthe Fire, woe to the people of the Fire.’”

“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 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.’”

“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.

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

“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.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)saidto ‘Abbas bin ‘Abdul-Muttalib: ‘O ‘Abbas, O my uncle, shall Inotgive you a gift, shall I not give you something, shall I not tellyouof something which, if you do it, will expiate for ten types ofsins?If you do them, Allah will forgive you your sins, the first andthelast of them, the old and the new, the unintentional and thedeliberate, the minor and the major, the secret and the open, tentypes of sin. Pray four Rak’ah, and recite in each Rak’ah theOpeningof the Book (Al-Fatihah) and a Surah. When you have finishedrecitingin the first Rak’ah, while you are standing, say:Subhan-Allah wal-hamdu Lillah wa la ilaha illallah wa Allahu Akbar(Glory if to Allah,praise is to Allah, none has the right to beworshipped but Allah andAllah is the Most Great) fifteen times. Thenbow and say it ten timeswhile you are bowing. Then raise your headfrom Ruku’ and say it tentimes. Then go into prostration and sayit ten times while you areprostrating. Then raise your head fromprostration and say it tentimes. Then prostrate and say it tentimes. Then raise your head fromprostration and say it ten times.That will be seventy-five times ineach Rak’ah. Do that in all fourRak’ah. If you can pray it once eachday then do so. If you cannot,then once each week; if you cannot,then once each month. If youcannot, then once in your lifetime.’”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘When it is the night of the middle of Sha’ban, spenditsnight in prayer and observe a fast on that day. For Allahdescends atsunset on that night to the lowest heaven and says: ‘Isthere no onewho will ask Me for forgiveness, that I may forgive him?Is there noone who will ask Me for provision, that I may provide forhim? Isthere no one who is afflicted by trouble, that I may relievehim?’ Andso on, until dawn comes.’”

It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that the Prophet (ﷺ) was givengladtidings that a need of his had been met, and he fell downprostrate.