حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Night prayer: Mansur ibn Zadhan, may God have mercy on him, spent twenty years before he died praying Fajr with the ablution of Isha. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/334, 335].

Night Prayer: Ayyub, may God have mercy on him, would rise at night in secret, and then, just before dawn, he would raise his voice. Bakr ibn Ayyub was asked: “O Abu Yahya, did Ayyub, may God have mercy on him, recite aloud at night?” He replied: “Yes, very loudly, and he would rise in the early part of the time before dawn.” [Ibn Abi al-Dunya’s Encyclopedia 1/338]

Night prayer: On the authority of Qatadah, may God have mercy on him, he said: It used to be said: “A hypocrite is rarely one who stays up at night.” [Ibn Abi Al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/341, 342].

Night Prayer: There was a man in Basra called Shaddad who contracted leprosy and became dismembered. His visitors, companions of al-Hasan, came to him and asked, "How are you feeling?" He replied, "I am well." He said, "I have not missed my portion of the night prayer since I fell ill, and my only problem is that I am unable to attend the congregational prayer." [Ibn Abi al-Dunya's Encyclopedia 1/420]

Night Prayer: Mu'adha al-'Adawiyya said: Silah ibn Ashim, may God have mercy on him, would stand in prayer at night until he was exhausted, and he would only go to his bed crawling. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya's Encyclopedia 1/289]. Sufyan, may God have mercy on him, said: They would stand in prayer at the beginning of the night and sleep at the end of it. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya's Encyclopedia 1/295].