حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Night Prayer: On the authority of Ata’ al-Khorasani, may God have mercy on him, he said: It used to be said: Night prayer is a life for the body, a light in the heart, a radiance in the eyes, and a strength in the limbs. If a man gets up at night to pray, he wakes up happy and finds joy in his heart because of it. But if his eyes overcome him and he sleeps through his portion of the night, he wakes up sad and broken-hearted as if he has lost something, and he has lost the greatest thing that is beneficial to him. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/249].

Night prayer: Wahb ibn Munabbih, may God have mercy on him, said: Night prayer elevates the lowly and honors the humiliated, and fasting during the day cuts off one's desires, and the believer has no rest except entering Paradise. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/250].

Night Prayer: On the authority of Yazid al-Raqashi, may God have mercy on him, he said: “The eyes of the worshippers are comforted by the length of their night prayers, and their hearts rejoice when they meet God by their prolonged thirst.” [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/250].

Night Prayer: On the authority of Ad-Dahhak, may God have mercy on him, he said: I knew people who were ashamed before God in the darkness of this night to sleep because of the length of their lying down. [Ibn Abi Ad-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/259].

Night Prayer: Al-Hasan ibn Salih, may God have mercy on him, said: I am ashamed before God to deliberately seek sleep; instead, I wait until sleep itself overcomes me. He was called: The Snake of the Valley. [Ibn Abi Al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/260].