Gardens of the Righteous — Page 205
RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 205 then fell into prostration and remained thus for a long time. Then he stood up and raised his hands in supplication and prayed for a while and then fell into prostration. He did this three times and then explained to us: I supplicated my. Lord in intercession for my people and He granted me one third of them, whereupon I fell into prostration before my Lord, thanking Him. Then I raised my head and supplicated my Lord for my people, and He granted me another third of them, whereupon I fell into prostration before my Lord, thanking Him. Again I raised my head and supplicated my Lord for my people and He granted me the last third of them, on which I fell into prostration before my Lord (Abu Daud). 211. . On the Excellence of Prayer at Night. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 285. At night also wake up for the recitation of the Quran, an additional favour unto thee. It may be that thereby thy. Lord will raise thee to a praiseworthy station (17. 80). 286. They withdraw themselves from their beds in the latter part of the night for Prayer (32. 17). 287. They slept but little at night (51. 18). 1165. This hadith is the same as No. 98. 1166. Ali relates that the Holy Prophet visited Fatimah and him one night and inquired of them: Do you not offer Prayer at night (Bokhari and. Muslim)? 1167. Salim ibn Abdullah ibn Umar relates on the authority of his father that the Holy Prophet said: Abdullah is an excellent man only if he were to offer his voluntary Prayer at night. Salim adds that after this Abdullah slept but little at night (Bokhari and Muslim). 1168. 1169. . This hadith is the same as No. 155. . Abdullah ibn Mas'ud relates that mention was made before the. Holy Prophet of a man who slept through the night till after dawn, on which he observed: He is a man in whose ears (or ear) Satan has urinated (Bokhari and Muslim). 1170. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: When a person sleeps Satan ties three knots at the base of his head, muttering over each: The night is long, sleep on. If he wakes up and remembers Allah, one of the knots is loosened. Then if he gets up and makes his ablutions another one is loosened. If he says his Prayer, he is free of all of them and he begins his morning in a happy cheerful mood. Otherwise he gets up in a disagreeable, slothful mood (Bokhari and Muslim).