[Machine] We were a group of the Prophet's Companions' children. We said, "Our fathers preceded us in migration and in the company of the Prophet ﷺ, so let us strive in worship, perhaps we can attain their virtues from them?" or as 'Abdullah ibn Zubayr said, and Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhaifah, and Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, and Muhammad ibn Talhah, and Muhammad ibn abdul Rahman ibn al-Aswad ibn 'Abd Yaghoth said, "So we exerted ourselves in worship day and night, and we caught up with Tamim ad-Dari, a righteous elderly man. We neither stood nor sat during the lengthy prayers for him.  

كُنَّا فِئَةً مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُلْنَا إِنَّ آبَاءَنَا قَدْ سَبَقُونَا بِالْهِجْرَةِ وَصُحْبَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَهَلُمُّوا نَجْتَهِدْ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ لَعَلَّنَا نُدْرِكُ فَضَائِلَهُمْ مِنْهُمْ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ [164] عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ يَغُوثَ قَالَ فَاجْتَهَدْنَا فِي الْعِبَادَةِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَأَدْرَكْنَا تَمِيمًا الدَّارِيَّ شَيْخًا فَمَا قُمْنَا لَهُ وَلَا قَعَدْنَا فِي طُولِ الصَّلَاةِ