[Machine] "What makes you sit here?" He said, "I have been appointed to be in charge of this place, meaning as an additional supervisor." Uthman said to him, "Shall I inform you of a hadith that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?" He said, "Yes." Uthman said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Prophet Dawood had an hour in the night when he would wake up his family and say, 'O family of Dawood, wake up and pray, for this is an hour in which Allah answers supplication except for a sorcerer or an adulterer.' Kilaab ibn Umayyah embarked on his ship and came to Ziyad, seeking his forgiveness, and Ziyad forgave him."  

مَا يُجْلِسُكَ هَاهُنَا؟ قَالَاسْتَعْمَلَنِي هَذَا عَلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ يَعْنِي زِيَادًا فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ بَلَى فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كَانَ لِدَاوُدَ نَبِيِّ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ سَاعَةٌ يُوقِظُ فِيهَا أَهْلَهُ فَيَقُولُ يَا آلَ دَاوُدَ قُومُوا فَصَلُّوا فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ سَاعَةٌ يَسْتَجِيبُ اللهُ فِيهَا الدُّعَاءَ إِلَّا لِسَاحِرٍ أَوْ عَشَّارٍ فَرَكِبَ كِلاَبُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ سَفِينَتَهُ فَأَتَى زَيِادًا فَاسْتَعْفَاهُ فَأَعْفَاهُ