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ahmad:19449Muḥammad b. Muṣʿab > Abū Bakr > ʿAṭiyyahaʿan ʿAmr b. ʿAbasah

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ stated that the Night Prayer is done in pairs, and the last portion of the night is most virtuous for performing it. I said: 'Should I be responding to it?' He said: 'No, but by performing it, you are answering the call."  

أحمد:١٩٤٤٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَجَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ أَوْجَبُهُ دَعْوَةً قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَجْوَبُهُ؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنْ أَوْجَبُهُ يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ الْإِجَابَةَ  


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ahmad:19447Abū al-Yamān > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh > Ḥabīb b. ʿUbayd > ʿAmr b. ʿAbasah

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ who said: The night prayer is done in pairs, and the last third of the night is the most effective time for making dua (supplication). I asked, "Is it more important?" He said, "No, but it is the time in which dua is most likely to be answered."  

أحمد:١٩٤٤٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَجَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ أَجْوَبُهُ دَعْوَةً قُلْتُ أَوْجَبُهُ؟ قَالَ لَا بَلْ أَجْوَبُهُ يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ الْإِجَابَةَ