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ahmad:21555Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > ʿAwf > Muhājir Abū Khālidḥaddathanī Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Abū Muslim > Liʾabī Dhar Ay Qiyām al-Layl Afḍal

[Machine] I asked Abu Dharr, "Which part of the night is the best for praying?" Abu Dharr replied, "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ just as you have asked me. He said, 'The best part of the night for praying is the last part of the night or the middle of the night.'"  

أحمد:٢١٥٥٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنْ مُهَاجِرٍ أَبِي خَالِدٍحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْعَالِيَةِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ أَيُّ قِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي شَكَّ عَوْفٌ فَقَالَ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْغَابِرِ أَوْ نِصْفُ اللَّيْلِ وَقَلِيلٌ فَاعِلُهُ  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ وَجَوْفِهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ

ibnhibban:2564al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > ʿAwf > al-Muhājir Abū Makhlad > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Abū Muslim > Saʾalt Abū Dhar Ay Qiyām al-Layl Afḍal

[Machine] I asked Abu Dharr, "Which is the better time for performing the night prayer?" Abu Dharr said, "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the same question, and he replied, 'The best time is the middle of the night or the latter part of the night.' " Al-Awfi was doubtful.  

ابن حبّان:٢٥٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ أَبِي مَخْلَدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَيُّ قِيَامِ اللَّيْلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتَنِي فَقَالَ «نِصْفُ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ» شَكَّ عَوْفٌ  

bayhaqi:4664ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bishrān> Ismāʿyl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Saʿdān b. Naṣr > Isḥāq b. Yūsuf al-Azraq > ʿAwf al-Aʿrābī > Abū Makhld > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Abū Muslim > Liʾabī Dhar ī Ṣalāh al-Layl Afḍal

[Machine] I asked Abu Dharr, "Which night prayer is better?" He said, "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said, 'The prayer performed during the latter half of the night, and the one done in a little quantity.'"  

البيهقي:٤٦٦٤وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَزْرَقُ عَنْ عَوْفٍ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَخْلد عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ أِيُّ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ فَقَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ نِصْفُ اللَّيْلِ وَقَلِيلٌ فَاعِلُهُ