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darimi:1517Zayd b. ʿAwf > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Muḥammad b. al-Muntashir > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

that the Prophet ﷺ said, "The best ˹voluntary˺ ritual prayer after the farḍ (mandatory) prayer is ˹that which is done˺ in the middle of the night."   

الدارمي:١٥١٧أَخْبَرَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْتَشِرِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ الصَّلَاةُ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ»  


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