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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  


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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