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nasai-kubra:1310Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Isḥāq / Ibn Yūsuf al-Azraq > ʿAwf al-Aʿrābī > Abū Khālid Wāsmuh ʿIndī Muhājir Waghayruh > Abū Makhlad > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Abū Muslim > Liʾabī Dhar Ay Ṣalāh al-Layl Afḍal

[Machine] Abu Khalid, whose name is known to me as Mujahir, and others say Abu Makhlad, from Abu Al-'Aliyah, said, narrating from Abu Muslim, he said, "I asked Abu Dharr, 'Which is the best night prayer?' He said, 'I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said, "Half of the night and whoever does less than that".'"  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٣١٠أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ وَهُو ابْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَزْرَقُ عَنْ عَوْفٍ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ

عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ وَاسْمُهُ عِنْدِي مُهَاجِرٌ وَغَيْرُهُ يَقُولُ أَبُو مَخْلَدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ أَيُّ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ أَفْضَلَ؟ فَقَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «نِصْفُ اللَّيْلِ وَقَلِيلٌ فَاعِلُهُ»  


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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