What Was Narrated Concerning Which Hours Of The Night Are Best
Darussalam · Volume 2
(5) The Chapters OfEstablishing The PrayerAnd The SunnahRegarding ThemSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 1366 · Volume 3 · Page 366
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٤٥٠) ، صحيح أبي داود (١١٨٨) ، الظلال (٤٩٢ - ٥٠٣)
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1366. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Our Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, descends when one third of the night remains, every night, and He says: 'Who will ask of Me, that I may give him? Who will call upon Me, that I may answer him? Who will ask My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?' until dawn comes." Hence they used to prefer voluntary prayers at the end of the night rather than at the beginning. (Sahih)
1366 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَرْوَانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعُثْمَانِيُّ، وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ كَاسِبٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، وَأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَغَرِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: " يَنْزِلُ رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ، كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ، فَيَقُولُ: مَنْ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ؟ مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ؟ مَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ؟ حَتَّى يَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ " فَلِذَلِكَ كَانُوا يَسْتَحِبُّونَ صَلَاةَ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ عَلَى أَوَّلِهِ
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a. So immense is the mercy of Allāh, that He Himself commands His slaves to ask Him what they want. b. Allāh's descending (to the nearest heaven) is a special attribute of Him, like His presence over the Throne, and the attribute of His speech. We must believe in these attributes as they are described in Qur'ān and Hadīth without either denying them, or twisting their meaning. We must, moreover, abstain from giving resemblance for any one of His attributes to any of the created things, and must have the belief that Allāh does come down in a manner that suits His glory and majesty.