English translation
[2740] 190 - (...) It was narrated from ‘Abdullâh bin ‘Amr bin Al-‘Âs [may Allâh be pleased with them] that the Prophet ﷺ said: “The dearest of fasting to Allâh is the fast of Dâwûd. He fasted alternate days all his life. And the dearest of prayer to Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, is the prayer of Dâwûd, – ﷺ –. He used to sleep for half the night, then he would get up and pray, then he would sleep for the last part, and he prayed for one third of the night after (sleeping for) half of it.” I (Ibn Juraij, a narrator) said to ‘Amr bin Dînâr: “Did ‘Amr bin Aws say: ‘He prayed for one third of the night after (sleeping for) half of it?’ He said: ‘Yes.’”