What Has Been Related About The Virtue Of Ṣalāt During The Night
Darussalam · Volume 1
2. The Chapters On Ṣalāt (As Narrated) From Allāh's Messenger ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 459
Source no. 438 · Volume 1 · Page 438
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (١٧٤٢)
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438. Abū Hurairah narrated that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: "The most virtuous fasting after the month of Ramaḍān is that of Allāh's month Al-Muḥarram. And the most virtuous Ṣalāt after the obligatory is the night prayer." (Ṣaḥīḥ) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Jābir, Bilāl, and Abū Umāmah. Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Ḥasan [Ṣaḥīḥ] Ḥadīth. [Abū 'Eisā said: Abū Bishr's name is Ja'far bin Iyās, and he is Ja'far bin Abī Wahshiyyah.
٤٣٨ - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ» رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ، وَأَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَبِلَالٍ وَأَبِي أُمَامَةَ. حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَأَبُو بِشْرٍ اسْمُهُ: جَعْفَرُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ، وَهُوَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي وَحْشِيَّةَ.
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The attribution of the month of Muharram to Allāh is for honor and respect, as the House of Allāh, female camel of Allāh etc. This Ḥadīth informs that the most virtuous fasting after the obligatory fasts is that of Muharram, and it may be just few or more, or just of Al-'Ashūrāh (the 10th). The prayer during the night is more virtuous than all types of voluntary prayers whether regular or irregular, because it demands more hard work and hardship, also therein is the possibility of more sincerity, fear, humility and calmness. This is the opinion of some Shāfi'i scholars; and some people said because the Stressed Sunnah are regarded to make up the insufficiency of obligatory prayers, so these are more virtuous, being second to the obligatory prayer; and moreover the late night prayer is neither a duty nor a Stressed Sunnah. The majority also hold the same view; therefore the late night prayer is more virtuous than any other voluntary prayer except the Stressed Sunnah, and most scholars have the same opinion.