And under the heading “The Night Vigil Prayer (qiyām al-layl),” he cites—among the reports extolling its merit—Hadith 2, in which Salman al-Fārisi relates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Adhere to qiyām al-layl, for it was the constant practice of the righteous before you; it brings you near to your Lord, erases sins, restrains one from wrongdoing, and drives illness from the body.”

I say: Two criticisms apply here:

1. He gives no citation for the report, and
2. He keeps silent about its weakness.

In fact, the narration is recorded by al-Ṭabarānī through the chain of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sulaymān ibn Abī al-Jawf, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Nūrī, from Salman.

As for this ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Abū Ḥātim said: