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for my community, and He granted me another third of my community, so I fell in prostration to my Lord in gratitude. Then I lifted my head, asked my Lord for my community once more, and He granted me the final third, so I fell in prostration to my Lord.” Narrated by Abu Dawud (1).

212 – Chapter: The Excellence of the Night Vigil (qiyam al-layl)

Allah the Exalted says: “And during the night keep vigil with it as an extra act of devotion for you; it may be that your Lord will raise you to a praiseworthy station.” [Al-Isra 17:79]

He also says: “Their sides forsake their beds” (2 [Al-Sajdah 32:16]) to the end of the verse.

And He says: “They used to sleep but little of the night” (3 [Al-Dhariyat 51:17]).

1167 – ʿAishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Prophet ﷺ would stand in prayer at night until his feet cracked (4). I said to him, “Why do you do this, O Messenger of Allah, when Allah has forgiven you your earlier and later sins?” He replied, “Should I not be a grateful servant?” Agreed upon.

1168 – Al-Mughirah ibn Shuʿbah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated a report to the same effect; agreed upon.

1169 – ʿAli (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet ﷺ came to him and to Fatimah at night and said, “Will you not both stand and pray?” Agreed upon.

“Ṭaraqahu” means he came to him at night.

(1) I have stated that the chain of transmission for this hadith is weak, as I demonstrated in Irwa al-Ghalil, no. 467, and Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Daifa, no. 3229. – N. I also listed it in Daif Sunan Abi Dawud, no. 509; cf. Sahih Sunan Abi Dawud – Mukhtasar al-Isnad, 2/534, no. 2412, which reads: “Whenever something pleasing reached him, or he was given good news, he would fall in prostration, thanking Allah.” The report is from Abu Bakrah and was graded authentic by al-Albani. (2) That is, “their sides rise from [their] beds,” meaning the mats and places where they sleep. (3) In other words, they sleep. (4) Meaning, they split apart.

لِأُمَّتِي، فَأَعْطَانِي ثُلُثَ أُمَّتِي، فَخَرَرْتُ سَاجِدًا لِرَبِّي شُكْرًا، ثُمَّ رَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي، فَسَأَلْتُ رَبِّي لِأُمَّتِي، فَأَعْطَانِي الثُّلُثَ الْآخَرَ، فَخَرَرْتُ سَاجِدًا لِرَبِّي » رواه أبو داود (١) . ٢١٢ - باب فضل قيام الليل قال اللهُ تعالى : ﴿ وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نَافِلَةً لَكَ ؛ عَسَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا ﴾ [ الإسراء : ٧٩ ] وقال تعالى : ﴿ تَتَجَافَى (٢) جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ ﴾ [ السجدة : ١٦ ] الآية . وقال تعالى : ﴿ كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ (٣) ﴾ [ الذاريات : ١٧ ] . ١١٦٧ - وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت : كان النبي ﷺ ، يقوم من الليل حتى تَتَفَطَّرَ (٤) قَدَمَاهُ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : لِمَ تَصْنَعُ هَذَا ، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، وَقَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ ؟ قَالَ : « أَفَلَا أَكُونُ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا » متفق عليه . ١١٦٨ - وَعَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بنِ شُعْبَةَ نَحْوَهُ ؛ متفق عليه . ١١٦٩ - وعن علي رضي الله عنه . أن النبي ﷺ ، طَرَقَهُ وَفَاطِمَةَ لَيْلًا ، فَقَالَ : « أَلَا تُصَلِّيَانِ ؟ » متفق عليه . « طَرَقَهُ » : أَتَاهُ لَيْلًا .

(١) قلت : وإسناد الحديث ضعيف كما بينته في « الإرواء » ( ٤٦٧ ) و « الأحاديث الضعيفة » ( ٣٢٢٩ ) - ن - . وضعت هذا الحديث في ضعيف سنن أبي داود برقم ( ٥٠٩ ) وانظر « صحيح سنن أبي داود - باختصار السند » ٢/٥٣٤ برقم ٢٤١٢ وفيه : « أنه ﷺ كان إذا جاءه أمر سرور أو بشر به ، ضرب صبراً شاكراً الله ، وهو عن أبي بكرة وصححه الألباني . (٢) أي : ترفع جنوبهم عن المضاجع ، أي : الفرش ومواضع النوم . (٣) أي : ينامون . (٤) أي : تتشقق .