1170 – Sālim ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb, may Allah be pleased with them all, reported from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “What an excellent man ʿAbd Allāh would be—if only he would pray during the night!” Sālim added, “After that, ʿAbd Allāh slept only a little of the night.” Agreed upon.

1171 – ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me, “O ʿAbd Allāh, do not be like so-and-so. He used to stand in prayer at night but abandoned the night vigil.” Agreed upon.

1172 – Ibn Masʿūd, may Allah be pleased with him, said: A man who had slept through the whole night until morning was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ. He remarked, “That is a man in whose ears Satan has urinated”—or he said, “in his ear.” Agreed upon.

1173 – Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When one of you goes to sleep, Satan ties three knots at the back of his head, striking each knot and saying, ‘You have a long night ahead, so sleep.’ If he wakes up and remembers Allah, one knot is undone; if he then performs ablution, a second knot is undone; and if he then prays, all the knots are undone, and he rises energetic and in good spirits. Otherwise he rises sluggish and ill-tempered.” Agreed upon.

Qāfiyat al-raʾs (the back of the head): its rear part.

1174 – ʿAbd Allāh ibn Salām, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “People! Spread the greeting of peace, feed others, and pray at night while people are asleep; you will enter Paradise in peace.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhī, who said: “A good, sound (ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ) hadith.”

1175 – Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stated, “The best fasting after Ramadan is in the month of Allah, Muḥarram; and the best prayer after the prescribed ones is the night prayer.” Narrated by Muslim.