night, when the last third of the night remains, and says: “I am the King; I am the King. Who is there that calls upon Me, so that I may answer him? Who is there that asks Me, so that I may give him? Who is there that seeks My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him?” (1)
ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Malīḥī informed us; Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Nuʿaymī informed us; Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf informed us; Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us; ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; Sufyān narrated to us; Sulaymān ibn Abī Muslim narrated to us from Ṭāwūs, who heard Ibn ʿAbbās say: When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, rose at night for voluntary prayer, he would say:
“O Allah, to You belongs all praise. You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all who are in them. To You belongs all praise. You are the Light of the heavens and the earth and all who are in them. To You belongs all praise. You are the Sovereign of the heavens and the earth and all who are in them. (2) To You belongs all praise. You are the Truth; Your promise is true; meeting You is true; Your word is true; Paradise is true; Hellfire is true; the prophets are true; Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, is true; and the Hour is true. O Allah, to You I have submitted, in You I have believed, upon You I have relied, to You I have turned in repentance, through You I have contended, and to You I have referred for judgment. So forgive me what I have sent forth and what I have deferred, what I have concealed and what I have made public. You are the One who brings forward, and You are the One who puts back. There is no god but You, and there is no god besides You.”
Sufyān said: ʿAbd al-Karīm Abū Umayyah added: “There is no power and no strength except through Allah.” (3)
ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Malīḥī informed us; Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Nuʿaymī informed us; Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf informed us; Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us; Ṣadaqah narrated to us; al-Walīd informed us from al-Awzāʿī; ʿUmayr ibn Hāniʾ narrated to me; Junādah ibn Abī Umayyah narrated to me; ʿUbādah narrated to me from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said:
“Whoever wakes up during the night and says, ‘There is no god but Allah alone, without partner. To Him belongs all dominion, and to Him belongs all praise, and He is over all things competent. Glory be to Allah; all praise belongs to Allah; there is no god but Allah; Allah is greatest; and there is no power and no strength except through Allah, the Most High, the Magnificent,’ then says, ‘O Allah, forgive me,’ or makes a supplication, he will be answered. If he performs ablution and prays, his prayer will be accepted.” (4)
“And in their wealth there was a due right for the beggar and the deprived.” (19)
His saying, exalted is He: “And in their wealth there was a due right for the beggar and the deprived.” The beggar is one who asks people, while the deprived is one who has no allotted share in the spoils of war and receives nothing from the public treasury. This was the view of Ibn ʿAbbās and Saʿīd ibn