1244 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to me; Abu al-Walid Khalaf ibn al-Walid narrated to us; ʿAbbad ibn ʿAbbad narrated to us, from Yunus ibn ʿUbayd, from al-Hasan, who said:

Whenever ʿĀmir ibn ʿAbd Qays had finished the dawn (ṣubḥ) prayer, he would move to a corner of the mosque and say, “Whom shall I teach to recite?” People would come, and he would teach them the Qur’an until the sun had risen and the time for voluntary prayer became permissible. Then he would stand and pray until midday. He would return home, take a short siesta, and come back to the mosque when the sun had begun to decline. He would pray until he had performed the midday (ẓuhr) prayer, and then continue praying until he had performed the afternoon (ʿaṣr) prayer.

After ʿaṣr he would again withdraw to a side of the mosque and ask, “Whom shall I teach to recite?” People would gather, and he would teach them until the sun set; then he would pray the sunset (maghrib) prayer. He would continue praying until he had performed the last night prayer (ʿishāʾ).

Thereafter he would return home, take one of his two loaves and eat it, lie down for a brief rest, and then rise again. When the pre-dawn time (sahar) arrived, he would take his other loaf and eat it, drink a single draught of water, and then set out for the mosque.

Khalaf said: Some of our companions told me that Manṣūr ibn Zādhān used to do all of this and surpass it in one particular matter: he never spent a night without soaking his turban with his tears, after which he would set it down.