This hour is akin to the special hour on Friday: it, too, is left unspecified. The most hopeful time for the Friday hour is from the moment the imam—the preacher—ascends the pulpit until the congregational prayer is finished.

And Allah is the One who grants success.

1181 – ʿĀʾishah, may Allah be pleased with her, reported: When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, missed his night prayer because of sickness or for any other reason, he would perform twelve rakʿahs during the day. Reported by Muslim.

1182 – ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stated, “Whoever sleeps through his regular portion (ḥizb) of the Quran, or any part of it, and then recites it between the dawn prayer and the noon prayer, it will be recorded for him as though he had recited it during the night.” Reported by Muslim.

1183 – Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “May Allah have mercy on a man who rises during the night to pray and then awakens his wife; if she refuses, he sprinkles water on her face. And may Allah have mercy on a woman who rises during the night to pray and then awakens her husband; if he refuses, she sprinkles water on his face.” Reported by Abū Dāwūd with a sound chain of transmission.