أَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَأَيَّوبُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَيُّوبُ حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ حَسَنٌ أَخْبَرَنِي شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَعْلَی بْنِ عَطَائٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ طَلْقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْبَيْلَمَانِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مَعَکَ قَالَ حُرٌّ وَعَبْدٌ قُلْتُ هَلْ مِنْ سَاعَةٍ أَقْرَبُ إِلَی اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ أُخْرَی قَالَ نَعَمْ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ فَصَلِّ مَا بَدَا لَکَ حَتَّی تُصَلِّيَ الصُّبْحَ ثُمَّ انْتَهِ حَتَّی تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ وَمَا دَامَتْ وَقَالَ أَيُّوبُ فَمَا دَامَتْ کَأَنَّهَا حَجَفَةٌ حَتَّی تَنْتَشِرَ ثُمَّ صَلِّ مَا بَدَا لَکَ حَتَّی يَقُومَ الْعَمُودُ عَلَی ظِلِّهِ ثُمَّ انْتَهِ حَتَّی تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ تُسْجَرُ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ ثُمَّ صَلِّ مَا بَدَا لَکَ حَتَّی تُصَلِّيَ الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ انْتَهِ حَتَّی تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ فَإِنَّهَا تَغْرُبُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ وَتَطْلُعُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 588
It was narrated that ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah said: “I came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, who became Muslim with you?’ He said: ‘Free men and slaves.’ I said: ‘Is there any moment which brings one closer to Allah than another?’ He said: ‘Yes, the last part of the night, so pray as much as you want until you pray Subh, then stop until the sun has risen until and it looks like a shield and (its shinning) spreads. Then pray as much as you want until an object’s shadow is at its shortest, then stop until the sun passes its zenith, for Hell is stoked at midday. Then pray as much as you want until you pray ‘Asr, then stop until the sun has set, for it sets between the horns of a Shaitan and rises between the horns of a shaitan.” (Da’if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020