Voluntary Night Prayer (Qiyaam) - Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths

Voluntary Night Prayer (Qiyaam)

The most excellent fast after Ramadan is Allah's month, Muharram, and the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night
Perform Witr prayer before the morning
If anyone fears that he will not wake up at the end of the night, let him offer Witr prayer at the beginning of the night; and anyone expects to wake up at the end of the night, let him offer Witr prayer at the end of the night. Indeed, pra...
Make haste to perform the Witr prayer before the morning
- العربية
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand in prayer at night until the skin of his feet would crack
- العربية
Whoever sleeps and fails to recite his nightly portion, or part of it, and then recites it between the Fajr prayer and the Zhuhr prayer, it will be recorded for him as if he recited it during the night
- العربية
You should pray as long as you have the energy to do so. If you feel tired, then lie down
- العربية
Do (good) deeds according to your capacity, for by Allah, Allah never grows weary (of giving rewards) unless you grow weary (of doing good deeds), and the best deed in His sight is that which is done regularly
- العربية
O Allah, to You I submit, in You I believe, upon You I rely, by Your help I contend with my foes, and to You I refer for judgment. So, forgive me the sins I committed in the past and those I may commit in the future, those I did secretly an...
- العربية
One night, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) performed Qiyām while reciting a single verse from the Qur'an
- العربية
While the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was standing on the pulpit, a man asked him: What do you say about prayer in the night? He replied: Two and two; and if one is afraid that the Fajr is coming, then one should o...
- العربية
The Witr is due, so whoever wants to pray the Witr as seven (units of prayer), let him do so; whoever wants to pray the Witr as five, let him do so; whoever wants to pray the Witr as three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray the Witr ...
- العربية
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer during the month of Ramadan, offering eight Rak‘ahs as well as the Witr. The next night, we gathered in the mosque and hoped that he would come out to...
- العربية
O ‘Abdullāh, do not be like so-and-so. He used to offer Qiyām al-Layl and then abandoned it
- العربية
O people of the Qur'an, perform the Witr Prayer for, verily, Allah is Witr (single) and loves what is Witr (single, odd)
- العربية
There should not be two Witr prayers during one night
- العربية
If anyone sleeps before praying Witr or forgets it, let him pray it once he remembers it
- العربية
I stayed overnight in the house of my aunt Maymūnah. When the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) stood to perform Prayer at night, I joined him and stood on his left. He, then, took me by the head and made me stand on hi...
- العربية
Indeed, Allah, the Almighty,, has added a prayer for you, so offer it in the period between ‘Ishā' prayer and Fajr prayer; (it is) the Witr, (it is) the Witr
- العربية
The one who has not prayed the Witr prayer before dawn, then there is no Witr for him
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