Chapter 65 – the Time for Night Prayer

"The Messenger of Allah (sw), after performing the Isha prayer, would retire to his bed and would not perform any additional prayer until midnight."

Hadith.1376 - Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "The time for the night prayer (salat al-layl) is from midnight until its end."

Hadith.1377 - Umar ibn Hanzalah said to Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as): "I have spent eighteen nights intending to rise (for the night prayer) but did not get up. Should I then pray at the beginning of the night?"…

I said to him (Abu Abdullah (as)): 'One of your followers, who is among your righteous adherents, complained to me about the difficulty he experiences with sleep. He said to me: ‘I wish to rise for the night prayer…

"I asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about praying the night prayer during the summer, when the nights are short, and performing it at the beginning of the night. Imam (as) said: 'Yes, what you have considered…

Hadith.1380 - He (Layth al-Muradi) said: "I asked him (Abu Abdullah (as)) about a man who fears becoming ritually impure (janabah) while traveling or in cold weather and thus performs the night prayer (salat al-layl) and…

"Perform the night prayer (salat al-layl) during travel at the beginning of the night, in the carriage, and also perform the Witr and the two units (rak'ahs) of the Fajr prayer."

"There is no servant except that they are awakened during the night once or twice. If they rise (for prayer), it will be for their benefit; otherwise, Shaytan comes and urinates in their ear. Do you not see that when one…

"I despise a man who comes to me asking about the actions of the Messenger of Allah (sw) and then says, 'Should I add more?' as if he sees that the Messenger of Allah (sw) was lacking in something. And I despise a man…

"There is no servant who intends to rise (for prayer) at any hour they intend, and Allah (swt), Blessed and Exalted, knows this intention from them, except that He assigns two angels to move them at that hour."

"If a man is overcome by sleep while he is in prayer, let him put his head down and sleep, for I fear that if he wishes to say, 'O’ Allah (swt), admit me to Paradise,' he might instead say, 'O’ Allah (swt), admit me to…

"This includes the intoxication of sleep."