The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
"The best prayer after the obligatory prayer is prayer at night." Narrated by
Muslim, 1163.
And he said: "You should pray qiyaam al-layl, for it is the
custom of the righteous who came before you and it brings you closer to your
Lord, and expiates sins and prevents misdeeds."
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 3549; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in
Irwa' al-Ghaleel, 452.
It was narrated that 'Amr ibn Murrah al-Juhani said: A man came
to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) from
Qadaa'ah and said to him: "O Messenger of Allaah, what do you think if I bear
witness that there is no god except Allaah and that you are His Messenger, and I
pray the five daily prayers, and fast the month (of Ramadaan), and pray qiyaam
in Ramadaan, and pay zakaah?" The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: "Whoever dies doing that will be one of the siddeeqs and
martyrs."
Narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in
Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah, 2212.
Al-Tirmidhi (1984) narrated that 'Ali said: The Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "In Paradise there are apartments the
outside of which can be seen from the inside and the inside of which can be seen
from the outside." A Bedouin stood up and said: "Who are they for, O Messenger
of Allaah?" He said: "They are for those who speak good words, feed others, fast
regularly and pray to Allaah at night when people are sleeping." Classed as
hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.
Al-Haakim narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: "Jibreel came to me and said: 'O Muhammad, live as
long as you want, for you will die. Love whomever you want, for you will leave
him. Do whatever you want for you will be requited for it. Remember that the
believer's honour is his praying at night, and his pride is his being
independent of people." Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami', 73.
The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever prays qiyaam reciting ten verses will not be
recorded as one of the negligent. Whoever prays qiyaam reciting one hundred
verses will be recorded as one of the devout. Whoever prays qiyaam reciting one
thousand verses will be recorded as one of the muqantireen."
Narrated by Abu Dawood, 1398; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in
Saheeh Abi Dawood.
The muqantireen are those who will be given a
qintaar of reward. A qintaar is a large amount of gold, and most of the scholars
of Arabic language are of the view that it is four thousand dinars.
And it was said that a qintaar is a bull's hide full of gold, or
eighty thousand, or a large but unspecified amount of wealth. See al-Nihaayah fi
Ghareeb il-Hadeeth by Ibn al-Atheer.
What is meant by this hadeeth is to emphasize the greatness of
the reward earned by the one who recites a thousand verses. Al-Tabaraani
narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "A
qintaar is better than this world and everything in it." Classed as hasan by
al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 638.
Note:
Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar said: From Soorat Tabaarak
[al-Mulk] to the end of the Qur'aan is one thousand verses.
Whoever prays qiyaam reciting from Soorat Tabaarak to the end of
Qur'aan has prayed qiyaam with one thousand verses.
And Allaah knows best.
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