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Muwatta Malik 259

Authentic graded by Salim al-Hilali Companion’s words (mawquf) Muwatta Malik 259

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ أَيْقَظَ أَهْلَهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ يَقُولُ لَهُمُ الصَّلاَةَ الصَّلاَةَ ثُمَّ يَتْلُو هَذِهِ الآيَةَ ‏{‏وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَاصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَا لاَ نَسْأَلُكَ رِزْقًا نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُكَ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلتَّقْوَى‏}‏

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab used to pray as much as Allah willed in the night until at the end of the night he would wake his family for the prayer. He used to say to them, "The prayer, the prayer." Then he would recite the ayat, "Enjoin prayer on your family and be constant in it. We do not ask you for your provision. We provide for you. And the end result is for taqwa." (Sura 20 ayat 132)

Reported by Malik (No. 259).

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Abu al-Walid al-Baji — Al-Muntaqa

( ش ) : قَوْلُهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنْ اللَّيْلِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ يَقْتَضِي أَنَّ التَّنَفُّلَ غَيْرُ مَحْدُودٍ وَأَنَّ ذَلِكَ بِحَسَبِ قُوَّةِ كُلِّ إنْسَانٍ وَنَشَاطِهِ وَمَا يُمْكِنُهُ أَنْ يُدَاوِمَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِيقَاظُهُ أَهْلَهُ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا مِنْ نَافِلَةِ اللَّيْلِ بِحَظٍّ وَإِنْ قَلَّ فَكَانَ يَجْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي أَفْضَلِ أَوْقَاتِ اللَّيْلِ وَهُوَ السَّحَرُ وَقَدْ قَلَّ قِيَامُهُ فَلْيَتَوَخَّ بِهِ أَفْضَلَ أَوْقَاتِ اللَّيْلِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَأَحَبُّ الصَّلَاةِ إِلَى اللَّهِ صَلَاةُ دَاوُدَ كَانَ يَنَامُ نِصْفَ اللَّيْلِ وَيَقُومُ ثُلُثَهُ وَيَنَامُ سُدُسَهُ ( فَصْلٌ ) وَقَوْلُهُ ثُمَ…

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Salim al-Hilali AuthenticMauquf Sahih The hadith No. 259

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Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 1240

Ibn ‘Umar said that his father ‘Umar b. al-Khattab used to pray during the night what God wished, then during the latter part of the night he woke his family for prayer saying to them, “Come to prayer.” Then he would recite this verse, “And command your family to observe the prayer, and be constant…

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ أَيْقَظَ أَهْلَهُ لِلصَّلَاةِ يَقُولُ لَهُمْ…

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