Don't resort to supplication like medication you use only when ill or when a catastrophe befalls.
Category: Prayer
The epitome of humility
For fourteen years, 'Abdoos prayed the morning (Fajr) prayer with the [same] wudhoo [as he had prayed] the 'Ishaa [prayer]. And he [truly] was the epitome of humility.
Discipline and perseverance
Asad ibn 'Amr said that for forty years, Abu Haneefah prayed the 'Ishaa [prayer] and the morning (Fajr) prayer with [the same] wudhoo.
Only two hours of sleep
During [every] day and night, Ibn 'Ataa would [only] sleep for two hours.
In prayer and supplication until the morning
Every day, my father would read a seventh [of the Qur.aan], and he would take a very light sleep after 'Ishaa. He would then [awake and] stand [the night] in prayer and supplicate until the morning.
Divide the night into thirds
Abu Bakr al-Anbaaree said that al-Imaam, al-Haafith Abu 'Ubayd would divide the night into thirds; so he would pray a third of it, and sleep a third of it, and author books [during] a third of it.
Poverty and hardship
Ahmad ibn Hanbal رحمه الله was praying with 'Abdur-Razzaaq رحمه الله, and became distracted.
Eating your fill weakens your ability to worship
I have not eaten my fill for 16 years, except on one occasion; and [on that occasion] I placed my hand in my mouth and induced myself to vomit.
He was the most humblest of all the people
He would remain in the main masjid of the city from [the time of] Fajr until [the time of] 'Ishaa, not leaving other than for a need. He would teach the people and have them read the Qur.aan to him.
How are you this morning?
al-Marwathee said, I said to Ahmad ibn Hanbal رحمه الله:
'How are you this morning?' He [Ahmad ibn Hanbal رحمه الله] replied