Habeeb al-'Ajamee رحمه الله slept one night, and his wife came to wake him up [to encourage him to offer the night prayer], and said to him: 'Wake up O man!
Category: Prayer
Whoever is not concerned with the prayer
'Whoever is not concerned with [preparing for] the prayer before its time, then he has not dignified or venerated it.' And Wakee' [also] said
Zubayd used to divide the night into three parts
Zubayd used to divide the night into three parts: i) a part for himself;
ii) a part for his son;
iii) and a part for his other son 'Abdur-Rahmaan.
Pray as you see me praying
Pray as you see me praying.
Reciting the Qur.aan in prayer
Indeed, Tameem ad-Daaree used to recite the [entire] Qur.aan in a [single] rak'ah.
Divide the night into three parts
'Amru ibn Deenaar used to divide the night into three parts: • a third [in which] he would sleep; • a third [in which] he would study hadeeth; • and a third [in which] he would do salaah [pray].
Whoever stands the night in prayer
Whoever stands the night in prayer, Allaah will make easy for him his standing on the Day of Judgment.
I yearn to remain standing until my body aches
Talq ibn Habeeb would not go into rukoo' once he started Soorah al-Baqarah (p2) until he reached [Soorah] al-'Ankaboot (p396), and he would say
He would only sleep a little at night
al-Haafiz 'Abdul-Ghanee was coming to visit me in Asfahaan, and he would only sleep a little at night, instead [choosing to] pray, read [Qur.aan] and weep.
Resemble the prayer of the Messenger of Allaah
'Amr ibn al-Aswad performed hajj, and on his way back he passed by Madeenah.