In prayer and supplication until the morning

Reference: Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa v11 p177

‘Abdullaah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal رحمه الله said:

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.


Translation originally published on 16 September, 2017.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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