Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Muzzammil, Ayah 6
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Assuredly rising in the night to wake up after having been in sleep is firmer in tread more conducive to establishing harmony between the hearing and the heart for the purpose of comprehending the Qur’ān and more upright in respect to speech clearer for utterance of devotions.
Related Hadiths
In Surat al-Muzzammil (73), the verse: "Keep vigil at night but a little, a half thereof" (2-3) has been abrogated by the following verse: "He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mer...
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I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: There is an hour during the night in which no Muslim bondman will ask Allah for good in this world and the next but He will grant it to him.
"He is sleeping." He said: "As-salatu khairum minan-nawm, As-salatu khairum minan-nawm (The prayer is better than sleep, the prayer is better than sleep). These words were approved of in the Adhan for...
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The best time for a man to go in to his family on return from a journey is at the beginning of the night.
I see that your dreams agree regarding the last ten (nights of Ramadan). So seek it on an odd number (of these ten nights).
Anas reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “Keep to travelling by night, for the earth is traversed (more easily) by night.
"The Messenger of Allah used to like to delay the 'Isha', and he disliked sleeping before it, and engaging in conversation after it."
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade sleeping before the night prayer and talking after it.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Lo! the vigil of the night) spent in praying (is (a time) when impression is more keen) the vigil of the night and praying at this time give a person more vigour in his prayer, when he seeks by it Allah's sake alone; it is also said this means: it is gentler and milder on the heart (and speech more certain) the recitation of the Qur'an is clearer and firmer.