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The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to sleep at the beginning of the night and rise at its end to pray

عن عائشة رضي الله عنها أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يَنَام أول اللَّيل، ويقوم آخره فَيُصلِّي.
‘Ā'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to sleep at the beginning of the night and rise at its end to pray.
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Explanation

‘Ā'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to sleep at the beginning of night, after praying the ‘Ishā' and would pray Qiyām at the end of the night, which is the second third of night. After finishing his prayer, he used to return to his bed and sleep, and that would be at the last sixth of the night to take some rest after the hard Qiyām. This sleep is also useful to restore one's energy for the Fajr prayer and the morning supplications. With this sleep, one wakes up refreshed. No one will discern that he was doing extra worship at night. Thus, ostentation on part of the worshiper would be out of the question. For this reason, the first call to the Fajr prayer is meant to wake up those who are asleep to pray the Witr if they have not done so and to urge those who are praying to take some rest in order to restore their energy.

Reference

1- بهجة الناظرين شرح رياض الصالحين، سليم بن عيد الهلالي، دار ابن الجوزي، الطبعة الأولى، 1418هـ - 1997م. 2- نزهة المتقين شرح رياض الصالحين، مجموعة من الباحثين، مؤسسة الرسالة، بيروت، الطبعة الرابعة عشر، 1407هـ - 1987م. 3- صحيح البخاري، محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري الجعفي، تحقيق: محمد زهير الناصر، دار طوق النجاة (مصورة عن السلطانية بإضافة ترقيم: محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي)، الطبعة الأولى، 1422هـ. 4- صحيح مسلم، مسلم بن الحجاج القشيري النيسابوري، حققه ورقمه محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي، دار عالم الكتب، الرياض، الطبعة الأولى، 1417هـ. 5- مرعاة المفاتيح شرح مشكاة المصابيح، عبيد الله بن محمد عبد السلام المباركفوري، إدارة البحوث العلمية والدعوة والإفتاء، الجامعة السلفية، بنارس الهند، الطبعة الثالثة، 1404هـ. 6- شرح سنن أبي داود، عبد المحسن بن حمد بن عبد المحسن العباد، نسخة إلكترونية.

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