Hadith 26

Sahih Bukhari

Book 19: Prayer at Night (Tahajjud)

Chapter 14

Offering Salat (prayer) and invoking Allah in the last hours of the night

باب الدُّعَاءِ وَالصَّلاَةِ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ

And Allah جل جلاله says: “They used to sleep but little by night, [invoking their Lord (Allah) and praying with fear and hope]. And in the hours before dawn, they were (found) asking (Allah) for forgiveness.” (V.51:17,18) ​​
وَقَالَ: {كَانُوا قَلِيلاً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ} أَيْ مَا يَنَامُونَ {وَبِالأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ}.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1145
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، وَأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَغَرِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ ‏‏.‏
"‏ يَنْزِلُ رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرُ يَقُولُ مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ مَنْ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ مَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ ‏"
Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) said, "Our Lord, the Blessed, the Superior, comes every night down on the nearest Heaven to us when the last third of the night remains, saying: "Is there anyone to invoke Me, so that I may respond to invocation? Is there anyone to ask Me, so that I may grant him his request? Is there anyone seeking My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him?"

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Abu Hurairah -

أبو هريرة عبد الرحمن بن صخر الدوسي

4,186 narrations

follower
2

Salman al-Aghar Abu 'Abdullah

سلمان الأغر أبو عبد الله

19 narrations

follower
3

Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman

أبو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن بن عوف

1,093 narrations

follower
4

al-Zuhri ‎,

ابن شهاب الزهري محمد بن مسلم

3,342 narrations

successor
5

Imam Maalik

مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر

1,491 narrations

successor
6

'Abdullah bin Muslima al-Qa'nabi

عبد الله بن مسلمة بن قعنب القعنبي

492 narrations