Hadith 204

Riyad as-Salihin

Book 8: The Book of Virtues

Chapter 214

The Superiority of Lailat-ul-Qadr (the Night of Decree)

باب فضل قيام ليلة القدر وبيان أرجى لياليها‏:‏

Riyad as-Salihin 1194
وعنها قالت‏:‏ كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، يجتهد في رمضان ما لا يجتهد في غيره، وفي العشر الأواخر منه، ما لا يجتهد في غيره‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏
'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to strive more in worship during Ramadan than he strove in any other time of the year; and he would devote himself more (in the worship of Allah) in the last ten nights of Ramadan than he strove in earlier part of the month.[Muslim].